Twenty Five Killed In Wisconsin Weekend Auto Crashes
A devastating weekend in Wisconsin saw 25 dead from traffic incidents, eight in one Richland County crash near Muscoda where two cars collided late Saturday. Four others near Muscoda were severely injured, and a separate Sunday night collision near Merton claimed four lives. Additional drownings and boating mishaps added to the toll, listing victims across multiple towns including Richland Center Gotham Boscobel Milwaukee Madison and Chippewa Falls. Critical injuries included Audrey Knoble and Milton Hooks.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Richland County
Muscoda
Merton
Milwaukee
Donald Barry
Richland Center
Ruby Edgerley
Gotham
Fred McGinley
Harvey Martin Jr
Lone Rock
Gerand Knoble
Boscobel
Eileen Hooks
Elaine Stenner
Mr. Hope
Ardith Knoble
Edwin Gretz
Manitowoc
Ethelwyn Maruga
Kewaunee
Amelia Roder
Milwau
Anita Kitthum
Elizabeth Reisinger
Merrill
Sheldon Rankin
Beloit
Esther Acker
Waunakee
Betty Johnson
Madison
Frank Griffin
Chicago
Peter Torcizia
Edward Sippy
Chippewa
Falls
George Bresina
F. E. Bergmann
Duluth
Minn
George Rucktenwald
Mils
Mystery Blast at Gibraltar Kills Four Soldiers injures many
A massive explosion at Gibraltar near a munitions dump killed four soldiers and injured many as air raid alerts sent residents to shelters. British defenses arrived with American aircraft and tanks, while artillery reinforcements strengthened the Rock to deter further land attack.
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la Lines
Spain
UPR
Gibraltar
Briish
Rock
United States to Bring 1000 European War Orphans
The United States committee for the care of European children announced plans to send about 1,000 children from war zones to the United States in roughly three weeks if ships are available. Children of various nationalities will be billeted in American homes with local volunteers offering care.
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Lendon
United States
Committee For the Care of
Nineteen Named in Cemetery Lot Swindle
A federal grand jury charged nineteen individuals with defrauding investors of about $300,000 through cemetery lot sales in 1938 and 1939. The scheme used notes and deceptive promotions across Chicago and New York connections, with victims listed across multiple states.
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Federal Grand Jury
Benjamin M. Klar
New York
Chicago
A. Bradley Eben
United States District Attorney
Benjamin M. Kiar
Kenneth B. Martin
William H. Holly
Bond
Klar
Richard Simon
Eben
Eldar
Arthur Dunas
Samuel B. Getzler
Joseph Herman
Ralph B. Moohr
John Bronstein
R. J. Huss
Michael Michaels
Morris M. Kline
Sid Gottlieb
L. B. Ballou
Richard Vidauer
Jack Castor
Brooklyn
Lou Fleischman
Akron
A. H. Lieber
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
One Reynolds
Herman L. Sarshik
Philadelphia
Ellie Griffith
Kansas City
Eben Said
North Shore
North Chicago
Rand Hill Park Cemetery
Evergreen Memorial Park
Bart
Ind
Floral Hills Burial Estate
Rose Lawn Memorial Estate
Moline
Highland Memory Garden
Des Moines
Arrowhead Memorial Park
Duluth
Minn
Illinois
Maggie E. Haines
Blandinsville
Maria Johnson
Gillespie
Joseph E. Stephens
Bushnell
Freeport
Helen M. Anderson
Persis Avery
Alois D. de Porter
Melville W. Crane
G. A. Kukuk
Geneseo
Ernest S. Hussey
Rock Island
Indiana
Herman R Pflugheest
Hobart
James Tullock
Cris J. Reed
William Heyer
Myrtle Gram
John Nute
Gary
Wisconsin
Anna McQuillan
Superior
Italian planes chase British armored cars into Egypt
Rome reports Italian planes pursued British armored cars beyond Libya into Egypt yesterday and damaged them seriously with bombs and machine gun fire. Italy also claimed to shoot down two British Blenheim planes, with two Italian aircraft missing.
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Rome
Libya
Egypt
Talian High Command
Act of Havana Seen as Key Step In Americas Defense
The Pan American conference moves toward final approval of the act of Havana, seeking regional administrations to protect European possessions in the Americas from transfer. Cordell Hull hailed the drafting as a personal triumph while Colombia withdrew a late amendment on protectorate administration. The act warns of a grave menace as colonies may become strategic aggression centers.
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Hayvapa
Conference of American Foreign Ministers
Western Hemisphere
Peace Commission
Havana
Hull
U. S
Cordell Hull
Colombia
Commission
Americas
Liner America Receives Enthusiastic New York Welcome
The United States liner America arrived amid a grand harbor greeting in New York. Dozens of ships tooted, flags waved, planes circled, and 851 male guests on the 233 mile voyage watched as Mayor La Guardia and Rear Admiral Lackey greeted the ship from the Riverside.
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New York
United States
America
Queen of the
Coast Guard
Newport News
West Indies
Franklin D Roosevelt
S. S. America
la Guardia
Frank R. Lackey
Lehman
Bay
S. S. Riverside
House Military Affairs Committee
Washington
Norman Thomas
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Andrew May
Showers Bring Cooldown to Midwest as East Perspires
Wet weather spread across the Midwest cooling Nebraska where temperatures neared 105 previously. Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin saw showers. Detroit measured 82 as cooler air and a front traced from upper Michigan through Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska and into New Mexico and Arizona. Funeral heat toll rose with 321 deaths and 337 drownings recorded by AP as heat persisted.
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Associated Press
Midwest Plains
Nebraska
Lincoln
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Detroit
G. E. Dunn
Chicago
Dakotas
Upper Michigan
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
New England
Dunn
Chinese Reject Japanese Overture To Halt Battle
Hongkong reports a Chungking informed source says China rejected unconditional Japanese overtures to end hostilities and reach a broader settlement. Proposals included cession of five provinces Hopei Chahar Shantung Shansi and Suiyuan recognition of Wang Ching Wei as president and shared economic ties with Burma Indo China and Siam. Manchukuo status would be left in abeyance.
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Hongkong
Chungking
China
Asia
Japan
Hopei
Chahar
Shantung
Shansi
Suiyuan
Wang Ching Wei
Burma
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Robbers Enter Wichman Furniture Store in Appleton Heist
Burglars forced a safe at the Wichman furniture store in Appleton over the weekend and stole 1100 dollars. Company officials reported to police today that more than 2000 dollars in checks were scattered across the scene.
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Appleton
Wichman Furniture
Weather outlook for tonight and Tuesday in Wisconsin
Occasional showers probable in extreme south with cooler tonight. Northwestern observations show considerable clouds and a cool period. Milwaukee area records indicate a 38 and a low near 28, with fair conditions and variable wind.
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Wisconsin
Ciredy
Fair Milwaukee
Nazi rail decree to aid blitz against Britain
Neutral observers see Germany's halt of rail traffic between occupied and unoccupied France as a prelude to a possible blitz against Britain. The Vichy order aims to keep rolling stock for attack, bar demobilized soldiers and families from the front areas, and stockpile food for the army.
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Charles S. Foltz Jr
Basel
Switzerland
Germany
Britain
France
Vichy
Paris
Swiss Hold Line Emphasized to Guard Independence
Bern reports General Guisan ordered citizen soldiers to man battlements as long as Europe is at arms. Switzerland, bordered by Germany and Italy after France’s defeat, reiterates resolve to defend independence. Ruth plain hosts officers and battalion commanders for a pivotal conference.
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Bern
Switzerland
Henri Guisan
Europe
Germany
Ialy
France
J Histone Ruth Plain
Guisan
Ruti. Plain
Romania Proposes Ceding Transylvanian Strip to Hungary
Rumania signals willingness to surrender a narrow Transylvania border strip to Hungary and swap populations in other districts. The plan, discussed by King Carol II and aides after meetings with Axis leaders, aims to settle a long running dispute while Germany hints at arbitration if talks fail.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Hungary
Satu Mare
Oradea
Arad
Carol II
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Salzburg
Rome
Council of Ministers
Budapest
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Rumania
Germany
Britain to Fight to Victory Churchill Says
Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared Britain backed by a united empire will fight Nazidom to a victorious conclusion. He spoke after Hitler's demand for submission and ahead of his planned parliamentary address in the House of Commons.
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London
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Argentina
Huiler
Vandenberg alleges administration blocks voluntary enlistment
Senator Arthur Vandenberg charges the administration discourages voluntary enlistment to swell support for conscription. He cites a weekend flood of letters, with about 99 to 1 opposing conscription and urging recruiting. President Roosevelt asks Congress for draft legislation to mobilize the national guard and officers reserve corps into active training.
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National Guard and Reserve Corps
Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Congress
National Guard
Senate
O Daniel Surges in Texas Primary Lead
O Daniel leads with about 53.4 percent of 375000 votes in the Texas Democratic primary aiming to avoid a runoff. Connally renominated for a third six year term and most incumbents look set for reelection with Clyde Garrett facing a runoff against Sam Russell.
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Dallas
W._ Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
O'Daniel
Great Britain repels major German air assault over southeast England
Britain’s air force fought the largest aerial attack on the British Isles to date. About 100 German bombers targeted a southeastern port, with 15 planes officially downed. Britain also struck at Nazi targets including Cherbourg oil tanks and a Dutch airfield. The Wren destroyer was lost and several planes were shot down in ongoing fighting.
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London
Dover
England
France
Wallace Carroll
United Press
Great Britain
British Isles
Biitskrieg
French Channel
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Germany
Britain
Wren
Kabat Seeks Full Pardon After Escape Attempt
Manitowoc Wisconsin report details Wenzel E. Kabat, 64, formerly of Reedsville, serving over 30 years in Wisconsin's Waupun prison for murder. He has filed a fourth clemency application with Governor Julius P. Heil and reportedly has not sought parole. Kabat, who escaped in 1914 and was recaptured in 1917, is tied to a farm murder case involving Michael M. McCarthy near Kaukauna and previously used an alias Will Woods.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Waupun
Wenzel E. Kabat
Reedsville
Julius P. Heil Kabat
Waupua
Joan Goodland
Michael M. McCarthy
Kaukauna
Kabat
McCarthy
Green Bay
Thomas Ryan
Appleton
Rabat
Oelekosh
Anti
Will Woods
Henry Towne
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Joseph Roder
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