Italy Ready for a Fit Duce Roasts War Ramp Up
Italy's Mussolini told the senate and people that 9 million Italians can be drafted for war and that the country has a powerful submarine fleet, modern aviation, and a growing navy. He forecast 50 million Italians in ten years and said the best defense is offense. The chamber named the king and Mussolini first marshals of the empire.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Empire
Mediterranean
Haly
Senate approves record naval expansion appropriation
The Senate approved a record peacetime naval appropriation of 549,227,842 for the next fiscal year, rejecting amendments that would curb the secretary of the navy’s authority. The bill provides 140,600,000 for warship construction, with 119,641,500 for ships already under construction and 18,422,100 for new builds including two battleships.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
House
Clark
Missouri
Pendergast Wins Tight Kansas City Mayor Race
Kansas City voters kept Tom Pendergast’s long dominated Democratic machine in power by a close mayoral victory over a coalition ticket led by Col. Fred Whitten. Unofficial totals showed Bryce B. Smith winning a third term with 118,875 to 78,213 for the rivals. The election followed fraud scandals two years earlier and featured a bipartisan city election board.
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Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Bryce B. Smith
Fred Whitten
Kansas City Star
Coalition
United States
Missouri
Bipartisan Election Board
Maurice Milligan
Homer Cummings
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Whitten
Smith
Pendergast Organization
Danforth Oshkosh Named Head of Continental Firm
Madison report states four Wisconsin residents were chosen as Continental directors and officers at a Bay City Texas meeting. Dr Q H Danforth Oshkosh named president. Donald C Stroh Milwaukee vice president. J J Reche Milwaukee secretary treasurer. A C Gregg Eau Claire director. E J Crofoot elected vice president. receivership action filed by Harry J Allen Milwaukee representing stockholders. Buckman hold ing company claims $450000 against Buckman firm.
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Madison
William J. Oo
Aberg
Continental Service Company
B. E. Buckman Company
Wisconsin
Continental
Q. H. Danforth
Oshkosh
Donald C. Stroh
Milwaukee
J. J. Reche
A. C. Gregg
Eau Claire
Bay City
Tex
E. J. Crofoot
Buckman
Crofoot
Continental Service
Atty
Harry J. Allen
Buckman Concern
Mexico Gets U3 Protest On Oil Expropriation
President Cardenas faces near labor revolt as Mexico expropriates oil assets. Ambassador Daniels delivered the U S protest to Mexico’s foreign ministry over paying for 17 American and British properties. Tampico workers demand wage boosts as unions challenge the new government action.
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John J. McKnight
Mexico City
Cardenas
Congress
United States
Foreign Ministry
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Carlos Flores
Labor Department
Tampico
Aguila
Royal Dutch Shell
Flores
Wnion
Beaver Dam Reaches Class B Glass B Finals
Madison Beavers advance to the Class B final of the Wisconsin state high school tournament at the fieldhouse after a 27 to 18 victory over River Falls in the second round. Shawano and Tomah meet for the other semifinal, Beaver Dam to face the winner. Cumberland and Evansville contest consolation.
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Madison
Beaver Dam
University of Wisconsin
Toda
Beavers
River Falls
Cuba City
Mellen
Evanswiller
Cumberland
Rebels Near Lerida Press Front Advancing Fast
Spanish nationalist rebels near Lerida drove within two miles of the Loyalist capital on the Catalonian front. Earlier they captured Alcatraz eight miles from Lerida and pressed toward the city as Loyalists dynamited the Cinea river dam to flood the approach. Nationalists swept from Casper toward Fabara and Maella, nearing Gandesa, while resisting forces retreated. The Fronsiliers warned of risk to Barcelona’s electric power as hydro stations lie in the path of the advance.
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Lerida
Alcatraz
Cinea
Casper
Mediterranean
Fabara
Maella
Gandesa
Harrison Laroche
United Press
Nendayes
Fronsliers
Barcelona
Fraga
Wisconsin Weather Affects Tonight Thunderstorms Likely
The report notes showers and thunderstorms probable tonight and Thursday in Wisconsin with continued mild temperatures tonight and a cooling trend Thursday. Northwestern observations show a fair day at 7:20 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. temperatures around 69 degrees in Milwaukee. Previous day highs reached 84 in Jacksonville and Shreveport, with Yellowstone at 70 and 41 as the week’s low. Precipitation reported at .47 inches, wind from the southwest, barometer 29.20, with last year’s highs 46 and lows 20.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Tornado Hits Columbus Area Injuring Fifty At School
A powerful tornado tore through Columbus Kansas and surrounding areas near noon injuring about 50 people including many children. The storm toppled buildings and collapsed the Highland school roof as windows blew out at the city’s high school while other towns in Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma reported fatalities.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Boone County
Republican
Ark
Chetopa
Ramona
Okla
Tristate Road
Highland Grade School
Highland School
Community High School
Piety Hill
Virginia
Duncan's Hearing Opens Tomorrow
Milwaukee AP—District Attorney Herbert J. Steffes said he will present the state's first degree manslaughter case against Thomas M. Duncan, governor's secretary, at a preliminary hearing in district court tomorrow. More than a dozen witnesses are subpoenaed for the hearing set to begin at 2 p.m. Duncan is free on $5,000 bond, hospitalized in Madison for mental shock, and was arraigned March 11 in Madison on the manslaughter charge in the death of Henry F. Schuette, 69, retired West Allis businessman.
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Herbert J. Steffes
Thomas M. Duncan
Steffes
Duncan
Liberty
Madison
Henry F. Schuette
Allis
Ranks of Democrats Split Year After Rift Over High Court
Washington dispatch reports ongoing split among Democrats a year after the Supreme Court clash. About one third of the Senate's 77 Democrats voted against the reorganization bill, with several up for reelection. In the House, leaders clash over the program while administration allies claim a majority. The debates mirror past battles, with Democrats often opposing court-related measures and Republicans aiding scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
Brown
Michigan
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Rules Committee
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Roosevelt
Senate panel backs tax break for liquidations gains
Washington reporters note the senate finance committee voted to exempt capital gains on utility holding company liquidations to ease restructuring. The move, urged by William Douglas, aims to remove penalties under the public utility holding company act and spur liquidation of personal holding companies, with four installment options proposed for high earners. The panel also loosened pork import levies and kept a push to publish salaries above 75 000, while preparing to report the 5 billion tax revision bill to the senate.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
William ©. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
Douglas
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance
Senate
Follette Orders Brown County Audit
Governor La Follette directed the municipal accounting division to audit Brown County highway committee books. Thomas Davlin, chair of the state highway commission, requested the review after probing alleged irregularities in expenditures and contracts. Raymond Mallow said an auditor would be assigned and the investigation would begin immediately.
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Madison
la Follette
Brown County Highway Committee
Thomas Davlin
State Highway Commission
Raymond Mallow
Municipal Aecounting
Dartin
Republican Objections Overruled In House Reorganization Move
The special committee overruled Republican objections and urged the house to begin six hours of debate on the administration's reorganization legislation. Four bills were united into a single substitute, with Cochran stating a 7 to 2 vote. TaBer and Gifford protested the six hour limit while Roosevelt denounced telegraphic pressure.
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Taber
Gifford
Washington
Senate
Cochran
Missouri
Tabor
New York
Representative Taber
Roosevelt
Congress
General Accounting Office
Budget Bureau
Warm Springs
Navy Patrol Bomber Crashes Off Oahu.
Five navy airmen were missing after a patrol bombing plane crashed off Watanae, Oahu. A sixth man was unconscious and later taken to hospital, another reached shore safely, as seven crew were aboard. G. J. Niles swam ashore to report to commandant.
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Watanae
Oahu
Naval Base
G. J. Niles
Little Chute Seeks Kaukauna Electric Service Expansion
The public service commission in Madison set an April 7 hearing on Little Chute’s request to extend service via the Kaukauna municipal electric utility. Kaukauna allegedly refused to extend lines when land leases were obtained for construction.
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Wis
Public Service Commission
Lite Chute
Kaukauna Muenicipal Electric Utility
Kaukauna
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