Wisconsin Legislature Considers Board of Control Funding
Madison moved to seek attorney general opinion on raising funds for the board of control and possible surtax or mill tax. Senate confirmed W. J. Hubbard to the state highway commission despite opposition. Assembly adopted Reis resolution on funding and legality, amid political contention and bill debates on licenses.
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Madison
W. J.hupbard
State Highway Commission
Senate
Alvin GC. Reis
Board of Control
Attorney General
Associated Press
Hubbard
Sheboygan
J. W. Stubbard
Staudenmayer
Caledonia
Reis
Alvin C. Reis
Assemblyman
Grandine
Forest County
Lawson
Chuck
A. BE. Smith
Viroqua
Assemblyman Gehrman
Ellenbecker
J.D. Millar
Coolidge Prosperity Statement Defended in Senate
Senator Smoot Republican Utah defended President Coolidge's claim that wages were high and employment ample. He said the message was written in December and conditions then justified the report. Democrats heckled as figures and statements were challenged.
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Washington
Coolidge
Smoot
Utah
Wagner
New York
Congress
Stench Bomb Disrupts West Ailis Campaign Rally
A bomb aimed at Orta Conrad’s mayoral campaign rally in West Ailis, Wisconsin caused attendees to gasp and flee. The device emitted a strong odor rather than a blast, forcing an immediate evacuation and drawing attention to the incident. No injuries are reported.
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West Ailis
Wis
Orta Conrad
United States Marine Occupation of Nicaragua Endorsed
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to continue the U S Marines in Nicaragua citing an agreement with the Nicaraguan government and liberal leaders to hold a fair election The panel rejected the Heflin resolution directing withdrawal and Chairman Borah warned withdrawal now would destabilize the election and leave conservatives in control while liberals faced violence
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Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Senate
Heflin
Coolidge
United States
Nicaragua
Liberal Party
Temporary suspension of Policewoman Bodenstein
Madison police board met in executive session to suspend Policewoman Margaret Bodenstein during an investigation into a dispute in the women’s division. The row centers on alleged poison pen letters from Matron Fannie Hamilton, who counters with insubordination charges against Bodenstein. The board voted 9 to 1 to continue the investigation and suspend Bodenstein during its course.
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Madison
Margaret Bodenstein
Madison Police Department
Madison Police Board
Miss Bodenstein
Fannie Hamilton
Miss Baodenstein
Flames Put Out By Geyser From Fireplug In Collision
Beloit Wisconsin autos of Louis Challonaer and Leroy Finer collided yesterday. Piner’s car struck a fireplug, causing a geyser of water that promptly extinguished a small fire.
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Beloit
Wisip
Louis Challonaer
Leroy Finer
Piner
Capture Assailant After Rescue by Father in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles California a 11 year old girl Dorothy Nichols of Long Beach was saved from an attempted attack by her father C Jo Nichols. Police reported the quick action led to the capture of the alleged assailant Max Smith 24 from a pursuing crowd. The incident prompted a rapid police response to secure the suspect.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Dorothy Nichols
C. Jo
Nichols
Long Beach
Max Smith
Congress Debates Norris Muscle Shoals Resolution and More
United Press reports Senate debate on the Norris Muscle Shoals plan continues while the Interstate Commerce Committee opens hearings on the J11 coal investigation. Patents hearings resume on the DiH radio patents bill as Agriculture subcommittee probes cotton price declines. Foreign relations weighs Nicaraguan bills. House actions include calendar bills and Judiciary hearings on Montague bill allowing cabinet officers to debate in Congress.
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Senate
Norris Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commerce Committee
Patents Committee
Agriculture Subcommittee
Foreign Relations Committee
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Kanner Found Guilty by Jury in 1925 Post Office Robbery
William F Dutch Kanner a St Paul rum runner was found guilty by a federal jury of six counts in the 70 000 Superior post office robbery of 1925 The verdict came after eight hours and fifteen minutes of deliberation The 31 year old South St Paul man faced up to seventy four years in prison The jury rejected one count alleging felonious assault on postmaster GC J McGill while upholding the rest Kanner claimed alibi being in Stillwater at the time He was arrested in Chicago after a nationwide search The case was prosecuted by Federal District Attorney Stanley A M Ryan and William H Daugherty Kanner will seek a new trial next Tuesday
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Superior
Wis
William F
Kanner
St. Paul
Federal Penitentiary
South St. Paul
Superior Post Office
Claude Z. Luse
Walter Olson
Hall Claire
Olson
Asault
W. P. Crawford
Luse
Atty
Stanley AL. Ryan
William H. Daugherty
Janesque
Stillwater
Minn
Chicago
Milwaukee School Board Disapproves ROTC Plan
The Milwaukee school board voted nine to four to strike the reserve officers training corps from the instruction committee report. Director S A Park pushed the project noting over a thousand high school boys petitioned for ROTC as an extra curriculum subject, but his effort failed to restore the measure.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee High School
Gencialis
S. A. Park
Three hundred fifty men seek six vacancies in Milwaukee
Milwaukee crowds fill city hall corridors as three hundred fifty men seek six vacancies on the Milwaukee fire department. The turnout reflects high demand for municipal firefighting jobs while only a small number of positions are available.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Fire Department
Public Seances Open Wisconsin Spiritualists Meeting
Open session of the Wisconsin Spiritualists Association in La Crosse marked the twenty-eighth annual convention with public seances nightly. Audience members learned guidance on property and business matters as Charles M. Whaley of Detroit served as message bearer.
British Aircraft Ready For Holy War in East
Washington reports new evidence on missing oil bonds linked to the Republican national committee and Standard Oil of Indiana, with six witnesses subpoenaed. In London, British aircraft prepare for combat in what is described as a holy war amid potential hostilities led by Ibn Saud against Irak and Transjordan, bases and forces being mobilized in Basra and Koweit as tensions rise.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
London
Ibn Saud
Hedjaz
Ned
Irak
TransjJordania
Great Britain
Basra
Said
Koweit
Persian Gulf
Att ‘Exchange
Jerusalem
National Capital Agog With Rumors About Lindy
Washington buzzed with speculation about Colonel Lindbergh as rumors swirled of a return to Bolling Field after a hastened trip to Scott Field. Reports tied him to J Barr Peat, linked to inventor L J Hendershot, and another whispered plan to seek a rest cure at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore amid nervous strain.
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Washington
National
Lindbergh
Bollingfield
Scott Field
Belleville
Cincinnati
Bolling Field
J. Barr Peat
L. J. Hendershot
West
Elizabeth
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Wilbur Defends 74-Ship Naval Plan in Bay City Speech
In Bay City Michigan Secretary Wilbur told the McKinley Republican club critics of the administrations seventy four ship naval building program that Congress must provide adequate auxiliary surface craft. He denied that the navy was lobbying or propagandizing for the Jarre construction program and did not mention House support for only sixteen ships.
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Bay City
Mich
Wilbur
McKinley Republican Club
Congress
House
Navy
Manslaughter charges against high school boy dismissed
Rhinelander Wis Pi Man slaughter charges against Earl Vachon 16 year old high school boy were dismissed in circuit court prior day by Judge A H Reid. Vachon an honor student and senior class member was charged with stabbing Roland Schmidt to death last November. A coroner s jury had held Schmidt died from a knife wound during a dark scuffle with Vachon but did not issue recommendations.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Earl Vachon
A. H. Reid
Vachon
Roland Schmidt
Schmidt
Charles Hoyt
Waupun
John Ikonen
Milwaukee bowler dies from pneumonial injury incident
Harry Preston aged 27, who set pins at Anilers bowling alley in Milwaukee, was struck by a bowling pin last Friday. Pneumonia developed and he died Wednesday morning.
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Harry Preston
Anilers
Republican convention backs Curtis for president nomination
The Kansas Republican state convention endorsed Sen. Charles Curtis for the GOP presidential nomination and pledged a delegate slate for Curtis. Connecticut Rep. John Titson said Smith's nomination would not inject religion into the campaign. Mrs. Ella Boole of the WCTU endorsed Sen. Thomas J. Walsh for the Democratic nomination.
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Cinited Press
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Kansas City
Curtis
John &. Titsonn
Connecticut
Alfred K. Smith
Ella Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Coal GonsPIRACY Charges Brought by Railroads (Source: Taken from article)
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee accusing railroads of conspiracy in misusing judicial power and private police to control bituminous coal fields. He cited a 1930s era dispute over contracts and federal intervention, noting letters he wrote to President to appeal for action, though neither letter was released during the hearing opening on conditions in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
Kenneth S. Crawford
United Press
Washington, D. C
Cavalidge
United Mine Works
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Lewis
Senate Committee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Washington
Lame Buck Question To Be Acted Upon In House Tomorrow
Washingtons congressional schedule centers on final action on the Norris White constitutional amendment for abolis duck sessions. A vote on amendments including a four year term proposal by Rep Bankheld is anticipated. Judiciary committee opens hearings on Montague resolution allowing cabinet members to sit on the floor. Congress also debates unemployment, tax cuts, public health, and irrigation measures as investigations into soft coal field and cotton market continue.
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Washington, RD. C
Iley
House
Abelis Duck
Comre
Representative Bankheld
Alabama
Tilson
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
DD. C
Congress
Senate
Smoot
Utah
New York
House Immigration Committee
Texas
House Irrigation Committee
Pacvic
Wanted fat man to wear 700-pound overalls
Burlington Wisconsin ad seeks a stout man to fill a pair of overalls made for a 700-pound circus performer who died before using them. The garment is on display here and was originally crafted by an overall manufacturer for the act.
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Burlington
Wis
Missing Girl Ransom Case Ties Suspect to Patchy Clues
Michael Buinickas, a 32 year old Northampton textile mill worker, was arrested after a decoy package mailed for a ransom demand tied to the disappearance of Frances St John Smith, a Smith College student. He admitted renting a post office box under an assumed name and writing the ransom letter. He pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud and is jailed in Springfield. the postal inspectors hope to solve the case.
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Holyoke
Mass
uPi
Michael Bainickas
Northampton
Frances
John Smith
United States
Fred Bennett
Springfield
Boston
St. John Smith
New York
Frances St. John Smith
Michael Buinickas
Miss. Smith
Smith College
Smith
New York City
Bulnickas
Investigating Status of Chisholm as Citizen
The British consul revealed to United Press that it was examining whether George Chisholm remains a British subject after he confessed to drowning his two sons in a ship canal at Indiana Harbor Indiana. Consular officials would not comment on reports they might assist Chisholm's defense but said they asked his attorney to determine if he is still a British subject.
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Chicago
United Press Today
George Chisholm
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Chisholm
Government Control of Gil Industry Voted by Deputies
Paris reports deputies pass a bill providing government control of the oil industry by a 335 to 186 vote. The measure creates a petroleum commission to foster French crude production and allows government control of imports above 20 francs per month. Americans and other foreign shippers face equal treatment. Weather and daily observations accompany the dispatch.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Petroleum Commission
Poufray Teese
Three Unemployed Men End Their Lives
Milwaukee reports three unemployed men took their own lives over two days. One man aged 46 hanged himself in a bathroom, Payetie Ga Court. Fred Fido Sr. died from poison after last night, father of seven. George Lesser, 45, hanged himself in the basement.
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Milwaukee
Payetie Ga Court
Fred Fido
George Lesser
Promoter Mullen Offers 50,000 for World Lightweight Fight
Chicago promoter Jim Mullen offers Jammy Mandell of Rockfield a $50,000 guarantee to meet Jammy McGiarnin for the world lightweight championship in a June 21 bout, raising his previous offer of $26,000.
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Chicago
Jim Mullen
Jammy McGiarnin
Jammy Mandell
Rockfeid
Wisconsin Again Lures President On vacation plans emerge
Washington reports President Coolidge may spend part of his last summer in the White House in Wisconsin. The decision is expected soon after past summers that included Swampscott Mass New York mountains and the Black Hills selections. Wisconsin fits the 24 hour travel limit from Washington.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Gary Tespondent
Delly Northwestern
Washington, D. C
New York Mayor Walker Sifts Capitol Deals for Federal Site
Mayor Walker of New York visited Washington to discuss a tentative plan favoring a federal building in the city. The proposal would allow the government to buy a civic center site north of City Hall for a court building, with the city providing a suitable site for the City Hall and post office. If finalized, the government would return the old federal building to New York, which once bought it for about half a million dollars. Walker kept officials waiting, delaying a meeting with President Coolidge and cabinet members for over thirty minutes.
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Washington
Walker
New York
Coolidge
Treasury
Civic Center
City Hall
City of
City of New York
Mellon
Sargent
New
White House
Rumored Six Firm Merger Denied by Officers
Rumors of a proposed merger among six railway equipment makers valued at about 600 million dollars persisted in Chicago despite denials by officers of the firms named. Reported figures included Arthur W. Cullen of Clutayo and the Fisher Brothers of Detroit, stock operators, who allegedly controlled Baldwin Locomotive stock. Other names tied to the rumor were Westinghouse Electric Westinghouse Airbrake, American Steel Foundries American Rolling Mills and Standard Steel Car Company.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cullen
Clutayo
Fisher Brothers Company
Detroit
Baldwin Locomotive Corporation
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse Ahrake Company
American Steel Foundries
American Rolling Mills
Standard Steel Car Company
Princess Victoria of Schainburz Lippe barred from image use
A Berlin court ruled that Princess Victoria of Schainburz Lippe, once Kaiser's sister, cannot stop publication of her image due to historic fame, while her former husband Zoubkoff retains rights to block his picture. The ruling came as the couple disputed a book detailing their liaison and the publication of photos.
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Berlin
Victoria
Schainburz- Lippe
Henry of
Battenberg
Alexander Zoubkolt
Hohenzollern
kais+ ars
Zoubkoff
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