Battle Over Delegates Gets Hot In Wisconsin Rally
Chicago reports Borah aims to win a Wisconsin delegate slate for the Republican national convention. With April 7 primaries, 20 district and four at large delegates are at stake. Wisconsin Republicans plan radio and field speakers as Nagler warns of heavy Borah support, Lamp cautions against binding to Borah before Cleveland.
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Chicago
William E. Borah
Idaho
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington
Borah
Wisconsin
Madison
Senator Borah
Republican Committee
Edward J. Lamp
Louis B. Nagler
Nagler
Lamp
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Republican Organization
Teacher Feted as Rescuer of Boy From Well
At Owl Hollow country school Paok Indiana 12 year old Clarence Ferguson fell into a 34 foot well while retrieving a dropped bucket. His teacher Miss Hazel Vance lowered herself into the well holding a rope chain to hoist him to the surface.
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Paok
Ind
Owl Hollow Country School
Clarence Ferguson
Hazel Vance
Clarence
Miss Vance
Oshkosh Considers State Loan for South Side Projects
Oshkosh board heard a proposal to borrow from the state land commission at 4 percent for a South Side recreational building or a combined high and elementary school, with repayment over 20 years. The plan requires city council approval and a dedicated tax levy, with a possible 45 percent federal grant pending.
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Philip D. Lamvert
James Hart
State Land Commission
Madison
Lampert
Oshkosh
Finance Committee
John Barlow
C. C. Bishop
Henry Auler
A. L. Kurtz
WPA
Hart
Bishop
South Side
Wisconsin creates code practice office under La Follette order
Governor La Follette established a trade practice department to administer the Wisconsin recovery act and codes of fair competition. Lawrence C. Whitter Edgerton and Fred M. Wylie Milwaukee attorney named trade practice commissioners. A 10 member board of review, including Judge R E Andrews Madison and three Milwaukeeans, will advise on policy and hear appeals.
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Madison
la Follette
Lawrence C. Whitter
Edgerton
Fred M. Wylie
Milwaukee
R. E. Andrews
Marshfield
Edgar G. Doudna
Fred M. Mason
Philip G. Fox
Franklin Jahnke
Markesan
Thomas Jones
Waukesha
Obert Woll
Colfax
Whittet
Whitter
Supreme Court
Wylie
Review Board
Finding More Jobs in All Lines of Work
The state and federal employment services report rising job placements with a projected total of 12,000 workers by month end. Through the first three weeks of March 7,869 workers were placed, and February saw 10,990 placements despite wintry conditions. Private employment accounted for 3,504 placements, public employment 824, and 6,562 on work relief. Active files show 137,161 February end applications, compared with 139,728 January end and 4,558 for February 1935.
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Madison
State Industrial Commission
Boy Killed as Runaway Horse Team Drags Driver
Chester McBain, 15, of a Millston area farm, was killed yesterday when a frightened horse team ran away and dragged him. The Sparta Wis report notes Caurici harness incident preceded the tragedy.
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Sparta
Wis
Caurici
Chester McBain
Millston
Triple Funeral for Burnett County Drowning Victims
Three high school students Ripley Copper 17 Imogene Copper 15 and Betty Sanders 16 were to be buried today after their car plunged into a flooded creek in Burnett County. Services to be held at the Methodist church in Shell Lake Wisconsin.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Methodist Church
Burnett County
Ripley Copper
Imogene
Betty Sanders
Hoffman Attacks Hauptmann Case. Hauptmann Expects No Execution
Governor Hoffman charged the Hauptmann case reeks of unfairness and prejudice and warned of a possible reprieve. Hauptmann, facing execution, told Colonel Kimberling he does not feel he will walk out the door and remains confident he will not die as Tuesday night approaches amid rumors and official predictions of a last minute escape.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Colonel Kimberling
Air disaster near Mexico City claims 14 lives
Pan American Airways loss near Amecameca slays 14 aboard a tri motor plane bound for Guatemala and Central America. Victims include European nobility and crew. wreckage hampers identification. technical inquiry ordered to determine cause. A wireless operator reported the doomed flight's final moments and passengers admired the volcano views.
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Clark Lee
Associated Press
Mexico City
Central America
Guatemala
Amecameca
Mount Popocatepetl
Mount Iztacihuatl
Pan-American Airways
Limon
Adolfo Limon
Alice
Townsend Old Age Pension Agitators Capture Hugo Fund
Robert E. Clements testified before a House committee that Townsend Old Age Pension Revolving Pensions, Ltd. raised over a million dollars annually for six months. He cited salary and expense figures, including $12,585 personal draw for 1935 and $7,532 in CARP pay, while committee counsel pressed for more data on receipts and costs.
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Townsend Old Age Pension
Hugo Fund
Washington
WUP
Robert E. Clements
Congressional
Townsend
Clements
Francis E. Townsend
Old Aze Revolving Pensions, Ltd
House Committee
CARP
James R. Sullivan
National Headquarters
Sullivan
Prosperity Publishing Company
Townsend Weekly
OARP
Thelma Clements
Weather across states brings frost snow and dust storms
Frost and snow sweep the west while dust storms dim rain from the east. Widespread cold threatens California orchards as residents in Seattle to St. Louis tidy dust. A Seattle man dies in an avalanche near Narada Falls, two others saved. Blizzards trap film crews in Idaho. Milwaukee endures 40 mph wind with rain and snow, wires down and signs torn. Snow piles deepen in Hudson and Superior, Michigan copper country sets record. Antigo reports freezing rain after light snow, thunder noted. Old timers recall 1922 freak storm signaling late cold spring.
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Kansas City
California
Seattle
St. Louis
Jack Northrop
Narada Falls
Wash
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Michigan Peninsula
Hudson
Wis
Superior
Michigan
Copper Country
Green Bay
la Crosse
Sinsinawa
Antigo
Oldtimers
Friendship tale centers on Vera Stretz and Fritz Gebhardt
Vera Stretz testified at her first degree murder trial that Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, her wealthy lover and former employer, planned to divorce his wife and marry her. The 32 year old secretary described meeting Gebhardt, buying a revolver, and their deep friendship on a 1934 West Indies cruise aboard the Vulcania, spoken in German with limited English, with no sex involved.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
New York
Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Germany
Samuel Leibowitz
Gebhardt
Gebhard
Leibowitz
West Indies
Vulcania
Dr. Kessler
Havana
Dump Lobby Bill In Ash Can
Washington news reports that House leaders dumped Sen Black's anti lobby bill and prepared a House substitute exempting departmental lobbyists. The committee favors limiting lobbying to the legislative branch, shielding highly paid lawyer lobbyists and department contract persuaders from registration. The piece notes the social lobby at Washington dinners and drawing rooms, with a lawyer's wife cited as an example.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
W.h
House
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Congress
Capitol
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
White House
No Marked Change in High Water at La Crosse Today
High Mississippi overflow remained near stationary in La Crosse Wisconsin with crest not expected until Sunday or Monday. River gauges show 11.9 feet, just under flood state, with a one foot rise anticipated before runoff. Pettibone island park partly flooded but citywide flood impact mild. Major Hamilton McGuire prepares a plan to assist state and local agencies if flood conditions worsen and to mobilize 14 000 CCC personnel, transportation, tents, and supplies for refugees.
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la Crosse
Wis
Pettibone Island Park
Hamilton UicGuire
Sparta CCC
Wisconsin
Upper
Mississippi
Chippewa
St. Croix
McGuire
David L. Ruffner
Madison
CCC
New York
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Wheeling
W.va
Marietta
Steubenville
Portsmouth
Louisville
Ohio River
Owensboro
Henderson County
Illinois
Wabash
Cairo
New Madrid
Minnesota
Washington
National Reesources Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Red Cross
Flood relief and troop mobilization spanning Ohio valley
Chicago reports General McCoy readying federal troops and CCC labor for flood response in the Mississippi valley from Evansville to St. Louis, while Wisconsin river districts prepare for emergencies. New crest forecasts and river rises drive evacuations as Red Cross funds flood in.
Wisconsin Centennial Half Dollars Authorized by Congress
Washington reports the senate passed a bill authorizing coinage of half dollars to commemorate Wisconsin’s hundredth anniversary of statehood. The measure now awaits final action before enactment.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Wisconsin
St Paul Harbor Project Aims To Match Mighty Mississippi
Veteran rivermen surveyed a million-dollar improvement in St Paul harbor. Financed by the federal government, the plan includes changing the harbor line, a 1400-foot retaining wall, willow tiprapping, dredging, and enlargement of coal storage. Begun last fall, 1300 WPA workers have worked two shifts through winter.
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St. Paul
Minn
St Paul's Harbor
Mississippi
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Voluntary State Republican Committee
Samp
Osceola
Board of Education
Bruno
Dale Harrison
Adolf Schaumburg-Lippe
Bueckenburg
Ellen-Elisabeth Schaumburg-Lippe
Siegmund von Stieber
Munich
Elemer von Rohonczy
Budapest
Hungary
Dora Thein
Bremen
Victoria Thein
Marie Margarethe Harder
Hamburg
Elisabeth Schroer
Dortmund
Townsend Clubs
U. S
LA Grosse
Pettibone Island
McCoy
Sixth Corps
Frank
Mississippi Valley
Walter Short
Sixth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Evansville
Hamilton’ McGuire
D. T. Merrill
Fort Sheridan
Wisconsin River
ST. Paul Harbor
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