Ban on Census Queries Voted
Washington reports the senate commerce committee approved a Tobey resolution to drop income questions from the 1940 census by 9 to 7, while Maloney’s rival to have the bureau reconsider was defeated 9 to 8. The panel will send the measure to the senate as census begins April 1.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Maloney
Washington
Tobey
New Hampshire
Wilder
Connecticut
Senate
Census Bureau
Bailey
North Carolina
Commerce Committee
House Census Committee
House
Congress
Representative Gathings
Arkansas
Bulletproof fuel tank developed for planes
Washington reports a new bulletproof fuel tank for American military planes. Details are confidential, but sources indicate the tank uses rubber to seal bullet holes, combining sticky elastic rubber with metal, fiber, and vulcanized rubbers, similar to devices in German French and British service.
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Washington
Europe
Army
Navy
War Department
Germany
France
England
U boat attacked by British plane in Elbe estuary
The air ministry said a Royal Air Force bomber attacked a German U boat in Schilling roads at the mouth of the Elbe yesterday and that the submarine was believed sunk after at least one bomb hit.
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Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Schilling Roads
Germany
Elbe
Father and three sons killed in Perry County mine blast
Yerkes Kentucky report says father Luff and his three sons aged 11 12 and 22 died in a wagon coal mine explosion near Yerkes in Perry County. The tragedy leaves a family devastated with a lone survivor.
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Yerkes
Luff
Perry County
National Bank Exonerated by Highest Court
Madison Wisconsin Supreme Court denied the state banking commission's bid to collect 583000 from the First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee for Liberty State Bank creditors. The decision, by Justice John D Wickham, held the loans were genuine provident loans made to Liberty State, not part of a scheme to conceal its true condition. The ruling affirmed lower court findings and dismissed charges of instigating window dressing.
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State Commission of Loans
of Liberty State Institution
Madison
The
State Banking Commission
Supreme Court
First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Liberty State Bank of Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Commission
First National
Liberty State
John D. Wickham
I. J. Rosenberg
Presiident of
Liberty
Wickhem
Rosenberg
Campbell
Banking Commission
National
Roosevelt 1s Denounced in Hatch Debate
Washington Senator Billi son D. Smith Democrat of South Carolina denounced the Hatch bill debate calling for clean politics and a clean president and cabinet. He attacked Roosevelts campaign against George and urged purges be extended to the highest and lowest levels. The senate opened a long discussion on antipolitics legislation with Hatch as sponsor to widen the act to cover state employees paid partly from federal funds.
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Smith
Washington
U.P
Billison D
Cotton Ed
South Carolina
Senate
Walter F. George
Georgia
Roosevelt
George
Supreme Court
Hatch
New Mexico
City liable for death of boy from fallen electric wire
Madison reports the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the city of New London must pay $4,760 in damages to Byron Christian Jr’s parents for his 1937 death after he touched a fallen live wire from the city’s electric plant. The court reversed a lower ruling, finding municipal electric services a public utility in the commercial sphere and subject to liability.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
New London
Byron Christian
Mildred
Byron Jr
H. J. Severson
Waupaca
Supreme Court
Severran
Oshkosh All Stars Seek Second Win Over Akron
The Oshkosh All Stars aim for a second victory tonight at Merrill Junior High gym against Akron Firestones in the National Basketball League title series. They won Game 1 47 to 37 and would clinch the championship with another win. the series runs until one team has three wins, with the next game set for 8:30 p.m. tonight and a follow up in Akron Thursday.
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All Stars
Merrill Junior High School
Akron, C
Firestones
Oshkosh
Akron
Roosevelt Slate Competes In New Hampshire Primary
In Manchester New Hampshire a split Democratic field debated third term support with 23 candidates for 12 convention posts. Robert H Sanderson led unpledged hopefuls while 16 pledged to Roosevelt faced three unpledged, three Farley supporters and one Garner endorsee. Republicans field eight for four at large seats, mostly unpledged except one backing Dewey.
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Alex Singleton
Manchester
N. H
Roosevelt
Robert H.sanderson
New Hampshire House
Democratic State Committee
James A. Farley
John N. Garner
Styles Bridges
Thomas E. Dewey
Snow Hits Northern Midwest with Six Inch Depth in 12 Hours
A storm system dumping six inch depths in Minneapolis over twelve hours moved across northern Midwest states today. The clip of four to six inches stretched from Colorado to the Great Lakes, with Minnesota and South Dakota bearing the heaviest falls as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico joined a storm centered over Oklahoma and Texas.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Middle West
Oklahoma
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Colorado
Dakotas
Nebraska
Great Lakes
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin Weather Report From March 12
The bulletin reports cloudy conditions with intermittent snow and no clear temperature change expected into Wednesday. Observations show Milwaukee high and low temperatures within 24 hours, San Antonio at 86, Buffalo at 2 below, with a trace precipitation and northeast winds.
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Sesf
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northerstern
Cheady
Clowdy
Milwaukee
Official Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Tex
Buffalo
Raecks
Wisconsin Voters Rally In Busy Municipal Primary
Milwaukee and other Wisconsin communities held a bustling municipal spring primary with record candidate slates for city and county offices. Milwaukee alone saw over 300 candidates as Beav er Dam Racine Kenosha Oshkosh Green Bay Eau Claire Beloit and Beloit races shaped up with aldermen school board and county posts in play. Daniel Webster Hoan led a crowded field in Milwaukee as Earl Lillydahl and Carl Zeidler challenged him for renomination with a projected 170000 city-vote tally and a spring turnout near 157183 prior records.
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Milwaukee
U.2
Wisconsin
Beaver Dam
Racine
Kenosha
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Beloit
the Seace
Daniel Webster Hoan
Earl D. Lillydahl
Carl F. Zeidler
Hoan
Frank J. Selz
Frank J. Schultz
Richard F. Lehmann
Otto R. Werkmeister
Fred Bassett Blair
Jan Rys to Lead Revolt of Czechs Rumor
Reports from Prague say Czech fascist leader Jan Rys told 3,000 followers he would lead an armed revolt against the Czech government when the time is right. Rys opposes the autonomous Czech provinces under German protection and has drawn limited German support. His Czech National Socialist camp numbers only a few hundred unarmed men.
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Berlin
Prague
Jan Rys
Revs
Germany
Rys
Stove blast burns Beloit mother and two children
Mrs Fay Emer 21 and her children Gordon 2 and Beverly 3 were severely burned in a gas stove explosion at their Beloit home yesterday. The ensuing fire caused about 1007 dollars damage to the house and furnishings.
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Beloit
Wis
Fay Emer
Gordon
Beverly
Proposal to Reduce Voting Hours Beaten in Janesville
Janesville city council defeated a plan to cut voting hours from 14 to 13 for the spring election on April 2 after fearing objections from organized labor representatives.
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Janesville
Wis
Oshkosh Voters Lukewarm on Primary Election
Oshkosh voters show a lukewarm attitude toward the primary outcome as only 1,968 had turned out by noon. The report notes light turnout and suggests limited engagement with today's election.
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Oshkosh
Daily Northwestern to Bulletin Returns Early Primary Results
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern will post bulletin boards on State street showing totals for every candidate as ward results arrive. Newspaper representatives will be at polling places when voting closes at eight, recording the totals read from machines and relaying them quickly. Results expected around 8:20 p.m.
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Oshkosh
Northwestern
State Street
Voting totals show citywide turnout in 1940 election
Voters went to polls between 6 am and 1 pm with around 2,000 votes shy of last year’s mayoral level. Morning turnout matched only four wards’ 1938 totals, while later wards and school commissioner races drew smaller shares. Polls stay open to 8 pm as City officials plan a 11 am Wednesday canvass.
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Qzks
Common Council
Van Denberg to Speak in Milwaukee Address Planned
Madison officials announced United States Sen Arthur H. Van denberg of Michigan would deliver an address at the Milwaukee Auditorium before the delegate election on April 2. The date is not yet fixed. A slate pledged to support Van denberg at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia in June is entered in the Wisconsin primary.
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Madison
Laurence W. Hall
Vandenberg-for-President Club
Wisconsin
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Milwaukee
Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Daladier Says 50,000 French to Finland If Invited
Premier Daladier told the chamber that France has 50,000 troops ready to deploy to Finland should Helsinki publicly request aid against Soviet Russia. The force has been assembled since Feb 26 near embarkation points and would be transported by Britain if Finland asks directly. Daladier noted Finland had not publicly appealed for aid, citing Norwegian and Swedish opposition to allied troop passage.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Finland
Russia
Supreme War Council
Harri Holma
Great Britain
France
England
English
Boxer Kehler Convicted of First Degree Manslaughter
New York judge angrily denounced Ernest Kehler as a “dirty bum” after a jury convicted the 24-year-old Canadian boxer of first degree manslaughter in the fatal bludgeoning of German consular attache Dr. Walter R. Engelberg in Brooklyn. The verdict followed a six hour, fourteen minute deliberation. Kehler’s fate awaits sentencing with potential up to 20 years behind bars.
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New York
Walter R. Engelberg
Ernest Kehler
Dr. Engelberg
Brooklyn
Toronto
Peter J. Brancate
Kehler
International At Glance Amid Finnish War Talks
AP dispatches from Paris Helsinki London Copenhagen Moscow and Rome report large troop movements and aid discussions for Finland. British and French forces prepare to sail, while Moscow notes continued operations near Viipuri and secret talks. Pope in Vatican voices hope for peace.
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Associated Press
Paris
Daladier
Hjelsinki
Viipuri
Moscow
London
France
Welles
Rome
von Ribbentrop
Finland
1Ruce
Vatican City
Finland Near Peace as Parliament Weighs Terms
Helsinki reports indicate Finland’s parliament has not acted on peace terms with Soviet Russia by early evening. A secret session was possible, with officials silent. A peace announcement was expected to clarify the 104 day war in the north as a Moscow delegation was reportedly authorized to sign.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Russia
Exchange Telegraph
Stockholm
Moscow
British Broadcasting Company Today
Finland
B. B.C
High Command
Viipuri
Red Army
Viipuri Bay
Pelley Fears Trip to North Carolina
William Dudley Pelley, the Silver Shirt follower, faced extradition to North Carolina but immediately secured a stay via habeas corpus. Justice F Dickinson Letts set March 20 for argument after defense cited risk of violent abuse. bond was $5,600. Pelley had been sought for Un-American Activities inquiries and was seized on a year-old securities charge.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
North Carolina
F. Dickinson Letts
Pelley
House
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Bingo Ruling
The Supreme Court today refused a rehearing on its January decision declaring bingo a gambling game and outlawing it under public nuisance statutes. The move upheld Milwaukee County circuit orders barring the Zrimsck couple from renting their Bahn Frei Hall for bingo. The appeal argued bingo could be legal for patriotic or charitable purposes, a theory the court called without merit.
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Madison
Supreme Court
Max Raskin
Milwaukee
Edward F. Zrimsck
Milwaukee County
West North Avenue
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