Menasha School Razed by Fire Loss $300,000
A devastating fire leveled Menasha High School early today, causing an estimated $300,000 loss with over $200,000 insured. Fire crews from Menasha Neenah and Appleton battled for over four hours, injuring one firefighter and threatening nearby homes on Racine First and Broad streets. The blaze began in the printing department and quickly spread through the wooden interior.
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Menasha School
Menasha
Wis
Neenah and
Appleton
Racine
First
Standard Oil Company
Menasha Fire Department
C. J. Oberweiser
F. J. Oberweiser
S. E. Crockett
Northwestern
Menasha High School
Seaway Council Formed To Push Pact Approval
R F Malia announces formation of a national seaway council at the Detroit waterway conference to organize groups seeking Senate ratification of the Great Lakes deep waterway treaty. William G Bruce of Milwaukee named chairman to direct the campaign until full council membership is set.
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Milwaukee
Senate
R. F. Malia
Great Lakes Harbors Association
Malia
Bruce
William G. Bruce
National
Menasha Students to Meet Monday at Brin Theater
Menasha High School students are to meet Monday at 9 a.m. in the Brin theater for class assignment instructions. Officials plan to set up temporary classrooms in Menasha buildings. Neenah School Board offered use of Neenah facilities, relayed to Menasha’s superintendent.
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Menasha
Brin Theater
F. B. Younger
Menasha High School
Neenah Board of Education
Norton Williams
Neenah Public
Gang of Hijackers Disposed Of New London Case
Undercover agents and Chicago detectives close in on a hijacking ring accused of stealing goods from interstate shipments. Warrants charge Sam Chaimson and Julian Breakstone with receiving stolen property. Investigations trace stock to Shawano and Green Bay stores, with purchases by Breakstone and his wife exposing linked shipments. The case involves trucks from Milwaukee and Kankakee toward Chicago, and a stranger offered goods to Breakstone before police learned of the theft.
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New London
Wis
Department of Justice
Chicago
Shawano
A. P. Barber
Sam Chaimson
Julian Breakstone
United States
C. B. Dillett
Chaimson
Milwaukee
Kankakee
Wisconsin
Rubin
Breakstone
James Kerr
Cartare
Kerr
Green Bay
E. T. Donahue
van Insurance Company
Donahue
Waupaca
Chaimeon
Confidence Is Recovery Need Says U C of C
The United States Chamber of Commerce blamed lack of public confidence high taxes punitive investigations regulatory threats and policy uncertainty for industry failing to absorb unemployed workers. It urged private cooperation and said only restoration of confidence can lead to a lasting recovery though government relief alone cannot solve unemployment.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Roosevelt
Congress
C. of C. Said
C. of C. Board of Directors
Locarno Pact Proposals Face Berlin Response
The Locarno powers await Berlin’s reaction to a plan for a Rhineland buffer zone under international control, plus the Rhine land dispute to be referred to The Hague. Germany signals readiness for withdrawal and questions whether revisions will soften the terms, as Hitler’s regime voices caustic comments.
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Associated Press
Locarno
Berlin
Rhineland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Shylock
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Ribbentrop
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Hamburg
Hague International Court
Kelvin K. Whitefeather
Foreign Office
Retired Wisconsin farmer dies after long illness
Manitowoc Wis Wenzel M Stangel 72 retired Tisch Mills farmer dies in hospital yesterday twelve hours after his mother in law to follow up illness since last autumn He is a brother of Manitowoc High School Principal C G Stangel.
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Manitowoc. Wis
Wenzel M. Stangel
Tisch Mills
C. G. Stangel
Manitowoc High School
Stangel
Fracture Fatal After Highway 16 Truck Crash
Jacob Werking, 75, Milwaukee, died in Municipal hospital from a skull fracture suffered March 10 when struck by a truck on Highway 16 west of Waukesha. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the highway.
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Waukesha
Wis
Jacob Werking
Milwaukee
Werking
Here
$10 Acre For Ground Uncultivated
Washington U P staff correspondent reports a new soil conservation program offers farmers 10 dollars per acre for removing 30 million acres from intensive cultivation. Secretary Wallace outlines a 440 million dollar annual plan to conserve soil fertility, replacing the AAA. He cautions immediate effects may be mixed but long term gains are expected. The program provides two payment types for cooperative farmers.
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Russell Turner
United Press
Washington
AAA
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Supreme Court
Robbery of Local Attendant Near Security Bank
Daniel Weitz, 22, The Corner Store employee, was robbed of 54 dollars after cashing checks at Security Bank. An armed man forced him into the back seat on Oregon Street and ordered a drive to rural roads then back toward the city before the suspect took the money and fled. He drove to farms and back, then was ordered out of the car. Further details appear on page 10.
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Daniel Weitz
Oregon Street
Ninth
Tenth
Weitz
Twelfth Street
Ohio Street
Fourth Street
Fourth
First Corporative State in World to Be Formed in Italy
Mussolini to unveil a corporative legislature replacing the chamber of deputies. The 22 corporations will select delegates from employers workers farmers technicians and professionals to legislate as experts. The plan aims for a state run like a great industrial company with a ministry of corporations guiding nationwide confederations and syndicates.
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Italy
Mussolini
Russia
Austria
Ministry of Corporations
National Council of Corporations
Fascist Party
1 Duce
Hungary
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Germany
Strikers Evicted From Wisconsin State Capitol After 10 Day Siege
The 10 day siege by WPA strikers from Fox River Valley ends as 70 Madison police, under Gov. La Follette, evacuate the assembly chamber. Lyle Olson of Green Bay leads a peaceful exit while authorities guard entrances. Torkelson declines wage demand. strikers vow to continue the battle back home. Governor defends capitol access for all people, not just one group.
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Madison
State Capitol
WPA
Fox River Valley
Philip F. la Follette
Assembly Chamber
Lyle Olson
Green Bay
Olson
Martin W. Torkelson
Torkelson
la Follette
William H. McCormick
C. A. Halbert
Capitol
McCormick
Wisconsin
Father at 83 Welcomes Son in Ohio
Niles Ohio report states R Gardner, 83, became the father of a son today. Mrs. Gardner is 35. The brief notice confirms the birth and parental ages in the Ohio city.
Roosevelt allocates 43 million to WPA for flood repair
President Roosevelt assigns 43 million dollars to the Works Progress Administration for flood area repairs and replacements. An emergency 18.4 million and a new 25 million allotment fund roads bridges sewers water plants and other damaged public properties. WPA can mobilize 250,000 workers across 10 states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Theodore F. Koop
Associated Press
North Atlantic
Pittsburgh-Johnstown- Wheeling
Connecticut River
Hartford
Middletown
Huntington
W. Va
Thousands Face Food Shortage Disease Menace in Flood Areas
The Ohio River flood from Marietta to Cincinnati threatens thousands in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky with food shortages and disease. Health authorities vaccinate destitute flood victims while Red Cross speeds aid for 5000 homeless along the Steubenville border. Heat is scarce for many in the affected zone as relief crews restore streets and assess damage. Weather forecasts promise rising temperatures and generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Marietta
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Steubenville
Wheeling
Red Cross
Jefferson County
Pittsburgh
New Martinsville
W. Val
Weather Bureau
Upper Valley
East Liverpool
Ashland
Catlettsburg
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U. K. of Common Council
Common Council
William H. Schreiber
Albert A. Lescher
Lescher
Board of Public Works
Special Council Sewerage Committee
PWA
Schulz
Shumway
Sewerage Committee
High Street
Fox River
Pearl Street
Arthur Gutzman
Seaway Council
Detroit
Rap Bahaco
Dohkoah Youth Holoup
Stewart Brown
Rome
Benito Mussolini
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