Roads Flooded by Cloudburst Hits Omro and Winneconne
Cloudburst storms flooded highways and damaged crops across Omro and Winneconne counties. Lake Winnebago rose to 14.34 inches above the Menasha dam crest as floodwaters inundated Fox River areas, with Omro High School campus and nearby roads submerged. Motorists stalled, washouts occurred, and officials warned water levels may rise further over the weekend.
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Omro
Winneconne
Winnebago
Menasha
Fox River
Omro Park
Mental Rearming of America Urged in Dies Talk
Milwaukee report on Representative Dies Democrat of Texas urging strict enforcement of laws to root out un-American elements. He promotes a mental rearmament, calling for spiritual and ideological defenses to fortify democracy against internal treason and totalitarian ideas.
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America
Milwaukee
Dies
Texas
House
National Federation of Sales Executives
Meni
House Votes Changes for Wagner Law
House approved reform measures to revise the Wagner act and abolish the NLRB, creating a three member board with judicial powers and an administrator. The bill, backed by the AFL and opposed by CIO, heads to the Senate where outlook is poor amid defense agenda.
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National Labor Relations Board
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
House
Labor Board
International at Flance Paris trench raids and Berlin siege
Paris trench raids by naval planes raid Berlin environs while German tank vanguards pierce the western flank. Mussolini’s Rome plans entry and a possible peace or war declaration loom. London reports continued German air raids and RAF responses as Mediterranean Italian ships are recalled home.
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Paris
Berlin
Admiralty
Rome
Italy
Naples
Roosevelt on fast ballot Kelly's plea
Wisconsin Democratic leadersback President Roosevelt for a third term and favor an open primary for state and national tickets. Mayor Edward Kelly of Chicago urged Roosevelt be named on the first ballot at Chicago convention, signaling pro Roosevelt sentiment amid intra party tensions with Gustave Keller’s Appleton group.
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Wisconsin
Kenneth Hopping
Green Bay
Wis
Edward Kelly
Chicago
Charles Broughton
Sheboygan
Roosevelt
Broughton
Kelly
Illinois
Gustave Keller
Appleton
Democratic Party Organization of
Broughton. Carroll
W. D. Carroll
Prairie du Chien
Speakers Decry Roosevelt Regime At Wisconsin GOP Meet
Waukesha Wisconsin republicans at the state convention blasted the Roosevelt administration declaring a regime that cannot solve domestic problems should not be trusted with international duties. They argued the first line of defense is internal policy and warned warplanes sales to allies would move the U S closer to war. Dr F L Gullickson warned that if Republicans lose the next national election it may be the last.
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Waukesha
Wis
Roosevelt
Marion
Martin
Washington
Republican Neovenel Committee
Domestran
Marshall Wiler
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
United States
Alles
F L Gullickson
West Salem
Paris bomb raid on Berlin suburbs marks first allied strike
Paris dispatch reports a French admiralty communique stating naval bombers attacked factories on the outskirts of Berlin last night. It notes Berlin as the first city bombed by allied aircraft, while German raids on Paris last Monday caused about 1,000 casualties. France denies German claims of port destruction. British forces also bombed German troop concentrations at Abbeville.
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Berlin
Paris
Frankfort
Munich
Cherbourg
Havre
Navy Ministry
America
Abbeville
London
War bulletin from fronts across Europe and Mediterranean
Telefrance reports German tank group numbering between 200 and 300 tanks near the Somme front. Berlin says Sir Lancelot Oliphant was captured with remaining British troops in France and wealth of actions will be examined. Dienst predicts Gibraltar will become Spanish in a new Europe aligned with Axis powers. Narvik gains reported as Allies advance toward the frontier. Germans allegedly making a stand near a railway tunnel. Egyptian government relocates 6,008 people from Alexandria amid Italian fleet orders to return to Italy. French casualties in Flanders estimated between 79,900 and 110,000 with a 40,000 average. A German bomber forced to land and a Me 109 shot down by Swiss patrols. two Swiss pilots killed.
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Berlin
Brussels
Sir Lancelot Oliphant
France
DNB
Lancelot
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Gibraltar
Britain
Spain
Europe
Germany
Italy
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Ialy
Bern
Messerschmidt
Switzerland
Jura
England
Mussolini
Nice
Corsica
Tunisia
Jibuu
Income Tax Boost Measure Is Pushed Toward Passage
Washington and Rome dispatches describe a tax bill advancing toward congressional approval to fund defense loans and raise the debt limit. The plan broadens the tax base and increases rates, with a 10 percent supertax and higher surtaxes for upper incomes, aiming to liquidate $4 billion in defense debt over five years.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Milwaukee Faces Dies Inquiry Into Un American Activity
Milwaukee is under the scope of the Dies committee investigation into un American activity. Chairman Dies announced a hearing likely to be secret, with focus on reports of communist and Nazi activity in Milwaukee. The bandleader Froboese and national leader Kunze were mentioned in relation to Camp Hindenburg at Grafton Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wou
Dies
National Federation of Spies
George Broboese
Froboese
Wilhelm Kunze
New York
Camp Hindenburg
Grafton
Wis
Mr. Dies
Cordell Hull Says He Is Out of Politics
Knoxville Tenn Secretary of State Cordell Hull, long linked with a possible Democratic run, states in a public letter that he considers himself out of politics and has no office aspirations. He asks that his name not be used for any political recognition, conditional or unconditional.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cordell Hull
W. T. Kennerly
Knox County
Democratc
Outlaw Reds Band A F L Leader Says
Chicago President William Greer of the American Federation of Labor called for drastic action banning the Communist party and allied groups. He urged no political social or labor organization financed by a foreign government should operate on the Western Hemisphere at a mass meeting sponsored by Chicago Union Labor post of the American Legion.
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Chicago
William Greer
American Federsten of Labor
Communist Party
Naw
American Federation of Labor
Ieliers
Chicago Union Labor Post
American Legion
Green
Standard Oil suits Pan American over interference damages
New York State Supreme Court Justice Samuel Rosenman ruled that Standard Oil of Indiana and five individuals interfered unfairly with Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company. He ordered them to pay damages, amount to be determined after profits since April 1933 accounting. The case, a minority stockholders action by the Blaustein estate and Jacob Blaustein, charged Standard conspired to overprice leases and pipeline/refinery use. The litigation began in 1934.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Samuel Rosenman
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company
Standard
Pan American
Louis J. Blaustein
Jacob
Standard Interests
Pan Americans
Standard Oil
Standard Controlled
George Banta Jr Elected President of Lawrence Board
Lawrence College board of trustees meeting in Appleton yesterday elected George Banta Jr of Menasha as board president. He succeeds C B Clark of Neenah who remains on the board. Two new trustees were named Roy H Purdy and J R Whitman of Appleton.
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Appleton, Wis
Lawrence College Board of Trustees
George Banta Jr
Menasha
Banta
C. B. Clark
Neenah
Roy H. Purdy
J. R. Whitman
Appleton
Danger zone warned for Lake Michigan near Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan declared a danger zone off the lake for 0.5 miles from shore during firing of three inch anti aircraft and machine guns by Sixty Over coast artillery from noon to 4 pm on June 19 1911. Coast guard and lake vessels notified to avoid the area for safety.
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Fort Sheridan
Fort Sherdan
Lake Michigan
Coast Artillery
Weather summary from Wisconsin and Chicago regions
The Associated Press reports a cloudy to partly cloudy trend across Wisconsin with showers in the west and cooler in the southeast tonight. Central areas may see warmer conditions, with a week outlook of showers early then mostly fair skies, temperatures expected below normal.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Chicago
Great Lakes
Backstaff Observatory
French Tank Breakthrough Fails as Retreat Triggers
French forces withdrew from the Aumale-Noyon line in the Somme sector described as a retirement maneuver. German tanks broke left flanks but sustained French anti tank actions and pursuit followed as Polish artillery joined in. The center of Weygand's line faced heavy assaults from German armored units advancing toward Forges les Eaux and Eouen with a large counterattack in the Oise region.
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Paris
Aumale- Noyon
Somme
War Ministry
Aisne
Soissons
Chemin-des-Dames
Associated Press
Oise
Paria
Ourscamp
Noyon
Maxime Weygand
Bresle
Forges-les- Eaux
Eouen
Carinthia Sunk After Armed Cruiser Status Shaken
The British liner Carinthia, recently armed as an auxiliary cruiser, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine northwest of Ireland. Four people are dead, with officers and crew suffering losses as the vessel, 20277 tons, formerly operated by Cunard White Star and homeported at Liverpool, went down after the torpedo hit. The admiralty and German high command issued statements confirming the sinking and casualties.
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Carinthia
Admiralty
High Command
Ireland
Cunard
White Star Line
Liverpool
H. M. S. Carinthia
J. F. &. Barrett
T.t
Tre Catinthia
Craser
Puryalpinds
Thill Urges Congress to Stay in Session for National Security
Representative Thill a Wisconsin Republican urged Congress to remain in session to protect national security and peace. He cited the president's emergency declaration and calls for additional defense billions and taxes for deficits as justification for continued legislative action.
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Washington
Thill
Wisconsin
Congress
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