Fleet Expansion Bill And Electrification Funds In Play
Washington reports the house rejected a compromise on general transportation legislation to unify waterways with rail and motor vehicle regulation. The senate naval committee unanimously endorsed an 11 percent increase in the navy fighting strength, while rejecting a plan to permanently add 19 new ships. Roosevelt seeks 100 million dollars for the rural electrification administration as Congress contemplates shipbuilding costs and war readiness.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Mussolini silent on army day in Venice crowd shouts Tunisia
Premier Mussolini appeared on the Venice palace balcony for army day amid Italy's war prep and anti Allied press campaign. He urged the crowd to "get accustomed to my silence" as 75,000 gathered. 37 families received gold medals, and over 1,000 fascist students cheered, shouting Tunisia and Heil Hitler.
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Teachers Colleges to Boost Fees in 1941
Madison reports nine state teachers colleges will raise semester fees by five dollars starting next September. The plan, approved by the board of normal regents, aims to cut enrollments and lift teaching standards through stricter entrance requirements. Fees go from 15 to 20 dollars per semester, with funds returning to the general fund and not to individual school budgets.
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Edgar G. Doudna
Board of Normal Regents
Doudna
Explorer Dr Frederick Cook Remains Critical
Port Chester New York report states 73 year old explorer Dr Frederick A Cook is in a coma and in critical condition after an apoplectic stroke. He was admitted to United hospital last Friday.
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Port Chester
United Hospital
Frederick A. Cook
Holland Tightens Air Raid Measures At Schiphol
Dutch authorities and mayors grant special powers to enforce air raid protections amid wartime. Property owners may be required to reinforce buildings and civilians to obey orders, with authorities allowed to seize materials. The Schiphol airport is closed to foreign planes starting tomorrow, with arrivals diverted to Eeide airport six miles from Amsterdam.
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Asterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Schiphol
Amsterdam
Eeide
Yugoslavia Weighs Russian Ties in Balkan Diplomacy
Belgrade reports indicate Yugoslavia may seek Russian protection while Britain and France offer guarantees of independence. A Yugoslav military mission led by Gen. Maximovic plans to consult in Moscow, amid renewed trade contacts with Russia.
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Yugoslavia
Balkan
Rome
Russia
Balkans
Vojin Maximovic
Moscow
Bulgaria
Heil urges honor to Mother’s Day proclamation
Madison May 12 proclamation calls for general observance of Mother's Day in 1940 amid global conflict. Governor Heil urges remembrance of mothers as inspiration to virtue, urging tolerance and protection of sacred American values.
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Madison
Heil
United States
Germans degrade themselves says Koht in Paris speech
Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht told an American Club audience in Paris today that Germany’s prewar ultimatum to Norway would have severed the life line to the west. He defended Norwegians while condemning German actions as degraded.
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Halvdan Koht
Koht
International Glance Sees Pressure on Chamberlain as Norway Defeat Stirs
AP reports London indicating no immediate resignation plan despite political furor from Norway defeat. Britain mobilizes 2.5 million more men. Berlin says 7,000-ton Allied transport sunk near Narvik as Luftwaffe supports siege. Mussolini hints Italy to speak after policy shift on belligerency. Yugoslavia protection moves develop with Allies and Soviet Russia. German parachute troops reportedly land behind Narvik siege lines.
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Goan Export Plant Programs Aimed at Corn Surplus
Washington report says the agriculture department launches an export subsidy plan for corn to curb record surpluses. Export traders would bid to ship 20 to 30 million bushels to Canada and Europe, using government stocks from grower loan programs. Subside payments would let exporters meet foreign prices despite domestic supports, with aims to avoid a corn marketing quota referendum.
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Roosevelt parley summons Hull and Welles for lunch
President Roosevelt called Secretary Cordell Hull and Undersecretary Sumner Welles to the White House for a luncheon conference amid ongoing study of foreign developments. The White House offered no clue on the talk, while Secretary Early denied a new U S peace or mediation plan to Mussolini and rejected a Rome dispatch as erroneous.
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Sumner Welles
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Italy
Rome
Nazis Repulsed On Wide Front In France War Report
Paris reports a war communique stating German troops were repulsed everywhere in infantry actions across a wide front on the western front. Artillery played a role today in the Vosges mountains and near Wissembourg as fighting continued.
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Paris
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Wissembourg
John A Moore heads Winnebago County Republicans
Winnebago county Republicans elected officers adopted a new constitution named delegates to the state convention and endorsed Rep Frank B Keefe for reelection. John A Moore 28 of Oshkosh was chosen to head the voluntary GOP committee for the presidential year campaign succeeding Oscar A Lichtenberger who remains as a vice chairman. The group stated 58 delegates will attend the Green Bay convention May 31 and June 1.
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Winnebago County
Frank B. Keefe
John A. Moore
Oshkosh
Oscar A. Lichtenberger
Green Bay
Appleton Service Station Robbery and Kidnapping
Appleton Wisconsin police seek two bandits after they robbed the Allen service station of $60 last night and forced attendant Kenneth Fuhrman to ride with them three miles toward Waupaca before he was dumped. Stamps and coupons valued at about $135 were also taken at the Allen bulk plant, and the Spilker bakery safe was broken open for $25. Deputies pursue links among the incidents as one robber showed a gun.
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Appleton
Wis
U.P
Outa@amie county
Allen
Kenneth Fuhrman
Highway 10
Waupaca
Allen Bulk
Spilker
Sheriff's
Fuhrman
Commission declines to reinstate wardens in Madison
Madison dispatch reports the conservation commission rejected two reinstatement pleas for Game Wardens John Egan of Manitowoc and Edward Fess of Madison after a state personnel board recommended their return. The panel ruled the men are incapable due to age, 64 and 67, to meet required standards. no enforcement power rests with the board, mandamus actions may follow.
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State Board of Personnel
Conservation Commission
John Egan
Manitowoc
Edward Fess
Personnel Board
Fess
Egun
Weather summary for Wisconsin and distant stations
Fair tonight in Wisconsin with Friday partly cloudy and moderate temperatures. Sun Day rising at 34:22 and setting at 15:30 with 7:63 daylight. Milwaukee reports a high of 63 and a low of 41 in the last 24 hours along with southeast wind and 0.08 inches precipitation. Becktstaff Observatory data show maximum 63 and minimum 41 from Tuesday noon to Wednesday noon.
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Union Leader Shot in Brooklyn Plant Dispute
Vito Tri marco, 30, ILGWU delegate, was killed during a heated argument over organizing 35 workers at Trio Coat Corporation in Brooklyn. President Giuseppe Fristachi, 64, known for resisting union efforts, was arrested on homicide charges after witnesses said Tri marco and others argued with Fristachi for about an hour before a scuffle led to two shots, with one hitting Tri marco in the heart.
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Vito Trimarco
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Trio Coat Corporation
Brooklyn
Giuseppe Fristachi
Trimarco
Fristachi
British pilots battle German bombers over frozen Norwegian air base
British flyers, many burned, described an 12 hour attack as 80 to 90 German planes bombed and gunned a base on Lake Lesjeskogen near Amildalsnes. They claimed six German planes shot down, eight more in mountains, forty sorties, 37 German planes engaged, only five British planes serviceable by day’s end.
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United Press
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Norway
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Aleft
Laird to Run for State Senate Seat in Twenty Fourth District
Marshfield Wisconsin M R Laird chairman of the Wood county board of supervisors announced he would be a candidate for state senator from the Twenty fourth district which includes Wood Clark and Taylor counties Laird a Republican was reelected board chairman Tuesday and will seek the seat in the upcoming election
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Wood County Board of Supervisors
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German Claims Sinking Allied Ship Off Narvik
Berlin reports that German planes sank a 7,000 ton Allied transport off Narvik and an Allied submarine in the Skagerrak, with pursuit planes joining a ground attack on Allied troops and batteries. The British cabinet crisis looms as observers expect intensified war policy here and in France. Parachute reinforcements reported near Narvik amid heavy snows and stalemate. British fighters downed a German plane off Scotland's northeast coast.
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High Command
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Skagerrak
Neville Chamberlain
Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
France
Edouard ‘Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Norse Soldiers to Be Allowed to Go Home
Hitler announced that Norwegian prisoners could return home. He praised their conduct, saying they fought openly and honorably and treated German wounded and captured soldiers decently. The order also notes King Haakon and Norway’s cabinet urged war against Germany.
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Adollf Hitler
Fuhrer
Poland
Haakon of Norn
Germany
Policeman Fuller Faces Felony Charge On Car Damage
Madison 7 Policeman Reon M Fuller 31 was arrested on felony counts for damaging automobiles on his beat between 2 p m and 5 a m Stanley Feeney said he caught Fuller breaking a radio aerial on a car beating Virginia Bates Taent Fitter who shielded wipers and other equipment to discourage unlawful parking
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Reonald
M. Fuller
Stanley Feeney
Fuller
Virginia Ieee Bates
House Rises For Recess Till May 21
London report says Prime Minister Chamberlain faced a rebuff from labor opposition on a reconstructed cabinet plan. Britain’s submarines sunk one German ship and damaged another as 2,500,000 more men were mobilized by royal decree. The House of Commons adjourned at 4 p.m. after Lloyd George defended his stance amid calls for Chamberlain’s resignation.
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John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Lloyd George
Heil cites $500000 saved by cutting highway staff
Governor Julius Heil told a luncheon in Wausau that cutting highway commission personnel from 700 to 400 saved $500,000 in salaries and that about 4,000 state employees remain too many. He praised the office at Lancaster reducing staff from 57 to 16 and defended no firing despite budget cuts. He urged economy and warned against taxing people to death while stressing a duty to protect public welfare.
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Wis
Highway Commission
Julius Heil
Heil
Grand Forks
Lancaster
Hin
Shakeups Foreseen in Reynaud Cabinet Britain May Also Change
Reports in political circles say Premier Paul Reynaud may reshuffle his minority before the chamber reopens after a two week spring vacation. Hints of allied cabinet changes surface as discussions focus on central Norway operations and political strategy.
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Norway
Paul Reynaud
Chamber of Deputies
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