Wisconsin Mayors Meet Governor On Works Programs
Mayors from Racine Oshkosh Milwaukee Madison and Kenosha and the Madison city manager were summoned to confer with Gov Philip La Follette about public works projects how many are in operation or ready to start worker employment prospects and potential new projects The group discussed the state regional planning board's survey and La Follette's ongoing bid to revive his 3209 million works program despite earlier defeats The league secretary noted no link between the meeting and calls for state aid to ease the 1936 relief burden
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Madison
ULP
Wisconsin
Philip F. la Follette
State Regional Planning Board
la Follette
Racine
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Kenosha
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Frederick N. MacMillan
League
Mayors Confer on WPA Radio Tuesday Talk
Col Frank Knox of Chicago a Republican and Lewis W Douglas a Democrat will address NBC from the Hotel Astor at 9 PM as part of the Economic club meeting. Donald Rich berg will discuss the New Deal on the same network at 6 45 PM C S T in You and Your Government series.
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Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Lewis W. Douglas
NBC
Hotel Astor
Donald Richberg
Windfall tax gains support in Congress
Washington reports the wind fall tax proposed by President Roosevelt to recoup 100 million from firms avoiding AAA taxes drew House and Senate backing as two new spending measures moved forward. House Ways and Means subcommittee agreed to recapture refunded and unpaid AAA taxes while lawmakers backed funding to maintain 2,158 CCC camps and flood relief efforts for eastern disaster states. Senate rejected a house cap on 10 percent profits for army contracts, and other actions included nominations and military reassignments amid ongoing budget and program battles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means
War Department
Senate
Charles H. March
Trade Commission
Congressional
Thomas Parran
New York
Hush S. Cummings
Frank Parker
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Eighth Corps
Johnson Hassood
Fletcher
Florida Ship Canal
Truman
Missouri
Florida
League committee seeks direct peace plea to Italy
London reports the league of nations armisitce council committee of 13 orders a new direct peace plea to Italy and Ethiopia as it awaits Hitler's reply to Rhineland crisis proposals. The council also plans to send a fresh Ethiopian protest over Italian gas attacks. J A C Avenol and Salvador de Madariaga are to dispatch the messages. The next meeting was postponed to Tuesday.
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Associated Press
London
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Armistice Council
Africa
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Rhineland
League
Hitler
J. A. C. Avenol
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Rome
Addis Ababa
League Council
Republicans to Meet at Hotel Raulf in Winnebago County
A countywide Republican gathering is set for tomorrow night at the Hotel Raulf. A. C. Rasmussen, county chairman, reports strong replies from precinct committeemen and aims to finalize an active county committee with workers in all precincts. The event, at 8 pm on the mezzanine, will feature D. K. Allen, former district attorney, speaking on Republicanism.
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Raulf
Winnebago County
A. C. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
D. K. Allen
Filling station attendant robbed in Antigo Wisconsin
Arthur Arveson, a filling station attendant in Antigo, Wisconsin, was robbed of 81 dollars Saturday night as he closed the station. An unmasked man, believed to be armed, forced him to surrender the day’s receipts and then cut the telephone wires before walking away.
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Antigo
Wis
Arthur Arveson
Arveson
New Deal Critics See Group Interests Motive Behind Policies
President Roosevelt, accepting Rollins College honorary degree, argued critics of New Deal act from self interest rather than national welfare. He warned progress requires accommodating diverse group interests while pursuing growth in education, politics, and economy, citing tax debates and social programs as examples.
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Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Roosevelt
Hamilton Holt
John J. Tigert
University of Florida
Holt
Hijack Suspects Post Bonds
Milwaukee news reports six suspects in a hijacking ring tied to interstate freight thefts. Juli an Breakstone of New London and Sam and William Chaimson of Shawano posted $5,000 bonds each after arraignment before U S Commissioner Floyd E Jenkins. Police say goods valued up to 50 thousand dollars were stolen from shipments near Chicago and Milwaukee, with more losses possible as investigations continue.
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Milwaukee
Shawano
Julian Breakstone
New London
Breakstone
Sam
William Chaimson
Sam Chaimson
Chaimson Mercantile Company
U. S
Floyd E. Jenkins
James B. Kerr
Chicago Detective Bureau
Meyer Rubin
Chicago
Oscar Chaimson
al le Fevre
Chaimson
Rubin
Jenkins
Kankakee
Kerr
Chicago Heights
Green Bay Insurance Company
Miwaukee W
WPA Strikers Return From Sheboygan Campout
Ousted from the state capitol after 10 days of protest, eastern Wisconsin WPA strikers are back home in Sheboygan planning ways to broaden their strike. Lyle Olson of the Wisconsin Workers alliance was set to speak at a local meeting. Nonstriking workers finished their month’s work on Sheboygan projects while shifts were combined to meet wage hours. Officials warned future camping protests will be prevented with police deputization if needed.
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Sheboygan
Wis
State Capitol
WPA
Wisconsin
Lyle Olson
Wisconsin Workers Alliance
Oshkosh
Madison
U.2
Legislative
Capitol
Charles A. Halbert
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
W. Va
Upper
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Minnesota
North Mankato
Minnesota River
Missouri River
Omaha
Dionne Appeals to King Against Guardian Plan
New York based Dionne told the New York Daily News he has appealed directly to King Edward VIII to cancel a guardian plan over his quintuplets placed by the Ontario legislature last year. He said he wrote to the king a month ago and conveyed their family’s distress over limited contact with their children. Dionne expects a reply once the king has time amid royal duties.
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New York
Oliva Dionne
Edward VIII
Ontario
New York Daily News
Dionne
Elzire
Daily News
Mussolini Builds Corporative State In Prewar Move
Italian premier Mussolini announces a sweeping economic shift toward self sufficiency. He abolishes the chamber of deputies replacing it with a 22 guild council and folds large private industries into government controlled key industries. The plan aims to shield war material production and prepare for possible European conflict.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Council of Guilds
Chamber of Fascists
Il Duce
Austria
Hungary
Council of Funds
National Council
National Council of Guilds
Igi
Duce
Chamber
Tr Duce
Grand Council
Flooding Mounts in Upper Mississippi Region Across La Crosse Area
Floodwaters sweep the upper Mississippi and surrounding rivers inundating thousands of acres of bottom lands at La Crosse Wisconsin and nearby towns. 12 foot stages expected by midweek with warnings issued to island cottagers. Minnesota towns report rivers over banks and evacuations as Trempealeau and Cannon Rivers flood.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Chippewa
Durand
Weather Bureau
Black Rivers
Mississippi
Black River
Dresbach
Genoa
Homer
Minn
Dreshach
Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
Marshal
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Mankato
Minnesota River
Mankato
New Ulm
Red Wing
Welch
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Winona
Ohio River flood tears through many areas battle ends
Theodore F. Koop reports unchecked Ohio River flood waters devastate multiple Kentucky and Ohio communities, with 181 lives lost and thousands made homeless. East Coast flooding eases in New England and Pennsylvania as relief and rehabilitation work begins. Hartford imposes military discipline to curb looting.
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Theodore F. Koop
Associated Press
Ohio
Kentucky
New England
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Hartford
Conn
East
Townsend Plans to Support Borah For President
Dr. Francis E Townsend, inventor of the $200-a-month old age pension plan, signals a campaign strategy to back Sen William E Borah against Roosevelt and the Republican field. The pledge, revealed in Long Beach California, hinges on Townsend delivering his organization and Borah accepting aid in good spirit, though his past suggests he may shift course next week.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Francis E. Townsend
Sen
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Townsend
Borah
Long Beach
Calif
Several Persons Killed in Fights Across Mexico
By Clark Lee. At least 27 people died and many wounded as unrest spread from rural districts to cities. In Cancatlan Durango federal forces repelled an attack by about 40 rebels, wounding a sergeant and two soldiers. In Taxicaringa mountains, federal troops killed 10 insurgents led by Federico Vazquez.
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Clark Lee
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Cancatlan
Durango
Federico Vazquez
Japanese generals relieved after February rebellion reshuffle
Tokio announced sweeping reassignments of high army commands in the wake of the February 26 uprising and assassinations. Lieut. Gen. Tora nosuke Hashimoto and Lieut. Gen. Takeo Hori, tied to troops in the revolt, were removed from their posts and placed on the waiting list, with Hashimoto slated for early retirement from the service.
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Tokio
Tora
Nosuke Hashimoto
Takeo Hori
Hashimoto
Interior Division
Hori
Bodyguard
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