Man Dies in Flames After Motor Crash
A light coupe and a heavy truck collided on Highway 21 two miles west of Omro around 10:30 PM Wednesday. The car's gas tank exploded, killing driver Clarence Kraft, about 30, a Menasha native and Poygan cheese factory employee. Croatt and Pfeiffer escaped the truck and helped extinguish the flames. No inquest was planned. Kraft's body was recovered about an hour later and taken to the Plansky funeral home.
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Menasha
Poygan
A. F. Lerff
Leo TI
Croatt
Belgium
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Jerome Pfeiffer
Fredonia
E. C. Abell
Martin A. Petratz
Neenah
Omro Fire Department
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Pfeiffer
Plansky
Abell
John Hughes
Krafi
Herman Kraft
Ramsey Kellehwell
Two Men and Woman Killed by Train Near Albert Lea
Three people died when their car was hit by a Rock Island passenger train at a Minnesota grade crossing a half mile north of Albert Lea. George Price 40 Albert Lea and Alfred H. Riebe Winona were in the car, Monica Greil 22 Albert Lea was the woman killed. The train was about an hour late from Minneapolis to Chicago and ended the vehicle’s ride in a lake channel 15 feet below the embankment.
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Minn
Rock Island
George Price
Alfred H. Riebe
Winona
Monica Greil
Pny Herve Ocy
Madison WPA strikers threaten Capitol as work resumes
Nearly 100 WPA workers from Fox River Valley arrive in Madison vowing to stay until demands are met. They seek a $60 monthly wage and an audience with Governor La Follette and WPA director M. W. Torkelson. Police guard two Bay Street sewer and Twentieth Street ditch crews amid tense dispute.
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Algoma
Sheriff
Eviction Ends in Altercation at Kalb Farm
Sheriff George OBrien and two deputies were injured during an eviction attempt at Ernest and Mrs Kalb's Sharon area farm. Kalb, his wife, and their 6 year old son were brought to the sheriff's office after Kalb allegedly brandished a double barrel shotgun and Mrs Kalb a double edged axe. The confrontation escalated as officers entered the home and arms were brandished. Kalb and the deputies sustained cuts and bruises. OBrien and several deputies then moved the Kalbs to Elkhorn while others remained at the farm with the family belongings.
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Bitter War on Socialists in Spain Escalates
In Madrid a police guard died after shielding Luis Jiminez a leading socialist target in a failed assassination attempt. Four of six suspects including four brothers were charged. Fascist student Emilio Belloneli died from wounds, marking the second student death in the unrest. University classes were suspended amid clashes and new church attacks occurred in Granada.
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Luis Jiminez
Spain
Gilbert
Professor Jiminez
Jiminez
Emilio Bellolenli
University of Madrid
Granada
Wisconsin Regents Debate Framed By Visitors Report
The board of visitors said Wisconsin maintains an effective teaching staff but trails rivals as other universities reach its former standards. They noted the university’s rise to second in national graduate rankings since 1925 under President Glenn Frank.
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Madison
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Board of Visitors
Wisconsin
Frank
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
University
Flood Waters Surge Across East and Midwest
Hard rains and melting snow push rivers to flood levels from New England to the middle Atlantic and Midwest. Bridges swept away, highways inundated, and homes endangered as ice and debris slide from the White Mountains. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey many families evacuated while Vermont fears thaw risks more floods. Minnesota and Wisconsin report rising rivers and ice jams.
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Associated Press
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White Mountains
New Hampshire
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Delaware
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Allerheny
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Housatonic
Passing
Quabens
Connecticut
Chenanga
Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Vermont
Lees
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ultimatum By Strikers In New York
New York citywide building strike talks broke with an ultimatum from the Building Service Employees union. James Bambrick demanded all strikers return to their jobs before arbitration can proceed, delaying progress after a 14 hour session. Ferdinand Lillcox was named as impartial arbitrator if negotiations advance, but reemployment remains a sticking point.
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New York
James J. Bambrick
Building Service Employes Union
Bambrick
Building Service
Ferdinand Lillcox
United States Forestry Service
New York Employing Printers Association
Hauptmann Seen Certain To Die In March
Trenton New Jersey Governor Walter Ho llman said Hauptmann faces execution in the death house around 8:30 p.m. March 21. The governor argued the reprieve power ends 90 days after the first conviction in the Lindbergh case and Hauptmann was found guilty over a year ago in Flemington. Lawyers dispute the timing and authority for any further stay.
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Flemington
Roosevelt Praised for Help On Waterway Plan
The Seaway Conference adopted a resolution praising President Roosevelt for leadership in advancing the Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway project. Wilber M. Brucker attacked the president’s stance while urging ratification of the Seaway treaty. Louis J. Taber of the National Grange urged support. Senator Pittman announced the message read by the group.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Wilber M. Byucker
Michigan
Brucker
United States
Louis J. Tabor
National Grange
Grange
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
President Roosevelt Leads Talmadge In Georgia Vote
In Harris county Georgia Roosevelt led Talmadge by a large margin in a presidential preference primary. Unofficial returns from 12 of 14 precincts show Roosevelt 1387 to 35 for Talmadge with a likely 10 to 15 to 1 final margin. Complete results expected today.
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Hamilton
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
Harris County
Talmudze
J. B. Peavy
Marion Allen
Seminole County
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Talemadge
Seminole
Harris
Tshmadge Forens
Man Dies Suddenly On Street In Fond du Lac
Charles Coos, 67, collapsed from a heart attack while returning from a doctor's visit and died on the street near Weerave and Militure read. Coroner Joseph Klurray said the body was found at 269 Gacerty Street. A sister Mire and son Robert, both of Oshkosh, survived. No inquest.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Charles Coos
Demand for German troop removal from the Rhineland grows
London signatories of the Locarno pact call Germany's troop move into the Rhineland a clear violation of Versailles and Locarno. France threatens unilateral action if no diplomacy yields removal, while Britain seeks a middle path amid grave tensions and Hitler's counterproposals.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
Germany
Rhineland
Berlin Ready To Mithora Peace Offer
The German government declared that any demand Germany renounce sovereign rights would nullify peace proposals. It said pacification of Europe requires voluntary, equal decisions by European states, and if not accepted, Germany would withdraw its proposals.
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France
Germany
Berlin
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Serbin——M
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Europe
Wall
Paris Moves to Cement Chain of Armed Alliances
Paris announces the ratification of a mutual aid treaty by a sweeping majority after chamber and senate votes 233 to 52. Reichsführer Hitler denounces Locarno pact citing France's action as signaling promised commitments.
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Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
France
Alecrdy
Paris moves to seal global alliance web ahead of war
France signals preference for preventive action against Nazi Germany and accelerates securing military pacts. Officials discuss mobilization scales reaching about eight million men, with potential forces totaling over nine million in combined allied plans. Details continue on page 2.
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