Nazis clash in Vienna and Graz as plebiscite nears
Street battles in Vienna and Graz injure at least 40 as Austria nears a Sunday plebiscite on Chancellor Schuschnigg policy. Nazis and Fatherland Front supporters clash amid police crackdowns. Linz displays swastika as crowds call for action. Authorities surge police and troops to maintain order.
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Vienna
Graz
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Fatherland Front
Styria
MRT
Linz
Schuschnigg
Seadlund Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Appeal If Death Penalty Imposed
Attorneys for John Henry Seadlund say they will appeal to the U S Supreme Court to challenge the Lindbergh law if the death penalty is imposed for the kidnap murder of Charles Ross. They argue new questions exist and oppose juror calling and public spectacle as witnesses are to be presented.
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Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Charles Ross
U. S. Supreme Court
Floyd E. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
Frederic E. Burnham
U.S. District Court
Seadland
Supreme Court
Seadlund
Platteville Man Killed as Car Skids Down Embankment
C G McLane 37 died when his car skidded on ice near Dickeysville and plunged 30 feet. Passengers Milo Cushman 33 Grand Marsh suffered facial injuries and bruises while TR Couts 45 La Crosse had rib fractures. Both were treated at Cunningham Hospital. McLane left a wife and two children.
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Platteville
Wis
C. G. McLane
Dickeysville
Milo Cushman
Grand Marsh
TR. Couts
la Crosse
Cunningham Hospital
Nfe Lane
Roosevelt Urges $2.12 Billion for Water Resource Development
President Roosevelt forwards a national plan for water conservation and development totaling 2.121 billion dollars. The six year program emphasizes federal and nonfederal projects, regional planning, and surveys for irrigation, flood control, navigation, rural water, wildlife, and power. The plan relies on findings from 45 basin committees and faces budget constraints.
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National Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Army Engineers
Resources Committee
Japanese Cut Shanghai to Nanjing Lifeline on Yellow River Front
Japanese spearhead force crossed the Yellow River near Szeshui 25 miles west of Chengchow and cut the Sunghai railway, severing Central China’s east west lifeline. Chinese defense fights back as floods and cold worsen, with 70 000 Japanese reinforcements believed to arrive around Shanghai and Nanking, signaling a resumed large scale offensive.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Szeshui
Chengchow
Sunghai
China
Nanking
Lost airliner believed buried by heavy snow
Fresno reports continued search for the Transcontinental and Western Airways plane missing for ten days in the high Sierra north and east of Fresno. The San Francisco to Burbank flight carried six passengers and three crew. authorities expect a crash site likely under heavy snow.
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Fresno
Calif
Transcontinental and Western Airways
High Sierras
San Francisco
Burbank
Willkie Accuses PWA Of Conspiracy Over TVA Project
Secretary Ickes released a letter accusing Wendell Willkie of pressing Common Wealth & Southern to block a 150 million dollar PWA municipal power project in the Tennessee Valley. Ickes said PWA would proceed with 61.2 million in loans and 38.4 million in grants unless the cities chose delay.
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Washington
Ickes
Wendell L. Willkie
Common Wealth & Southern
Public Works Administration
PWA
Tennessee Valley
Ickes’eller
Watkins Overton
Memphis
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Chattanooga
Lilienthal
Overton Pwa
Willkie
Blum Accepts Call to Form French Government
Leon Blum, socialist ex premier, accepted President Lebrun’s mandate to form a new cabinet after Camille Chautemps resigned amid parliament power struggles over decree powers. Blum urged a stable government to unite democracy as France faces labour unrest and rearmament pressures.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Albert Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Blum
First People's Front
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Lebrun, Herriot
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
People’s Front
Repeal Campaign Stumbles as Barton Sees No Help
In Washington, Representative Bruce Barton reports his 11 repeal bills remain stalled in Democratic committees with no Republican allies. He cites 208,567 bills introduced from the 56th to the 74th Congresses and 149 repeals, arguing lawmakers fix everything with laws.
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Washington
Bruce Barton
New York
Congress
Committee
Barton
America
Francoist forces launch major offensive on Aragon front
Francoist Spanish nationalists push government troops in nine battles along a 110 mile line from Fuentes de Ebro to Montalban. About 400000 troops face off with 180000 insurgents and 220000 loyalists as rebels advance five miles on average. Road to Montalban cut north of Zaragoza crippling contact between fronts. Immediate aims include recapture of Belchite and control of a triangle area near Pinon Alcaniz and Montalban to ease pressure on Teruel and sever Catalonia from loyalist Spain. Frontline Soviet relief momentum increases as government forces rush to the area and rebels press central front near the Guadarrama.
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Jarrison Laroche
United Press
Kendaye
Aragon
Fuentes de Bbro
Zaragoza
Montalban
Loy List
Barcelona
Belenue
Seruza
Alcaniz
Francisco Franco
Belchite
Pina
Al~caniz
Teruel
Ebro Rover Villey
Mediterranean
Valenia
Catalonia
Spain
Deleute
Midis
Fron
Possions
Guadarrrama Mountains
Madrid
Ceuardalogati
Capone Returned to Alcatraz Yard
The San Francisco Examiner reports gangster Jacky Capone confined at Alcatraz prison hospital after a month in the facility. He was ordered back to the yard and told to resume routine chores including work in the prison laundry.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Jacky al Capone
Quesume Craengt Ganit
Alcatran Prison Hospital
Prion Yard
Capone
Ribbentrop Visibly Challenged by London Demonstrations
Crowds of about 500 heckled Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop outside the British Foreign Office as he met with Viscount Halifax amid Anglo German talks. Police kept order while demonstrators shouted anti Nazi slogans and referenced Niebelwer and Thaelman.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Britain
von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Viscount Paclifix
Ribbentrop
Hrelwase Niemoe
Lord Haleifax
von Tobbentrop
Horse Guards
Downie Street
Austria
Driteh
Von
Weather summary across cities with rising temps and clouds
Weather notes report warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies. Milwaukee records the highest and lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours, while New Orleans and Sault Ste Marie show varying temperatures and conditions.
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Sun Sun Tay
Ries & Henge
Pridas
Tana
Milwaukee -Tyehiest
New Orleans
Sault Ste, Marte
Moscow Treason Trial Opens With Murder Conspiracy Evidence
The Moscow treason trial resumed as Prosecutor Vishinsky outlined conspiracy and murder charges against 21 defendants. He sought the maximum penalty, including execution, for those once leading figures in Soviet Russia. A closed session revealed alleged political murders tied to a palace plot and foreign spy intrigue.
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Moscow
Andrei
Vishinsky
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Japan
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Communist Party
Gonoekly Yaxoda
Nyk, Vod
Secret Police
Mix Pechkoff
Maxim Gorky
Yasora
Pechhoff
Governments deny Hawaii base applications as defense concern
The Washington UP reports the U S government rejected British and Dutch plans to establish air bases in Hawaii for national defense reasons. The decision avoids exposing Pacific defense to foreign airliners and counters ambitions to create a Pacific route from Australia to Vancouver via Hawaii Manila.
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United Press
Washington
Hawaii
Australia
Vancouver
Dutch East Indies
Manila
United States
Hawa
Japana
Pan-American Airways
New Zealand
Milwaukee secretary Duncan pleads not guilty in manslaughter case
Thomas M. Duncan secretary to Governor La Follette and a Wisconsin political figure pleaded not guilty at arraignment in district court on a first degree manslaughter charge tied to the death of 69 year old Henry F. Schuette in an automobile crash. Bail set at 5000 dollars and a preliminary hearing scheduled for 2 30 p m. Duncan posted bond after court appearance. He claimed no memory of the crash and said he thought he might have scraped fenders earlier near the business district.
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Thomas MM. Duncan
la Fallette
Milwaukee
West Allis
Thomas M. Duncan
la Follette
Henry F. Schuette
Harvey Neelen
Duncan
Clerk of Courts
Little Tommy
Wisconsin
Joseph Brazy
John Roe
Madison
Dist. Atty
Herbert J. Steffes
Dungan
Lake Mills
Wisconsin Avenue
Masonic Speaker Warns on Constitution Dangers
Milwaukee speaker Dr. William Browne, educator from Richmond, warns Masons that while depressions won’t shake faith in democracy, encroachments on the constitution are more dangerous. He criticizes President Roosevelt’s New Deal push and industry hopes, urging vigilance as public faith unsettles.
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Milwaukee
William Mosely Brown
Richmond
Milwaukee County
Browne
Roosevelt
Tim
Ilis
Berg Edges Miss Wall In Open Final Candidate
In Belleair Florida Marion Madey of Fort Pierce and Patty Berg of Minneapolis advanced to the finals of the Belles women's Open. Berg defeated Bernice Wal Oshkosh 6 and 5 while Miss Miley beat Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware Philadelphia one up.
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Belleair
Fla
Marion Madey
Fort Pierce
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Miley
Glenna Collett Ware
Philadelpha
Miss Berg
Bernice Wal
Oshkosh
Wis
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