Great California Storm Floods Atwood to Santa Ana
A massive storm-induced flood across Southern California caused river breaches and widespread ruin. Towns including Atwood Fullerton Buena Park Anaheim and Garden Grove faced inundation with dozens dead and many missing. Riverside suffered heavy damage as 10 000 homeless were reported and communication failed across the region.
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Anaheim
Calif
San Francisco
Santa Ana
Atwood
Fullerton
Buena Park
Garden Grove
California
Riverside
Big Bear Valley
Ventura
San Juan Capistrano
Ocean
San Bernardino Mountains
Desert
Ballistics Report Clears Up Shooting of Farmer and Son
Arena Wisconsin authorities say a UW Madison ballistics expert linked a rifle found with Thomas Dawson to bullets that wounded farmer Earl Murphy and his 6-year-old son Harland on Night Hollow road. Investigators believe Dawson shot at the Murphys then killed himself nearby. coroner's jury to meet tomorrow.
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Arena. Wis
Iowa
Thomas Dawson
Arena
Clarence J. Molman
J. H. Mathews
University of Wisconsin
Dawson
Here
Earl Murphy
Harland
Murphys
Madison
Arestinsky Pleads Guilty In Moscow Treason Trial
In Moscow’s major treason case, Krestinsky former ambassador to Berlin and vice commissar for foreign affairs, suddenly reversed his not guilty stance and admitted all charges. He confessed to treasonable dealings with Germany and aiding a spy network on Soviet soil, following a day of codefendant accusations.
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Moscow
Nicholas H. Krestinsky
Krestinsky
Berlin
Russia
Nikolai Krestinsky
Niemoeller Arrested After Pulpit Jail Sentence
Berlin reports that Rev. Martin Niemoeller, noted opponent of Nazi church policy, was arrested after a seven month sentence was deemed completed due to time served. He faces “protective arrest” amid public unrest and a $600 fine.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Mr. Niemoeller
Nolice
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Nearby Regions
Wisconsin forecast calls for generally fair skies with light snow near Lake Michigan tonight and continuing cold. Temperatures rise Friday with a warmer day expected, while Milwaukee records show a high of 40 and a low of 20 with trace precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Northwestern
Fair
Milwaukee
Abilene
Tex
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Buckstaff Observatory
Lost plane search deepens in Sierra mountains near Fresno
A Fresno search party toiled toward a remote mountainside scar 60 miles east as snow and rain halted air rescue for the TWA skyliner missing since Tuesday night with nine aboard. Bud Rhodes reported possible crash noises and two shots, while land crowds hunted near mysterious lights and a white object, as river floods hindered efforts and 22 planes prepared to scour the Sierras.
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Fresno
Calif
Here
TWA
Bud Rhodes
Sierras
Fresno County
Sear
Power Company
Idawn
San Francisco
Navy expands fleet with vast build plan and new budgets
Washington reports the House naval affairs committee approved a 1.11 billion dollar defense bill to expand the fleet with 46 combat ships 22 auxiliary vessels and 950 aircraft plus 3 battleships 2 carriers 9 cruisers 23 destroyers and 9 submarines at an estimated 731 million dollars. The measure includes 30 million for experimentation and a dirigible project as part of a broader push amid London talks.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Georgia
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Naval Committee
Brewster
Maine
Church
Sinois
Cole
New York
Los Angeles
London
Great Britain
France
Pershing Not Yet Out of Danger in Arizona
Gen John J Pershing remains under close medical watch at a sanitarium in Tucson as doctors report slight improvement but caution that progress fluctuates. Dr Roland Davison said the general is not yet out of danger and will continue constant attendance, noting relief may come in fits rather than steady, uninterrupted progress.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
Industrial Licensing Bill Seen as Blow to Business
National Association of Manufacturers spokesman warned the Borah O Mahaney licensing bill would slow recovery. Elmer T Cunningham urged setting it aside for a business recovery plan he drafted including a moratorium on reform legislation and a national labor policy. Senators debated power concentration and limits on government involvement while supporters argued the bill curbs monopolies and intermeddling with small business.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Elmer T. Cunningham
New York
Radin Corporation of America
Cunningham
General Welfare
Austin
Vermont
Robert H. Jackson
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Borah
Idaho
Wisconsin 1935 Oleo Tax Law Meets First Court Test
Circuit Judge Edgar V. Werner found J. D. Legal Produce of Appleton guilty of violating the 15 cent per pound oleo tax law and violating licensing requirements. Segal Co. was also found guilty of selling a vegetable spread as oleo without a wholesaler license. Fines totaled 100 dollars each with the latter suspended. state prosecutor Atty. Gen. Orchard led the case.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Edgar V. Werner
J. D. Legal Produce Company
Segal Company
Werner
Orchard
OR. M. Orchard
Madison
Olco
Segal
Britain Announces 223 Percent Army Budget Rise
London reports a 223 percent jump in army appropriations for the coming year as part of a 5 year rearmament plan totaling 6,500,000,000 pounds. Air force estimates reach 597,516,000 for the next fiscal year, with navy budgets to be revealed tomorrow. Amid higher costs, the government warns taxes will rise to fund the program.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Air Force
Admiralty
Tomorow
Judge Reis Files Nomination Papers for Ninth Judicial Bench
Madison judge Alvin C. Reis filed nomination papers with the secretary of state as a candidate for the Ninth judicial district bench. Reis was appointed by Governor La Follette to succeed the late Judge A G Zimmerman and was elected last April for the unexpired term.
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Madison
Alvin C. Reis
Secretary of State Today
Ninth Judicial Treuit
Dane
Saykes
Reis
la Follette
A.G. Zimmerman
Hitler Warns His Nazis to Take It Easy
Arthur Seyss-Inquart urged Austrian Nazis to pursue their goals within the legal framework of the Fatherland Front and to avoid violence. Hitler approved his entry to the Austrian cabinet and advised a gradual socialist course, aiming for a compromise with moderates amid Graz conferences and order recalls.
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Hitler
A. D. Stefferud
Vienna
Austria
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Seysz-Inquart
Fatherland Front
Schuschtigg
Germany
Fuehrer
Berlin
Graz
Styria
Leysz-Inquart
Loomis may seek rehearing on Plums ruling by high court
Madison Wis U P Atty Gon Orlando Loomis awaits a possible minority opinion from supreme court justices before deciding if he will request a rehearing of the court’s ruling on the division of 19000 votes. Loomis Progressive party was denied representation this year as the court majority held that distribution between the dominant parties shall follow the presidential vote in years after a presidential election and for governor after a general election.
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Madison
Wis
U.p.atty
Gon
Orlando
Loomis
Supreme Court
Cleetian
Wiccantin
Progressive Party
Governors Back but Political Plans Are Not Yet Determined
Madison Wisconsin Philip F La Follette returned from a New York speaking engagement and planned talks with Progressive party leaders to decide whether to seek a fourth term run for the U S senate seat held by F Ryan Duffy or abstain from public office The group to meet with La Follette today were Progressive figures not on the state central committee who discussed his remarks on the 1938 1940 campaigns last week
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Madison
Goy
Philip F. la Follette
New York
U. S. Senate
F. Ryan Duffy
la Follette
State Central Committee
MPS Routed by Guerillas
Chinese guerrillas scored heavily against Japanese forces north of Nanking in the last seven days. Attacks along the Tientsin Pukow line cost the invaders territory and forced withdrawals. Chinese units reportedly disrupted Japanese columns near Nanking and Chuanpaling while harassing pacifying operations spread through Shantung and surrounding areas.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Shanghai
Nanking
Tientsin
Pukow
Tsinpu
Lunghai
Chanpaling
Peiping
Hawai River
Hwaiyuan
Linhwaikwan
Pongpu
Ashwet
Muerriday
Shantung Province
Frank Attacks New Deal At Nebraska Republicans Founder Day
Lincoln Neb, Dr Glenn Frank, head of the national Republican program committee, condemned the New Deal as restrictive and repressive. He argued it reduces productive output and narrows the social progress base. He urged an economic program delivering more goods at lower prices to lift living standards.
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Lincoln, Neb
Glenn Frank
National Republican Program Committee
Profits Levy Is Defended By Doughton
House Republicans attack the administration tax revision as unlikely to raise as much revenue as the present system. Chairman Doughton and Vinson defend the measure, noting treasury estimates show roughly equal revenue to existing law with a net loss of 22 to 23 million after reliefs.
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John R. Beal
United Press
Washington
House
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Bertrand H. Sneil
New York
Doughton
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Snell
Treasury
Vinson
Coughton
Fhe
Break in Levine Abduction Faces New York Breaks
New Rochelle New York the Levine case shows a possible breakthrough as investigators report contact with the kidnapers while Murray Levine refuses to confirm ransom payment of sixty thousand dollars. Police say they will not pursue further steps for now to protect the boy until he is returned.
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New Rochelle
Pahee
Peter Levine
Murray
New
Reed Vetter
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brockelhurst Granted Two Week Execution Reprieve
Little Rack Ark Gov Carl E F Barney grants a two week stay of execution for Les ter Brockelhurst a condemned hitchhiker slayer scheduled to die by electric chair at dawn tomorrow The reprieve delays the sentence and postpones the execution date as officials review the case.
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Little Rack
Ark
Carl EF. Barney
Lester — Brockelhurst
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Long Beach
Roscode Z . Ee
Farmer
Arestinsky
Niemoeller
Cohaedfor
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Euchins
Naval Affairs Committee
Gen. Pershing
Weather Bureau
England
Judge Reis
Frank
Levine
Brockelhurst
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