Five Admit Parcel Post Thefts From Large Mail Train
Five Milwaukee railroad workers and an expressman confessed pilfering parcel post from the Milwaukee to La Crosse mail train 47 over about two years. Police recovered much loot from suspects, with duplicate keys found on Stoll, McGinnis, and Shaw. They face theft, illegal possession of keys, or conspiracy charges in federal court in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee—U2
John Streich
St. Paul
Milwaukee Railroad
Emmanuel P. Stoll
Welerfawn
Merrit R. Shaw
Hartland
Burton C. Shackley
Milwaukee
George H. Fidlin
Bernard T. McGinnis
la Crosse
Stoll
Streich
Portage
Stretch
Wages Hour Plans 1 LF Andrew Appointed Chief
Elmer F Andrews is named wage hour administrator in Washington with a $10 000 salary. He vows cooperation over policing and aims to enforce wage and hour rules for interstate industry starting with a 25 cent minimum and 44 hour week, gradually rising toward 80 cents and 40 hours respectively. Andrews brings 20 years in industry labor relations and past leadership roles in New York state and Geneva conference work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
New York States
Roosevelt
el Portal
Calif
Congress
New York State
Cuba
Runyan Wins P G A Golf Championship Again
Paul Runyan of White Plains won the P G A championship for a second time, defeating Sammy Snead of White Sulphur Springs 7 and 6. Runyan dominated with precise irons and steady putting, opening a five-up lead by midday and sealing the victory after Snead struggled around the greens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
United Press
Shawnee-on-Delaware
U.P
Paul Runyan
White Plains
Little Poison
Seine Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Rumyan
Leo Diegel
Walter Hagen
Jim Barnes
Runyan
West
Snead
Prison escape foiled at Alabama prison by guard fire
Montgomery Alabama. A guard wounded seven of eight convicts during an escape attempt at a prison cotton mill. The convicts tied two guards, built a 24 foot ladder from table tops, and started to climb when Tower Guard Fred Lindsey fired, sending seven to the ground and forcing the remaining to surrender. None seriously wounded and no escape occurred. Warden Frank Boswell reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Uerd
Frank Boswell
Boswell
Fred Lindsey
Lightning Ignites Over 250 California Forest Fires
The U S Forest Service reports more than 250 forest fires sparked by lightning across California today amid dry conditions. Officials warn firefighters face rugged terrain and evolving fire behavior as communities monitor potential evacuations and air quality impacts.
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San Francisco
California
U. S. Forest Service
French Farmlands Taken by Germans on Rhine Border
German forces moved into 2,500 acres of occupied Alsace land near Rheiman. Alsatian farmers long worked the plots under a postwar accord. German labor battalion erected barriers and threatened to reap crops for delivery to owners via the Rhine bridge.
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Rheiman
France
Rhine
Alsace
Germany
International Rhine Bridge
Former Editor A G Shrake Dies in New Lisbon Wisconsin
A G Shrake aged 70, longtime editor of The Juneau County Argus and four term Juneau county supervisor, died at his home in New Lisbon yesterday. He had retired this spring after 27 years as a baggage man with the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lisbon
Wis
A. G. Shrake
Juneau County Argus
Juneau County Board of Supervisors
Shrake
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Officials Gather in Oshkosh for Three Day Convention
About 100 officials from across Wisconsin are due in Oshkosh Sunday for a three day meeting of registers of deeds clerks of the circuit court and county treasurers. Sessions start Monday at the Winnebago county courthouse with welcome addresses and joint talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Lake Winnebago
American Legion
Hotel Baul
Winnebago County
Supervisors
C. A. Wiechering
C. L. Femrite
Dane County
R. L. Divyer
Brown County
E. A. Hickey
Sheboygan County
A. Jd. Thelen
Wisconsin County Boards Association
R. 5 S. Mallow
Municipal Accounting Division
Department of State
R. J. Emerson
Registers of Deeds
Hugo Porth
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers’ Association
Unemployment in UJ Shows Drop in June
Frances Perkins reports U S unemployment fell for the first time since November in June. She notes the improvement as part of a broader labor study and praises Britain's industrial recovery while sailing to New York aboard the Washington. Perkins expects new ideas from the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
U.P
United States
Frances Perkins
New York
Washington
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Senate Committee Probes Kentucky Primary Smears
The Senate campaign expenditures committee opened a full inquiry into alleged misuse of public funds in Kentucky's Barkley Chandler primary. Chairman Sheppard said the review would cover the entire situation and finish before the August primary, including relief funds and state and federal money handled by state agencies. The panel also agreed to probe Pennsylvania and Tennessee campaigns, while separate questions about pension deliveries by state agents were noted.
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Alben
Chandler
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. “Happy” Chandler
Sheppard
Texas
Works Progress Administration
Maaquiz
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Barkley
Senate Committee
Social Security Board
U Rail
Sta
Roosevelt
Wendel Damage Suit Barred From Court
Manitowoc Wisconsin and surrounding region report that Francis Yindra, Manitowoc assemblyman, joined the race for state senator from the First district, joining Democrat incumbent John Cashman who seeks Congress in the Eighth district. Yindra, a leader against highway fund diversion, has twice served in the assembly from Manitowoc county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Francis Yindra
John Cashman
Yindra
Assembly
Manitowoc County
Eight miners drown in French tunnel flood
Eight coal miners were drowned when a tunnel flooded at the Bousquet mines in Lamalou-les-Bains France a fissure released waters from a Tarn river tributary. In a separate item Federal District Judge Phillip For man dismissed a $450 000 damage suit over alleged kidnapping and extortion tied to Paul H. Wendel and others claiming conspiracy by Hoffman the Ellis Parkers and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamalou-les-Bains
France
Bousquet
Trenton
Federal District Court
Phillip Forman
Paul H. Wendel
T. Starnes
Hoffman
6Th
Wenee
New York
Wendel
Ellis Parkers
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Brooklyn
Parkes
Alan
Suspect Arrested Over Counterfeit $5,920 Seized
U P detectives nabbed Louis Heck age 45 of New York City after spotting a worried suspect in a pickup on north side streets. A frisk uncovered $11 counterfeit notes totaling 5,920 dollars. Heck claimed the bills came from a man he met in Cleveland who paid for delivering them to a future destination. they traveled from Cleveland to Chicago before separating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihwanukee
U.P
Treasury Departments
Charles Cowper
George Radtke
Louis Heck
New York City
Neck
Cleveland
Chicago
Lewis Lists 40 Enemies In Congress Blacklist Marked For Defeat
The Washington league led by John L. Lewis put about forty Congress members on a blacklist aimed at defeat, basing rankings on labor position with A and B ratings. It targets a majority of the House Rules Committee, and includes several AF of L endorsed figures such as Senators Adams and Lonergan, and Representatives Summers and Slumneck. The effort signals intra party and union splits, and vows reprisals at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. QO
Capitol
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of ‘Labor
A. FL
A. F. of L
Senjfers Adams
Colorado
Lonergan
Connecticut
Sumners
Texas
Slumneck
Ohio
League
E. L. Oliver
Cox
Georgia
Driver
Arkansas
Smith
Virginia
Clark
North Carolina
Dies
Lewis
Democr Martin
Massachusetts
Mapes
Michigan
Taylor
Tennessee
McLean
New Jersey
O'Connor
New York
Oliver
American Labor Party
New York State
House Committee
Ers
Three Fatal Auto Crashes Reported In Wisconsin
Three people died in separate vehicle incidents across Wisconsin. Peter Carls, 54, of West Allis, was killed when his truck left Highway 69 south of Verona and rolled into a field. An elderly man from Payette, Wisconsin, died Sunday after a rollover crash. Charlotte Rockwell, 20, of Whitewater, died in a hospital from injuries after her car overturned near Whitewater.
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Mathson
Peter Carls
West Allis
Highway 69
Lys
Verona
Renard A. Fischer
Waule Brieled
Whitewater
Wis
Ming Charlotte Rockwell
Here
Weather Observations And Forecast From Buckstaff Observatory
Northwestern observations note cooler west and west tonight and in southeast and extreme east Sunday. Temperatures show Rome 16 at 7 30 a m and 86 at 1 p m fair. Milwaukee highs and lows not specified. Phoenix 104 Santa Fe 3 week outlook: generally fair early week then warmer with a shower later. From Buckstaff Observatory Thursday 8 p m to Friday 8 a m: max 73 min 49 none precip wind southwest barometer 29 60. One year ago max 87 min 73.
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Northwestern
Rome
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Santa Fe
Fone Lab
Buckstaff Observatory
Inquest Ordered in Death of Malted Milk Heiress Sidley
Toronto police under Atty Gen Gordon Conant summon W P Bull and his son in Montreal as the inquest into May Belle Sidley heiress to a malted milk fortune proceeds. Checks bearing the Sidley signature are scrutinized for possible imitation. Sidley died July 6 at Bull's home and left him a substantial portion of an estate valued between two and twenty million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
City Police
Gordon D. Conant
May- Norlick Sidley
Racine
Wis
Judy
AKM
W. Perkins
Hdl
Maybelle Horlick Sidley
Bull
Ur. Bull
England
Quebec
Sidley
Mas
Atty
Gordon Conant
Montreal
D.C. Draper
Simmons
T. 11. Wall
Union Offices Raided by 30 Men in Milwaukee Disorder
In Milwaukee a large group of about 80 men raided the United Automobile Workers office in West Allis, taking gas and records. Union leaders deny, while officials accuse rival factions of forging notices and stirring tensions as investigations begin into the raid and loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Allig-Chalmers Toegt
United Automobile Workers Union
Su- Urbul
West Allis
Saujage Sherman
Harald Chinetettel
Eeu
Senrence Kaebter
District Counes
UAL
AL Hedier
2Fony Christoffel
Tise Kaebter Cread
Detter
Petrait
Roenter
Cobh
Catticore Serail
Miles Gheiners
Wnaifur
Secrea
Inter Fent
Camano
Four British Soldiers Die in Waziristan Raid
In Simla a British communique said four British privates and two native soldiers were killed during an abortive operation to capture the fakir of Ipi. The clash occurred near the cave of the elusive leader in the Waziristan tribal area, raising British casualties to seven in two days as a captain was killed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusele Old City
Kirtuth Falohu
Haifa
Simla
India
Ipi
Northwest Frontier
Waziristan
Britain
Financier Samuel Insull Dies of Heart Attack in Paris Subway
Samuel Insull, 78, once ruler of a vast midwest utilities empire, collapsed and died of a heart attack on a Paris subway. Hospital staff said he was dead on arrival. His widow, Mrs. Insull, was at the hospital when the death was confirmed and sent a cable to their son in Geneva. The financier had recently visited Paris on a pleasure trip while evading embezzlement charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Samuel Insull
Insull
Paul- Marmottan
Etoile
Son
Beloit Man Slays His Cousin in Grim Incident
Fragmentary Beloit report shows a Beloit man identified as Don Wong involved in a fatal shooting of his cousin. Two Chinese individuals were seen nearby. police report unclear on motive, location, and exact sequence. Witnesses describe Wong at a stove and leaving, with further details obscured by the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
Dolice Sair
Don Wong
Don
Charles Pomiot
Ass Wong
Tiea-bhot Wong
Vives Police Ryuaien
Green Bay Merchant of Half Century Dies
Green Bay Wis. veteran merchant dies at 87 after long illness. He built a business on Washing Street that remained active, shaping the local commerce over decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Schriber of Oshkosh Falls in North Wisconsin Tourney
Sheboygan, Wis. Jimmy Lohr of Sheboygan and John Archerson of Oshkosh won spots in the finals of the North Wisconsin Golf Association tournament. Lohr and Archerson defeated Sonny Schriber of Oshkosh and eliminated Harry Masse of Green Bay in the semifinals, one up. Finals scheduled for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Jimmy Lohr
Sheboyean
John Archerson
North Wisconsin Golf Association
Sonny Schriber
Osl Ns
Anderson
Harry Masse
Gren Bay
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EI Portal
P. G. A. Golf
Niewrepa
Adly
Jerusalem
Ain Hashophet
Esdraelon Plain
Holy Land
Ain Hashophes
Nab
Paynette
Pau Woin‘rich
Ewliely
Siley
Trigal
Midwest Utilities Empire
Beloit Cinaman
Schriber
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