Shorter Session Move Blocked In Wisconsin Senate
Madison legislators balked at a two thirds vote required to shorten the session as Sen. Herman Severson led a failed bid to end committee hearings. The senate approved an electric voting machine and pursued probes into phone rates and insurance practices amid partisan clashes.
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Madison
Senate
Herman Severson
Iola
Harry Daggett
Milwaukee
Severson
Leonard Fons
Assembly
Woodmen of America
Walter Hunt
Rivers Falls
Woodmen
J. H. Carroll
Glidden
William Edwards
Sussex
W. &. Keppel
Holmen
Carroll
Joint Finance Committee
Senate Today
Railroad Commission
Yates
Duncan
Fons
Gettelman
Mehigan
Polakowski
Daggett
Morris
Harold Malchow
Green Bay
Army Guards Massed as Evarts Tension Mounts in Kentucky
More than 300 Kentucky National Guardsmen moved from 13 cities to Harlan armory to aid civil authorities. Commanded by Col Dan Carrell, the force prepares to occupy Evarts nine miles away amid reports of armed watchers and mass evacuations. Governor Sampson ordered the move after talks with labor leaders and residents.
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Harlan
National
Harlan County
Evarts
Kentucky
Newport
Lexington
W. H. Jones Jr
Harlan Personnally
Dan Carrell
138Th Field Artillery
Flem D. Sampson
Two RAF Pilots Parachute to Save Lives in Collision
Two Royal Air Force pilots survived a midair crash after leaping with parachutes when their two machines collided 14 000 feet above Danbury England. Flight Lieutenant E S Borthwick Glarke and Pilot Officer W H Kyle landed safely. Earlier near Aldershot two army planes collided at 4000 feet and Pilot Officer John Davis and Pilot Sergeant Blake also bailed out without injury.
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Danbury
Eng
Royal Air Force
Here
E. S. Borthwick-Glarke
W. H. Kyle
Aldershot
John Davis
Blake
Knipfel Named Dairy Specialist for National Cheese Federation
Madison reports H. M. Knipfel, formerly state commissioner of xericulture displaced by Joseph D. Beck, named a dairy organization specialist for the federal farm board. He will assist in organizing the National Cheese Producers Federation and dairy cooperatives for Wisconsin.
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Madison
H. M. Knipfel
Joseph D. Beck
Federal Farm Board
National
Cheese Proaly ‘Federation
Dairy Cooperatives
Wisconsin
Higher Auto Speeds Demand Safer Highway Construction
Maxwell Halsey, traffic engineer, predicts higher car speeds spur safer roads. He advocates raised center strips to prevent head on collisions and channelized islands at wide intersections to curb unsafe left turns. Three and four lane highways with outside lanes smooth and inside lanes rough would guide drivers to pass on the correct side and improve shoulder space for stopping.
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New York
Civil Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Maxwell Halsey
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Definite Policy in Philippines Desirable Says Van Denberg
Senator Arthur H. Van Denberg of Michigan arrived aboard the S S President Cleveland to study Philippine conditions. He argued inde pendence timing matters less than a definite policy for the islands future, calling the idea of handing the Philippines to Japan academic nonsense and saying the islands are not goods to be bought or sold.
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Manila
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
S. S
Cleveland
Phillippines
Vandenberg
Herbier Adams Gibbons
Apan
Philippines
World Chamber debates war debts and world economy
Washington insiders report the International Chamber of Commerce drafting a general resolution on the world economy and war debts. Silas H. Strawn says a final consensus will emerge as sessions continue and a Chinese silver stabilization proposal is considered. President Hoover will host delegates at the White House with a congress banquet tonight.
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Washington, D. C
International Chamber of Commerce
Silas H. Strawn
Resolutions Committee
United States Chamber
International Chamber
Hoover
White House
Congress
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Explosion Ends Oil Well Fire Killing Nine Men
Detonation of a 200 pound nitroglycerin charge extinguished a gusher blaze that fatally burned nine workers. Explosives expert Harry Kinley set off the blast at the shaft mouth. The blast was heard 20 miles away. Texas Ranger Lone Wolf Gonzaullas led guards as workmen prepared to cap the well and vent the crater.
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Gladewater
Harry Kinley
Tulsa
Okla
Longview
Tex
M. T
Lone Wolf
Gonzaullas
Texas Ranger
Sn Tin Wild
Tobacco growers facing surplus threaten ruin in year
Washington says farm board warns tobacco overproduction risks financial ruin for many growers amid rising supplies and weak demand. The grain and tobacco sectors face recession blamed for slow cigarette consumption and reductions in price levels.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Board
Beard
Wisconsin man found dead in garage amid prohibition case
Ed Wilson, a resort owner in Beloit, Wisconsin, facing federal prohibition law violation charges, was found dead in his garage with car motors running. He left a note to a girl saying goodbye.
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Ebeloit
Wis
Ed Wilson
Goodby
Armory Fire in Buffalo Kills Firemen and Destroys Church
A massive blaze in Buffalo’s Masten Hill district destroyed a five story armory and a church, damaged nearby houses, and burned 75 firefighters who fought dense smoke as 20,000 rounds of ammunition exploded. The fire caused about 5 million dollars in losses with four alarms and rapid mobilization.
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Buffalo
U. 1
Masten Hill
106Th Regiment
William R. Castimore
John D. Marvin
Minute Men
Troop I Post
Marvin
Tokio
Yamanaka
Yokohama
Shiba
Yoyama
Akamatsu
Tottori
Tanamura
Wakayama
Ten Years for Son Killing in Menominee County
Frank Cholewa was sentenced to ten years in Marquette prison for killing his son Stanley, 23, after confessing to first degree manslaughter during an argument about the youth devoting time to pigeon raising. Sheriff Reindl halted the funeral procession, then took the father home where he and a photographer snapped pictures before the confession.
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Menominee
Mich
Frank Cholewa
Marquette
Stanley
Harris Farmer
Edward Reindl
Reindl
Chelena
Finance War on Kidnapers Sparks Midwest Uproar
Chicago reports a surge in kidnap for ransom fear across the Midwest as citizens in Staunton Illinois and several states mobilize against the racket. Police estimate hundreds of thousands of dollars paid with many victims staying silent to avoid gang retaliation. A ransom claim by James Hackett the Blue Island gambler is questioned by authorities.
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Chicago
U.P
Staunton
Missouri
Hingis
Indiana
Wisconsin
James Hackett
Blue Island
F. J. Stolze
Kiwanis Debuts Official Song At Convention
Kiwanis announces a new official song to the tune of the Cornell alma mater. Clyde G pear, past president of the Niagara Falls club, submitted the piece at the 15th annual convention music conference. Foster Jones of Detroit led the first performance with Wes Brazil assisting. the group later voted to adopt the song for the official song book.
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Miami
Fla
Kiwanis Intentional
Cornell
iClyde G
Pear
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Foster Jones
Detroit
Iwes
Brazil
Kiwanis
Tulsa Pilot Freed in Wisconsin Manslaughter Verdict
Fond du Lac Wisconsin jury acquitted 27 year old Tulsa pilot Mond Theis in the first manslaughter case linked to a plane crash. Theis piloted a flight that crashed near Princeton killing Mrs. Arnold Schwanck and Miss Lilian Kelm as he allegedly dived from altitude then stalled during a forced landing after a clogged gasoline line. The jury deliberated about six hours.
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Fond Dui Lac
Wis
Ylmond Theis
Tulsa
Wisconsin
Theis
Princeton
Arnold Schwanck
Lilian Kelm
Last Man Remembrance Tour Begins For Army Vet
Charles M. Lockwood, an 88 year old veteran of Company B First Minnesota, returns to battlefields 70 years after his service. He carries a keepsake bottle of Last Man Club wine to honor 33 veterans whose chairs were draped in black last July. He plans a Bull Run anniversary pilgrimage, reliving his company campaigns as he travels with heavy suitcases, greeted by reporters and his daughter Mrs George A Duthie.
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Bess Furman
Washington
Charles M. Lockwood
Company B
Minnesota
Lockwood
Bull Run
Lo Bull Run
Jong
George A. Duthie
Division of Information
United States Forest Service
Stabbings Shock USC Campus Playground Incident
Two University of Southern California students were stabbed in a late night free-for-all on a public playground. Fred Palmer, 19, from Los Angeles, received three knife wounds. The other victim returned home unharmed and unnamed. No arrests were reported.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Fred Palmer
Phyans
Cnt
Complicated Case Involving Aznar Desertion And Imposter
Mexico City narrative follows Alfonso Garcia Aznar who vanished from the army a year and a half ago then reappeared, posing as various relatives to inhabit a family home aided by an aunt. A “husband” impersonation emerged, leading to Aznar’s return and now facing a desertion charge and an undefined civil count.
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Mexico City
Alfonso Garcia Agnar
Tl Keeins
Womah
Asner
Aznar
Rescue of 18 Month Old from Abandoned Well in Geneva Neb
More than 1,600 spectators watched as Carruli Brower, 18 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Brower, was rescued from an abandoned well by volunteers. Firemen climbed 25 feet to tunnel to the bottom and pull her to safety after a cavern formed by a truck passing over the old well. She suffered a bruised leg but no serious injuries. Neighbors supplied hot coffee and food for the workers.
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Geneva
Neb
Carruli Brower
Thomas Brower
May outlaw one man Atlanta streetcars
Atlanta will outlaw one man streetcars on July 19 after a 28 to 7 council vote. The ordinance says single operators are more dangerous than two person crews and labor groups backed the measure citing unemployment concerns. Georgia Power plans to challenge enforcement in court.
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Atlanta
Georgia Power Company
Nye to Cite Ada Burroughs for Contempt in Campaign Probe
Washington report says Nye of the senate campaign funds committee intends to cite Ada Burroughs of Richmond for contempt after she refused to testify. The hearing shifted to Professor Merriam on election reforms as Burroughs was recalled and warned about possible prosecution.
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Ada Burroughs
Campaign, Funds Committee
Cannon
Washington
D. C
Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Richmond
Senate
Merriam
Chicago University
Miss Burroughs
Dill
Harry PF. Sinclair
Cannon anti-Smith Organization
Virginia
James Cannon
Bishop Cannon
La Follettes Buy Old Virginia Farm
Senator and Mrs Robert M La Follette Jr bought a 200 year old estate near Alexandria Virginia. The 91 acre property four miles below the city overlooks Hybla Valley and has four rooms and a kitchen with no plaster plumbing or electricity. They plan gradual restoration to live there between Senate sessions. The Collard family owned it from 1758 until recently and George Washington is believed to have visited. Prices were not disclosed.
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Ruby A. Black
Northwestern
Washington
Washington, D. C
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Virginia
Alexandria
Hybla Valley
la Follettes
Senate
George Washington
Collard
Maryland
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard
Haiti Incident Ends After Haiti Minister Note
Washington secretary Stimson said the Bellegarde note was deemed to end the incident arising from Marine Corps General Smedley Butler remarks. In Chicago at the American Foundrymen’s banquet Ralph Stewart MacPherron of Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee received a medal for gray iron casting contributions.
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Washington
Stimson
Bellegarde
Haiti
State Department
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Chicago
American Foundrymen's Association
Ralph Stewart MacPherron
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Hughes Ungel Law Group 10 Gather Falts
Chief Justice Hughes urged the American Law Institute to maintain an adequate department of justice for criminal statistics. George W. Wickersham pushed for an intensive study of criminal law to aid crime reduction. He noted defects in government statistics and called for a central statistical bureau within justice with a supervising staff to ensure accuracy and uniformity. The Supreme Court docket has about 24 cases awaiting appeal or certiorari.
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Washington, D. C
Sjustice Hughes
American Law Institute
Department of Justice
George W. Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Central Statistical Bureau
Supreme Court
Dying Baylor President Signs Diplomas in Bed
Baylor University president Dr. 5. P. Brooks near death signs diplomas for the 1940 graduating class from his bed at a sanitarium. Despite weeks to live he has completed about 100 of 400 diplomas and urges students to carry on as he faces his end. Pat Neff, former Texas governor and Brooks’ ally, visited as possible successor.
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Waco
Texas
5. P. Brooks
Baylor University
Brooks
Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium
Pat M. Neff
Dr. Brooks
The
Baptist School
Bank Robbery Suspect Identified in Edgerton Case
Reports say Jack Munson of Kewaunee was not recognized by witnesses in the Edgerton Wis robbery case where $11000 was taken. Munson, linked to Frank Jordan who killed a police officer in a separate incident, is tied to a Walworth Wis heist by police as part of the same gang.
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Chicago
Edgerton
Wis
Jack Munson
Kewaunes
Munson
Frank Jordan
Walworth
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