Supreme Court expansion proposed to 11 members
Washington Senate advances a constitutional amendment to enlarge the Supreme Court to eleven justices, with one from each circuit and a chief justice from the nation. It includes mandatory retirements at 75 and voluntary retirement at 70 after ten years. Logan heads the subcommittee with a bipartisan mix of supporters and opponents.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Andrews
Florida
Roosevelt Court
Logan
Kentucky
van Nuys
Indiana
Hughes
Delaware
Austin
Vermont
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
House
Chie
Durists
Internal Revenue Bureau
Unauthorized auto strikes probed by UAW and CIO
Detroit seven The United Auto Workers and its CIO affiliate began a secret probe into unauthorized car strikes. The inquiry started in Flint, Michigan, after a March 12 agreement, amid postponed GM negotiations. Wary of fault, GM chief Knudsen cites 20 suspensions across 48 plants since the pact. Union leader Martin blames management for provoking disputes, while Knudsen insists the company followed the agreement.
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Detroit
United Auto~mobile Workers of America
Committee For Industrial Organization
Flint
Mich
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
John Brophy
Homer Martin
Wyndham Mortimer
William S. Knudsen
Martin
Nuudsen
Cummings orders arrest of six pickets over mail interference
Six pickets are to be arrested for allegedly interfering with United States mail deliveries at Republic Steel plants in Youngstown and Warren Ohio. Attorney General Cummings instructed U S Atty Emerick B Freed to issue warrants, saying obstructing the mails will not be tolerated and that the courier system must operate unimpaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummings
United States
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Warren
Ohio
United States Atty
Emerick B. Freed
Cleveland
Mahoning Valley
United Front
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Pro
Nineteen Escape Prison in Texas
Nineteen hard boiled convicts led by W H H Bybee escaped Eastham prison farm in East Texas after overpowering a guard. The escapees, long term inmates, fled on mules intended for plowing as authorities with 30 bloodhounds combed scrub oak and pine country. Bybee has a prior escape while linked to Clyde Barrow and Raymond Hamilton, who was executed in 1935.
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Wantsville
Tex
East Texas
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Eastham
W. HH. Bybee
Bybee
Barrow
Louisiana
Bonnie Parker
Hamilton
Hamicn
Wis town band member dies after G A R parade
Herman W. Grohskopf, 62, a clarinetist and fout-superintendent at H C Prange Co department store in Shebaszan Wisconsin, collapsed after the Wisconsin department G A R parade and died soon after admission to hospital. The 71st annual state encampment saw thin turnout with 15 G A R members present. Officers were chosen for Woman's Relief Corps and Grand Army of the Republic. A camp fire program closes the meeting tonight.
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Shebaszan
Wis
Herman W. Grohskopf
Wuerl
Wisconsin Department
Grohskopf
H.C. Prange Company
Clara Miller
Appleton
Woman's Relicf Corps
Marie Krueger
Sheborgan
Martha Knutzon
Lodi
Lucille Fink
Elsworth
Elizabeth Pieper
Hilbert
Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Alma Speekner
Madison
Laverne Marquisse
Kenosha
Cora Paol Kohler
Charlotte Schaefer
Oshkosh
Ruth Pomeroy
Pearl Rous
Hancock
Germany and Italy Quit Patrol Again in Spain Crisis
United Press dispatch reports Germany and Italy walking out of the nonintervention patrol in Spain, alarming Britain and France which fear a collapse of the plan and possible direct intervention by Russia. Mussolini could deploy regulars to Spain, including a 15,000 strong division, while Germany strengthens its Mediterranean fleet as foreign warships buzz Valencia.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Germany
Italy
Spain
Britain
France
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Valencia
London
Francisco Franco
Russia
HOLC considers closing Oshkosh HOLC office
The region al Home Owners Loan Corporation board may close the Oshkosh office. Chamber of Commerce secretary G C Campbell protested to HOLC chairman John Fahey and lawmakers, arguing the Oshkosh site serves a large area and is a valuable community asset. Reports say plans may also close Eau Claire, leaving Racine, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago as stations. Substations at Oshkosh were sought if closure proceeds. continued coverage on Pare 2, Column 8.
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Regional Home Owners Loan Corporation Board
Oshkosh
G. C. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
John Fahey
HOLC
F. Ryan Duffy
M. K. Reilly
Campbell
L. P. Doherty
Eau Claire
Racine
Kenosha
Madison
Milwaukee
Wausau
Chicago
Electric rate cuts to take effect on July bills in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Service Commission reports nearly 3000000 in rate reductions for 104000 homes across central northeastern and northwestern Wisconsin. The cuts apply to Wisconsin Power and Light Wisconsin Public Service Lake Superior District Power and their subsidiaries with adjustments by 1921 standards and bargain rate schedules. Communities served will see similar residential rates after July 1.
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Madison
U.P
Wisconsin
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Menominee & Marinette Light and Traction Company
Lake Superior District Power Company
Lake Superior
Sheboygan
Fond du Lac
Beloit
Edgerton
Janesville
Baraboo
Weaver Dam
Berlin
Dodgeville
Horicon
Mineral Point
Lake Geneva
Monroe
Portage
Ripon
Tomah
Mauston
Mayville
Delavan
Commission
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Marinettc
Oconto
de Pere
Antigo
Merrill
Rhinelander
Schofield
Stevens Point
Wausau
Brillion
Chilton
Peshtizo
Crandon
Mosinee
Tomahawk
Waupaca
De Mille Forms Holding Concern To Escape Taxes
Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T Helvering told Congress Cecil B De Mille used a personal holding company to dodge taxes The setup tied De Mille and family to a company serving as the earnings asset The case was sustained by the courts and contrasted with an individual seeking to save for future business. The hearing noted other film figures faced similar inquiries
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Edward W. Lewis
United Press
Washington
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Cecil B. de Mille
Congressional Tax Committee
de Mille
Helvering
Cecil de Mille
Joint
Congressional Committee
Charles, Laughton
Ruth Freed Surrenders to Chicago Police in Vallette Slay
Mrs Ruth Freed surrendered to prosecutors in Chicago nearly a year after Audrey Vallette was found fatally shot in a near north side hotel. Witnesses identified Freed as a woman seen leaving the hotel shortly before Vallette's death. Her husband Edward, manager of a cabaret, is named in Vallette diaries detailing parties and nightlife.
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Chicago
Carmelia Ruth Freed
Audrey Vallette
North Side
Daniel Gilbert
State's Attorney
Harold Levy
Mrs. Freed
Postoffices Upgraded Class On July 1 In Wisconsin
Milwaukee 47 Postmaster John A. Fleissner announced Ripon and Larsen post offices will move from second to first class on July 1. Also slated: Cornell Sawyer and Walworth up to second class from third. Amherst Junction Dalton Ellison Bay Elm Grove and Loretta to third. Sobieski drops to fourth. A post office earning 40000 dollars in stamps annually is rated first class.
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Milwaukee
John A. Fleissner
Fico
Ripon
Waupun
Vieissner
Cornell
Sawyer
Walworth
Amherst Junction
Dalton
Ellison Bay
Elm Grove
Larsen
Loretta
Sobieski
Fleissner
Shriners Council in Detroit Elects Leaders
Sixty thousand Shriners from North America gather for their 63rd imperial council in Detroit to elect officers and pick a 1938 convention city. A night parade of 25,000 marching men will close the day, with Walter S. Sunden of Sistersville, West Virginia, a candidate for imperial potentate, poised to succeed Judge Clyde J. Webster of Detroit.
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Detroit
Shriners of North America
Imperial Council
Walter S. Sunden
Sistersville
W. Va
Imperial
Clyde J. Webster
Special Counsel to Labor Board Named
The Wisconsin State Labor Relations Board announced the appointment of Professors William G. Rice Jr. and Nathan P. Fein as special counsel. Both resign their summer teaching posts to begin immediately and bring prior government labor experience. They coauthor A Guide to the Wisconsin Labor Relations Act, to be published soon by the University.
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Madison
State Labor Relations Board
William G. Rice Jr
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin Law School
University
Leaders Gall Men Out Of Six Plants In Warren Strike
Warren Ohio U P The Committee for Industrial Organization called a general industrial strike across Warren s plants led by Gus Hall claiming about 1000 workers joined. The walkout targets Republic s Warren plant operations with guards guarding nonstriking workers. Plants listed include Packard Electric Sunlight Electric Ohio Corrugating Brainard Steel Actual Standard Engineering Youngstown Pressed Steel Warren Tool. three plants already out.
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Warren
Ohio
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
Gus Hall
C. S
Republic
National
Suagde
Hall
Wra
National Guardsmen
Steels” Corporation
Hal
Packard Electric
General Motors
Sunlight Electric
Ohio Corrugating Company
Brainard Steel Company
Standard Engineering Company
Youngstown Pressed Steel
Warren Tool Corporation
Youngstown
Oshkosh Chosen For 1938 County Clerks Sessions
Oshkosh was selected as the 1938 convention city for the Wisconsin County Clerks association at a closing session. Bids from Wisconsin Rapids Elknam Appleton and Adams county were withdrawn in Oshkosh’s favor. Joseph G. Lazansky of Kewaunee was reelected president and Josie M. Cook of Oconto named vice president. Other officers reelected were John E. Hantschel Appleton secretary and E. H. Kuhlman Wausau treasurer.
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Rhinelander
Oshkosh
Wisconsin County Clerks’ Association
Wisconsin Rapids
Elknam
Appleton
Adams County
Joseph G. Lazansky
Kewaunee
Josie M. Cook
Oconto
John E. Hantschel
E. H. Kuhlman
Wausau
Weather Day's 1s Wisconsin Showers and Warmer Lift
The Weather Day's report notes unsettled conditions in Wisconsin with tonight and Thursday forecasts calling for showers and thunderstorms and somewhat warmer temperatures. Observations show varied highs and lows across cities, with records such as Milwaukee and Phoenix reaching 104 and other locales near 46 to 56 degrees in recent readings.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Worth Platie
Phoenix
Rapid City
Concordia
Spokane
Roseburt
Winnemucca
Alpena
Buckstaff Observatory
Makimum
Imainimut
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Supreme Court of
Senate Judiciary
Washington —LLP
War Department
Workers Alliance of America
David Lasser
Workers’ Alliance of America
WPA
Alliance
Lasser
Texas
Donkogh Home Loan Office
Senator Duffy
Congressman Reilly
Assembly
Maurice Fitzsimons
Fond’ du Lac
Philip Nelson
Maple
Fitzsimons
Ruth Freed
Ripon and Larsen
Shriners AT Council IN
Labor Board
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