Vital Changes in State Boards Urged
Governor La Follette’s citizens welfare committee urges abolishing the state board of control and creating three new departments social security corrections and mental hygiene to handle relief prisons and mental care with six member policy boards and county joint funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hopping
Madison
Citizens Welfare Committee
la Foliette
State Board of Control
Senate
Sparta
Assembly Blocks Referendum Plan in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly blocked a spring referendum on nonpartisan county officers and refused to reconsider the vote that adopted the resolution. The measure must pass both houses and reach the secretary of state by tomorrow to appear on April ballots. Other actions included urging a federal investigation into alleged hunger, rejecting a term-shortening bill, and passing a dairy and REA transmission line record rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Assembly
Senate
Theodore Dammann
Joseph Clancy
Racine
Congress
Thomas Amilie
Wisconsin Relief Administration
Milwaukee
Thomson
REA
Italy Conscription Plan Expanded by Grand Council
Italy's grand fascist council ordered integral militarization for ages 18 through 55 in a move to strengthen arms power, while signaling closer cooperation with Nazi Germany. The communique outlined five points including larger armed forces, extended war-supplies oversight, civil sacrifices for self-sufficiency, and scientific collaboration. In Washington, Democrats planned formal campaign groups to oppose Roosevelt court reform as leaders debated strategies amid court retirement and constitutional questions.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Grand Fascist Council
Fascism
Bloc of Nations
Nazi Germany
Britain
Council
Grand Council
Mediterranean
Paolo Thaon di Revel Jr
Mussolini
General Commission
Washington
House Democrats
Senate
J. Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Supreme Court
Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt
Sumners
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Hopkins
Senator Clark
Congress
Court
Ohio Shaken by Slight Tremors Across State
A mild earthquake tremor struck Ohio between 6 45 and 8 50 am today with no damage reported. Buildings rattled desks moved and dishes fell as tremors felt across the west central and northern regions lasting about two minutes. A Columbus resident reported a violent house shake to the weather bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Bristol Farmer Suffocated by Snow Hidden Haystack
Thomas T. Quamme, 69, a Bristol town farmer, died when ice and snow slid from a haystack burying him as he worked to secure straw for livestock. The accident occurred today in Madison County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Thomas T. Quamme
Bristol
Boiler Explosion Kills Two at Carnegie Illinois South Works
In South Chicago a boiler explosion in the blast furnace department of Carnegie Illinois Steel kills two men and injures at least ten. Fire crews with gas masks battled the blaze as police sought to learn how many workers were inside. One identified victim is 43 year old John Zadanowski.
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Chicago —(P
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
South Works
Chicago
Company Fire Department
John Zadanowski
Navy supply bill clears House stage for defense buildup
The Navy supply bill totaling 526,555,428 was favorably reported to the House, cut by 35,870,281 from administration estimates and 1,693,554 less than last year. It funds 81 ships and 29,188,000 for aircraft construction, with a plan for a treaty strength fleet and possible future deficiency legislation.
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Edward W. Lewis
United Press
Washington
UPI
House
Appropriations Committee
Administration
Congress
Navy
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
New York
Trammell-Vinson
Hill
Naval Reserve
South Charleston
W. Va
Germany triples air force to over two thousand war planes
United Press reports from London a reliable source indicates Germany’s air force rose from about 750 first line planes in early 1936 to over 2,000 in 1937 across 157 squadrons. Production capacity surpasses 200 new aircraft monthly though some reserves and stores are omitted.
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Frederic Kuli
United Pree Y Londaen
Germany
United Press
Lonedon
Armencité@sports
Herman Goentig
Berlin
Reich
Paine Lumber offers land to reopen plant in city
The Paine Lumber Company formally offered to sell city land for 87500 to redeem delinquent tax certificates in a plant reopening plan. The offer, received by the common council, was sent to a special committee to report March 8. The deal requires the plant to operate by July 1 1937 with at least 125 workers and for Paine to settle delinquent taxes to April 30 1937.
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Paine Lumber Company
Common Council
George D. Clark
Ward
Vallor
Or Beffore
Ald
Joseph Poeschl
Wiechering
FE. Meyer
Albert A. Loscher
Richid E. Germer
Carl R. Robertson
Carl F. Fugleberg
Samuel L. Hunter
George Scheuermann
Loscher
Nine Guilty in Conspiracy to Murder Publisher Trial
Detron- Recorder Judge John Vo Brennan presided as nine men were convicted of conspiring to murder Arthur Kingsley, publisher of the suburban Tripgalland Park paper. The jury acquitted several others and prosecutors said the group, led by Arthur F. Lupp, planned the crime in 1986 due to political opposition.
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Detron
John Vo Brennan Tadas
Black Leagan
Arthiar
Kingsley
Publieuc
Tripgalland Park
Mo Brus Markland
Omayor
Mightend Park
Arthur F. Lupp
Secret Society
Michogany
Alvis Chak
Willard Foster
Matthias Gunn
Ray Hepner
Frank Howeyard
Withert Jame
Rudyard JK. Woellmars
Judge Brennan
Listey
Markland
Junge Brennan
Leslie J. Bleck
John Godwin
Rowland Hasselback
William Keller
Albert Sehneider
Frank Rice
3000 Workers Return as Janesville Plants End Strike
At noon the Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants in Janesville Wisconsin resumed operations after a strike that halted body production. About 2700 workers returned though some layoffs and reinstatements were still pending as agreement was reached in Detroit between GM officials and UAW leadership.
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Janesville
Wis
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors ‘Corporation
M. C
United Automobile Workers of America
Detroit
William Bartell
Fisher Works Seal Cushion Department
Fisher
Chevrolet
Bartell
Genert Morris Nillanes Bulttens
Eeland
Turley
Ratte
A Mn
Miners End Sit-Down Strike in Uniontown
Uniontown Pennsylvania reports the end of a 450 miner sit down strike at South Union Coal and Coke Company after a union demand to deduct fines from pay was rejected. Workers exited the underground mine around 2 pm and authorities in Lewis, New York were notified to urge a return to work.
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Uniontown
U.P
Naa
Armerica
Celfe
Tinct
South Union Coal and Coke Company
Vie Coal
Inead
Wee Woon
United Mine Workers 7
Lewis
New York
Barnum Publisher of Clintonville Tribune Dies in New London
Clintonville Wis William M Barnum 74 copublisher of The Clintonville Tribune died today in New London Community Hospital He led the printing department at Four Wheel Drive Auto for 18 years His career included work on papers in Wausau New London and Shawano The obituary notes his local newspaper service and long career in publishing.
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Clintonville
Wis
William M. Barnum
Clintonville Tribune
New London
Barnum
Four Wheel Drive Auto Company
Wausau
Shawant
Plane Crash Kills Otto Roth in Alabama Reach
Otto Roth 22 of Wausau Wisconsin died when a commercial airplane crashed on a farm near Opp Alabama while his companion Don Effinger 19 of Madison Wisconsin was seriously injured Effinger sustained a broken arm and internal injuries and was taken to Andalusia hospital Investigators said the two were flying from Albany Georgia to Andalusia Alabama to obtain flying experience prior to attempting to reach Texas.
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Otto Roth
Don Effinger
Madison
Opp
Ala
Onp
Wausau
Wis
Effinger
Albany
Andalusia
Roth
Oscar Nix
Here
Roy Nix
Oscar
Clara Esinger
Don
South
Archie Dereamer
Brooklyn
Walter Blake
Madison Airways
Tri South
Efinger
Texas
Alabama
Rib Mountain
Henry Roth
Alexander
Wisconsin
Stevens Point
Eagle River
Postal Telegraph Company
Appleton Murder Probe Continues
Appleton Wisconsin authorities continued investigating the murder of transient Joseph Brown whose body was found in a shack near the Northwestern railroad tracks. Burt Sands, owner of the shack, said the slaying followed a weekend drinking bout. Two other transients were sought.
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Appleton
Wis
Joseph Brown
Burt Sands
Wisconsin Weather Outlook and Readings
Partly cloudy tonight with unsettled conditions by Wednesday. Snow possible in north and west central areas Wednesday afternoon as temperatures rise. Northwestern observations show morning 7:30 a.m. fair, 1:00 p.m. 35 degrees, Milwaukee report unclear, record temperatures from Phoenix 80 and Los Angeles 72 with others noted. previous day maximum 32 minimum 16 with no precipitation and southwest wind.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Fair
Fair Milwaukee
Phoenx
Los Angeles
Moorhead
Devils Lake
Ruckstall Observatory
President Roosevelt Endorses NRA Analysis for Congress
The president sent a special message transmitting an exhaustive committee report on the NRA after studying its wage hour provisions. It urges careful consideration by Congress, noting the program raised wages but overreached and that final policy aligned with antitrust law. The report, prepared by economists and industry leaders, offers a sober, objective survey for legislative guidance.
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Richard L. Harkness
United Press
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Organized Labor
National Recovery Administration
J. M. Clark
Columbia University
William H. Davis
New York
George H. Mead
Dayin
Business Advisory Council
George M. Harrison
Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Railway Labor Executives Association
Henry A. Wallace
Daniel Roper
Frances Perkins Slee
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Governor's Committee
Fles
Missourian
Lemke
North Dakota
Union
Thomas O'Malley
Millwaukee
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
Mont
O'Malley
Paine
ELL Land
Wicvhering
Robertson
Fisher Body
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