Trade Program Change Is Killed In Senate 44-41
Washington reports the reciprocal trade program with administration support survived a Senate test as a 44 to 41 vote defeated a ratification amendment. Senator Harrison said the fight is over and the bill should pass Tuesday. Republicans framed the vote as showing strength on the issue. two Democrats shifted to oppose ratification. La Follette Jr. joined the losing side, while Wiley was paired with Slattery against the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Donahey
Ohio
Schwartz
Wyoming
LA Folletite
Len Robert M. la Follette Jr
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Slattery
Allies claim victories on land and aloft during wartime
Diplomatic reports say Turkey will allow Franco British fleets through the Dardanelles to enforce a Black Sea blockade. Paris says heavy artillery engages west of the Vosges and Saar. French troops ambush a German detachment. casualties reported. British and German air actions in France claim downed German planes and engagements over the western front. Denmark reports steady coastal cannonading near Sylt and Helgoland as German bases are shelled offshore.
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Bucharest
Turkey
Dardanelles
Paris
U.P
High Command
Vosges
Saar River
West-Saar
France
Royal Air Force
R.A. F
Toender
Denmark
Sweden
North Sea
Sylt
Helgoland
Police at Manitowoc cleared of misconduct charges
Manitowoc Wisconsin fire and police commission ruled last night that charges alleging police malpractice in failing to arrest the person who smashed a bank document weeks earlier were unfounded. The panel voted 4 to 1 that the accusations rested on gossip and rumor.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Fire and Police Commission
California floods again as rivers burst banks
Northern California rivers flood the Sacramento Napa and San Lorenzo valleys as week long rains continue. Major waterways including the Sacramento and Napa threaten levees, forcing evacuations in Napa and Santa Cruz regions while forecasts predict more rain and potential evacuations in Tehama County.
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San Francisco
California
Sacramento
Napa
San Lorenzo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Santa Cruz Bay
Santa Cruz
U. S
E. E. Fletcher
Fletcher
Tehama County
Wisconsin WPA Fire Fight Plan Gets $150,000 Grant
Washington representative Gehrmann announced a $150,000 Works Progress Administration project to combat forest fires in Wisconsin. He pushed for most funds in the Tenth district and described a plan to merge WPA workers into state payrolls during actual fire suppression. A separate $25,000 federal forest service fire prevention project was expected to begin soon, with sites possibly in Vilas and Bayfield counties.
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Washington
Gehrmann
Progressive
Wisconsin
Work Projects Administration
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
P. D. Flanner
WPA
Federal Forest Service
Vilas County
Army
Bayfield County
Brackett Re elected President Of Wisconsin Dairymen
To Head Dairymen Menomonie Wis AP Rich ard Brackett of Elk Mound has been returned to office for his third term as president of the Wisconsin Dairymen's association. Other officers chosen at the convention concluded yesterday included Fred Burhop of Grafton vice president A C Thomson of Fort Atkinson secretary treasurer and Harry Hill of Sheboygan Falls D P Hughes of Menomonie Stanley Jamieson of Appleton and H F Schroeder of West Bend directors.
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Menomonie
Wis
Richard Brackett
Elk Mound
Wisconsin Dairymen's Association
Fred Burhop
Grafton
A. C. Thomson
Fort Atkinson
Harry Hill
Sheboygan Falls
D. P. Hughes
Stanley Jamieson
Appleton
H. F. Schroeder
West Bend
Ripon Man Selected as State Public Service Secretary
Madison Wisconsin John G Kaiser 45 of Ripon chief clerk for Wisconsin Power and Light was named secretary of the public service commission to succeed Calmer Brown. Kaiser ranked second in a state personnel exam with Browy first and Robert Russell third. Kaiser will assume duties as the commission weighs whether Browy remains in another post. The secretaryship pays $4000 yearly.
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Madison
John G. Kaiser
Ripon
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Public Service Commission
Calmer Brown
Brown
Kaiser
State Bureau of Personnel
Browy
Robert Russell
Milwaukee
Reuben Peterson
Tax Department Ousters Will Be Tested in Court
Milwaukee case challenges the 1930s tax department reorganization that dismissed 37 employees. Attorney Carl H Juergens seeks mandamus to reinstate five workers in Milwaukee income tax office. Suit targets Elmer Barlow for alleged Civil Service violations and lack of just cause.
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TAX Department
Madison
State Tax Department
A. C. Hoppmann
Carl H. Juergens
Mil— Waukee
Hoppman
Elmer Barlow
Milwaukee
Juergens
Barrow
March Nearing End Spring Signs Seen
Milwaukee area reports show spring mood as temperatures rose to 36 in Milwaukee and 42 to 56 across the region. The Weather Bureau predicts mild but cloudy weather tonight and Sunday with light rainfall in several communities, Park Falls recording the most at .17 of an inch.
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Milwaukee
Federal Weather Bureau
Green Bay
Nazi Charges Denied by U S Leaders
Washington reports that US officials bluntly deny German documents claiming US policy aided the European war. President Roosevelt cautions that abroad propaganda should be taken with salt, while Hull Bullitt and Potocki reject the Berlin assertions as false.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Europe
Berlin
U. S
Hull
State Department
William C. Bullitt
United States
France
Jerzy Potocki
America
Warsaw
Count Potocki
Louis P. Lochner
Foreign Office
Search Continues For Missing Child In Breeds Area
Seventy five searchers spread out in the fields today to continue the hunt for Helen Louise Chenoweth a 3 4 year old child who disappeared Thursday night Lieut Robert Grant of the Illinois state police helping Sheriff B E Cook of Fulton county said the case is baffling no clues have been found since the child vanished from her doorstep before supper As many as 200 men have combed the area around Breeds futilely until 10 o clock last night.
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Helen Louise Chenoweth
Robert Grant
Illings
Juntil
Reynaud to Broadcast Radio Address to U S Tonight
Premier Paul Reynaud will broadcast a radio speech to the United States at midnight local time today, the government announced. The address is expected to touch on war aims and the allied position as France fights on.
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U.i
Paul Reynaud
United States
Roosevelt says no immediate prospect for peace in Europe
President Roosevelt at a press conference said there is scant immediate prospect for a just lasting peace in Europe. He added that information gathered abroad by Sumner Welles will be valuable when the time comes to negotiate peace, though the exact timing remains uncertain and no move is promised.
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Sumner Welles
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Welles
Churchill vows not to broaden area of war
London broadcast quotes Winston Churchill stating Britain will follow the war wherever it leads but has no wish to widen the conflict. It notes his second speech in 10 weeks focusing on neutrals and calls for united action with Britain and France to end the war against Germany.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Britain
Churchill
France
Germany
U S High Court Asked to Decide on Bingo
Milwaukee report says Max Raskin announced that the U S Supreme Court will review a state court ruling banning bingo. Edward and Mrs Zrimsch, operators of Bahn Frei bail, were restrained by Judge Charles Aarons from renting a hall for bingo games. The state Supreme Court previously upheld Aarons, ruling bingo is a public nuisance and illegal even if proceeds benefit passersby or charity.
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Milwaukee
Atly
Max Raskin
States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
British Minister of Shipping Dies Suddenly in London
Sir John Gilmour, minister of shipping since October, died at his home this morning after a sudden illness. The ministry announced the death, noting his role in coordinating merchant fleet activities in the economic war against Germany.
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London
John Gilmour
John
Germany
Board of Trade
Madison attorney Charles Dow dies after long Progressive ties
Charles Dow a Madison attorney and real estate dealer associated with the Wisconsin Progressive movement from its start died last night in a Madison hospital. He was a longtime figure in local politics and business.
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Charles Dow
Madison
Progressive Party
Wisconsin
Charles Dow Passes In Madison At 76
Charles M. Dow known as Charley, 76, died in a Madison hospital. A Wisconsin political figure, he backed the Progressive party and counted Republicans and Democrats among friends. A former assistant state treasurer, he served on Gov. La Follette’s staff from 1935 to 1939 and was an honorary colonel. Dow, born in Clinton in 1864, worked in the drug trade, studied pharmacy at Wisconsin, pursued law, and engaged in real estate. He owned race horses and his Loraine Hotel rooms were a gathering spot for politicians and press.
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Madison
Charles M. Dow
Wisconsin
Charley
Progressive Party
Philip F. la Follette
la Fodlétte
Charles Dow
Clinton
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Congress
Former educator threatened with contempt ruling
Washington report on Albert E. Blumberg former Johns Hopkins philosophy teacher and Maryland district leader of the Communist party facing potential contempt proceedings for refusing Dies committee questions about defending the United States in a war with the Soviet Union. Blumberg and his wife testified while declining direct answers about wartime loyalty as records were seized from the Baltimore party office.
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Washington
Communist Party
Dies Committee
United States
Soviet Russia
Albert E. Blumberg
Johns Hopkins
Maryland
District of Columbia
Jeaders
House
Dies
Texas
Blumberg
Ballymore
Baltimore
Thes
Russia
United States Stands With Chiang As Regime At Nanking Denounced
Secretary of State Cordell Hull reiterated that the United States will not recognize the Japanese sponsored regime at Nanking. He affirmed U S recognition of Chiang Kai Shek's government at Chungking, stating it retains the allegiance of the Chinese people and will be treated as the legitimate government of China.
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Hull
Washington
Reublic
China
Chungking
Nanking
Ching
United States
East Asia
Far East
Republic of China
Government of
Weather Brief: Partly Cloudy Skies Across Wisconsin
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with mild temperatures. Great Lakes region faces considerable cloudiness and above normal temperatures into midweek with cooler conditions by Friday. Wisconsin and Milwaukee reports show highs near mid 40s and lows around mid 30s with light precipitation and west winds.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern Operrations
Milwaukee
Galage
Miami
Devils Lake
Chicago
Great Lakes
Buckstaff
Japan Recognizes Wang Regime In Nanking Ceremony
Wang Ching Wei, backed by Japanese bayonets, proclaimed a new central government of China in Nanking. He read Sun Yat Sen’s will and a cessation order to end hostilities with Japan, claiming authority over occupied areas while Japan remains the only recognizing power. Foreign reporters witnessed oaths as a band played the national anthem in the Yuan building.
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Nanking
Wang Ching Wrn
China
Wang
Chiang Kai Shek
Republic
Sun Yat Sen
Dr. Sun
Japan
East Asia
Chungking
Yuan
Ten Georgia Klansmen Indicted for 22 Floggings
Atlanta authorities indicted twenty two Klansmen for a series of 22 flogging attacks in city suburbs over two years. Deputy sheriffs Ed Burdette and Herb Edison are among the suspects, with bonds set at 5090 and 179000 dollars. Imperial Wizard James A Colescott testified as元 grand jury examined Klans records. Other indicted members include Charlie Watts Henry Cawthon Walter Forster Dan Edison W T Walton Clifford Golden George Cameron and Raymond Bryan.
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Atlanta
Ok—County
Grand Jury
Dong
Tte
Klan
James A. Colescott
Charlie Watts
Henry Cawthon
Walter Forster
Dan Edison
W. T. Walton
Clifford Golden
George Cameron
Raymond Bryan
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