Vote shows state senate in favor of WDA aid
Madison reports the state senate backed the Wisconsin development authority WDA power program in a test vote to approve the administration plan ahead of final passage. A substitute to limit WDA scope failed 17 to 15 with 15 GOP and allied members voting for it. Three Progressive amendments passed limiting WDA to utilities, excluding telephone work, and denying state debt liability.
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WDA
Madison
Senate
Kannenberg
Wisconsin Development Authority
E. J. Roethe
Fennimore
Ernest Sauld
Democrat
Combine
VDA
Jenry Gunderson
Assembly
Roland Kannenberg
Wausau
A. J. Bremiler
Milwaukee
Foc
Maurice Coakley
Beloit
Twankee
la Folstte
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Regions
Weather report notes generally fair conditions with warmer trends in north central and extreme west areas and unsettled showers by afternoon and night in most regions. Cooler in the northwest, warmer in the extreme east, with variable temperatures reported from Milwaukee Phoenix Raleigh Modena Lander and Farquette. Observations include a 178 am reading 68 and a p.m. 72 with fair remarks and notes from Bwochstaff Observatory and city stations.
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Associated Press
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North Central
Raleigh
Modena
Lander
Farquette
Bwchstaff Observatory
Uesday
Roosevelt abandons supreme court reorganization action
Washington U P President Roosevelt has dropped plans to push his supreme court reorganization bill this session. A White House aide said the measure may be left on the calendar to revive next session if conditions warrant. Officials stressed no compromise and indicated the bill could remain indefinitely on the calendar.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Stephen Early
Senate
Braddock Suspended by New York for No Show
New York athletic commission suspends heavyweight champion James J Braddock indefinitely for missing a 15 round title bout with Max Schmeling. Braddock and manager Joe Gould fined 1000 dollars each. Gould also suspended. Illinois refuses to recognize New York suspension affecting Braddock and Louis fight plans.
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New York State Athletic Commission
James J. Bradock
Max Schmeling
Germany
Braddock
Joe Gould
Gould
John J Phelan
New York Solos
New York Board
Schmeling
Louis
Chicago
New York State
Joe Tunner
Illinois State Athletic Commission
Jim Braddock
New York State Commission
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York Commission
Joe Louis
Comiskey Park
President proposes seven regional authorities for power projects
President Roosevelt urged congress to create seven regional authorities to manage federal hydro projects and guard against floods droughts and dust storms. The plan aims to prevent private monopoly waterpower while boosting nationwide development and economy. Senate and House bills were prepared to carry out the proposal with seven regional areas defined from Atlantic to Pacific basins.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Little Tva
Ebvip H. Gadsden
Committee of Utility Executives
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Gadsen Gadsden
TVA
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Central Education Board bill killed in senate
Madison Preface Senator Earl Leverich led the defeat of a proposal to form a central state board of education. The measure, 21 to 10, would replace vocational, teachers college, and state university boards with a nine member governor appointed body. John Callahan backed the bill while George Hambrecht opposed.
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Earl Leverich
Sparta
State Board of Vocational Education
Senate
John Callahan
George Hambrecht
Mussolini Coordinates Italians For Bilbao Offensive
Il Duce acts as war minister in a wartime conference with Werner von Blomberg coordinating Italian and German forces for a renewed push against Bilbao. The plan follows the bombardment of Almeria and threatens further reprisals by Spanish warships.
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Bilbao
Il Duce
Almeria
Rome
Werner von Blomberg
Spain
Francisco Franco
Jl Duce
Germany
Spanish
Almena
Basque Republic
Poor Man's Parson Escapes Discipline For Marrying Duke
The Church of England prelate in Fulham rejects disciplinary action over Rev Robert Jardine’s marriage ceremony for the Duke of Windsor in France. The bishop states marriages in France are civil and the Anglican service could only be benediction, not a valid marriage, underscoring the church’s stance on nondissolution.
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U?p
Church of England
Duke of Windsor
Fulham
Robert Anderson Jardine
France
Jardine
United Press
Amelia Earhart Lands in Paramaribo During World Flight
Amelia Earhart landed in Paramaribo Dutch Guiana today at 1250 a.m on the third leg of her round the world flight. The American aviatrix touched down safely after a six hour two minute flight from Capito Venezuela amid the 1950 era travel coverage.
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Dutch Guiana
Amela Earhart
Capito
Venezuela
Kidnap attempt ends as boy freed at depot in Wis
Five year old Orval Weisman was snatched by two men in dark suits at Shore and held at the Northwestern railroad freight depot. He clung to his mother Mrs John Larson as police pursued two suspects in a blue light sedan with Wisconsin plates. The boy was released after screams drew attention. his parents Irving and Mrs Larson are divorced.
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Orval Weisman
Toftay
Northwestern Railroad
Wisconsin
Orval
Shore
Here
John Larson
Irving
Cincmnat
Hayden proposes amendment to extend PWA with funding plans
Senator Hayden Democrat Arizona offers an amendment to extend the Public Works Administration for two years with 325 million dollars in loans and grants. The measure would place projects under Ickes control, authorize the RFC to cash PWA revolving funds, and cap federal grants at forty five percent of project costs while removing Roosevelt project approval.
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Hayden
Arizona
Roosevelt
PWA
Famine Strikes Kanghsien District China Death Toll Rises
Kaifeng dispatches report 730 people dead from starvation in Kanghsien district of Henan province as 96000 residents lack food amid a severe drought. The famine devastates local communities and prompts relief concerns from authorities.
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Kaifeng
Henan
Kanghsien
Windsor Ties Wedding To Privacy In France Ceremony
Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Warfield at Chateau de Cande in Loire valley with civil rites by Monts mayor and church ceremony by a Church of England clergyman. They depart for a honeymoon in Austria and issue statements urging press privacy and understanding amid intense coverage.
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Wallis Warfield
Chateau de Cande
Monts
France
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Charles Mercier
Robert Anderson Jardine
Yorkshire
Austria
Paris
Laroche Migenne
Wasserleonburg Castle
Lower Austria
Duke
Windsor
Chateau de Cande Gates
Herman L Rogers
Ohio Governor sees possible early end to seven state strike
Governor Martin J. Davey of Ohio voiced optimism for an early settlement in the seven state strike, hoping 72 000 workers return to independent producers. He met with officials from affected companies and urged progress. Union leaders from S W C called key strategists to Youngstown for tightening up the strike.
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Martin J. Davey
Ohio
Overnor Davey
Philip Murray
Chicago
Buffalo
Otis Steel
Youngstown, C
Sherman Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers
Akron
Dalrymple
Simpson Lunches as Wally is Wed
London report notes Ernest Aldrich Simpson, widowed second husband of Wallis Warfield, dining amid city office crowds. While Wallis and Edward VIII wed in France, Simpson quietly eats lunch at a London chop house with an old friend, untroubled by the headlines.
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Wallis Warfield
Duke of Windsor
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Monts
France
Simpson
Noboa
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