Budget measure backed by Governor Kohler faces assembly hurdle
The Goodland budget bill endorsing a full time state budget director, urged by Gov. Waller J. Kohler, passed the senate finance committee 9 to 2 but faces assembly opposition. An amendment to drop quarterly expense reports by state divisions is proposed, while other bills cover cement plant feasibility, tax exemptions, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh speaking arrangements.
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Madison
Goodland
Waller J. Kohler
Assembly
Senate
Finance Committee
J H. Carroll
Glidden
C. A. Beggs
Rice ‘Lake
Charles A. Gindbergh
Legisature
Waller
Wallace Ingalls
Assemblyman
Barnard
Wisconsin
Ito
Hitt
Turkey
Girl Goes to Prison for Killing Sweetheart
Werence Stokes, pale and quiet, leaves Chicago for Joliet to serve from one year to life for murdering James Glennon, the streetcar conductor and her supposed sweetheart. She gave no statement when asked and the sensational trial highlighted the case of a female killer among male prisoners.
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Chicago
Werence Stokes
Joliet
Florence
James Glennon
Glennon
81yearold woman to restart high school fresh man
Mrs. Alice Garrett at 81 officially begins as a high school freshman after appearing among Senn school graduates. She spoke at graduation urging selfimprovement and education to pursue higher and greater accomplishments.
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Chicago
Alice Garrett
Senn School
Garrett
Garet Garrett
Solomon
Treasury predicts surplus at year end despite tax returns surge
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced that revenues from income tax returns due March 15 are well above estimates. Returns to March 13 were 45 million dollars more than expected, signaling the treasury will close the fiscal year with at least a small surplus.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Treasury Mellon
Melion
Mussolini Outlines Pope Treaty Politics and Terms
Premier Mussolini publishes a detailed report on the Lateran Treaty spanning political moral and religious aspects. The document, to be presented April 20 for ratification, traces the Vatican’s birth and neutral status and denies aims to suppress other sects or religious liberties.
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Rome
Vatican
Mussolini
Vatican City
League of Nations
Party of men search for missing Willie Reeves marooned
Gordon Nebraska residents join a search for 6 year old Willie Reeves who vanished during a snowstorm. More than 500 men on horseback scoured the rough countryside amid six to eight feet of snow, but no trace of the boy was found as rescue efforts continued amid fear of exposure.
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Gordon
Willie Reeves
Three Women Arrested for Shoplifting in Milwaukee Store
Three married women visiting Milwaukee from Sheboygan and Kohler were arrested late yesterday on theft charges in a local department store. They gave the names Mrs Minnis Kopplinger 49 Sheboygan Mrs Elsie Rams 36 Kohler and Mrs Bertha Mack 43 Sheboygan.
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Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Kohler
Mra Minnis Kopplinger
Elsie Rams
Bertha Mack
Stetson Advances in Belleair Women's Championship
Mrs G Henry Stetson of Philadelphia defeats Miss Berniece Wal of Oshkosh Wisconsin 2 and 1 in the Belleair Florida semi finals of the annual Belleair women's golf championship.
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Belleair
Fla
G. Henry Stetson
Philadelphia
Berniece Wa
Oshkosh Wis
Confessed to Robberies in Kenosha Trio Names in Confession
Paul Jarvis and John Gibson confessed to police last night to robbing five Kenosha residences within the past three months. Authorities said the suspects led officers to the sites and admitted involvement in the burglaries.
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Kenosha
Wis
U.P
Paul Jarvis
John Gibson
Impeachment Move Over Judge Belden In Kenosha Case
A proposed assembly judiciary committee inquiry would probe how the Kenosha county grand jury investigations of 1921 and 1922 were conducted and whether impeachment charges should lie against Circuit Judge E B Belden. The resolution cites approving expenditures of over $7000 to the Russell detective agency including liquor and immoral witnesses.
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Woller
Senate
Shearer
Kenosha County
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Assembly
State Senate
Thomas M Danean
Milwaukee
E B. Belden
Duncan
Judge Belden
Property owners seek amendment of Horizon Marsh judgment
Madison authorities report forty five land owners around Horicon marsh will file in Dane county circuit court to challenge the railroad commission for lack of jurisdiction over marsh water levels. Adolph Kanneberg of the commission is named for alleged prior advisory involvement. Plaintiffs seek nullification and a review of the commission’s findings and decision.
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Madison
Railroad Commission
Horicon Marsh
Dane County
Adolph Kanneberg
Commission
A. G. ‘Zimmerman
Railroad Cormission
Kanneberg
Milwaukee
Changes in Diplomats Stir State Department Shakeup
Washington reports sweeping changes in the diplomatic corps with Secretary of State Stimson to guide a wave of resignations by American ambassadors and high officials. Hoover plans conferences before action and aims to move trusted figures into key posts, prioritizing Latin America and language competent envoys.
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State Department
Jare
Henry L Stinson
Philippines
Hoover
Stimson
James Alanson B. Houghton
New York
Great Britain
Hoover i
Charles G Dawes
Hugh S Gibson
Geneva
Belgium
Myron T Herrick
Ohio
Paris
Latin-America
Hoover Starts Probe of Law and Courts
President Hoover announced a commission of inquiry to investigate law enforcement and judicial reform nationwide. He met with Yale Law figures Dean Robert M Hutchins and Prof Charles E Clark to outline the plan and scope.
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Iu.b
Hoover
Lowhard
Thas Commission of Inquiry
Robert M Hutchins
Yale Law School
Charles E Clark
Yale Legal Faculty
Hutching
Clark
White House
Witc
Yale
Rockefeller Foundation
Whitt House
Thomas W Shelton
Virginia
American Bar Association
Henry W. Taft
New York
Bar Association
Ms Commission
Clark Wold
Hoover Commission
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Ariven
Commission
Asassociate
The
Supreme Court
Joga
Blaine Leads Pan Canal Zone Inspection Tour
Senator John J Blaine of Wisconsin Senator Hugo Black of Alabama and Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana head a group of sixteen United States congressmen for a five day inspection tour of the Panama Canal Zone.
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Balboa
C. Z
UPI
John J Blaine
Wisconsin
Hugo J Black
Alabama
Burton K Wheeler
Montana
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Weather Summary From The Great Lakes Region
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday with colder conditions. Lake Michigan winds shift to northwest. temperatures near 45 with a maximum around 49. Areas including Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota report light precipitation and possible snow by Friday. reports from Bucks at Oheereatory show a 3 pm reading of 45 as the high and 36 as the low with a 69 percent precipitation feel and a 20.42 barometer.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Coldey
Wedlgan
Upper Wichigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Bucks
Oheereatory
Werdnesday Bown
Detroit Tops Homicide Rates in 1928 Study
New York and Chicago figures are outlined by Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman of Prudential. Detroit records 165 homicidal deaths per 100 000 in 1928, Chicago 159, and New York 133 per 100 000 with 407 total murders. Philadelphia and Los Angeles follow in the rankings. The expert notes murder rates have doubled since 1900 and condemns the death penalty as archaic.
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Hoffman
Lindbergh Flies Airmail From Mexico City Toward Brownsville
Ten persons accompany Col. Lindbergh on a large tri-motor mail plane from Mexico City to Brownsville, with a delayed start due to engine issues. Lindbergh plans ongoing flight to New York, possibly on a second aircraft, as he departs with Aime Spencer Morrow and family nearby.
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Brownsville
Tampico
Texas
Charles A Lindbergh
Tex
Mexico
Eastern Standard Linc
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lindbergh
Aime Spencer Morrow
Myer
Mussiancee
New York
Fokker
R Vo Kent
Valbuena Neid
Gophers and Badgers Meet on Uniform Game Laws
Wisconsin and Minnesota lawmakers plan joint talks in Madison on Tuesday to pursue uniform game and fish statutes. Representatives Hastings McNulty Wood and Senators Besette Orr Turnham Larson lead subcommittees with George W. McCullough Minnesota commissioner guiding the Minnesota delegation.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Madison
Warren E. Hastings
Hastings
J J McNulty
Minneapolis
Alwood
Winona
W Bessette
Orr
Turnham Long Lake
H A Larson
Preston George W. McCullough
Fame
House
Senate
Compulsory Attendance at Annual Road School Ends
Len M White's bill moves to remove compulsory attendance for county highway officials at the annual road school. The measure would end mandatory school attendance and related expense coverage, replacing current duties under existing law as debated in the senate. Other actions include reactions to past issues and bills on drunken driving penalties and corporate subcommittees.
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Madison
Upiattendanee
Len M . White
Senate
White
John C Schumann
Oscar Morris
Jalso
Walker J Ruch
Norris
Milwaukee raid leads to two arrests in dry law case
Federal indictment charges conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. James Gros bach and Ray Heideman of Waupun Wisconsin were arrested yesterday in Milwaukee. The case stems from a raid last summer on a large Waupun brewery where illicit equipment was seized including 43 200 settle caps.
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Milwaukee
URPI
James Grosbach
Ray Heideman
Waupun
Wis
Flood Waters Surround Fond du Lac Grade School
Flooding swelled in Fond du Lac Wisconsin as ice jams formed on the Fond du Lac river rescuers opened paths and schools dismissed while homes and basements flooded on the west side river levels rose and declined through the day amid widespread disruption and damage.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Se Dong
Madison
Nsouthern
Wisconsin
Rock
Pecalomien
Belleville
Myron Ross
Sugar
Pecatonica
Darlington
Milwaukee Road
Fond du Lac Jimer
Fond du ‘Lac
Tax refunds open to public eye under Hoover order
President Hoover issued an executive order making all Internal Revenue Service decisions granting refunds credits or abatements over twenty thousand dollars subject to public inspection. Secretary Mellon cited that summaries of essential facts and authorities will accompany each decision while tax returns remain nonpublic. Senate calls for oversight and inquiry into Mellon’s fitness to hold office continues.
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Washington
Ufai
Hoover
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Senate
Congress
House
McKellar
Tennessee
Mellon
Explosion levels Madison building in Little Italy
A two-story brick building in Madison's Little Italy was wrecked by a blast early today injuring Natalie Troja, 40. Police consider foul play likely though Troja says no other people were inside. Troja escaped through flames to call for help and credits his wife and relatives’ absence for his survival.
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Madison
Little Italy
Otte
Natalie Troma
Tron Hospital
Troja
Rockford
Trola
Crola
Little
Italy
Nobile denies maneuver error caused Italia crash
Umberto Nobile, commander of the Italia, rejects claims that an error in maneuvering caused the Arctic dirigible disaster and the deaths of seven crew members. He denounces the fascist commission’s blame, resigns as general, and defends the crew’s 230 hours of grueling flight under severe conditions. He contends the commission lacked competent judgment and cites witnesses amid ongoing inquiries.
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Edward Storer
United Press
Rome
Uimberto Nobile
Italia
North Pole
Arctic
Noble
Nobile
Brazilian Troops Attack Paraguayan Garrison at Isla Margarita
In Asuncion, Paraguay, Brazilian soldiers from Puerto Martinho reportedly attacked the Paraguayan garrison at Isla Margarita opposite that location, compelling Paraguayan forces to abandon their post. The Paraguayan foreign office lodged representations demanding immediate action.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Puerto Martinho
Isla Margarita
Foreign Office
Brasilien
Isin P Tan
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