Storms Hit Wisconsin Farms And Towns In Wake Of Lightning
Severe weather swept Wisconsin last night with lightning and high winds destroying six barns near Wausau and dozens of smaller structures. A police officer died contacting a downed high tension line at Rice Lake. multiple injuries and power outages were reported across the state. Roofs and canneries were damaged in several cities. crops suffered heat related losses and telephone service was interrupted in Marshfield.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Louis Gagner
Rice Lake
Earl Wilson
Brule
Wilson
Frank Luedtke
Edward Schmelng
Appleton
Reinhart Sommers
Sommers
Luedtke
Schmeling
Gagner
Rhinelander
Marshfield
Wisconsin Rapids
Auburndale
Stratford
Colby
Cart Johnson
Racine
Couderay
Couderay Reservation
Washington
Weather Bureau
University of Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station
Madison
Pagely
Stribling Wins by Knockout in the Second Round
Rev Bernard Jacobs 52 priest of St James Catholic Church Cooperstown and former Appleton resident died after being struck by an automobile on a highway near his home while repairing a tire. He died in a Green Bay hospital with the Denmark Wisconsin resident driver identified by local police as the motorist.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Bernard Jacobs
St. James Catholic Church
Cooperstown
Appleton
Green Bay
Denmark
Communist Camps in the Badger State
Wisconsin witnesses describe three camps in Kenosha Brule and Lake Geneva with communist women in charge. Children from 5 to 18 of both sexes and races attended these camps. Local officials and experts testified on communist activity in the Midwest during a congressional investigation.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Congressional
Ilinois
Helen K. Stuart
American Legion Auxiliary
Kenosha
Brule
Lake Geneva
Hamilton Fish
New York
Thirteen Drownings Across Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Weekend
A weekend drowning toll in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan reports thirteen deaths. Names include William Gensmann and Ferdinand Buschmann, with victims in Escanaba, Superior, Fond du Lac, and nearby lakes. Causes range from boat overturns to holes in beaches and swimmers tiring at shore.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
William Gensmann
Pine River
Ferdinand Buschmann
Otto Haltner
Millwaukee
Leonard Dube
Lous, Jr
Escanaba
Mich
Virginia Dahl
Steve Laiko
Superior
Richard M. Francis
Fond du Lac
Gensmann
Tomehawk
Park Lake
Buschmann
Haltner
Koskee Pond
Mayville
Dube Brothers
Louis Dube
Farmer
Northern Pacific
Virginia
Frank Minelli
Neal' Jake
Russell Sorensen
Lake Michigan
Calujmet
Joseph Okowski
Kewaunee
Kewaunee Coast
Francis
Two Oshkosh Women Hurt In Accident
Sheriff Nelson seeks license ownership to identify the driver of car involved in Sunday's crash north of Zittau. Mark Torgeson of Sheboygan is under scrutiny as the owner. Mrs Weisbrod and her daughter are hospitalized with serious injuries and a grave prognosis for Mrs Weisbrod.
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Arthur Nelson
Madison
Wis
Irving Stilp
Zittau
Secretary of State
Mark Torgeson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sheboygan
Nelson
Torgeson
Neilson
Oshkosh
Juneau
Joseph Weisbrod
Washington Boulevard
Theda Clark Hospital
Neenah
Mis
Caroline Weisbrod
Ziitan
Highway 150
Temperatures Hit Records Across Cities Amid Heat Wave
A heat wave pushes temperatures to new season highs with many cities reporting record or near record readings. Mt. Carmel Illinois hits 110, Washington D C 160, Omaha 108, Des Moines 106, and Milwaukee 91 as officials issue sun and craft warnings and forecast cooler conditions by Tuesday.
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Washington, D. C
Mt. Carmel I
Omaha
Neb
Peoria
Ill
Pipestone Minn
Des Moines
Evansville
St Louis
Keokuk, Ta
Cairo Ill
Davenport
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Sioux City
Fort Worth
Tex
Shreveport
Milwaukee
Wis
Harvests under heat as northwest crops ripen
Across the Dakotas and Minnesota fields press into harvest as heat accelerates grain maturity. Spring wheat begins while later grains appear. drought yields mixed reports. The Ninth Federal Reserve Bank predicts average to above last year if conditions hold. Eastern districts fare better than western, rye and barley harvests noted in Moorhead Fargo area and Williston reports. First winter wheat loads show small kernels ready for a 10 cent protein premium.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ninth
Federal Reserve Bank Today
Moorhead- Fargo
Williston
Accidental Death as Father Crushed Baby While Intoxicated
Coroner's jury examines Ed ward M. Johnson a 36 year old broker after police say he accidentally killed his six month old daughter Mary Jane while half drunk Johnson claimed he tripped while soothing the infant and crushed her later admitted stumbling with the child Doctors found the baby's ribs fractured and multiple injuries Johnson lamented his poverty and drinking as the cause and friends say he was a devoted father
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Chicago
Edward M. Johnson
Johnson
Mary Jane
Youth Newsboy Climbs Cactus to Beat Heat Record
Lawrence Peters, 13, perched on a cactus near Yuma on an old immigrant trail, announced a plan to stay up 710 hours. He reached the 64th hour despite 108 degree heat, rain, and a thunderstorm as he played solitaire with his ground crew monitoring.
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Yuma
Ariz
Lawrence Peters
Lawrence
Uncle Sam Expands Airmail Use in Latin Diplomacy
Washington plans to speed diplomatic talks with Latin American republics by expanding airmail for secret dispatches. The State Department asks for higher funding to handle pouches, with preliminary cost estimates around 1 million dollars annually. Air routes save five to fifteen days over cables, though costlier, and experiments test lighter pouches to trim weight.
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Washington
Aspes
Latin America
State Department
Department
Budget Bureau
North
Lack of Funds Threatens Flight Record Attempt
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson struggle to fund their sustained flight in St Louis amid a 170 hour airborne effort. A required extra 9500 dollars risks ending the voyage, as the crew appeals for public support and notes a planned Aug 21 landing unless funds arrive.
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St. Louis
Forest O'Brine
Dale Jackson
O'Brme
St Louis
Jackson
O'Brine
Slayers of Buckley Known, Detroit Officer Says
Detroit radio announcer Jerry Buckley was killed and Police Commissioner Thomas C Wilcox stated today that the slayers are known to the police. The remarks connect the case to the WMEC station and its reporting.
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Buckley
Detroit. Mich
Thomas C Wilcox
Jerry Buckley
WMEC
Communist slate nominated in Milwaukee for fall elections
Twelve candidates were named by Milwaukee Communists including Fred Baett for governor Edward Neha for secretary of state and Flory Pu for congressman from the Ninth district. Also named were William Clark for lieutenant governor William Martilio for United States senator and Walter Kasum West Allis for congressman. three nominees are jailed for the Haymarket affair.
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Milwaukee
Haymarket Square
Orarch
Fred Baett
Edward Neha
Flory Pu
Wee William Clark
William Martilio
Supeior
Walter Kasum West Allis
Robberies and a Shooting In Wisconsin and Illinois
A Wisconsin incident reports Oscar Hantke 48 shot thrice during a possible slot machine robbery at Rest Lake Dam Vilas county. A signed confession tied Albert Heath to two bank robberies in Grant county and Leopolis, while two robberies in Sheboygan yielded $200 and jewelry. In Lake Geneva a clerk and a night manager were robbed with a gun in a separate hold up, and Des Moines reports a bank robbery with tear bombs. A fatal shooting in ChicagoEnds with a grocer’s death after resisting a robbery.
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Tronwood
Mich
Rest Lake Dam
Vilas County
Wisconsin
Oscar Hantke
Lancaster
Wis
Woodman State Bank
Grant County
Leopolis
Albert E. Heath
Crandon
Joseph Greer
S. E. Smailey
Sheboygan Sheboygan
U.8
Marvin Grasse
Federal Bank
Guilty on manslaughter in Dennis Hubert murder case
In Atlanta a jury found T. L. Martin guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 1926 murder of Dennis Hubert, a Negro college student. Sentencing of twelve to fifteen years in state prison was recommended as the seven defendants in the case face further trials. The slaying, at a public school, sparked race-related unrest including arson at Rev G J Hubert’s home and a tear gas attack on a mass meeting.
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Atlanta
T. L Martin
Dennis Hubert
G. J. Hubert
Charles B Hubert
Dennis
Last Sightseeing Flight Ends in Three Deaths at Matawan Airport
A sightseeing plane crashed in a gully near Matawan New Jersey after entering a tailspin at 1 500 feet. Pilot Albert Biddle 24 Marmaroneck New York passenger Edward Harman 35 Wickatunk New Jersey and George Schrank 19 Freeman New Jersey were killed.
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Matawan
N. J
U.P
Albert Biddle
Marmaroneck
Edward Harman
Wickatunk
Carpenter
George Schrank
Freeman
Schlerf Promises to Seek GOP Nomination in Lampert Seat
Special to The Northwestern Fond du Lac Illinois. Harry E. Schlerf, long-time secretary to the late Congressman Florian Lampert, announces he will seek the Republican nomination to succeed Lampert. Lehner, Princeton, had been chosen by Fond du Lac Sixth District Progressive caucus by 18 votes to 16 for Schlerf. Lehner says Schlerf pledged to campaign for him and become secretary if elected, a claim Lehner calls surprising and unclear. Irregular caucus charges and county-level disputes are raised over representation and process.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Found du Lac
Philip Lehner
Princeton
Harry E. Schlerf
Florian Lampert
Oshkosh
Lampert
Schlerf
Lehner
James Skole
Winnebago County
Fond du ‘Lac
Marquette County
Thomas Hayden
Schlers
Ross Lyons
Oshkosh Labor
Federation of Labor
Suntav
Oj Campbell
Burns kill Milwaukee child in accidental gasoline fire
Norbert Liebherr died from burns after his father accidentally threw a blazing gasoline can toward him during an engine startup. The can backfired igniting Norbert's clothing as he stood near the doorway. He was taken to Milwaukee Children's Hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
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Milwaukee
Norbert Liebherr
Herman Liebherr
Waukesha
Miwaukee Children's Hospital
Liebherr
Norbert
Cubs Defeat Reds in Opening Tilt of Twin Bill
Chicago Cubs top Cincinnati Reds 3 to 2 in the opener of a doubleheader as Root fanned twelve batters. Frey opposed him in a tightly contested start.
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CUBS
REDS
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Root
Frey
Stribling KO closes two round blast in London stadium
Young Stribling from Macon Georgia rises in the heavyweight ranks by stopping Phil Scott in two rounds at Wimbledon Stadium London. Stribling wore a blue dressing gown with Reserve Air Corps insignia while Scott wore purple tights as the referee Sam Russell watched the bout. Stribling floored the English challenger three times in the first round and again before the finish.
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Wimbledon
London
Stribling
Macon
Phil Scott
Senua
Seasion
Reserve Air Corps
Pa” Stribling
Scott
Sam Russell
Stribling Stops Phil Scott In London Heavyweight Bout
In Wimbledon Stadium London a 10 round heavyweight clash saw Youth Stribling of Macon Georgia drop Phil Scott the lanky Englishman in the second round. Stribling weighed 188 pounds to Scotts 206 as rain and crowds shaped a disorderly scene with no police presence and fans climbing stands after the main event threats.
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Wimbledon Stadium
London
Stribling
Macon
Phil Scott
Jeff Dickson
Thames Embankment
Scott
Gunner Bennett
Marie Trinder
Trinder
Central Arena
Talders
Ture
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Neenah Hospital
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Wep
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