Britain Stands Firm Over Ethiopian Settlement Plan
London refuses to yield to Italian demands for complete over lordship in Ethiopia, insisting any settlement must follow the Briand Kellogg pact. Britain favors a Rome talks format but seeks a conference basis beyond the 1906 treaty, while conciliation efforts within the League of Nations may resume with a neutral arbitrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kuh
United Press
London
U.pi
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Italy
Paris
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Charles de Chambuin
Eric Drummond
Britain
World Nations
League of Nations Council
Scheveningen
Netherlands
League
Haile Selassie
Christensen Entitled to 3500 From Federal Treasury
Carl C. Christensen was awarded 3500 by a bill signed by President Roosevelt, reimbursing him for injuries from a 1934 shooting by George Nelson at Koerner's resort near Manitowish, Wisconsin. Christensen, a Spider Lake constable, aided federal agents pursuing John Dillinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl C. Christensen
Federal Treasury
George “Baby Face
Nelson
Koerner
Manitowish
Wis
Roosevelt
Duffy
Wisconsin
Christensen
Spider Lake
Vilas
John Dillinger
Governor Challenges Legislature in Wisconsin Address
Governor Philip F. La Follette blasted the Wisconsin Legislature for six months of inaction on state finances and urged adjournment if no tax or viable program is offered. He called out a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, criticized senate funding gaps, and said lawmakers cost taxpayers about $1,000 daily. He touted pensions and school aid plans but warned no funding means no progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Philip F. la Follyette
Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
la Follette
Italians Flee Across Frontiers to Avoid Service
Italian refugees and deserters cross Yugoslav and Austrian borders in groups and singly to dodge conscription for war against Ethiopia. Reports place more than 900 Italians, many of Slovene or German descent, slipping into Yugoslavia. border areas near Fiume Susak see several crossings daily. An Innsbruck report notes 104 Tyrolean Germans crossed recently. trenches are being built near Susak Triglay as Mussolini strengthens northern forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Brown
United Press
Vienna
Austria
Europe
Ethiopia
Italy
Fiume-Susak
Adriatic Sea
Ardanasi
Yugoslavia
Meara
Fiume
Postumia
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Germany
Susak-Triglay
Benito Mussolini
Big business tax lobby probe widens in Senate inquiry
The Senate lobby investigation expands to probe big business efforts to defeat Roosevelt wealth tax plans. Chairman Hugh L. Black said the panel will study campaigns against New Deal measures, including the agricultural adjustment act and TVA, after allegations of coordinated anti tax letters surfaced. The probe also targets Associated Gas and Electric spending and possible record destruction to shield campaign activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald G. van Tine
United Press
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Hugh L. Black
Special Lobby Committee
Black
Sen
Daniel ©. Hastings
Delaware
Robert M. la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Wheeler- Rayburn Holding Company
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Committee of
Public Utility Executives
Securities Department
J. J. Mange
H. C. Hopson
Wheeler-Bayurn
A. E. Beach
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
William A. Hill
Boston
John J. O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
Randolph Girl Injured in Streetcar Crash
Miss Martha Boersma, 17, of Randolph Wisconsin, was hospitalized after a crowded streetcar bound for Seventy Fifth Street jumped the track and crashed into a subway rail. One person was killed and 41 injured in the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Seventy-fifth Street
Martha Boersma
Randolph
Wis
Former Greek King Ready to Fly to Athens
Former King George II of Greece ordered a private six passenger airliner at Croydon for a long flight to Athens, with a 15 hour range. Greek cabinet shifts suggested royalist gains and possible restoration while the former king stayed secluded in a West End hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
George II
Greece
Croydon Field
Evening Standard
Athens
West End
Former Judge Higbee Dies at La Crosse
Edward Cady Higbee 79 longtime Wisconsin circuit judge died at home after a heart attack and pneumonia. Born Sept 16 1855 near Plainview Adams Co he began law in 1876 and helped in lumber shipping and property cases. Appointed in 1909 by Gov Davison he lost reelection in 1924 to Robert S Cowie. Survived by three children Roscoe Ina Losey and Jesse Higbee eight grandchildren funeral Monday afternoon in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Edward Cady Higbee
Sixth Wisconsin Circuit Court District
Higbee
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
James Davison
Robert S. Cowie
Plainvile
Adams County
Roscoe
Chicago
Ina H. Losey
Jesse Higbee
Chicago Authorities Seek Release of Eau Claire Suspects
Chicago authorities asked Eau Claire police to release two prisoners believed to be Mrs Evelyn Smith and Harry Jung in the swamp murder case of Ervin Lang Inient Thomas Kelly of the states attorney s police said investigation showed the pair were L D Gamaro and Helen Whillow of Washington Gamaro allegedly a former chauffeur for Mayor Fiorello La Guardia when he was in Congress Police questioned Mrs Blanche Dunkel mother in law to Tung and she claimed Mrs Smith killed Lang Jung aided her in hiding the body after severing the victim s legs with a hacksaw A chartered plane was prepared to fly to Eau Claire but detailed descriptions of the suspects led Kelly to conclude it was mistaken identity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eau Claire
Wis
Evelyn Smith
Harry Jung
Swamp
Ervin Lang
Thomas Kelly
L. D
Gamaro
Helen Whillow
Washington
Kelly
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
la Guardia
Congress
Huey Long to Challenge New Deal in Supreme Court
Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long said he would challenge the New Deal theory in the Supreme Court this fall. He accused President Franklin D. Roosevelt of lying and fakery, contrasting him with Theodore Roosevelt as Roosevelt the great. He also labeled Roosevelt as "the liar and a faker" and "Roosevelt the little."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
IUPI
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Long
Roosevelt the Little
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt the Great
War Department seeks funds for Camp McCoy buildings
The relief administration considered a War Department request for 51,600 of works funds for Camp McCoy Wisconsin. The money would cover 6000 for camp headquarters 12000 for warehouses 6600 for infirmary and 27000 for gun and material storage sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Relief Administration
War Department
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Plea of Not Guilty by Heckrodt in Menasha Case
Mayor Heckrodt of Menasha pleads not guilty to malfeasance in public office. Case set for September circuit court with venue change sought amid claims of conflict of interest in city property purchase from Onward Manufacturing for 10 400. State accuses official linkage to the company. defense says water and light commission acted separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ©. Heckrodt
Menasha
Fred Berlinger
Iling
Henry P. Hughes
Dist. Atty
R. C. Laus
Frank B. Keefe
Heckrodt
Onward Manufacturing Company
Dist
Ally. R. ¢. Laus
John Doe
W Hughes
Menasha’ Water and Light Commission
President Roosevelt Heads Weekend Washington Cruise
President Roosevelt sails aboard the Sequoia for a Chesapeake Bay weekend cruise with a small party. He plans to return to Washington Sunday, avoiding political conferences. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings may join for legal discussions on the New Deal if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Homer
Cummings
Local Showers Forecast For Wisconsin And Great Lakes
Local showers or thunderstorms are expected tonight and Sunday across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. Upper Michigan and nearby areas show showers or storms with cooler Sunday in the northwest, while temperatures remain near to above normal in the broader Great Lakes region with multiple daily showers through the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwest
Upper Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Guckstaff Observatory
Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plain
Union Labor Withdraws Immell Ban at Wisconsin Labor Meet
At the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor annual convention in Appleton, a resolution to dismiss Ralph M. Immell as Wisconsin work progress administrator was quashed. The planning committee’s anti Immell recommendation was adopted, and the convention rejected the claim that national guardsmen killed strikers at Kohler. The body urged October talks toward a third party, debated a militant mass labor party, and backed economic planning for production for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Ralph M. Immell
Wisconsin Work Progress
Wisconsin State Federation At Labor
Lamell
Kohler
Jabar
Kenosha
Immell
Mass Labor Party
Communist Party
Third Internationale
American Federation ‘of Labor
U.S
Federation
United States Chamber of Commerce
Egypt Sends Over One Million Sandbags to Abyssinia Legation
More than a million sandbags were dispatched from Egypt to Addis Ababa to shield the British legation in the event of war between Italy and Ethiopia. Cairo officials announced further safety measures and similar preparations are under way to protect the legation staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Addis Abiaba
Italy
Ethiopia
Legation
Penner
Geiger restrains government from gathering hog tax
Federal Judge F A Geiger issued a temporary restraining order preventing the federal government from collecting hog processing taxes from Cudahy Packing. Similar orders were issued a week earlier for Fort Howard Paper of Green Bay and Drummond Packing of Door County. the halt lasts until the plaintiffs’ injunction pleas are decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
F. A. Geiger
Cudahy Packing Company
Aed
Fort Howard Paper Company
Green Bay
Drummond Packing Company
Fayt Claire
Foreclosure Sale Quietly Conducted In Wisconsin Farm Auction
In Elkhorn Wisconsin a 120 acre farm owned by Ernest Kolb near Sharon was sold at foreclosure for 8060 dollars. Henry Feuerstein of Sharon held a 6000 dollar mortgage and made the high bid. Sheriff George OBrien reported deputies at the sale as the auction was conducted quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Wis
Ernest Kolb
Sharon
Henry Feuerstein
George O'Brien
Sudden Heat Drop As Oshkosh Storm Brings Rain
The city of Oshkosh saw a rapid fall in temperatures from a noon high near 91 degrees as clouds gathered and a brief downpour touched areas south of the city. Rain was light with only .29 inch in the period, farmers welcomed the relief from a prolonged heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkorh
Oshkosh
Depres
Oneun
Dutch Liner Crash Kills Thirteen In Swiss Valley
A royal Dutch airline passenger plane crashed near San Giacomo Switzerland after emerging from fog. Thirteen people were killed, two rescuers found alive but died, all aboard believed Dutch. The craft struck trees during a attempt to land in a narrow valley after motor trouble.
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San Bernardino
Switzerland
Frankfort-on-Main
Milan
San Giacomo
Gerard
Virginia Phillips
Ein Narrow Valley
Marrow Valley
Flyers bound for Norway arrive at Halifax today
Thor Sol berg and Paul Ozeanyan landed at Havre St. Pierre on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Seven Islands Quebec to refuel for the New York to Breggen Norway flight leg.
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Halifax
Thor Solberg
Paul Ozeanyan
Havre St. Pierre
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Seven Islands
Que
New York
Breggen
Norway
Great Astor Fortune May Pass to Newborn Heir
New York report notes the Astor fortune once valued at about 100 million dollars could pass to a newborn son of John Jacob Astor the third and his 19 year old wife Ellen Tuck French born yesterday weighing seven and a half pounds. The baby likely named William if tradition holds and the fortune may revert to him as Vincent Astor the elder half brother is childless.
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New York
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Ellen Tuck French
Doling Fine
William
Vincent Astor
American Bar Association Chooses Boston For Next Convention
At its final session the American Bar association announced reconvening next year in Boston after a tight contest among Kansas City St. Louis and New Orleans delegates. The gathering highlighted aims to better organize and coordinate the bar while pledging to oppose changes to the essential lines of the constitution. Frank J. Hogan and other leaders stressed the vitality of the constitution and the need to prevent textual corruption.
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Claire B. Bird
Los Angeles
Calif
Claire Bird
Wausau
Wis
American Bar Association
T. Bassil
Milwaukee
Bos
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
United State
John N. Vonerhees
Sioux Falls
D. D
William P. MacCracken
AAA
Association
Committee On Federal
Congress
U.P
Boston
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
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Hopson
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
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Geiger
Council Bluffs
Hugh Finerty
Buckstaff Observatory
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