World's Fair Opens With Roosevelt Welcoming Peace Spirit
New York's 160 million World’s Fair, spanning two square miles on Long Island, opened after three years of construction with President Roosevelt declaring the fair a symbol of peace and friendship. A landmark inauguration reenactment and a parade drew hundreds of thousands as statues honoring freedom were dedicated and night illumination lit the grounds.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
America
Constitution Hall
Grover Whalen
Feir
Fiorello la Guardia
Herbert Lehman
George Washington
Denys Wortman
Washington
United States
Far West
Court Will Not Act In Mine Case
Washington The supreme court refused to interfere with the convictions of 34 men on indictments charging violations of antitrust and mail statutes tied to the Illinois mine trouble of 1932. Sentences total four years and fines 20000 each in Southern Illinois Federal district court. Circuit court affirmed but ordered concurrent sentences and fines.
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Supreme Court
Ilnois
Jess R. Anderson
Southern Illinois Federal District Court
Seventh Federal Circuit Court
Temperatures Dip Across Nation Amid Cold Spell
A large high pressure area moved from the Hudson region into the Great Lakes, chilling the Midwest. Forecaster J R Lloyd said temperatures would stay below normal from the Mississippi Valley eastward for about 26 hours with Frosts in Michigan. Wausau Park Falls Wisconsin Seulte St Marie Michigan reported 28, Duluth Minnesota 30, Chicago 40, Peoria 42, Springfield 46, Indianapolis 35, Evansville 48. Continuous frost appeared in Michigan and Indiana as cold air lingered.
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Paris
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Germany and Italy Plan to Counter Encirclement Threats
Rome reports fascist editor Virginio Gayda said Berlin and Rome are forming a joint military plan to counter Anglo French encirclement. General Von Brauchitsch and General Pariani traveled to North Africa, pausing in Sicily due to bad weather en route to Tripoli.
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Germany
Italy
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Alberto Pariani
Tripoli
Catania
Sicily
Ausia Ready to Fight but Only Big War
Russia’s red army readies for a big war in a May Day parade on Red Square with thousands of troops, 264 tanks, 720 airplanes, and a vow to resist aggression. Voroshilov says the army loves to fight and will not be dragged into petty adventures. A large crowd watched the display as the Communist International urged solidarity with anti-Nazi powers and support for “just” wars against aggression. In Wisconsin, aviators begin Sunday breakfast flights with 46 planes arriving from Milwaukee.
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Treasury Would Ban Business Deterrents
Washington lawmakers draft a four point plan to end taxes seen as business deterrents. It calls for repealing undistributed profits and excess profits taxes, capping corporate income at 22 percent, cutting top personal tax to 60 percent, and allowing three year net loss carryovers. Roosevelt backs the plan with Morgenthau likely to discuss it with the House committee next week. Revenue impact is a concern, with a top corporate tax cap not yet fixed.
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Weather Day May 1 2 Wisconsin Forecast Notes
The report covers light to heavy wind shifts and fair conditions in multiple cities including Milwaukee Phoenix Wausau and Park Falls. Temperature readings show a high of 52 and a low around 38 to 42 with no precipitation noted. Barometer around 23.30 inches. """
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Marie
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Slocum and Tibbets Plead Innocent in Job Conspiracy
Madison and surrounding area courts heard Slocum John J. Slocum and Fred Tibbets plead innocent to conspiracy charges alleging they solicited funds from assembly employees to create jobs in violation of civil service laws. Chief Clerk Krez faced arraignment delays as coordination with detectives continued.
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Madison
John J. Slocum
Wausau
Fred Tibbets
Green Bay
Assembly
Fred W. Krez
Plymouth
Tibbets
Krez
Maloney
Russian Aviators Visit World Fair
Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and Maj. Mikhail Gordienko, who crash landed off New Brunswick, arrived at Floyd Bennett Field after a 23 hour 40 minute nonstop flight from Russia to New York. They, aided by a rescue plane, were met by Russian embassy officials and a crowd as they recounted a forced landing due to cold weather fog and radio compass failure over the Labrador coast.
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Vladimir Kokkinaki
Mikhail Gordienko
New Brunswick
Russia
Building
World's Isle
Floyd Bennett Field
Herold S. Vender
Moncton
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Constantine Dumanski
Thor
Kokkinaki
Labrador
3 Injured in Sewer Blasts at Cicero Avenue Chicago
Chicago authorities say a series of sewer explosions along Cicero Avenue in the Austin district injured three people. A gas or inflammable liquid likely seeped into the sewer, causing vapors to ignite and blow manhole covers high into the air. Victims include Mary Kopyszynski listed as 43, Trame Hese, can be assumed by OCR, and David Bigeerstail 22. Bernard Watgelam 29 was also injured when his car was hurled.
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Thomas D Gur
Austin
Cicero Avenue
Garry
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Pir Trame Hese
David Bigeerstail
Puerto Rican Defense Department Created for Caribbean
Secretary Woodring announced a new U S military department for the Caribbean to be established July 1, including Puerto Rico and adjacent keys and the U S Virgin Islands. Brig Gen Edmund L Daley will command from San Juan with Caribbean affairs moving from the Second Army Corps at Governor Island New York.
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San Juan
Second Corps
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New York
Romania Will Not Cede Land Says Calinescu Speech
Premier Armand Calinescu declared Romania will fight rather than concede territory in a May Day speech to about 1000 members of the Workers Union in Bucharest. The address emphasized firm resistance to any territorial concessions and affirmed national resolve.
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Rumania
U.P
Armand Calinescu
Workers’ Union
Grootemaat Former Assemblyman Dies at 75
Abraham L. Grootemaat, 75, longtime Milwaukee political figure and former state assembly member in 1898, died at his home yesterday. He led A. L. Grootemaat & Sons, Inc., a mortgates, refrigerator and insurance firm.
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Soviet Tieup With Nazis Japs Seen by Peace Advocate
Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee that an immediate Russia Germany Japan alignment is possible. He argued such a bloc could draw the U S onto a limb internationally and urged a policy of real neutrality as the path forward. He warned public opinion is turning increasingly unneutral.
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Philip Marshall Brown
American Peace Society
Senate Foreigniz Affairs Committee
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Germany
Japan
Brown
United States
Check on Jobless Fraud Is Started
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin state unemployment compensation department will probe 37 workers who allegedly fraudulently claimed benefits totaling 1257 dollars. An appointed board including Andrew W. Brunhart Robert Haight and Lawrenes S Kate will handle the case amid charges of illegal claims and penalties.
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Wwe
Year’s Defense Bill Biggest in Peacetime
Washington reports the defense bill for the year starting July 1 could total 1.804 billion dollars, with possible increases for Panama projects, far below England’s nearly 2.066 billion. Navy requests 790.4 million, including a 65 million naval air base program, while army funds target modern rifles and faster aircraft.
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Reich Unified In May Day Celebrations
Adolf Hitler proclaims Germany one of the most heavily armed nations. He denounces war claims and denounces American boycott of German goods amid May Day rallies. Nazi diplomats seek to isolate Poland and push German demands, with speeches to Hitler Youth and workers in Berlin.
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Moran and Parker Convicted of Conspiracy in Forgery Case
Chicago figures George Moran and Frankie Parker were convicted by a criminal court jury of conspiracy to forge and cash 362000 in counterfeit American Express travelers' checks. Three codefendants were acquitted. Moran and Parker seek a new trial as Judge Fardy may impose up to one year in jail and a 1000 fine each. Moran remained free on 30000 bond. Parker jailed.
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George
Bugs) Moran
Frankie
Parker
Langland
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James F. Fardy
Frank Hicketts
Daniel Driscoll
Robert Sexton
Moran
Fordy May Sci
Liberty
Hicketts
Aequitie
Siebel
al Capone
Woefel Given One Year and Day for Manslaughter
Batahoo Wisconsin Judge A C Boppmann sentenced Woefel, 30, to one year plus one day in prison for first degree manslaughter in the Hollow shooting that killed Patrick and Maurice Healy, elderly brothers. Evidence showed no malice, and Woefel bore no animosity toward the healys. His brother John, 24, will be tried in the fall term. Local district attorney John A. Rouse announced.
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Maurice Healy
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John A. Rouse
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