Galena Flood Destroys Commerce Main Roads Forces Closures
Widespread flooding swamped Galena with four feet of water on Commerce and Main streets, cutting power and isolating the post office. Trains ran through three feet of water as boats were pressed into service. Nearby towns reported swollen rivers, delayed travel, and preparations to evacuate homes along Pecatonica and Skinner creeks amid rising waters and evacuations in Darlington.
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Rew
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Monise
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Platteville
Gratiot
Browntown
South Wayne
Helena Hanson
McConnell
Pecatonica River
Here
Skinner Creek
Spensiey Creek
Mineral Point
Darlington
Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Reforms After Hold-Up
Wisconsin auto license department officials announced measures to prevent a repeat of yesterday’s armed hold up in which two bandits stopped two messengers and escaped with about 122000 in checks and cash. A double check system will track receipts and owners will be asked to cancel lost checks and reissue new ones. Cash payments dropped to under 3000 as checks and money orders rose after the reform push.
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Wisconsin Auto License Department
Russell Pfeifer
Stanley Hornberg
Capitol Square
Solomon Levitan
A. C. Hartman
Atence
Hartman
Oil Policy Debate Says Walsh Sees Wider Hoover Plan
Senator Walsh of Montana after meeting with President Hoover says the oil conservation policy is broader than disclosed. He notes permits tied to drilling expenditures and argues land leasing in 1920 act aims for large fields. Walsh cites 32,000 permits on public domain and potential offshore drilling limits, warns on private lands. He expects court action to hinge on whether the act’s may means must, and emphasizes Montana’s 20 million acres untapped potential.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Walsh
Montana
White House
Secretary of the Interior
United States Supreme Court
Montanian
Root Hurst plan gains jurist backing on world court
Geneva reports say Elihu Root and Sir Cecil Hurst reached a consensus on American reservations to the world court advisory opinions. Jurists foresee careful examination of article IV and a full draft protocol, with Washington seeking a text acceptable to the administration and Senate.
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Elihu Root
Root
Roat
Washington
Senate
Léague
Dawes Considered For London Ambassadorship
Former vice president Charles G. Dawes, famed for harsh remarks about wartime diplomats, is reportedly under consideration for ambassador to Great Britain. Reports from Washington say President Hoover may appoint Dawes, with Dawes signaling readiness to accept, as diplomatic quarters discuss reforms to the U S diplomatic corps amid his financial expertise and European familiarity.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Hell
Maria
Great Britain
Noyes Named To Milwaukee Conservation Commission
Governor Kohler sent to the state senate for confirmation the appointment of Haskell Noyes to fill the unexpired term of Eugene Wengert on the conservation commission. Noyes, named by Gov. Zimmer man on July 26, inherits a six year term that extends to July 27, 1933, if confirmed.
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Kohler
State Senate
Haskell Noyes
Eugene Wengert
Conservation Commission
Noyes
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wengert
Milwaukee County
Senate
Death penalty sought for poison liquor bootlegger
In Peoria the state to seek the death penalty for the wholesale bootlegger blamed for distributing poison liquor that caused seventeen deaths. Prosecutor Harry E Pratt said indictments after a grand jury charged seven bootleggers with murder. Main defendant Morris Mansfield allegedly distributed the poison liquor and caused six deaths, with others including his wife Clement Co Sussin, her husband, Louis Seiz of the Stock Yards hotel, Walter Neibert and his bartender Hermann Wohltferth.
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U.P
Atty
Harry E. Pratt
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Erand
Morris Mansfield
Mansfield
Clement Co. Sussin
Louis Seiz
Stock Yards
Walter Neibert
Hermann Wohltferth
Pardon Hearings Today Involving Krueger Brothers
Gov Kohler hears thirty one pardon applications including Frank and Lesie Krueger. The Krueger brothers were sentenced to state prison for murder after they shot a deputy US marshal during an attempted arrest for wartime draft evasion.
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Walter J. Kohler
Frank
Lesie Krueger
United States
Krueger
Bound Over For Trial In Wisconsin Extortion Case
Bound over for circuit court trial were 17 year old Stanley Golechnick of Sheboygan who called himself a mystery man. He is charged with two counts of attempted extortion and three counts of forgery after police say he demanded 500 from relatives of Dorothy Glaeser a 17 year old Milwaukee state teachers college student for her release. Accomplice James Ledden is jailed awaiting trial.
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Wis
Stanley Golectinick
Golechnick
Dorothy Glaeser
Milwaukee State Teachers’ College
James Ledden
Bomb hurled at former Lafayette prosecutor in yard
A bomb was hurled from an automobile and exploded in the front yard of A. M. Thompson, former prosecuting attorney in Lafayette. The blast shattered windows but did not injure anyone. Thompson campaigned against vice in the district while serving as prosecutor.
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Lafayette
Ind
A. MW. Thompson
Iformer
Thompson
Liquor Prices Climb Amid New Dry Law Crackdown
Chicago liquor prices and profits rise as authorities launch another drive to enforce prohibition. The Jones law backed action by city county and federal agents, with whisky jumping to 30 a case and champagne to 10 a quart. bootleggers waver, some exit while others gain by the crackdown.
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U.P
Bootles
Q Johnson
United Anch
William OF. Teussell
Aasistant
Aitorneys
Jones Law Authority
Liquor Mart
Priseson
Johnson
Group Demands Showdown on Wet and Dry Issue in Lansing
A group of senators pressed for a showdown on the wet and dry issue in Lansing Michigan. They backed a plan to vet a bill seeking life sentences for bootleggers to the floor despite a recent overwhelming vote smothering a similar measure. The Cuthbertson bill reclassifying violators as lifers was buried in the state affairs committee. The prohibition committee planned to substitute the same provisions into a new measure now in its possession. RF N Holsaple Anti Saloon League superintendent, under fire from the house, said he would adjust policies if asked by the league.
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Cuthbertson
State Affairs Committee
Bivs
RF. N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
Ieagie
Jazz Band Triggers Rampage by Chimpanzee in Paris Café
A chimpanzee escaped from chains after hearing a jazz band at a Montmartre cafe. It burst into the dance hall, attacked musicians and dancers, hurled dishes, and caused patrons to flee in panic. Waiters trapped the animal with siphons and recaptured it.
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ULPIH
Montmartre
Orphan Finds Sisters and Foster Dad in Wisconsin
After a fifteen year search Frank Megg of Port Kedwards Wisconsin reconnects with his four sisters and foster father. He learns Rose Parks of Marshfield helped locate his foster dad in Oshkosh and Daisy now Mrs. Herlevick. Ellen, a high school junior in Haydock, Wisconsin, is found with the help of family members and a local police inquiry notes lack of official foster father identification.
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Frank
Ilness
Sparta
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Osmmkosh
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Harold Parks
Marshifield
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Veda
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Jett
Frank Megg
Cay
Ellen
Hantook
General Nobile resigns rank and office in Rome announcement
London telegraph reports at Rome that Gen Umberto Nobile, commander of the Italia expedition, has resigned his rank and office. The resignation was accepted amid inquiries into the Thalia disaster and Nobile's conduct. Nobile, noted Italian general and polar explorer, gained fame with Amundsen in the Mogul dirigible flight to the pole.
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Rome
Umberto Nabbile
Italia
Noble
Nobile
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Spitepergen
Alaska
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
King’s Bay
Coolidge Plans to Reject All Attractively Offered Posts
Northampton reports ex President Calvin Coolidge will not accept any of the five offers to advance his literary career. He plans little public speaking for now and will likely limit writing to existing magazine pieces. Mrs. Coolidge’s mother Lemira Goodhue remains seriously ill in hospital since December 1927.
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Northampton
Bankruptcies Filed in Federal Court in Fond du Lac and Neenan
Residents of Fond du Lac and Neenan filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in federal court today. William Knott of Fond du Lac lists liabilities of 3332 and assets of 1050. Kenneth Larson of Neenan lists liabilities of 653 and assets of 1340.
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Milwauker
Fond du Lac
Neenan
William Knott
Kenneth Larson
Dry Methods Arraigned in Milwaukee Prohibition Case
Milwaukee proprietor Jom Eckert is arraigned as U S District Atty Levi Bancroft moves to dismiss. Eckert testifies agents induced him to handle whiskey to trap a large dealer. entrapment argued. Commissioner Kellogg grants dismissal amid Bancroft’s shock at alleged conspiracy by agents. DIPLOMATIC UNITY. Diplomatic immunity allows embassy trucks to move liquor without Maryland port harassment.
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Jom Eckert
United States Dist
Levi Bancroft
Eckert
Marty J. Kelluge
Higuex
Scase
Bancroft
Cunningham
State Department
Legation
Lurir
Areviristy
Wisconsin Showers and Cooler Forecast Across Regions
The forecast notes showers and cooler conditions tonight into Thursday across Wisconsin and Minnesota with southerly winds. Upper Michigan expects rain or snow, while Minnesota may see rain changing to snow and colder air. Buckhall Observatory reports a Monday afternoon high around 48 and low near 37 with precipitation 68 and southwest winds at 8 pm, barometer 29.80.
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Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Raton
Buckstall Observatory
Kenosha Probe Bill Delayed To Wednesday
Wisconsin Assembly debated funding parity for enforcing the fourteenth and eighteenth amendments, adopting a resolution urging federal aid. A Kenosha bill to authorize up to 40 000 for county investigations faced prolonged deliberation amid party friction and several amendments.
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Kenosha
Dentist's Son Dies in Auto Wreck at Columbia College
Robert Powell, civil engineer and son of Dr. F J Powell of Wausau Wisconsin, died Sunday from injuries in an automobile wreck near Columbia. Powell, a University of Wisconsin graduate, was 23. Local papers note his death followed the crash lasting into Sunday morning.
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Robert Powell
F. J. Powell
Wausau
Columbia
8. C
Apuries
Weck
Powell
University of Wintem
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