Three Robbers Wounded After Payroll Robbery in Peoria
Three gunmen halted a payroll theft at the Empire Tavern area in Peoria leaving about $2,500 scattered after a shootout that wounded a shopper and guard Joseph Backus fatally, while one robber named Mace from Kansas City was captured. Three accomplices fled abandoning a car and weaponry. police traced stolen cars and local license plates as officers pursued the others.
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Peoria
Joseph Backus
Eoria
al Last
Mace
Kansas City
Harley Cole
John Edinburgh
Charles Ser
Yne
Backus
Ed Ryan
Empire
Erchants National
Veurix
Hhem
Leo Jamins
John Lewis
Twothers
Iowa
Chicago
California
South Street
Schroeder Named District 2 Director in Shawano
Madison report notes the appointment of Dr E L Schroeder of Shawano as personnel director for District 2 of the federal Work Administration. The announcement lists Schroeder and others as new district directors.
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IR. E. L. Schroeder OF
Shawang
District 2
Madison
U.2
EL Schroeder
Shawano
Accidental Target Practice Wounds Wisconsin Youth
Jack Schuett, 16, of Cudahy, was reported recovering at Memorial hospital after an accidental gunshot wound to the abdomen during target practice with companions at Bass Lake. The incident involved a rifle discharged by a another youth nearby in the area.
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Antire
Wis
Jack Schuett R
Cudahy
Bradscet Basslake
Schuett
Memorial Hospital
Anther Bor
Water at Bessemer suspected typhoid fever risk
Five persons including three children were under treatment today as typhoid fever was suspected in Bessemer water supplies. Dr W J Pinks Lom urged users to boil water before drinking as the city obtains its supply from the Blec.
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Bessemer
W. J. Pinks
Racine Detective Says Assault Hoax Declared By Mrs Odalberg
Police in Racine report that detective George concluded the Wednesday night assault claim by Mrs Theresa Odalberg was a hoax. Under questioning she admitted the injuries were from a fall in the kitchen at Arthur Modine’s residence.
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Racine
Wis
George
Heresa Odalberg
Arthur Modine
Queretaro Governor Charged With Homicide in Businessman's Death
Mexico City report says Gen. Satur nino Osornio, governor of Queretaro, faces homicide charges amid claims of involvement in the death of Enrique Spanish businessman. In Tabasco Gen. Aureo C Calles takes the governorship after ouster of Manuel Lastra. Thousands shout Death to Garrido as Calles arrives. federal troops guard against violence while pilots report quiet.
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Mexico City
Saturnino Osornio
Queretaro
Rafael Villarreal
Tamaulipas
Tabasco
Aureo C. |Calles
Manuel Lastra
Osornio
Permanent Commission of Congress
Pastrana Jaimes
First District Court
Enrique
Sses
Rela Osernio
Tebasco
Manuel Lasira
Garrido
General Callies
Manuel Henriauez
Communists pledge support for democracy against fascists
At the seven nation international congress in Moscow delegates vow support for a bourgeois democracy threatened by German leader Pieck. The keynote accuses Nazism of planning war on democratic Europe with Browder and Foster elected to a 42 member presidency as Stalin and Dimitrov attend. About 400 delegates from 50 countries meet in the Hall of Columns as press is barred.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press
Moscow
Communist Party
Jose’ Wilhelm Pieck
Red
Europe
Ko O
Eers Browder
Foster
Joseph Stalin
George Dimitrov
Heat Wave Persists With 90s Foreseen In Western Wisconsin
Milwaukee area and much of the state faced high humidity and a continuing heat wave. Temperatures were predicted to reach or exceed 90 in the western regions while most other areas stayed in the 80s. Lake breezes from the south provided some relief though humidity remained high.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Medison
Rogers and Post plan first leg of round the world flight
Basfield Wisconsin born humorist and aviator Rogers and Post described themselves after arriving from Los Angeles. The trio said the 16 mile leg from Presa Lake Superior marked the first leg of their last posed flight to Russia. They denied reports of a stop in Moscow as the trip begins.
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Albuquerque
Toursis
Rogers
Post
Igeles
Piane Post
Moscow
Avistar
Russia
Los Angeles
Sertile
Los Ars
Senate approves bill for central bank control of banking
The Senate passed the omnibus banking bill establishing federal control over the banking system. The measure creates a central board of seven Federal Reserve governors and five bank representatives to regulate money markets, reserve requirements, and government securities. A central bank substitute failed 59 to 10, with support from a cross‑party group.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve Board of Sive
Jirge
Ty Reserve
Reserve Board
Credit Aya Seven Reserve Board
al Reserve Berks
Sensiorstitute We
Unite With Fail Po
Asas
Congress
Compromise Bank
Central Bank
Cone
Caraway
Holt
Neely
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Frazier
Nee
Smill
Snipstead
Farmer- Labor
Father Coughlin Wins Court Order To Use Stadium
The Rev Charles E Coughlin Detroit radio priest won a court order directing park board officials to allow a mass meeting at Soldier Field. Superior Judge James J Kelly ruled against the board after it refused to rent the stadium earlier in the summer, ending the ongoing legal dispute.
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Chicago
Charles E Coughlin
Detroit
Park Board
Soldier Field Stadium
James J. Kelly
Bir
Texan representative under fire over bonds and hotel box claim
Senate lobby committee heard Representative Patton of Texas deny improper motives after testimony that he bought 3000 dollars in bonds while earning 3100 that spring. Witnesses described a supposed small box from John Carpenter’s hotel room and questioned Patton’s links to Texas Power and Light. The probe stalls over attendance rules as lawmakers clash on advisory access.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Steff
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Representative Patton
Democrat
Texas
Patton Carver
John
Ss. E. V. Sellers
Ocrat
Senate
House
Ferces
Hether Benjamin Cohen
Admi
Huddleston
Demetrai
Alabama
Patton
John W.carpenter
Texas Power and Light Compansator
Cellers
jPetton
Pach S
Bond
Carpenter
Two Bills For Age Pensions To Be Offered
Unanimous bipartisan agreement announces separate tax bills to provide Wisconsin counties 1 500 000 for old age pensions during the ne 66 years and 1 400 900 for cost of mothers' pensions. The committee aims to end inter house deadlock over taxation and state finances. The plan would allocate 300 000 this year and 1 000 000 next year to assist in paying old age pensions, with 500 000 deemed sufficient the first year due to July 1 compulsory law. Mother pensions would be 1 500 50 annually for the biennium, with 4000 already appropriated from prior relief bills. The formal action remains nonbinding.
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Madison
Legislative Conference Committee
Wisconsin
Exis
Gris‘wold
PeTisis
Simo
Noo
Former state champ reaches Gulf finals
A youth from Kenosha, Miltaukes- er Hane Cannon, 22, tied the swing record after 11 days of participation. He faced charges for violating state health laws by breaking a smallpox quarantine at a beach, imperiling 8,000 people. The court noted the two months would gauge Tony times to reflect.
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Tony
State Pays for Swamp Lands in Wisconsin Senate Debate
Wisconsin lawmakers push a bill to reimburse the state for swamp lands and timber within Indian reservations. The measure, tied to education of Indians and timber sales interest, faces financial concerns from the director of the budget. La Follette’s plan seeks state responsibility for Indian schooling and a $1,631,600 amount exceeds prior land and timber totals.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sinetar
Progressive
Wien
Indian Bureau
la Follette
Messure Tafe
Seker
Satene
Ickes Sa
Indian Service
la Follette Lill
Ethiopia May Refuse Conciliation Over Italy Rift
Ethiopian officials indicated they would reject reviving the conciliation commission in the dispute with Italy. The nation’s representatives to the League of Nations were told to answer by noon on a given day regarding reconvening the commission. Ethiopian authorities criticized Britain’s arms embargo and urged the council to address the broader Ethiopia Italy conflict, not only specific incidents.
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Addis Ababa
Edhwis
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
League Council
Mortgage moratorium reform clears senate to assembly
The Wisconsin senate and assembly conference committee reported a compromise mortgage moratorium bill to halt foreclosures for nonperforming borrowers. It allows court mediation after foreclosure suits began, requires county and circuit court mediation panels, and may extend redemption with interest taxes and partial principal. Jury trials for foreclosures are removed. Governor La Follette to consider after assembly approval.
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Kenneth Happing
Associated Press
Madison
Senate and Assembly
Donney
Senate
Assembly
la Follette
Donley
Circuit Court
Minnesota
President signs prison goods bill sparks federal action
The article notes the president signing a prison goods bill as weather forecasts show partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with possible thunderstorms in western and northern areas. Warmer conditions are forecast for extreme north and east regions. Lakes region winds rise to gentle to moderate from the east to south with fair conditions and possible storms in northern Michigan and western Lake Superior. A 7:40 am reading records 79 degrees and fair, and 1:00 pm 86 degrees and fair.
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Upper Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Northwestern
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