Britain vows to fight if needed to honor treaties
Prime Minister Chamberlain declared Britain would defend France and Belgium and uphold treaty obligations including those to Portugal, Iraq, and Egypt. He warned a broader war could involve other powers and urged a peaceful settlement between Hitler’s Germany and Czechoslovakia. Opposition leader Attlee criticized his stance as insufficient firmness. Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
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London
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
House of Commons
Britain
France
Belgium
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Labor Party
Europe
Clement A. Attlee
Portugal
Iraq
Egypt
Russia
Czechs pledge to ease friction with minorities
United Press reports that Czechoslovakia promises to alleviate minority allowances. President Edouard Benes says, in an interview with British minister B C Newton, to grant Sudeten Germans more national and municipal posts and curb anti German press propaganda while upholding democratic press freedom. Goering had demanded Prague avoid propagating anti German dispatches.
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Joseph Grigg
United Press
London
Czechoslovakia
B. C. Newton
Prague
Edouard Benes
Newton
Benes
Konrad Henlein
Hitler
Czech
Hermann Goering
Senate Bills Revision for Reform Bill
Senate action centers on recommitting the government reorganization bill to committee, a move that could derail the bill this session. The Senate tentatively approved a plan to abolish the comptroller general’s office, while Byrd failed to preserve it. Schwellenbach accused the official of dictatorial powers and failing to file annual reports. House hearings on investigations and a $447.8 million war department appropriation proceed, with railroad and cooperative milk groups opposing changes to the reform bill.
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Washington
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Schwellenbach
Comptroller General
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
O'Connor
New York
Rules Committee
War Department
Railroad Labor Executives Association
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Group
National(railroad) Mediation Board
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroad Adjustment Board
Ifar
Legality of State's Barber Code Upheld
Madison Circuit Judge A C Hoppmann upheld the states barber code against a challenge by two Madison barbers Bennett Baaken and John Clark Mann. The ruling dismisses the suit as not presenting issues new to court precedent and notes 2 200 barbers are regulated under the code. The trade practice commission plans to compel 500 delinquent barbers to pay assessments or close shops.
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Madison
A. C. Hoppmann
Trade Practice Commission
Bennett Baaken
John Clark Mann
Hoppmann
Jury Debates Case of Best Prairie du Chien Wis
Harold Best, 15, on trial for delinquency in the slaying of his 11 year old sister Mildred, with a jury of three women and nine men seated. Lawyer Carl Hill urged innocence, questioned Orla Shaw's death by poison and noted the unaccounted 30 to 35 minutes the night of the shooting. Judge Smalley instructed the jury to acquit unless state proves beyond doubt. The courtroom included Best's tearful moment and reactions from Mrs Bernice Best and Mrs Shaw as proceedings continued.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Harold Best
Mildred
Carl Hill
Hill
Frank Kozelka
Shaw
Dist. Atty
James Cullen
Orla Shaw
S. E. Smalley
Wisconsin
Harold
Bernice Best
la Crosse
Two Held in Levine Case for Extortion
New Rochelle New York July 7 Werner Luck 23 and Edward Penn 18 were held for the Westchester county grand jury on charges of blackmail and attempted extortion in the Peter Levine kidnapping case. They waived examination and were held without bail. Police Lieutenant George Reifenberger said Luck planned to kidnap an unnamed Pelham boy for ransom while Levine abduction loomed. Both suspects denied knowledge of the kidnapping. The 12 year old son of Murray Levine a New York attorney disappeared a month ago.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Werner Luck
Edward Penn
Westchester County Grand Jury
Peter Levine
George Reifenberger
Luck
Levine
Penn
Murray Levine
New York
Fear as Air France Mail Plane Crashes in Pyrenees
Authorities feared eight people were killed when an Air France mail plane crashed near Corsagy in the Pyrenees last night. The cargo of mail was believed lost and officials said rescue parties would need time to reach the scene.
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Perpignan
France
Air France
Corsagy
Pyrenees
Warrant Issued For Love Slayer
Everett Phinn, alleged to have killed 17 year old Raymond Washkuhn in a love rivalry, is named as the slayer by Sheriff R H Willis. Phinn held at Lipsett Lake. Mrs Phoebe Whaley detained for questioning after stating he shot her high school boarder. Guns found at Phinn's home. extortion note questioned as a false trail.
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Spooner
Wis
Everett Phinn
R. H. Willis
Raymond Washbuhn
Willis
Phoebe Whaley
Phinn
Washkuhn
Committee to Help Business Faces New Financing Plan
Secretary Morgenthau said President Roosevelt formed a committee of high officials to craft a constructive loans program for industry and small business. The group will assess private financing ability and sift hundreds of letters for action, continuing indefinitely.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Treasury
James Roosevelt
Aan
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ronald Ransom
Federal Reserve Board
William ©. Douglas
Securities Commission
RK. F.C
RLF. C
Wisconsin forecast and city temperatures report
Generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the south and east. Milwaukee records show high and low temperatures in the last 24 hours, with a maximum of 50 and a minimum of 33. Precipitation is none and wind is northwest, barometer 29.68.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Alpina
Fuckstart
Japs See Threat In Enlarged U S Navy
A Japanese navy spokesman warned that the United States plan to expand the navy to about 1.12 trillion dollars signals potential operations against Japan. He cited Admiral Leahy’s testimony on defense limits and suggested American actions may approach Japanese mandates, while denying full British-American cooperation.
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U.S. Navy
Tokin
United States Navy
United States
Japan
Ciew
William D. Leahy
Great Britain
Pacific
Naval
Opain Rebels Use Smoke Screen On Catalonia Drive
Spanish insurgent army adopts smoke screens to cloak advances into Catalonia. Lerida becomes first major objective as forces shift north of the Ebro after a south bank cleanup. Government forces suffer defeats south of Huesca with towns surrendering as insurgent columns push toward Lerida.
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Lerida
Mediterranean
Charles P. Nutter
Madrid
Catalonia
Ebro
Spain
Valencia
Government
Huesca
Huesca-Zaragoza
Causpe
Sastago
Leticia
Barcelona
Hendaye
France
Poland and Lithuania Open Talks on Baltic Axis
Poland and Lithuania move toward resuming communications and formal diplomatic ties as Suwalki hosts talks on telegraph postal and railroad links. Observers see a possible Baltic Black Sea axis forming with Poland as a key nation and broader linkages to Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Romania amid potential neutral cooperation with Germany.
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Warsaw
Russia
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Esthenia
Latvia
Rumania
Suwalki
Franciszek Zhartwat
Kauas Schkirpa
League of Nations
Senate finance panel backs 18 percent corporate tax plan
The Senate Finance Committee deleted the undistributed profits tax from the House revision and adopted a flat 18 percent corporate tax, estimated to raise about 100 million dollars more. The panel approved by 17 to 4, with opposition from Barkley Connally Lurkley and La Follette.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Warrison
Mississippi
Treasury
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Texas
Lurkley
Ohio
la Follette
Wisconsin
Harrison
House
Carrison
Senate Committee
Senate
Finance
Judge Denies New Trial in Merrill Physician Case
Sparta Wisconsin M Circuit Judge Robert S Cowie denied Dr Raymond J Henderson of Tomahawk a motion for a new trial on illegal operation charges. The ruling aims to preserve appeal rights within a year and potential further hearings depending on attorney general input. A March Merrill hearing on related matters involved former district attorney Leonard F Schmitt and Assistant Attorney General Leo Vaudrey. Ex-Sheriff John Rajek and Theodore Reinhardt faced perjury related charges.
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Sparta
Wis
M—Circuit
Robert S$. Cowie
la Crosse
Raymond
J. Henderson
Tomahawk
Henderson
Cowie
Attorney General's Office
Cowle
Merrill
Leonard F. Schmitt
Lincoln County
Leo Vaudrew
Schmitt
Dr. Henderson
Max van Hecke
John Rajek
Theodore Reinhardt
St Marys Menasha eliminated in Catholic tourney
St Marys High School Menasha Wisconsin was defeated in the first round of the national Catholic basketball tournament by Catholic High Baton Rouge Louisiana by a 28 to 25 score.
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Chicago
U.P
St. Mary's High School
Menasha
Wis
Catholic High
Baton Rouge
House Group To Hear TVA Quiz Monday
Washington reports the rules committee will start hearings Monday on TVA investigation proposals with a possible joint congressional inquiry. Senator Norris pushes immediate action and seeks an independent Senate inquiry, while leaders and TVA critics prefer a joint House Senate probe. The Norris plan allocates 50000 for expenses. Bridges and King urge censure or removal actions, arguing over Morgan's ouster and Lilienthal.
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Washington
O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Rules Committee
Administration
TVA
Barkley
House
King
Utah
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Audit Committee
Roosevelt
A. E. Morgan
Congress
Morgan
Waters Recede at Chippewa Village
Odanah Wisconsin floodwaters of the Bad river fell today after evacuating nearly 400 residents. Four feet of water washed through village streets yesterday, then dropped a foot overnight as ice jam dredging continued toward Lake Superior five miles away. Red Cross trucks supplied food from Ashland nine miles off, and a school provided drinking water for 40 sheltered children.
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Odanah
Wis
Bad River
WPA
Lake Superior
Northwestern Railroad
O. K
Red Cross
Ashland
St. Mary’s
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U.S
David J. Walsh
Massachusetts
Cee
Gainesville
Roosevelt Square
New Civic Center
Love’ Slayer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Raymond Washkohn
Leahy
Atlantic
OPAIN
U. S
Vindenberg Secres
St. Mary's
O’connor
Chippewa Village
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