Ten Die In Chicago Grain Elevator Fire
A massive blast and explosion leveled a south side grain elevator in Chicago, trapping ten men and driving flames to neighboring structures. Firefighting efforts faced searing heat and high winds, with casualties feared to rise as rescuers could not approach the blaze. The fire, tied to a dust or internal explosion, caused widespread damage across Calumet district facilities and left an eventual loss estimated at about two million dollars.
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Fred Pannwitt
Chicago
South Side
Michael J. Corrigan
W. H. Gassler
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Ernest Barg
Albert Horner
Linn Keefer
Henry Kriel
Louis
Rosenbaum
Norris Grain Company
Joseph Medill
Calumet District
Calumet
Calumet River
Sanity Hearing Ordered for Enid Slay Accused Slayer
Enid Oklahoma awaits a sanity hearing for 40 year old Murphy W who stands trial on a charge he slew his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Ty Murphy. Glucose was forced into his veins to bolster him for the proceeding as jurors are informed a Desprial confinement could follow if he is found insane.
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Enid
Okla
Beraused
Murphy
Ty Murphy
J. W. Bird
Bali
Poygan Girl Crowned Queen of White Bass Festival at Winneconne
Georgiana Wells of Poygan won first place in the White Bass Festival queen contest with 6 052 400 votes. Trudy Hoffman and Marjorie Krings, both from Winneconne, followed in voting. The festival features a parade, crowning ceremony, concerts, broadcasts by Russ Winnie, wrestling and boxing on the main street, and a pavem ent dance this Friday afternoon and evening.
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Winneconne
Georgiana Wells
Poygan
Miss Wells
Gertrude Hoffman
Marjorie Krings
Miss Krings
Winne~ Conns
LaRue Hammond
Tons of
June Schneider
Vinland
Ethel Annison
Twn
Winchester
Anna Mariam Smith
Eagles Band
Oshkosh
Winneconne Bridge
Winneconné
Emil Barbosa
Berlin
Jake Lietz
Ripon
Wige-Witted Women Save Maid From Death
Harriet Smith, 22, a maid at the Theodore Fleming home in Milwaukee, was saved from fatal burns by ten quick-acting women as her clothes caught fire. Mrs Florence and Mrs Parnell smothered the flames with a rug, sending Smith to Columbia Hospital for treatment of second degree burns.
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Cliss Harriett Smith
Columbia Hospital
Miss Smith
Theodore EB. Fleming
Florence Jr
Doroths Parnell
Plymouth New City Hall to Be Dedicated May 14
Plymouth Wisconsin officials announce the dedication of the new city hall with a formal ceremony and open house on May 14. Neighboring community officials have been invited to inspect the fully modern structure.
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Plymouth New City Hall
Plymouth Wis
Plymouths
Asill
White Bass Queen Wins Festival Title at Winneconne
Miss Georgiana Wells of Poygtan surged from third to first in the final tally to win the White Bass Festival queen title at Winneconne Friday.
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Georgiana Wells
Winneconne
Poygtan
Morgenthau Seeks Tax Law Reform Aimed at Business
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury will ask Congress to remove business deterrents from the tax code to encourage investment. He denied Roosevelt blocked a revision plan and said he stood by letters to Senate Finance and House Ways and Means chairs. He expected to be summoned by the committee within a week and marked his 48th birthday with a rose garden gesture.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Committee
Treasury Garden
League of Nations postpones Geneva council session
At Soviet request the League of Nations postponed its Geneva council session set for next Monday by a week. The move aims to allow Vladimir Potemkin to reach Geneva after his Near Eastern tour and to enable talks with other powers. Foreign Secretaries Halifax and Bonnet are expected to attend, with London sources noting it could advance Anglo French alliance discussions.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Geneve
League
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Georges Bonnet
France
London
Britain Romania sign trade pact amid postwar alignments
Britain and Romania signed a trade pact with a five million pound credit to Romania for purchases in the United Kingdom. The agreement, signed in Bucharest, aims to bolster arms and materiel imports as part of Romania's strategy to offset German economic influence.
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Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Camerons
Groat Friarr
Rumania
Britain
United Kingdom
Stagley
Rami Tia Maine Ix
Aureemerd
Reichsluhrer Finder
Europe
Buchcharest
Romania
Germany
London
Alfier Fald
Chamberlain Warns On Danzig War Risk In Hall Speech
Prime Minister Chamberlain warned that any forceful attempt to alter the Danzig situation to threaten Polish independence would spark a general war in which Britain would be involved. He spoke to Conservative women and noted Moscow’s rejection of Britain’s eastern European guarantees. He cautioned against doubting Britain and France’s pledges and called war from misunderstanding a frightful prospect.
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Danzig
Europe
London
Chamberlain
Albert Hall
Britain
Poland
Germany
Viscount Healifax
Ivan Maisky
Izvestia
Moscow
Leon Blum
France
Senate Kills Bill On Tavern Closing In Wisconsin
Madison reports the Wisconsin Senate rejected the Paulson tavern closing bill after amendments. Senate votes 4 to 2 overturning the author’s position as Zimny and Gettelman offered reforms to keep taverns open from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. and to remove all limits. A prior amendment to close all taverns on Sundays was also defeated. The measure would have changed current 1 a.m. sale curfew where some communities allow later hours.
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Madison
Senate
Paulson
la Crosse
Zimny
Milwaukee
Gettelman
Heil aid to advertising state stirs senate debate
Sen A. Connors of the Progressive faction presented a law check from Governor Heil to an advertising program for Wisconsin Indian Head promotions. The floor debate touched on funds used to send a 20 man Wisconsin lumberjack group to a national folk festival, with questions about motive and use of state money.
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Madigan
Coserneer
Connors
Nation
Bdc
Weather Update for Tomorrow
Forecast shows warmer conditions tomorrow with warmer temperatures across the state. The Weather Bureau cautions seekers to monitor updates as conditions may shift.
WPA Workers Alliance plotted to bar Moser at Reading ceremony
Washington report says members of the Workers Alliance plotted to remove Congressman Moser from the Reading post office cornerstone laying, after he voted against more relief funds. An affidavit by Henry D. Mattes cites Ben Rubin proposing bodily removal if Moser attended.
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Washington
House
WPA
Workers Alliance
Reading
Chris Doose
The
Alliance
Ben Rubin
Moser
Pennsylvania
Doose
Henry D. Mattes
George Meurberger
Skyline Drive
Maurberger
Soup House
Otto A. Nygard
Berks
Nygard
Yong
Fishing measure appears doomed in Wisconsin senate
Madison reports that Assemblyman Mark Catlin and colleagues from Racine and Appleton failed to advance a bill to open the fishing season Saturday rather than Monday. The Senate adjourned without a vote after tabling the measure, leaving muskellunge and bass season open by the current order. Senator McDermid opposed the bill, citing spawning concerns, as sessions ended without action.
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Madison
Mark Catlin
Reptian
Appleton
Senate
Catlin
Ube
Conse
Ladysmith
Cours Qwartemens
Katy Murrey
Republian
Milwaukee
Shietat
Aelien
Tale Tieton
Deadlock in coal dispute ends as union shop urged
New York officials announce the deadlock in the soft coal industry is over with evidence that many operators already implement a union shop. John L. Lewis sends telegrams to union leaders directing new contracts and immediate operation of mines in outlying districts to avert a fuel shortage.
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New York
John FR. Steelman
U. S. Conceiliation Service
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Hotel
Biltmore
Lewis
Labor Urges Health Outline Amid Medical Opposition
Washington officials testified for a Senate labor committee hearing on a proposed federal health program with state grants. Critics from the Pennsylvania Medical Society warned it could threaten democracy, while C IO counsel Lee Pressman cited opposition as reactionary. A F L officials urged the measure, arguing medical costs should be affordable for those earning under 1500 yen.
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Washington
D. SO
Wagner
New York
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Senate Labor Committee
Germany
C. N. Palmer
Harrisburg
The
Pennsylvania Society
Committee On
Lee Pressman
American Medical Associations
Matthew Woll
A. Fll
Uged
Methodist Pastor Dies of Heart Attack in Reno
A 34 year old Methodist pastor, Kenosisa V Curtt Proukene Warruid, collapsed and died of a heart attack in Reno after arriving from Waterigwn SD. He served at the First Methodist Church and was found deceased shortly after a storm delay.
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Kenosisa
Proukene Warruid
Aeart
Renoho
Waterigwn
Proaghwaite
Weather summary and observations from Milwaukee area
Fair tonight with cool temperatures and frost possible in the north. Northwestern winds, low near 42 to 55 degrees, cloud cover and mist in Milwaukee. Barometer reading 23, northeast wind, no significant precipitation expected.
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Associgies
Si Warner
Milwaukee
Sanit Tapire
Louis
Markstall Cheervatore
Auto License Bill Revived by Assembly
The assembly revived and passed the Schatbech bill allowing county clerks to issue automobile license plates, sending it to the senate after a reconsideration motion by Assemblyman Genzmer. Other actions included killing Schlutter’s insurance for public property bill and engrossing Niemuth’s lien removal for small pensioner properties.
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Niemuth
Madison
Assembly
Senate
Genzmer
Mayville
Schalbach
la Crosse
Schlutter
Wittenberg
House
Double
Milwaukee
Finance Committee
Catlin
Murphy Welcomes Amlie to Department General Assignment
In a press conference the attorney general said he would assign Amlie to a department. The remarks referenced the former Hep Triamtas Ro Amlie of Wrenn and noted Gates had borne responsibility in the division.
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Washington
Maronns
Saa Futak
Hep Triamtas
Amlie
Wrenn
Ptt
Peter Sn
Department of Justice Lens Divissorm Syd
Gates
Simi
Atwort
Russia Proposes Mutual Aid Pacts In European Security Plan
Russia proposes a four power mutual aid pact with Britain France Poland and Russia or a three power variant with Britain France and Russia to guarantee European security amid Hitler’s treaty repudiations. The Investia Tavestia editorial frames the policy shift as key to forming a united peace front with Britain and France presenting counter proposals. Chamberlain meets with the Russian ambassador to discuss Britain’s doubts on Russia’s position.
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Norman B. Deuel
United Press
Moscow U
Russia
Great Britain
France
Poland
Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Investia
Tavestia
Mass
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Rumania
Beloit political figure Branigan charged in jail break attempt
Beloit, Wis small center and political figure E R Branigan, jailed in Rock County for a prior crime, is charged in municipal court with aiding an attempted jail break. Co-defendant John Recoy, 30, allegedly helped saw through bars and connections to flee custody. Branigan stated no intention to resist sheriff during the escape attempt.
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Beloit
Wis
Grgrurrey
Eytermmne
Owen
Heovy
Recoy
Ripon Professor Confirmed to State Board of Examiners
The appointment of Prof. W. di Barber of Ripon to the state board of examiners in basic science is confirmed for the term ending April 1, 1945. Madison-Ti reports the action by Gmerrig Uril.
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Madison
Senzic Une Fec
Gmerrig Uril
W. di Barber
Ripon
State Board of Examiners
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