Tragic Wisconsin weekend eight die in crashes
Weekend wrecks across Wisconsin claim eight lives. Victims include William Ragahn 35 Racine and Ellen Michaelson 24 Chicago who perished riding in a rumble seat near Fontana when a speeding car toppled. Others killed include Daniel McKaig 57 Watertown Irving Wehner 29 Kenosha Alfred Eicke 25 Milwaukee John Tratino 33 Madison. Several more injured in multiple crashes across Juneau, Kenosha, Milwaukee counties and towns.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wiliam Ragahn
Racine
Ellen Michaelson
Chicago
Daniel McKaig
Watertown
Irving Wehner
Kenosha
Alfred Eicke
John Tratino
Madison
Ragahn
Miss Michaelson
Jean Utter
Fontana
Miss Utter
Harold Olsen
McKaig
Richwood
Juneau County
Wehner
Twin Lakes
Burlington
Eicke
Port Washington
Tratino
Peter
Frank
Oak Park
Evansville
Beloit
City officers charged after Volstead act clash
Three city officials from McGregor and Marquette and a Marquette citizen were arraigned and freed on 2000 bonds each after federal charges for obstructing Prohibition agents. The men, including Mayor Frederick Walter and Marshals, faced countercharges amid a bid to hinder a raid on a Marquette billiard hall last Wednesday. The towns protested to Senator Brookhart, seeking federal investigation.
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Col
George ©. Parsons
Prohibition
Harry H. Kirshman
Reuben H. Taylor
Marquette
McGregor
Marquette c. S
Smith W. Brookhart
Federal Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
W. BR. Stone
McGrey
Norway equipped with method of ripening bananas
Washington reports Norway now hosts a banana ripening plant. The heated facility controls temperatures to mature green fruit in planned quantities for retail demand. Norwegians currently consume about 7,600 tons of bananas, largely from Central America and the West Indies.
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Washington
Norway
Arctic Circle
Gundrun Carlson
T Rade
Central America
West, Indies
Six Crown When Yount is Wrecked by Storm
Boston authorities recount a fatal squall at sea near Scituate harbor yesterday. Surviving crewman Barden Garceau, 23, described the capsizing gas yacht tragedy as planes and coast guard boats searched twenty miles southeast of Minot’s Light for the five youths and a girl.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Bay
Barden Garceau
St. Rita
Scituate Harbor
Garceau
Guiseppe Sabalora
Minot
Coast Guard
E. A. Hall
Charles
Shadow of gloom hangs over United States
Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, warned on national radio that the Smoot Hawley tariff and farm marketing laws fail to lift the economy. He called the farm act an experiment and said it will not benefit agriculture as champions claim. He cited private agencies opposing cooperatives and stabilization firms as an obstacle and condemned the tariff’s flexible provisions as a delusion.
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Washington
United States
Robinson
Arkansas
National Broadcasting System
Wisconsin Fair Weather Forecast For July 4
Daily Northwestern observations report fair conditions across Wisconsin and Michigan with warmer temperatures Tuesday. Upper Great Lakes show gentle to moderate winds, mainly fair, with variable winds in the west and north central areas.
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Associated Piers
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Michigan
Huron
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Northwest
Northwestern
Buckstaff
Downturn of Cotton Mills Unfurls In Bombay
New York reports a sharp downturn affecting seven Bombay cotton mills with a July end in view halting work for 15,000 employees. Bombay legislative council debates Gandhi release as round table talks unfold. muslims urge withdrawal of repressive measures to foster dialogue. Hartal threats circle merchants. a Bombay chamber committee seeks League of Nations input. Simla move toward peace seeks to resolve political impasse with Jayakar likely to meet the viceroy and Gandhi. Minorities in Simla appeal for broader backing to the round table plan while urging cessation of law defiance.
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New York
Bombay
Bombay Legislative Council
Poona
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Council of All Indian Moslems
Federation of Bombay Merchants’ Associations
Federation
League of Nations
Simla
India
M. Jayakar
Jayakar
M. Jinnah
Abdul Quayum
all-India Minorities Conference
Lord Irvin
Legislative Assembly
Steamer Back Bay Runs Aground Above Sault Ste. Marie
The steamer Back Bay loaded with salt for Duluth ran aground two miles above the Sault after striking rock foundations of the International Bridge. Captain Charles Rinn tried to proceed upriver but beached the vessel after water entered a hole below the waterline. The ship, with a gross tonnage of 2,282, is 240 feet long and 43 feet beam. A diver was to repair the hole and the Back Bay hoped to continue within a day or two. cargo reportedly undamaged.
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Sault, Ste. Marie
Mich
uPi
Back Bay
Duluth
Sault
St. Mary's River
Charles Rinn
Philip Selected as Minister to Norway
President Hoover today chose Philip of Washington to succeed Laurits Swenson as minister to Norway. Swenson will remain in Oslo until Philip resumes duties months from now. Philip has served in diplomacy since 1901 and his last post was minister to Persia, resigned due to ill health.
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Washington
I.f—Hoffman Philip
Hoover
Laurits Swenson
Minnesota
Norway
Philip
Swenson
Persia
Saengerfest Elects Officers in Manitowoc Wisconsin
Eastern Wisconsin District Saengerfest members, after a picnic on Silver Lake, reelected long‑standing officers Otto W. Schaeffer Agpieton president, Joseph Wheisen Sheboygan secretary, and Simon Grasseroc Boygan treasurer. Manitowoc chosen as singing session site. Oni noted during meetings.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Silver Lake
Wisconsin
Saengerfest
Otto W. Schaeffer Agpieton
Joseph Wheisen
Sheboygan
Simon Grasseroc Boygan
Oni
Singing Society
McCormick Defends Illinois Senate Campaign Expenditures
Ruth Hanna McCormick testified before the Senate campaign inquiry defending her personal expenditure of 292500 with an additional 21400 from volunteers. She argued her campaign used the least money, labeled the Nye investigation misleading, and urged scrutiny of campaign finance while asserting her independence from party machines. Eight people were rescued after a storm-tossed Oshkosh lake drifted a cabin launch for hours.
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Chicago
Ruth Hanna Mie- Cormick
Senate
Illinois
McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Nye
Cook County
Charles S. Deneen
Hoover
Hatneis
Montana opposition to Northern Pacific Great Northern merger
D P L Jurgensen chief engineer of Minnesota state railroad and warehouse commission arrived in Helena to seek support from the Montana railroad commission. He plans meetings with commission members and state officials to urge action against the proposed merger.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Railroad Commission
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
D. PL Jurgensen
Minnesota State .Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Jurgensen
Yeaterday
Famous Canadian pilot killed near Great Bear Lake
Toronto Lieutenant J. D. Vance, one of Canada's best known air pilots, died at Hunter Bay on Great Bear Lake during a fogbound attempt at a standing landing on Opassy water. He was thrown from the cockpit and drowned. his passenger escaped with cut hands. Vance, a former war pilot, had conveyed officials to and from Versailles after the war and had been employed by the Dominion Explorers company.
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Toronto
J. D. Vance
Canada
Hunter Bay
Great Bear Lake
Vance
Versailles
Rehe
Dominion Explorers Company
Hoover Cables Greetings On Bastille Day
President Hoover cables to France's President Dommergue greetings on Bastille Day marking the fall of the Bastille. He sends cordial greetings and assurances of high regard and best wishes on the historic anniversary.
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Hoover Cables
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Dommergue
France
Plane forced landing saves lives in Wisconsin incident
Sheboygan Wisconsin report states Anton Brotz Jr., son of Kohier village president, forced a landing after an auxiliary fuel line failed. He landed with the wind uphill at about 1,000 feet, wrecking landing gear and one wing and the propeller. He and two passengers Gilbert Olson and Walter Stanzel, both from Walton, escaped with minor cuts.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Tampering With Constitution Warned At Lutheran Convention
E J Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne told about 2000 Walther League members that tampering with the U S constitution to regulate personal conduct endangers the document and religious freedom. He urged delegates to uphold constitutional principles while embracing modern progress and personal responsibility.
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Walther League
Cleveland
Lutheran Church Society
E. J. Gallmeyer
Fort Wayne
Ind
United States
Gallmeyer
Iam
Des
Death Ends Service of Admiral Robertson in San Diego
Admiral Ashley Herman E. Robertson, veteran of the U S Navy and key figure in wartime transport operations, died yesterday at the naval hospital in San Diego after a relapse from influenza. Born December 14 1867 in Ashmore Illinois he rose from Naval Academy entrant to commander of transports and later commanded the New Mexico the first electrically driven battleship.
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San Diego
Calif
iAs
Ashley Herman E. Robertson
France
Naval Hospital
Admiral Robertson
Ashmore
Ill
America
Naval Academy
Atlanta
Buffalo
Annapolis
Americas
Atlantic
New Mexico
Chicago Start On New Traction Line Under Insull Plan
Samuel Insull, traction magnate, seeks Halsey, Stuart & Co. to head a syndicate raising about 23 million dollars to begin extending and rehabilitating Chicago's transportation system. Work to commence at once.
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Chicago
Chicago—i
Samuel Insull
Halsey, Stuart & Co
U S Exports Fall Most To North America In May
May 1930 export totals show a sharp drop to North America, with Asia hit hardest by a $59.9 million decline tied to crude rubber prices. Canada Britain Germany France and Japan columns reflect mixed shifts in exports and imports, highlighting a broad slump and notable single-commodity effects.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Globe
Asia
Europe
N. America
S. America
Oceanian
Africa
America
Canada
Britain
Germany
Ha UN
Great Britain
France
Japan
Outcry Over Jail Conditions Reported in Evanston
Evanston residents recount prison misery as William E. Young complains of darkness dampness and lack of reading material. A sergeant dismisses the claim saying the quarters are not that bad and urges him to leave.
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Evanston
H—u
Genta
William E. Young
Mr. Young
Rome
Otis Steel Announces 5 Million Expansion Plan
Cleveland reports Otis Steel company unveiled a 5 million expansion featuring a new continuous rolling mill and a survey for steel manufacture. Contracts for the mill will be awarded and work start within ninety days. The program includes installing three furnaces and six mill stands to reach a 36 000 ton monthly output.
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Cleveland
Otis Steel Company
Grand Jury Calls St Louis Reporter In Chicago Murder Probe
The Cook county grand jury today invited Harry T. Brundidge, St Louis Star reporter, to testify on gang activity in Chicago related to the Lingle and Reese cases. State's Attorney Swanton signaled no interference, while Judge Normoyle urged the jurors to hear Brundidge directly and without prep by the attorney’s staff. The jurors were advised to invite witnesses they deem pertinent, with Brundidge possibly appearing to aid in solving murders.
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Chicago
Cook County i Grand Jury
Lingle
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis
John A. Swanton
Brundidge
John A. Swansen
Normoyle
St. Louis Star
Reese
Peels
Financier Shot by Broker in Los Angeles Courtroom
Motley H. Flint Los Angeles financier and brother of late Senator Frank P. Flint was shot dead in Los Angeles city hall court by real estate broker Frank C. Keaton who claimed he acted after losing 4000 shares of First National Bank stock. Flint had been a witness in a suit involving Selznick and the Security National Bank of Los Angeles and faced securities act charges related to the Julian case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Motley H. _ Flint
Colter
Flint
U. S
Frank P. Flint
Frank C. Keaton
David ©. Selznisk
Security 4 National Bank of Los Angeles
Keaton
Julian Petreleur Corporation
Europe
Pacific Savings Bank
Los
First National Bank
Selunick
County boards Eyes Identification Bureau Plan in Racine
Racine Wisconsin county board considers creating an identification bureau attached to the sheriff's department. Sentrer Fred C. Kradwell petitions for the establishment after years of studying fingerprint systems.
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Racine, Wis
Racine
iFred C. Kradwell
Sheriffs Department
Kradwell
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Harold Klemz
Oshkosh Police Department
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Hallet
Ziebell
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