Robbery at Fremont Gas Station Ends With Kidnap
Three men in a 1927 Buick robbed Wadhams service station proprietor Alex Guenther of 35 to 50 dollars, gagged and handcuffed him, then drove him to a woods near Reedsville before releasing him. Sheriff Steenbeck pursued but found no clues linking to other Wadhams stations.
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Fremont
Wis
Alex Guenther
Wadhams
Guenther
Highway 10
Golden Slipper Inn
Arthur Steenbock
Reedsville
Waupaca
Fling
Arthur Steenbeck
Waupaca County
New London
Clintonville
Construction work authorized by signature of Kohler
Gov. Walter J. Kohler announced approval of contracts for two ward buildings at the Central State Hospital for the Insane at Waupun and highway work in Jackson and Ashland and Bayfield counties. Contracts include 104000 to William M. Christenson Construction Co for Waupun buildings, 7545 to Paul E Mueller for heating and ventilating systems, 9644362 to Universal Engineering for concrete surfacing on U.S. 12 in Jackson County, 39955 to Victor Nelson for travel surfacing of 26 miles in Bayfield and 109 miles in Ashland on U.S. 2 and State Trunk Highway 13, bringing total highway contracts since Jan. 7, 1929 to July 26, 1930 to 13572459.26. Michael Liptak, St. Paul, Minn, won boiler and furnace brick work at the university central heating station for 6275.
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Madison
UPI
Central State Hospital For the Insane
Waupun
Jackson
Ashland
Bayfield
Walter J. Kohler
Willam M. Christenson
Racine
Paul E Muéler
Milwaukee
Universal Engineering Company
Medford Wis
Jackson County
Victor Nelson
Superior Wis
Bayfield County
Ashland County
Michael Liptak
St. Paul
Minn
University Central
Milwaukee Man Offers To Sell His Wife For Five Hundred
Joe Heller, 30, Milwaukee, declared his wife was worth more and offered her for sale for 500. He was fined 15 dollars and costs on disorderly conduct charges after threatening the life of the woman. Detectives testified he wrote a letter to friend Fred Lawson stating the plan.
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Milwaukee
Joe Heller
Heller
Fred Lawson
Derby leaders arrive in Chicago from Lincoln
Lowellt Bayles of Springfield Massachusetts led the all American air derbyists into Chicago from Lincoln Nebraska today, completing the Mississippi valley lap in three hours thirty eight minutes thirty seconds. Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock Arkansas, who has led the overall time, finished second with three hours forty eight minutes twenty seven seconds after his hop off at Lincoln.
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Chicago
Lowellt Bayles
Springfield
Mass
Lincoln
Neh
Mississippi Valley
Lee Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
Repeal of Day UW Is Issue Among Ohio Democrats
Columbus report notes repeal of national prohibition law dominates the Democratic senatorial primary with August 12 closing. James M. Cox's repeal stance sparks two candidates, Rob ert J. Bulkley and George S. Myers, to enter the race. Bulkley backed by Cleveland machinery and anti prohibition group. former War Secretary Newton D Baker leads his campaign. Other contenders emphasize farm relief and economic remedy, including John McSweeney opposing repeal and W W Durbin signaling majority rule. The fifth candidate is Charles V. Truax, former state agriculture director.
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Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Seeling
Robert J. Bulk
Hoover
John McSweeney
Wooster
W W. Durbin
Kenton
FESS
Charles V. Truax
Agriculture
The
Oppor
Gozy Dolan's Club Raided and Former Coach Arrested
Chicago reports prohibition agents raided the fashionable Club Huron at 16 East Huron Street. Alvin Dolan, known as Cozy Dolan former coach of the New York Giants, was arrested with several cases of liquor seized. A dozen couples, hostesses, four waiters and the bartender were taken. Names on a card index will be investigated. Dolan is noted as a former Oshkosh player before his major league career.
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Chicago
Huron
East Huron Street
Alvin
Cozz Dolan
New York Giants
Dolan
Cozy Dolan
Oshkosh
R-100 Moors To Montreal Tonight
The R-100 dirigible nears Montreal St Hubert field with arrival delayed to seven o clock. officials cite better dusk conditions to preserve lifting gas and avoid mid afternoon heat. Royal Canadian Mounted Police guard the field as Canadians await the historic landing.
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Rence
Ec St. Hubert
Montreal
England
Ocean
Belle Island Strait
Oslock E. ST
St. Hubert
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
Naval Reservation
Lakehurst
WN. J
America
Democrats Split Votes In Wisconsin Primary Controversy
The piece argues that Democratic voters face a binary choice in the September 16 primary for Sixth District Congress. It warns that casting Democratic ballots for congressmen blocks GOP governor votes, urging the Kohler ticket to defeat the Madison Ring and rebuild the party by unity, not splits.
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Kohler
Democratic Party
Madison Ring
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Madison
Dane County
Grand Jury Declines to Indict In Lingle Case
The Cook county grand jury reported that Harry T Brundidge's testimony was hearsay and none of the named Chicago newspaper men faced indictable charges though some testimony was admitted. The panel urged cooperation with investigators on the Lingle murder racketeering case and asked reinstatement of Capt John Stege as chief of detectives.
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Merton ‘T. Akers
United Press
Chicago
Alfred J. Lingle
Cook County Grand Jury
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Brundidge
Lingle
Bernard DeVry
Denis J. Normoyie
Criminal Court
Publi
Stege
William Hale Thompson
John Stege
Wiliam F. Russell
Chicago Tribune
Russell
Father Point
Sonal
St. Hubert
Que
Brandidge
St. Lawrence
Ing
Father Pout
Quebec
Roll Their Own Sentence To Jail
Rockville Maryland report shows Black defendants found guilty of confrontational golf games were sentenced by Judge Charles W Woodward with cryptic phrases like snake eyes and roll sentences. Stewart Brent Frank Butler and Frank Peters are among those beginning ten seven and six day terms respectively.
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Rockville
Charles W. Woodward
Snake Eyes
Little Joe
Darkes
Stewart Brent
Frank Butler
Washington D. C
Frank Peters
Glen Echo
Seventeenth-teen youth reaches semi final in tourney
Fifteen year old lad from Ocanomo makes the Wiscon sin State Amateur golf semi finals. Other names listed include Eddie Lehman Racine Ned Allis Milwaukee and John G Smith Kenosha as entrants. In Seabright tennis, Josephine Cruickshank defeats Edith Cros in straight sets to reach final rounds.
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Milwaukee
Lyn Lardner
Ocanomowoe
Eddie Lehman
Racine
Ned Allis
John G. Smith
Kenosha
Seabright
Josephine Cruickshank
Edith Cros
Wisconsin Fair Tonight with Warmer Friday
The forecast calls for slightly warmer conditions in Wisconsin tonight and Friday, with fair skies and locally moderate, shifting winds in the southwest and east central portions. Upper and lower Great Lakes regions show generally fair weather, warmer in the northwest, with light to moderate winds from the northwest and no precipitation expected. Observations from Buckstaff Observatory note fair conditions from Tuesday 8 p.m. to Wednesday 8 p.m., with a maximum temperature around 8 plus unspecified units and a barometer at 29.82.
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Associated
Upper Great Lakes
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Berlin Firm Wins Highway 73 Construction Bid
The Eramp Construction Co of Berlin entered the lowest bid of 166066.87 for 10.9 miles of twenty foot concrete road on highway 73 from Plainfield to the Wood county line. The bid beat Koepke Brothers of Appleton by about 10000, with Ryan-Davlin of Madison listed highest at five bids. Other bidders were Lampert Construction Oshkosh and Arnold Construction Eau Claire. Roadwork will start west of Plainfield and extend through Waushara Adams and Wood counties to join the Wisconsin Rapids pavement. The Kramp company expects to return the contract within a week and continues Marathon Shawano work with about four miles left to pave. Target finish by late August.
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Berlin
Wis
Eramp Construction Company
Jow
Plainfield
Wood County
Wisconsin Rapids
Koepke Brothers’ Company
Appleton
Ryan-Davlin Company
Madison
Lampert Construction Company
Oshkosh
Arnold Construction Company
Eau Claire
Waushara
Adams
Wood Counties
Kramp Company
Rapids
Marathon-Shawano County
Krama
Pshaetna Et al
Hurley Plans Washington Flight After North Dakota Stop
Col Patrick J Hurley secretary of war flew from Devils Lake North Dakota to Washington after addressing an American Legion convention and inspecting a Missouri river diversion project. He refused to discuss Scott Field near Belleville but urged expansion of army airfields saying cities near air bases want enlargements and forecasting 9000 miles of Mississippi river navigation development within five years.
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St. Louis
Washington
North Dakota
American Legion
Devil's Lake
Patrick J Hurley
Hurley
Scott Field
Bellevile
Hurey
King George Signs London Naval Pact
King George signs the instrument of ratification for the London naval treaty. The pact is now rallying and signed by Great Britain and the United States. The announcement was not made by Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, and was greeted by cheers in the House of Commons.
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George
London
Tradon
Great Britain
United States
Philp Stowsden
Exchequer
House ,of Commons
Attaches On Court Named By Spengler
Silas M Spengler will assume municipal court duties Friday Aug 1 and announce appointments Pat Howlett as clerk replacing Charles A Dinsmore who retires after 31 years ill health Miss Elia Niemuth reappointed as assistant clerk and juvenile court reporter Henry Weldeman renamed court bailiff Howlett has three years probate deputy experience and studied at Auburn Tech Neb Oshkosh High class of 26 Dinsmore notes court work has grown and that the clerk must act as bookkeeper for large sums The judge lauds Dinsmore for steady service over three decades
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Silas M. Spengler
Municipal Court
Pat E. Howlett
Jefferson Avenue
Charles A. Dinsmore
Dinsmore
Spengler
Elia Niemuth
Elmwood Avenue
Niemuth
Henry Weldeman
Pat Howlett
Courtty
William Niemuth
Auburn
Ala
Oshkosh High School
A. H. Goss
W. C. Cowling
Goss
Trapped in Falling Walls Kill Three in McPherson Home
In McPherson Kansas a house collapse trapped two women and a 15 year old girl. Anna Grace Kasparek died while rescuing her mother Mary Kasparek as flames engulfed the home. Edward Kasparek and Lee Kasparek escaped after Edward fetched help.
Edison contest tests ethics as well as science for 49 youths
Forty nine teens compete for Edison’s brightest boy title by taking a four part exam spanning Egyptian deserts to Manchurian kitchens and Avogadro's hypothesis. The test mixes chemistry and math with a moral dilemma about sacrificing others, asking them to select who should live or die.
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W. White
United Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Tamerlane
Henry Ford
Avogadro
Tne
Tes
Crime rises 150 percent in large cities 1920s
Hartford Conn A Travelers Insurance survey based on police reports from 46 cities with 25 million residents shows arrests for law violation climbed from 738896 in 1920 to 1841942 in 1930. Last year averaged one arrest per 10.6 people.
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Hartford
Conn
U.2
Travelers’ Isurance Company
President Hoover shifts to Rooseveltian tactics in fights
Washington dispatch reports a notable shift in Hoover's approach as he moves from pacific influence to aggressive politics. He pushes Congress on veterans pensions, backs his appointees, defends allies, criticizes opponents of naval and fiscal policies, and orders cabinet speed in cutting expenditures. The move follows earlier accusations of timidity.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Congress
Claudius HL. Huston
Republican National Committee
Nicholas Roosevelt
Philippines
Representative Reese
Tenner
Reese
Hoover's Committee to Report This Fall
President Hoover's law enforcement commission will issue a second formal report this fall. Plans for the document will be finalized at an October meeting. Chairman Wickersham prepares a resume of progress to present August 20 at the American Bar Association meeting in Chicago, including a tentative budget for next year and the use of a $250,000 appropriation plus about $80,000 unexpended. His exact approach remains undecided amid prior controversy over a letter mentioning prohibition.
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Marguerite Young
Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Commission
American Bar Association
Chicago
Senate
Connecticut
Master Painters Elect Wisconsin Association Leaders
MASTER PAINTERS ELECT Manitowoc Wisconsin UB C H Ma ren Madison was elected president of the Wisconsin State Association of Master House Painters and Decorators at the conclusion of its 26th Annual Convention here today Theodore Holland Milwaukee was named vice president and Henry Moers Racine secretary Members of the executive board include Theodore Holland Madison Frank Dickert Madison RH Thresher Fond du Lac Frank Mirgler Milwaukee A J Ebernan Oshkosh and Ed Pilger Manitowoc G H Mohrin Milwaukee was reelected to the advisory board and Frank Berner Milwaukee was named trustee Delegates to the international convention include William Thresher Milwaukee William Stricker Sheboygan and A J Eberau Oshkosh
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G. H Mohrin
Milwaukee
Frank Berner
William Thresher
William Stricker
Sheboygan
A J Ebernau
Oshkosh
Duelists Wound Two Bystanders in Tacubaya Fight
In Tacubaya, word spread of a duel between two prominent youths. The duelists fired pistols. two bystanders were critically wounded. Police identified the combatants as Pedro Castro Jimenez, a petty tenant of the presidential gun, and Rodolfo Martinez Torres, details unclear.
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iPs
Tacubaya
Pedro Castro Jimenez
Rodolfo Martinez Torres
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Steenbock
Edmund F. Erk
Pennsylvania
Stephen G. Porter
Erk
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Cox
Gozy Dolan
Royal Mounted Canadian Police
Chaplin
Associated Press
Dennis J. Normoyle
Grand Jury
Hur
Ley
C. A. Dinsmore
Malin Craig
Panama Canal Department
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Egyptian
Manchuria
Tennessee
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