Green Bay Mayor Dies by Own Action Blames Extortion
Mayor John S. Farrell, 58, was found dead in a locked washroom beside his office. A note from Farrell said extortion threats led to the act, revealing he withdrew 8,500 in 1935 as executor of Mrs. Delvoye estate and repaid 2,500 since then. Coroner planned no inquest. a shell lay under the body. attorney Davis released the letter.
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John S. Farrell
Green Bay
Wis
Atty
M. E. Davis
Farrell
Davis
Mary Ann Delvoye
Orlen Miller
Richard Farrell
Mike
Merrill
Carlton Merrill
P. O
Farrel
Aldermanic nominees announced in twelve wards
Primary results show incumbents largely winning in 12 wards with no primaries in Wards Four, Five, Seven, and Thirteen. Totals listed for each ward include top two vote receivers, totaling 5,338 votes cast. City Clerk notes turnout would have risen in remaining wards if included.
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Common Council
Thomas J. Cotter
Edwin M. Sheppard
Carl L. Welk
Guy G. Jensen
Walter H. Tank
Arthur C. Miller
Harvey C. Holzer
Harry J. Lindley
George A. Steinhilber
Frank J. Stopper
Edwin H. Kargus
Otto F. Lemke
Joseph L. Weisheip
Maurice Herrln
Albert A. Lescher
Ralph E. Canniff
Norman c. Altman
Carl Muza
Joseph G. Masterson
Carl R. Robertson
Kenneth W. Cross
Bernard J. Kriz
Otto M. Mueller
Richard E. Germer
Phillip B. Truesdell
Edward A. Precour
Paul J. Sitter
Martin I. Kitz
Wayne C. MacDonald
George E. Gobrecht
Edmund J. Phe
William J. Manser
Arthur E. Grundy
FL Fugleberg
Louis F. Voelkel
Frank F. Gratto
Harry P. Stoffels
Fred H. Lucksinger
Howard N. Howe
George Ehlenberger
Marshall H. Crown
Jake J. Meyers
John C. Fabrycki
William Kempf
George Scheu
Ermann
Albert C. Spiering
Frederick J. Gerstmeyer
Conrad Langlitz
James S. Chase
Major
Vassing Committee
Wiechtering
A. J. Shumway
Marden
Frank Callies
Otto F Lemke
Arthur Chapple
La Follette Matches Plan To Cut Tax Exemptions
Senate finance committee members debate broadening the income tax to reach thousands more taxpayers. La Follette proposes reducing exemptions from 1000 to 800 for singles and 2500 to 2000 for married couples, claiming 1.4 million new taxpayers would be drawn. Supporters urge a broader base. critics warn unnecessary expansion. The panel plans to finish hearings by Saturday to move the bill forward.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
la Balke
Progressive
Wisconsin
la Follette
Harrison
Mississippi
Vandenberg
Michigan
Johnson
Colorado
George
Georgia
Seroy
Rhode Island
Gerry
Senate
President approves Winneconne WPA project
Wisconsin delegation reports the president has approved several Works Progress Administration projects in cities including La Crosse Madison Milwaukee La Fayette township Chippewa County Superior and Winneconne The projects cover sewing rooms libraries and a sewage treatment plant with totals ranging from 2 627 to 73 320 This does not guarantee execution as projects must be cleared by the president and comptroller general and added to an eligible list for final selection by state WPA administrators.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Works Progress Administration
la Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Lafayette Township
Chippewa County
Superior
Winneconne
WPA
Ickes Scorer as Nednler Washington Senate Debate
Senator Pittman of Nevada urged adoption of the Wheeler amendment to the administration reorganization bill. He warned that President Roosevelt planned to shift forest service functions to Interior Secretary Ickes, including grazing, and condemned the meddling by Ickes. The Senate debate continued as House readers announced a final vote on the billion dollar measure.
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Washington
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Today
Ickes
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Department of Interior
Forestry Service
Secretary of Interior
Secretary of the Interior
NAVY
Senate
House
Richard Whitney pleads guilty to stealing bonds
Richard Whitney former president of the New York Stock Exchange pleaded guilty to a second indictment for stealing 109000 in bonds from the New York Yacht Club where he served as treasurer He also pleaded guilty earlier to larceny of a 100000 family trust and faces sentencing on March 28 A possible 10 to 20 year maximum exists unless the indictments are consolidated Whitney son of a prominent brokerage house head and currently under 25000 bail on the new indictment and 10000 on the first this is reported from New York City.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
New York Yacht Club
Whitney
Richard , Whitney & Co
Thomas E. Dewey
Tornado toll rises in Belleville and Missouri regions
A spring tornado killed at least eight in Belleville Illinois with dozens injured and major damage across the city and surrounding towns. Across Missouri six died as the storm traced a 20 mile path through Dunklin and Pemiscot counties, prompting statewide relief efforts. National Guard units were dispatched to Belleville after a request from Mayor George Remsnider.
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Belleville
George Remsnider
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Belleville High School
Sappinger Canning Company
Scottfield
Red Cross
Kennett
Boothee
Arkansas
Dunklin County
Pemiscot County
Butler
Washington
Jefferson
Chicago
Henry Horner
National
Helleville
U S Questions Legal Recognition of Hitler Coup in Austria
Washington debates whether the United States will legally recognize Austria after its absorption by Germany. Officials indicate U S policy likely to refuse de jure recognition while acknowledging de facto realities, with implications for trade, embassies, and debts.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
United States
State Department
Manchukuo
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
Hull
Students of Foreign Affairs
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Mussolini vows sacred Italian frontiers amid German expansion
Rome reports Il Duce assures crowds that Italy will defend its borders as German expansion reaches the Brenner Pass and Austria edges toward anschluss. He recalls sending troops after Dollfuss’s assassination, denounces Austria’s independence as precarious and calls for Austrian will to unite with Germany. Our frontiers are sacred. We will defend them.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Malian
Adolf Teitler
Austria
Il Duce
Chamber of Deputies
Brenner Pass
Italy
Tuly
Mussolini
Duce
Grand Council
Engelbert Dollfuss
Germany
Weather forecast and observations for Wisconsin regions
Mostly cloudy with rain tonight and likely Thursday morning. Slightly colder in the south and east tonight and Thursday. Northwestern observations show 7:20 a.m. temperature 35 with rain at 1:00 p.m. Milwaukee report cites highs and lows over the past day. Shreveport and Boston figures appear in the data.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Shreve- Lpoxsa
Boston
British Hold Full Debate Over Policy
London notes the House of Lords heard a frank policy statement from Viscount Halifax on foreign affairs. In Commons, Opposition Leader Altree won a full debate on foreign policy after a surprise adjournment motion citing the lack of a counter strategy to the grave menace. Chamberlain defended the government and warned against premature announcements as the Spain issue and Austrian aggression loom.
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London
Great Britain
Austria
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Clement R. Altree
Reichsfuhrer
Hiller
Spain
Wisconsin German societies denounce Volksbund as hate group
The Wisconsin Federation of German-American Societies denounces the Volksbund as a proponent of hate. Through secretary George Ostry the federation says the Milwaukee February 26 event sparked arrests and rioting, and that the Volksbund does not reflect American German communities or their views.
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Milwaukee
Wisconisin Federation of
Wisconsin
Volksbund
Federation
George Ostry
Board of Public Relations
Milwaukee Auditorium
Wisconsin Federation
Pronazi Volksbund
United States
Volksound
Ostry
Rebels Drive Deep Into Catalonia Faces New Caspe Push
Rebel forces under General Franco push toward Caspe and the Mediterranean coast as government troops retreat east of Alcaniz. Reinforcements race from the north to defend Caspe while French frontier troops mass amid fears Madrid and Barcelona could be cut off. Premier Negrin seeks foreign aid as morale sags in retreat.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco’ Franco
Alcaniz
Caspe
Catalonia
Spain
Aragon
Ebro
Valderrebres
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Valencia
Madrid
Jesus Hernandez
Juan Negrin
Paris
Eighteen Traitors Executed in Russia Purge Trial
Moscow-4 The 18 defendants sentenced to death in the latest purge against Stalin's regime have been executed. The cryptic notice gave no time or place but confirmed the sentence was carried out. Principal targets included Alexis J. Rykoff the former premier, Nikolai Bukharin the Soviet journalist, and Genrikh Yagoda head of the secret police. Only three of 21 defendants avoided execution, receiving long prison terms.
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Moscow
Russia
Stalin
Alexis J. Rykoff
Nikolai Bucharin
Genrikh Yagoda
Secret Police
Urgent Plea to Chamberlain on Spanish Armistice Effort
Paris premier Leon Blum urged British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to join immediate efforts for a Spanish armistice. France and Britain faced a somber clock as Italian and German troops in Spanish insurgent ranks threaten Mediterranean and allied lines. France warned of no alternative but to open its frontier to supplies and volunteers if Chamberlain delays. Soviet ambassador Suritz pledged aid, echoing Boncour’s assurances as Paris pressed for a concerted Anglo French stance.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Neville Chamberlain
People’s Front
Eric Phipps
Czechoslovakia
Blum
Joseph Paul Boncour
Balearic Islands
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Spain
Russia
Jacob Suritz
Quai d'Orsay
Sudeten German Tie to Swiss Policy Ruffles Czech Senate
Czech parliament stirred for a second day by Sudeten German member Karl Enhuber who claimed to speak for 2.5 million Germans in Czechoslovakia. He asked if Prague would align domestic policy with Switzerland and foreign policy with neutrality, signaling readiness to cooperate before five minutes to twelve. Franck warned Prague to heed Germany's Austrian absorption as protests interrupted sessions.
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Praha
Karl Enhuber
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Switzerland
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Karl Herman Franck
Sudeten German Party
Germany
Austria
M J Williams Named as Winneconne Postmaster
The president sent to the senate nominations for postmasters in Michigan and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin Winneconne lists Martin J. Williams as the chosen postmaster. Other nominees include Catawba Kenneth Peiskar and Oakfield Thomas Burns. Michigan nominees include Janet White and George Mason among others.
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Washington
Senate
Michigan
Essexville
Janet C. White
Marenisco
Leo W. Arne
Stad
Peck
Lyman Woodard
Sterling
Bessie May Pomeroy
Garden City
Glenn O. Donner
Michigarnie
Mary E. Devins
Montague
George D. Mason
Neegaunee
Peter Trudel
Jr. Dosen
Victoria Jermoewski
South Range
Louis J. Braun
Wisconsin Catawba
C. Kenneth Peiskar
Dodgeville
Arthur G. Hoskins
Oakfield
Thomas J. Burns
Solon Springs
Nicholas Lucius Jr
Winneconne
Martin J. Williams
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Winnecome Project
J. S. Farrell
Nednler
Illinois City
Hitler
Blum Seelxs
England
Illinois
QUGE
Volksbung
M. J. Williams
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