Italy blockades eastern Spain as warships patrol
Italian warships enforce a de facto blockade off northeastern Spain to curb Russian war supplies to Madrid Valencia. A Spanish schooner Granda was sunk by a submarine off Spain with eight crew aboard, one killed and two wounded. Rome weighs notifying Russia as it withdraws from the nonintervention committee.
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Perpignan
France
U.8
Granda
Barcelona
Spain
Salvador Barberoni
Andrue Berding
Rome
Madrid-Valencia
Mussolini
Russia
Neutrality Committee
Italy
Assembly to shorten firemen hours and grant vacation
The assembly indicated it will pass a bill shortening firemen hours in first second and third class cities and grant two weeks of paid vacation. Milwaukee opponents warned costs could reach 300000 yearly though supporters argued 70000. The bill moves to a third reading after a postponed reconsideration.
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Madigan
Milwaukee
House
Lown
Ben Jubin
Exra
Robert Tehan
Tehan
Cornelius Young Lemocrat
Maurice Itzsimons
Fond du Ac
Senate Coalition Pushes Revision of Corporate Surplus Tax
A bipartisan Senate coalition moves to revise the 1936 corporate surplus tax challenging Roosevelt administration plans. Led by Vandenberg La Follette Walsh the effort seeks to relieve small and debt-burdened firms from undistributed surplus levies while broadening income tax bases. An investigation of tax evasion is authorized, with House and Senate taking steps toward a formal inquiry.
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Alex Morris
United Press
Washington—A_ senate coalition
Roosevelt
Administration
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
LA Follette
Senate
House
Waszak Pleads Not Guilty in Waukesha Dynmite Case
John Waszak, Muskego farmer, pleads not guilty to the dynamite blast that destroyed his home and killed his wife and eight of ten children. Judge C M Davison sets trial for June 14. District Attorney Lowry reveals plan to charge premeditated first degree murder of the eight children separately and may add the mother's murder if he pleads guilty. Jastroch named as defense counsel after jail conference.
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Waukesha
Wis
John . Waszak
Muskego
C. M. Davison
Davison
John A. Jastroch
Waszak
Dist
Scott Lowry
Mary
Lowry
Jastroch
Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Vincent
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Acknowledges Fair Skies
The weather report notes generally fair conditions in Wisconsin tonight and Thursday with east and south areas starting cloudy. Temperatures hold steady around the mid 70s highs and around 50s to 60s lows, with light southeasterly winds and a steady barometer.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Buckstar
Governor La Follette urges give and take in labor policy
Madison broadcast quotes Governor Philip La Follette defending Wisconsin’s labor relations act as a path to prosperity for all. He says workers are volunteers in a free country and calls for fair play and cooperation between employers and employees. continued on page 2.
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Madison
Philip la Follette
Steel strike tests as Republic pushes on despite clashes
In Youngstown and across seven states labor forces clash with Republic Steel as the company vows to keep production moving. Organizers press Roosevelt to intervene while authorities face a tense stand with large picket lines and a deadly riot in Chicago.
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Chicago
Steel Worlers
Republic Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
van A. Bittner
United States
Youngstown
Republic
C. M. White
Republie
Unites
Buffalo
Canton
Wareren
Niles
Western
Eastor
War Department Rejects Flood Survey Request
The War Department declined Oshkosh groups and individuals a survey of the Fox River and tributaries to assess flood control dam and reservoir needs. Col. IT. V. Frazier cited sufficient data showing limited expected benefits relative to costs. An appeal option to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors was noted for interested parties.
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War Department
Fox River
IT. V. Frazier
Corps of Engineers
Cleveland
Frazier
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Washington, D. C
Rites of Church To Be Accorded Duke and Wallis
At least 145 delegates attend the seventh annual Wisconsin district Lutheran convention opening yesterday. A divine service and confessional address by Dr Ernst Denes, a district sermon by Rev K A Hoessel, and a devotional service led by Rev Werner Gamb marked the opening amid reports of new congregations and delegations.
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Wisconsin
American Lutheran Church
Ernst Denes
Teresa
K. A. Hoessel
Milwaukee
Leo Oherleiter
Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies
Werner Gamb
Spencer
Hoessel
Little TVA bill action delayed on Senate floor
Senator Roland Kannenberg of Wisconsin state Progressive party moved to lay aside his WIGA bill pending today’s action and seek delay for further study. Senator Philip Nelson ally in doubt as Progressives push for a broad High Power program with a special order.
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Madison
Roland Kinnenberg
Wausau
Wisconsin
Senate
Philip Nelson
Marple
Kannenberg
Sentha Cashman
Denmark
Nelson
Youths Die in Head-on Collision Near Eagle River
Two teenagers Melvin Kingman 15 and Robert Vanhussum 17 were killed in a head-on crash near Eagle River Wisconsin early today. A third occupant was hospitalized in Rhinelander in critical condition and driver Jack Bacich 21 was seriously injured.
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Eagle River
Wis
St Mary's Hospital
Rhinelander
Melvin Kingman
John Kingain
Robert Vanhussum
S. R. Vanhussum
Bowh
Clearwater Lake
Jack Bacich
Arkansas Outlaw Kills U. S. Agent In Mountain Hideout
Special Agent True Rowe, 35, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is killed during a confrontation with Arkansas outlaw Osborne at a mountain ranch house. Osborne, captured after fleeing with an unloaded gun, had a criminal record and was confronted while Osborne prepared to move to Muskogee, Oklahoma, on a separate theft charge. Local Chief Presley led the manhunt and alerted FBI headquarters in Washington.
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Gallup
N. M
Upio Fuy
Ile
John Weeley Osborne
Rowe
Tira
Kelsey Presley
Osborne
Muskogee
Okla
Presley
G-man
Washington
Department
Congress battles over 1.5 billion relief bill compromise
Washington states the administration’s 1.5 billion relief bill faced Senate action after a House vote and a tentative compromise to curb earmarks. Lawmakers warned further cuts and roads and dam projects shaping the plan as presidents aides pressed for flood control spending and public works loans.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
Public Works Administration
Southwest “Dust Bowl
Rites Represent Senate Assembly For Late Assemblyman Larson
Neenah Wis Special services were held for Nels Larson assemblyman of Winnebago county. The funeral was led by Rev Alfred Jensen with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. State county and city officials attended as legislators paid tribute and shared a joint memorial resolution in his honor.
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Neenah
Wis
Nels Larson
Winnebago County
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Neconne Avenue
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Alfred Jensen
Oak Hall
Larson
Assembly
Mark Cattlin Jr
Appleton
Donald C. McDowell
Soldiers Grove
James D. Millar
Menomonie
Leo T. Niemuth
Oshkosh
William R. Rohan
Kaukauna
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London
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