Chamber of Commerce study targets private industry jobs
The U S Chamber of Commerce launches a nationwide survey to estimate available private sector jobs. Harper Sibley is reelected president. resolutions blast New Deal taxes and wage rules, urge continued trade pacts with safeguards for agriculture.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
Harper Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
Joseph W. Evans
Houston
Tex
Hull
Agriculture and Foreign Commerce
Democratic body to discuss plans in state May 9
Madison reports notices sent to members of the Democratic state central committee to meet May 9 for talks on state convention plans and selecting alternate convention delegates. John Slocum announced the date after speaking with James Corcoran. Milwaukee Fond du Lac and Oshkosh seek the convention site.
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Madison
Parity
Democratic State Central Committee
John Slocum
State Central Committee
James Corcoran
Webster
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Borah
Quints May Be Old Maids Says University Psychologist
Dr Don ald A Laird of Colgate University Laboratory predicts the Dionne quintuplets may grow into heart breakers and old maids. He warns segregation from other children could foster man haters and that their fortune could lure fortune seeking suitors.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Donald A. Laird
Colgate University Psychological Laboratory
Inflationists Win Petition On Frazier Lemke Bill May Vote
Washington U P House inflationists won a major victory by completing a vote forcing petition on the 3 billion dollar Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill. They aim to sway doubtful members for a May 11 vote while leaders forecast defeat as the bill faces strong opposition.
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Washington
U.P
House
Patrick Boland
Reemployment Problem Looms in Campaign
A. F. L. reports over 12 million unemployed as of March 31 and politics glare over how to handle job losses. Debates loom on a 30 hour work week and other New Deal remedies while Roosevelt Perkins and Black Connery press for action amid ongoing relief and private sector options.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
White House
A. F. of L
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
Congress
Hugo Black
Alabama
William P. Connery Jr
Massachusetts
Frances Perkins
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
United States Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Miss Perkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Baltimore
Four Veterans Hold Pershing Hall In Paris Standoff
Four American Legion veterans and six colleagues barricaded Pershing hall in Paris, the Legion headquarters, to resist removal by the building committee and French police. Police arrived as debt concerns triggered the hall closure, but the occupants vowed to stay and seek funds.
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Edward Kennedys
Associated Press
Paris
Pershing Hall
American Legion
Building Committee
Paris Post
Legionnaires
Tomahi
May Day Observances Worldwide Include Large Parades
Tens of thousands of soldiers in Moscow parade past Lenin's tomb as tanks and 750 warplanes show Soviet power. In New York 300000 march with communists and leftists joining for the first time. Hitler calls for peace while warning Europe against meddling as Germany marks a jubilant May Day.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Square
Adolf Hitler
New York
European States
Russia
Lenin
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Europe
France
Hyde Park
London
Madrid
Austria
Kurt Schuschniger
Manila
Mexico City
St Louis
Cleveland
Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Auxiliary
Communist Party
United States
Five Robbers Hold Up Detroit Bank Branch
Five armed robbers burst into the Detroit Bank branch at Oakland and Woodland Avenues near Highland Park before 11 AM. They seized cash estimated at 50 000 dollars, firing once and injuring two customers with marble splinters from the counter. The gang fled in a large sedan, leaving a vault portion untouched.
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Detroit
Iava Hershey
Harry Taylor
Clemens
Oakland
Woodland Avenues
Highland Park
Chrysler Automobile Plant
Taylor
William J. Collins
Random Lake
Wis
Harry Heinen
W. J. Hand
Joseph J. Dreps
No bill voted against Wendel in kidnapping case
Hunterdon county grand jury returned a no bill after reviewing the charge that Paul H. Wendel abducted the Landberg baby. Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck announced the ruling in Flemington New Jersey.
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Wendel
Flemington
N. J
Anthony MM. Hauck
Hunterdon County
Grand Jury
Anna Hauptsmann
Paul H. Wendel
Landbergh
Man Crushed Between Iron Castings Dies in Wisconsin Plant
Anton Koran ha, 26, died at a hospital after being crushed between two rounded iron shell castings at the Allis Chalmers plant in West Allis. He worked as a helper in the pack and plate shop.
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Milwauker
Anton Koranha
Allis Chalmers Company
West Allis
Burglars Steal Arms at Sheboygan Sport Goods
Four burglars broke into the Sheboygan Sport Goods Company store in Sheboygan Wisconsin on Wednesday night and stole three revolvers a nickel shotgun and ammunition for a revolver.
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Sheboygan, Wis
Sheboygan Sport Goods Company
Selassie Rallies Ethiopians as Italy Advances on Addis Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie orders able bodied citizens near Addis Ababa to march north to halt Italian troops advancing on the city. He returns from the northern front after camping in the Entotto mountains and vows Ethiopia will fight until the last soldier and the last inch. The capital is largely deserted with police maintaining order.
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Addis Ababa
Yaile Selassie
Ras Getachou
Ethiopia
Entotto
Milwaukee Man’s Body Found in the Fox River
Fred Emerson a 27 year old Milwaukee man drowned on a fishing trip near the Chicago and Northwestern bridge after disappearing March 24. Ruth Eppinger a 10 year old girl found the body eight feet deep. Emerson is survived by his parents a brother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Fred Emerson
Milwaukee
Fox River
Ruth Eppinger
Joseph Eppinger
Nebraska Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Emerson
Eppinger
Herbert Blume
Anton FE
Weisgerber
William Bauer
Italian advance in East Africa leaves 6250 dead in campaign
Dispatch from Rome reports Mussolini's forces in East Africa suffered heavy losses as Marshal Badoglio claimed 50 officers and 1,200 troops dead or wounded. He said Ras Nasibu’s retreating forces fled toward Jajiga after Sasa Ranch engagement near Daggah Bur.
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Rome
Italy
Badoglio
Ras Nasibu
Sasa Ranch
Jajiga
Daggah Bur
Rainstorms Cause Major Damage Across Minnesota Iowa
A violent storm system tore through a 100 mile strip of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota causing four deaths and many injuries. Tornado damage in Martin and Faribault counties topped $600,000 with extensive farm losses, and Winona set a new 24 hour rainfall record at 4.22 inches. Roads and rail lines flooded, washouts appeared near Winona, and La Crosse reports spring rains disrupting systems with high water levels across Rushford and surrounding areas.
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St. Paul
Iowa
Minnesota
Emmett Barnett
Tenhassen
Martin County
Mississippi River Bluffs
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Winona
J. R. Johns
Faribault
Martin
Blue Earth
la Crosse
Wis
Ettrick
Rushford
Minn
la Croisse
Rush Creek
Thoroughbreds Nominated for Kentucky Derby
Nineteen two year old thoroughbreds were nominated for the 62nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs led by Widener’s Brevity as heavy favorite. Uncertainty over muddy track and forecast showers risk delaying the post. Nominees include Banister Merry Pete Indian Broom He Did Dnieper Gran ville Bold Venture Bien Joh The Fighter Teufel Seventh Heaven Forest Play Grand Slam Brevity Sangreal Gold Seeker Coide stream Hell Image Silas.
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Louisville
Joseph H. Widener
Churchill Downs
James L. Kendal
PLGB
Widener
Deeper
Seventh Heaven
W. C. Goodioe
Foxecatcher Farm
Banister
Merry Pete
Indian Broom
He Did
Dnieper
Granville
Bold Venture
Bien Joh
the Fighter
Teufel
Forest Play
Grand Slam
Brevity
Sangreal
Gold Seeker
Coidestream
Hell Image
Silas
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Kennedy
Winnebago County
Edward W. Lewis
Polien
Philadelphia
Barkley
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Franklin Spencer Edmonds
Edmonds
Alvin Barkley
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
William H. King
Utah
King
Sen
Josiah Bailey
North Carolina
Senate
Foreign Office
Duce
Africa
George C. Jordan
Burlington
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