Assembly Passes Relief Bill Amid Monroe Tension
Armed peace prevailed in Monroe as deputized civilians and a special police force stood ready to resist any retaliation from United Automobile Workers members. The Pontiac action was halted by Homer Martin’s orders, and a large mobilization paused a labor holiday in Monroe and surrounding plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe, Mich
Jesse Fisher
Monroe
Fisher
Pontiac
Homer Martin
Auto Union
Moorce
Mich
United Automobile Workers
Pontiac U. A. W. A
Martin
Fisher Body
Saginaw
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Company
Flint
Monroe County
Townsend Swears Out Arrest Warrant for Brinton
Dr. Francis E. Townsend swore out a warrant for the arrest of J. W. Brinton, former Townsend old age pension movement manager, accused of refusing to surrender 16 000 dollars drawn from Townsend bank funds. Brinton says he withdrew the money during his resignation with 11 others and that it was to pay Townsend Week ly circulation campaign expenses, kept in a safety box with a key given to a Chicago official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Francis E. Townsend
J. W. Brinton
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Brinton
Townsend
Brinson
Townsend Weekly
Roosevelt Signs Tax Inquiry Amid Farm Aid Push
President Roosevelt signed a resolution to launch a broad congressional inquiry into tax dodging and the Hyde Park farm losses claim. He also backed a farm aid measure as Congress weighs a sweeping relief package with local funding provisions and public works extensions debated in committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fish
New York
House
Hyde Park
Congress
Senate
Potomac River
U. S. S. Potomac
Earhart Reaches Fort Lamy During Africa Flight
Amelia Earhart arrives at Fort Lamy in Africa aboard her world flight from Gao. She averaged 135 mph through a difficult African leg, dodging dense forest vapors and landmark scarcity. Three French crew members shelter her plane in the sole hangar as refueling plans follow sunset due to heat.
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Fort Lamy
Africa
Amelia Earhart
Gao
Greenwich
Miss Earhart
Chari
L. E. Thomas
Wisconsin Weather Outlook And Temperatures
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with showers likely in western and northern areas. A slight warming tonight except in extreme north and southeast, cooler in the northwest Saturday. Prior day highs and lows included Phoenix 102 El Paso 96 Helena 38 and Ludington 40 with no precipitation reported and a 29.90 barometer reading.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwest
Northwestern
Fair Milwaukee
Phoenix
el Paso
Helena
Yellowstone
Ludington
Buckstaff Observat
Soviet generals face secret treason trial and fast execution
Eight Red Army generals were summoned to a secret trial for treason, with a military tribunal behind locked doors. The Pravda editorial pledged no mercy and execution by firing squad. Marshal Tukachevsky and seven others were named among the accused, including Primakoff and Yakir, as the case follows earlier purges tied to alleged counter revolution.
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Charles P. Nutter
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Pravda
Communist Party
Germany
Japan
Michail Nikolaevitch Tukachevsky
Volga
Tukachevsky
V. M. Primakoff
Kharkoff
Parsons Brother Pleads For Privacy In Kidnapping Case
Stony Brook Long Island heiress Mrs. Alice McDonnell Parsons remains missing since Wednesday. Her husband William H Parsons and wealthy relatives urge reporters and photographers to stay away as police and detectives pursue possible kidnapper leads. A taxi driver delivered a visitor to the Parsons residence followed by a car carrying a man identified as Mrs Parsons’ brother Frank McDonnell.
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Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island
North Shore
Gold Coast
Stony Brook
N. Y
William J. Parsons Jr
N.Y
UPR
Alice McDonnell Parsons
William H. Parsons
Alice McDowell Farsons
Roy McDowell
Brookhaven Township
Gould Road
Simpson Avows He Received No Money in Divorce Case
In London Ernest Aldrich Simpson swore he received no money to stay silent in the divorce that freed Wallis Warfield to marry King Edward. Mrs Joan Sutherland apologized through counsel and withdrew her defamation suit, saying she did not intend to injure Simpson.
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John H. Martin
London
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
King's Court
Wallis Warfield
Edward of
Windsor
Joan Sutherland
Simpson
H. J. Wallington
King's Bench Division
Law Costs
Sutherland
A. H. C. Sutherland
Four Workmen Killed In Double Landslide At Sandpit
In St Croix Falls Wisconsin heavy rains loosened a sandpit slope trapping four workers and injuring a fifth. Rushed doctors and 190 rescuers battled to reach the buried men. Names identified include Tom Simmons 50 Joseph Dietel 17 Hartwig Fischer 20 and William Kotsch 19. Alvin Solberg 24 was in fair condition.
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Stt. Croix Falls
Wis
UPR
Aruck
Tom Simmons
St. Croix Falls
Polk County
Civilian Conservation
Joseph Dietel
Spencer
Hartwig Fischer
Rhinelander
William Kotsch
Stratford
J. A. Riegel
Alvin Solberg
Blair CCC
Franklin Hullett
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Riegel
CCC
Sparta
Maj. L. Hi, Barnhill
Sparta CCC
St Croix Falls
Barnhill
Auto Injuries Fatal to Rekstad in Tomah Crash
Capt Julius Rekstad 32 state deputy air inspector and Eau Claire post commander died after his car left Highway 12 north of Tomah crashing into a telephone pole. He suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. He was en route to Camp Douglas as supply officer of the 105th cavalry. Survived by 19 daughters mother three brothers and one sister.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Julius Rekstad
Eau Claire Post
Lee Rion
Tomah
Highway 12
Rekstad
Camp Douglas
105Th Cavalry
National Guard
France
No. 7
Milwaukee
Tiree
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Million Dollar Relief Bill
Madison lawmakers suspend rules to advance an assembly bill for 1,000,000 dollars to cover unpaid relief costs in 28 northern counties for five months ending June. Senate consideration and a hearing are planned to resolve funding disputes with the state and local government committee also weighing the measure.
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Madison
Wis
Joint Finance Committee
Assembly
Sen
Paul Alfonsi
Progressive
Peace
Reno Tiego
Committee On State and Local Government
Finance
Finance Committee
E. J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Alfonsi
Senate
Interurban Truck Collision Leaves Two Hurt at Wisconsin Crossing
A Waukesha truck driver Nicholas Bernstein 36 in critical condition and Watertown motorman Theodore Kopitze 41 hospitalized after a collision with an interurban streetcar bound for Milwaukee at Calhoun crossing. Conductor J A Schioz uninjured. The car pushed the truck 760 feet along the track. 20 passengers aboard. Time and cause attributed to limited visibility. several passengers injured.
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Waukesha
Wis
Nicholas Bernstein
Waukesha County
Milwaukee
Theodore Kopitze
Watertown
Calhoun Crossing
J. A. Schioz
Nalwaukee
Theeodore Stefan
Richard Thompson
Arnold F. Kinzie
Dudley Walsh Lead as Open Championship Nears Halfway
Ed Dudley of Philadelphia and Frank Walsh of Chicago tied for the lead at 140 after 36 holes of the U S Open. Both fired two under par 70s in the second round, keeping their positions atop the field in Birmingham Michigan.
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Birmingham
Mich
Ed Dudley
Philaddelphia
Frank Walsh
Chicago
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Homer
United Automo
Newton Steel Company
Newton Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Columbus
Senate Post Office Committee
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
J. C. Argetsinger
Sheet & Tube
United Press
Argetsinger
Youngstown
Indianapolis
Ind
Clifford Townsend
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland Steel Companies
van A. Bittner
Cleveland
Chester Burnett
Burnett
Congressional
Senate Appropriations
Byrnes
South Carolina
Hayden
Arizona
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Sun Day
Mia
Parsons
Tet Uo
Oshkosh
St. Croix
Wiechering
Labor Relations Board
Badger
Wisconsin Labor Relations Board
C. A. Wiechering
Badger Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Philip F. la Follette
State Board
la Follette
John Kitts
Furniture Workers Local No
Kitts
A. H. Gabbert
Major Wiechering
Municipal Courin
B. A. Philipp
Millmen‘s Local
Morgan
R. Messilen Company
Philipp
Bej
Jackson Drive
Aes
State Public Welfare Department
Dudley
Walsh
Qaphe
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