Delegates Arrive as Oshkosh Prepares for State Republican Meet
Regular Republican delegates and alternates reach Oshkosh as the 1930 state convention opens at the Eagles auditorium Tuesday at 2 p.m. Delegates check in at Republican headquarters on the Hotel Raulf mezzanine. Winnebago county backs Kohler for governor and endorses John L. Puelicher for state treasurer. Charles B. Perry arrives. rumors float about William Knauf seeking secretary of state. County delegates study convention plans and candidate slates for major committees.
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State Republican Committee
Oshkosh
Eagles’ Auditorium
Rauif
R. O. Wipperman
William L. Pieplow
State Committee
George L. Gilkey
Winnebago County
Raulf
Kohler
Robert Thompson
Dic W. Dunham
Neenah
John L. Puelicher
Milwaukee
Charles B. Perry
Wauwatosa
Assembly
Wiliam Knauf
Chilton
Authorities puzzled over disappearance of Frances Krueger
Milton Junction Wisconsin Rock county authorities investigate the sudden disappearance of 18 year old Frances Krueger from her father August Krueger’s farm near Milton. A car stopped at 9 30 p m with Frances seen speaking to occupants before the vehicle drove away and she vanished. Authorities seek a youth she had kept company with months ago amid theories of kidnapping or elopement.
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Milton Junction
Wis
Rock County
Frances Krueger
Krueger
Charles Krueger
Milton Union High School
Levine's plane ready for mystery transatlantic flight
Roosevelt Field reports Levine's Columbia loaded with 325 gallons and overhauled for a rumored Europe flight. Charles Levine in Paris and Roger Williams, who oversaw the overhaul, offered no firm details. Fuel appears insufficient for crossing without refueling, with an improvised window cut in the fuselage for possible mid ocean refueling.
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Roosevelt Field
Y— Im
Levines
Columbia
Europe
Levine
Paris
Roger Q. Williams
Spain
Williams
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Harbor Grace
Newfoundlang
Discovering Cause and Cure of the Common Cold
Baltimore reports a scientist, Dr. J. A. Pfeiffer of the University of Maryland Medical School, announcing the discovery of the cold's cause and a vaccine. He identifies a new micrococcus Cary- Zaang as the culprit and claims immunity for one to three years, based on animal and human experiments.
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Baltimore
J. A. Pfiffer
University of Maryland Medical School
Maryland Biological Society
Pfeiffer
Kellogg peace pact signed by rival tongs in Chinatown
New York UPI bulletins say Hip Sing and On Leong leaders formally signed a Kellogg peace pact ending a ten day tong war. In Minneapolis Woo Sam killed by five gunmen while walking home. police say the shooter group included On Leong tong members.
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New York
UPI
Chinatown
Hip Sing
On Leong
Tongs
Samuel 8. Young
George J
Woo Sam
Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Sam
Eleventh Avenue
Seventh Street
Theft Loot Is Small at Therles Curi’s Grocery
Thieves blew the safe in Therles Curi's grocery last night and left $10,000 in notes and checks among tombstones in a nearby cemetery while they divided the loot. They netted only $50 in cash from the job.
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Taris. I
Therles Curi
Gas Tax Receipts Set a New Record in April
State Treasurer Solomon Levitan reported a record April gasoline tax intake of $716,011.68, surpassing the 1982 high of $592,023.21. First four months of 1930 totaled $2,162,580.19 in gasoline tax receipts.
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Madison
Solomon Levitan
Levitan
Open debate on report of tariff fate in Senate
Senator Harrison denounces the Hawley Smoot tariff bill warning of a trade war, citing 36 nations protesting and a sharp fall in exports and the trade balance in early 1930. The Retail Dry Goods Association asks President Hoover to veto, arguing prosperty would suffer.
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Washington
DB. C
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Today
Retail Dry Goods Association of New York Today
Hoover
H. Nelson Street
Withdrawals Blamed For Closing Of Banks In St. Petersburg
In St Petersburg Florida the First National Bank and the First Security Bank failed to open as withdrawals drained funds since the nearby bank closures. The directors reported more than two and a half million dollars lost to withdrawals recently, leaving Central National Bank as the only bank open. In Manchester New Hampshire the Merrimac River Savings Bank also failed to open by order of the state banking commission after a review of its accounts.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
First National Bank
First Security Bank
First National
Ninth Street
Central National Bankh
Manchester
N. H
Merrimac River Savings Bank
State Banking Commission
Warrants Promised In Crandon Still Raid
Milwaukee deputy prohibition administrator W Frank Cunningham said warrants would be issued immediately for Arthur and John McMillan, alleged owners of an 800 gallon still raided by agents at Crandon. Cunningham had just returned from northern counties, with four Wittenberg saloons faced over complaints that liquor was sold to students of a Lutheran college.
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Milwaukee
W. Frank Cunningham
Arthur
John McMillan
Cunningham
Crandon
Wittenberg
Higner
Wild La Crosse chase ends in fatal shooting
A wild car pursuit through La Crosse's south side ended with George Larson killed by a patrolman near Houston Minnesota at 3 am. Alfred Hutzenbuehler fired at the car to stop it after it was involved in a roadhouse brawl. Three warnings were fired and two shots at tires. one bullet struck Larson in the neck.
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la Crosse
George Larson
Houston
Minn
Alfred Hutzenbuehler
Hutzenbuehler
Larson
Wisconsin Corrupt Practices Act Criticized in Opinion Piece
A Wisconsin writer attacks the states corrupt practices act, arguing it is impractical and based on money as guilt. The piece cites Lieut. Gov. Henry A. Huber and Gov. Kohler, noting cookies, sundaes, and band music alleged as political influence. It argues the real issue is how money is spent, not how much.
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Henry A. Huber
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Bob” la Follette
Kobier
Senators Defeats Stir Senate Flurry In Tariff Battle
Washington United Press reports a spate of senatorial defeats in primaries sparks unease as the Smoot Hawley tariff bill nears a final vote. Deneen Grundy Simmons Heflin and other leaders’ losses prompt speculation on a broader backlash, while southern Democrats rally to old lines. Tariff vote margins remain narrow with a 46 46 tie in play and timing uncertain as conferees convene on a watches and clocks schedule to finalize measures.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.P
Sonsternation
Senate
Charles S. Deneen
Hingis
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Farnifold Simmons
North Carolina
Simmons
Alfred E. Smith
Virginia
J. Thomas Heflin
Smith
Alabama
Texas
Thomas Love
Curtis
McNary
House
Hundred Crown Shanghai Steamer Litung Sink Disaster
One hundred passengers and crew aboard the Chinese steamer Litung were drowned when the Yangtse river vessel struck a rock off Tungchow and sank on the river’s mouth. The tragedy occurred today as the ship sailed near the north shore.
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Shanghai
Litung
Tungchow
Court halts executioner in Florida death penalty case
Raiford Florida reports that a court halted upcoming executions by invalidating the act naming the superintendent of the penitentiary as executioner. Judge Adkins ruled the electric chair law unconstitutional, delaying death sentences for twenty eight inmates if the ruling stands. Attorney General Davis said appeals would follow to the state supreme court.
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Raiford
Fla
Florida
Fred H. Davis
State Supreme Court
J. W. Buchanan
Taylor County
A. Z. Adkins
Adkins
Supreme Court
Davis
Professor Olson Resigns From Wisconsin University
Professor Julius E. Olson, age 71, resigns after forty six years at the University of Wisconsin. He gained a water proof reputation as head of annual graduation ceremonies and taught Scandinavian literature. He says duties left insufficient time for research in ancient Norse writing. Regents to decide if he keeps administrative duties.
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Committee On Public Affairs
Generally Fair Weather Across Regions In Weekly Outlook
Weather summary indicates generally fair conditions with not much change in temperatures across upper Michigan and both Great Lakes regions. Southwest portions may see rising cloudiness Tuesday with possible showers in extreme west areas as winds remain gentle to variable.
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Associated Pressi
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Reporter shot to death in crowd at Chicago race tracks
Albert Lingle a veteran Chicago Tribune reporter long involved in gangland coverage was gunned down in a crowded Michigan Boulevard tunnel near Randolph Street. A 45 caliber revolver was left by the killer who fled into the throng as police opened a murder probe with a $25,000 reward.
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Chicago
Sander Michigan Boulevard
Randolph Street
Albert
Jake” Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Grapevines
Jacob Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Illinois Central Railroad
Lingle
Tribune
Washington Park
Tobe
The
Chicago Ralte
Dhnois Central Tunnel
Willam F. Russell
John Stege
Detective Bureau
Miami
Alphonse Capone
Soucek Again Holds Altitude Record for Navy
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek set both land and seaplane altitude records for the United States Navy, reaching 43,166 feet per a National Aeronautics Association calibration. He flew in an Apache trainer, took two hours ten minutes, and reported altimeter readings near 42,000 feet amid minus 60 degree temperatures. He previously surpassed the land plane mark by 1,044 feet in May 1929, already held the seaplane record at 39,140 feet, and also held the land record before Willie Neuenhofen. Soucek, married May 27, is due to go to sea June 16.
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Washington
Apollo Soucex
Navy
National Aeronautics Association
Bureau of Standards
Navy Flyer
Soucek
Willie Neuenhofén
Ge Neuenhofen
Robbers Use Acetylene Torch In Phelps Bank
Robbers using an acetylene torch cut inner and outer vault doors at the Phelps State Bank in Phelps, Wisconsin, escaping with 450 dollars in change. The large safe remained unopened, the time lock and deposits untouched, and no alarms were triggered despite wire tampering. They left a ladder and sledgehammer. footprints indicated two or more men, and insurance covered the loss.
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Wis
Phelps State Bank
M. Christenson
Timet
Phelps
Eagle River
Physician Beaten in Chickasha Black Area
Dr. A J Anderson a state legislature candidate and one of sixteen indicted in a mob riot was found unconscious in an alley in Chickasha Oklahoma's Negro section. He was bruised but not critically hurt at General Hospital as patrols sealed the white and Negro boundaries after fear of further violence.
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Chickasha
Okla
U.P
A. J. Anderson
Anderson
General Hospital
Matt Lanky
ETOCS
Henry Argo
Bond of 1000 Forfeited In Dyer Act Case
Chicago. A $1000 bond was forfeited and a bench warrant issued when Edgar D. Fageros of New Ulm Minnesota failed to appear in federal court on Dyer act charges involving interstate transport of stolen autos. An assistant US attorney said Fageros implicated a Chicago attorney and had pleaded guilty but later sought a jury trial claiming to be the son in law of a Minnesota lumberman.
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Chicago
Edgar D. Fageros
New Ulm. Minn
United States Istrict
Fageros
Minnesota
Crowns for Parinall Is the Forecast
In Bucharest official circles forecast a joint coronation for King Carol II and Princess Helen in October after Carol returns their son Michael to his mother. Princess Helen’s refusal to reconcile thwarts ministers plans to annul the divorce and restore the dynasty.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Carol II of
Helen
Carol
Michael
Alexander Hurtig
United Press
Carol of
France
Mme. Lupescu
Maniu
Bishop James Cannon May Be Subpoenaed By Lobby Committee
Washington may see Bishop James Cannon subpoenaed before the senate lobby committee as Chairman Caraway returns to Washington. Cannon refused to answer questions, noting he would appear only under legal summons. Caraway, undecided after meetings in Arkansas, indicated no immediate action before tomorrow or Wednesday.
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James Cannon
Washington
D. C
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Cannon
Yancey on His Way to Lima Peru Flight Report
Pan American Grace Airways announced captain Lewis Yancey Amerie pop Byer arrived in Lima at 9 o clock this morning. The event marks Yancey s latest travel segment through the Peruvian capital as part of ongoing airline operations.
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Lima
Peru
Grace Airways
Lewis Yancey
Ameriepop Byer
Tsiary Lima
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Wisconsin Republican Committee
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