Cunningham Ends Stubborn Silence Confesses Killing
Oklahoma City report details 33-year-old Roger Cunningham admitting strangling his wife Eudora Cunningham after a year of discord. He directed searchers to a sewer grave eight feet underground where her body was found by flare light, then signed a confession and sketch. His attorneys anticipate an insanity defense, while prosecutors pursue a murder charge.
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Francis E. Barden
Oklahoma City
Eudora Cunningham
Roger Cunningham
Mareh
George Goff
EW. Brown
Cunningham
Morris
Joe] P. Stokes
Eucota Cunningham
K. D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Herbert K. Hyde
Urschel
Hyde
Dunningham
Lewis R Morris
Hitler's Aid in Slovak Battle Seen
Bratislava reports Slovaks expect Adolf Hitler to intervene in their clash with Hungary over Slovakia's borders. Josef Tiso sent urgent Berlin notes. Slovak nazis and officials rushed information to Hitler via Franz Karmasin to urge action. Armistice ordered in eastern Slovakia as Budapest proposes a frontier settlement commission to end the dispute.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Pres
Josef Tiso
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Tiso
Neudorf
Zips
Fuehrer
Franz Karmasin
Vienna
Joseph Buerckel
Austria
Iglo
Ung River
Hungary
Kosice
Germany
Budapest
Warden of Ohio Prison Is Dismissed in Columbus
Columbus Ohio. James C Woodard warden of Ohio penitentiary since 1935 was dismissed today by Charles L Sherwood welfare director. Woodard had been under suspension and vowed to fight the decision effective April 1. He faced charges of favoring prisoners with wealth or political ties and allowing prison traffic in pure cokes and liquor. The welfare director said large sum gambling games ran as a concession under cardamm inmates.
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Columbus
Ohio
James C. Woodard
Ohio Pensitentiary
Charles L. Sherwood
Fiie
Woodard
Oshkosh Mayor Held on Mail Fraud Charge
Oshkosh mayor during World War I A C McHenry was held on $2,000 bond pending trial for using the mails to defraud He was arrested in Oshkosh and brought to Milwaukee before U S Commissioner Floyd Jenkins The Chicago grand jury indicted McHenry and 17 others in a $160 000 cemetery investment scheme that promised profits from cemetery lots and wired investors into funds
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Milwaukee
A. C. McHenry
Oshkosh
McHenry
Ozkosh
U.S
Floyd ©. Jenkins
Chicago
Times
Smelt Run Starts in Oconto Wisconsin
The smelt run has begun in the Oconto River with a few silvery fish taken by dyppers last night. Fishermen anticipate a fairly heavy run by Monday unless cold weather develops.
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Oconto. Wis
Oconto River
Japs Debate German Plan For Alliance
Japanese leaders weigh a German proposal for a joint axis with Italy and Germany against Democratic powers. Cabinet crisis fears rise as Barons Hiranuma and Itagaki, plus Arita and Yonai, push or oppose steps. Navy resists, fearing fleet deployment and limited gains.
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H. ©. Thompson
United Press
U.P
Japan
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Hachiro Arita
Seishiro Itagaki
Mitsumasa Yonai
Navy
Sotaro Ishiwata
Baron Hiranuma
Hirohito
Hiranuma
Diet
Germany
Italy
Great
Britain
France
Itagaki
Russia
Arita
Tagaki
Kagaki
Ialy
Europe
Switzerland Calls Frontier Reserves to German Border
Berne reports orders calling up frontier reserves to guard the Swiss German boundary were carried out swiftly after all border posts were reinforced. Mines at tunnels bridges and passes were being charged. Basel trucks were requisitioned from private industry to move troops to garrisons along the boundary. The Basel regional government met to discuss the situation as international tension rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Basel
Fifteen Workmen Die in France Avalanche
Toulouse reports that fifteen of fifty workmen caught in an avalanche near Lake Isour in the Pyrenees foothills have perished. Rescue squads say thirty three were rescued, with details still coming in.
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France
Toulouse
Lake
Isour
Pyrenees
Defense maneuvers put on at Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland. Exiled peasant party leader and former premier Witos has applied for permission to return to Penang with two followers. Darkness fell as the most realistic defense maneuvers yet were held, with mock explosions, air raid sirens, machine gun fire, and airplane noise heard as residents stayed indoors.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wircenty Witos
Peasant Party
Penang
Tarzan Slayer Durand Comes To End Of Trail
A wild west spree closes as Earl Durand dies after a bank robbery in Powell Wyoming. A 17 year old pupil shooter felled him. Durand killed four pursuers and wounded two more during a nine day manhunt after escaping Cody jail.
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Tipton Cox
Earl Durand
Tarzan Desperado
Powell, Wyo
Cox
Durand
Powell
Wyo
Rockies
Powells-Wye
Tarzan
Cody
Wyoming
Strong Poland Held Necessary in View of Germany
Berlin reports a German foreign ministry summary stating Germany regards a strong Poland as a practical necessity and essential for maintaining order in eastern Europe. The note says Polish fears of hostile intent are unfounded and mentions a 1224 nonaggression pact reference.
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Poland
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Edis
Europe
Chinese Japanese Troops Fight Across Fronts
Shanghai dispatch reports bitter clashes on three fronts along Chinese rivers and in four sectors. Casualties mount as Japanese forces press a general offensive in northern Hubei near Hankow and along the Hankow to Canton railway remains a possible prelude to renewed campaigns.
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Shanghai
Kaanusinee
Hmo-M
le Surmer
Samhoard Twerd Nanchand
Coital
Hankow
Hankow-Cafton
Pray
Labor Leaders Agree On One Point Meet Again
Washington negotiators from the American Federation of Labor and CIO plan to meet in New York on March 20 for another effort with President Roosevelt. After a seven hour session, they remained united only on the need to reconvene to push for labor civil rights.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
New York
Roosevelt
Cenfers
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Wisconsin
Unsettled weather pattern with mostly cloudy skies and showers in northwest areas. Cooler Sunday, mild Monday with cooler Lake Superior winds. Regional readings show highs near 65 in Milwaukee, 73 elsewhere, with lows in the 25 to 26 range and little precipitation reported.
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Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Northarstern
Great Lakes
Bockstaff Ghyervaty
Major Test On Economy Plan Looms
Washington reports a major test as the House begins noon voting on amendments to a record 1 067 274 427 dollar agriculture department appropriation The fight centers on parity payments of 250 000 900 to farmers not included in Roosevelt budget Advocates seek to cut the parity provision while protecting a separate 150 000 000 relief fund Sabath urges rural lawmakers support on parity payments in exchange for aid to the 150 000 000 fund Tarver objects calling it log rolling Senate members like Adams criticize the approach and a subcommittee is set to act on the relief allotment Also Wisconsin Progressives propose doubling funds for surplus commodities purchases and distribution next fiscal year with 92 000 000 available under current estimates Advocate La Follette urges 60 percent of customs receipts be allocated to the program indicating a broader funding push
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Washington
Congressional
House
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Congress
WPAC
Sabath
Chicago
House Rules Committee
Sabash
Tarver
Georgia
Senate
Adams
Colorado
la Follette
Huil and
Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Walace
Anti Semitic Laws Suggested for Bohemia Moravia
Prague reports a proposal to implement anti Jewish laws modeled on Nazi regulations in Bohemia and Moravia. It outlines citizenship by grandparent status, property seizure rules, and a ban on Jewish capital. estimates count 130,000 to 150,000 Jews in the region and 39,004 in Prague.
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Prague
Bohemia
Moraga
Nations
Jeavih
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Moravia-Bohemia
Pragua
Apont
President Roosevelt Improves After Illness
Washington reports President Roosevelt much improved today after suffering a head cold. The update follows days of gradual recovery and keeps his schedule under light guidance from doctors and aides.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Imminent Madrid Peace Signals Civil War End Near
Indications point to an imminent peace in the Spanish Civil War as railway traffic to Madrid resumes and wrecked ranges are repaired. Observers expect nationalists to secure food imports after signing peace. The Rome paper Giornale d Italia claims Madrid will surrender with Franco accepted terms.
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Madrid
National Defense Council
Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Francisco Franco
Franco
Jose Miaja
Spanish Republican Defense Council
Cuatro Vientos
Highway 45 Flood Recedes Near Antigo Wisconsin
Antigo Wisconsin reports Highway 45 cleared of water after 12 inch flood last night. Streams stayed within banks and traffic aided by flares. Some northeast town roads remained underwater and a lake formed behind Skinner dam. The creek neared flood stage but no danger unless rain returns. a WPA stone wall held the stream to its course.
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Antigo
Wis
Here
Skinner Dam
Springbrook Creek
Germans and Poles Strengthen Forces Near Pomorze
Reports from foreign circles say German and Polish troop movements around the Free City of Danzig and the Polish corridor Pomorze have increased. Analysts note rising tension as both sides bolster positions near Gdynia and along border areas.
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Free City
Danzig
Pomorze
Gdynia
Gnean
Fie
Germany
Edward J. Shaw Dies at Sister's Home in Fond du Lac
Edward J. Shaw aged 36, a retired bank official and treasurer of Fond du Lac Community Chest, died yesterday after a lengthy illness at his sister's residence in Oserola township, Fond du Lac County.
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Edward J. Shaw
Fond du Lac
Wis
Edyvard J. Shaw
Powers See Indication Of New Tension
Berlin reports hinted Germany may back Italy in moves against France's colonial aims as Mussolini prepared a major address. Goering pledged Germany would stand with Italy, touting the Berlin Rome axis while Britain and France weighed a possible four power alignment and Poland's cautious stance amid rising European tensions.
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Hermann Goering
Germany
Italy
Duce
Rome
London
Europe
Mussolini
WEAF
NBC
WABC
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Memelland
Lithuania
Black Sea
Rumania
Poland
France
Soviet
Russia
Britain
Goering
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Berlin-Rome
Tals
Paris
Thore
Lampert Reappointed Beverage Tax Inspector in Madison
State Treasurer John E. Smith announced the reappointment of Philp Lampert of Oshkosh and Alvin Kupper Barsbon as inspectors in the beverage tax division. Both had completed six months probation and were previously released from probation during the review.
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Madison
Philp Lampert
Oshkosh
Alvin Kupper
Barsbon
John E. Smith
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Miaja
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