Ashland Editor Demands Capitol Inquiry Into Censure
John Chapple of The Ashland Daily Press asked Ashland County to investigate the county board’s resolution of censure tied to his critical writings on the state administration the legislature and the conservation commission. The board declined with no discussion and Chapple warned of testimony from officials to justify his criticisms.
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Ashland
Wis
John
Chapple
Ashland Daily Press
County Board
Conservation Commission
Madison
Lawrence A. Lamoreaux
Ashland County
Popular Referendum Sought on Compulsory Auto Insurance
Wisconsin voters may decide in the 1932 spring election on a popular referendum proposing compulsory auto liability insurance for owners who are not financially responsible. The Hunt measure asks legislators to place the question before the electorate. A second proposal would repeal the constitutional board of public lands statute, with action referred to the next elected legislature and likely a referendum.
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Madison
ULP
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senate
Walter H Hunt
River Falls
Thomas M. Duncan
Milwaukee
Board of Commissioners of Public Lands
Hunt
Senate
Park police in quandary over rival commissioners riot
North shore park police faced a crowd at the station as 200 residents clashed over rival commissioner supporters. Officers called Rogers Park for help, dispersing the group and detaining two persons who were later released. The force remained unsure which side prevailed.
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North Shore
Rogers Ark
North Shore Park
New Illinois Dean Appointed at University of Illinois
The University of Illinois trustees announce Dr. Thomas Eliot Benner of Columbia University will become dean of the college of education, succeeding the late Dr. C. E. Chadsey, effective September 1. Benner is a Harvard graduate. Dr. M. B. Visscher of USC is named head of physiology in the college of medicine, starting July 1, succeeding the late Dr. Dreyer. Visscher is a Hope College graduate.
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Chicago
Thomas Eliot Benner
Columbia University
C. E. Chadsey
College of Education
University of Tlinows
Benner i
Harvard University
M. B Visscher
University of Southern California
College of Medicine
George P. Dreyer
Visscher
Hope College Michigan
England Will Not Build New Airship Says MacDonald
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced in the house of commons that Britain will not build any new airships for the present. The government will retain the R-100 as an experimental airship without alterations.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons Today
Great Britain
Ions
Sturgeon Bay Students Strike Over Failing Instructors
More than 200 Sturgeon Bay high school students walked out refusing to return after two instructors, Arno Bahr and Dunkel, were denied contracts. They rallied in the city park to demand reinstatement while the superintendent and school board stood by, amid claims of prejudice and incompetence.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Arno Bahr
Dunkel
Board of Education
Janet Stephenson
J. A. van Nata
W. E. Wagoner
Gooch Bahr
E Morganroth
Embassy Liquor Replacement Amid Salvadoran Raid
Washington reports the US government faces a diplomatic issue after roughly $300 worth of liquor vanished from the Salvadorean legation during a raid injuring Dr Don Carlos Levin. 17 cases reportedly missing. liquor imported for embassies exempt from export duties. loss to be compensated under diplomatic customs.
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Washington
Legation
Don Carlos Levin
Canada aims for second in world gold production
Toronto reports Sir Thomas White, Canada’s finance minister, urging that if U S gold could be released for international trade, global finance could improve soon. Premier Henry welcomed delegates and predicted Canada would reach second in world gold production by year end.
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Toronto
Thomas White
United States
Henry
Ontario
Canada
Wisconsin chamber backs private control of forests plan
The Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce committee proposes major forest land transfers to private interests for reforestation. It recommends 10 percent to the federal government, 15 percent to the state, and 30 percent to counties, with increased funding for fire protection and suppression.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Comi Mattes
Four More Notables Enter Hall of Fame at NYU
New York University unveils four new Hall of Fame busts James Monroe Matthew Fontaine Maury James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Walt Whitman. President Hoover Henry Morgenthau Elihu Root and diplomats from Pan American nations attended with praise for Maurys ocean research and Whistlers artistic craft. Edwin Markham read Whitman admiration while Harrison Morris lauded Whitmans democratic vision and unity of humankind.
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New York
New York University
James Monroe
Monroe
Matthew Fontaine
Mamy
James Abbott McNeil Whistler
Walt Whitman
Hoover
Henry Morgenthau
Americas
Elihu Root
Maurys
United States Naval Observatory
Ius
S A Mitchell
Leander McCormick Observatory
University of Virginia
Richard E Byrd
Maury
South Pole
Whistler
Royal Cortissoz
Art Ecailor
The
Herald-Tribune
Cortisson
Edwin Markham
Whitman
Markham
Eternity Harrison
Morris
Poisoned Bride Hurries to Marriage Amid Deathbed Vow
In Montgomery a 16 year old Marguerite Hardy drank poison to die for love after learning her 13 year old sweetheart Wille Crittenden had allegedly married another girl. The marriage occurred in hospital as Hardy whispered vows. Crittenden claimed plans for a later wedding three weeks away. Also reported a man named Lows Parchmann, 60, found dead at a Lake Como cottage with death ruled natural despite a bruise from a fall.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marguerite Hardy
Wille R Crittenden
Crittenden
Miss Hardy
Hikhorn
Lows Parchmann
Lyons
Lake Como
Strong Estate Not to Exceed $2,500,000
The will of Walter Ansel Strong publisher of The Chicago Daily News was filed in probate court. It values the estate at not to exceed 2.5 million dollars and leaves one third to his widow Mrs Josephine Haviland Strong with the remainder in trust for their five children. Executors include Mrs Strong Laird Bell and Holman D Pettibone. The will grants broad discretionary powers to preserve The Chicago Daily News as a semi public institution and allows retention of control in the paper’s stock with phased sale provisions to employees and stockholders. Total assets listed for The Daily News reach 29.4 million dollars with the family homes at Winnetka and the Rock Island road near Oregon, Illinois passing to Mrs Strong jointly with her husband.
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Chicago
Walter Ansel Strong
Chcago Daly News
Josephine Haviland Strong
Strong
Laird Bell
the News
Holman D Pettibone
Chicago Title and Test Company
Beloit College
Strongswil
Daily News
Victor Lawson
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Chicago , Daily News
Chicago Daily News
Daily News Thews
News
Daly News
Winnetka
Oregon
Herrneband
Chief Warden Under Fire Over Oneida County Letter
Dist Atty E L Kennedy accuses Chief Warden H W MacKenzie of the state conservation department of lacking training to investigate game law violations. Kennedy asks Speaker Charles B Perry to broaden or reconsider the current inquiry into the conservation commission and MacKenzies activities.
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Madison
H W. MacKenzie
State Conservation Department
Dist. Atty
None Laid Off More Hired to Give Jobs
The Star reports a policy urging businesses to avoid layoffs and hire more staff to boost buying power and reduce unemployment. It calls for expanding payrolls for a year and appeals to stable firms to support the unemployed and restore morale.
Labor Urged to Withstand Wage Reductions
The American Federation of Labor executive council urged workers to resist wage cuts to protect living standards. It warned of a move by banking interests and some employers toward general wage reductions, risking a third winter of unemployment.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Councl
Hoover
White House
Labor Council
Oodyear Tire and Rubber Company
BFT
Goodrich Rubber Company
Executive Council of the
American Eperation of Labor
Sagt
Menasha postal site inspections near for new building
Washington report says Site Agent D E Doyle will visit Menasha in days to review four proposed locations for a 120000 post office. Doyle has already traveled to Waupun Sheboygan and may tour Wausau, with Menasha and others slated for inspection.
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Ruby A. Black
Northwestern
Washington
Washington, D. C
Doyle
Menasha
Waupun
Sheboygan Wausau
Wisconsin
Courtauld Survives Two Months Buried Under Greenland Ice
Augustane Courtauld, British scientist, recounts being buried for two months beneath an igloo on the Greenland ice cap during a blizzard. Rescued by Swedish aviator Captain Albin Ahkenberg and H. G. Watkins, she survived with a small chimney opening, a Baseline lamp, and prior supplies left outside.
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Associated Press
Greenland
Augustane Courtauld
Courtauld
Albin Ahkenberg
H G Watkins
Watkins
Courtauld Sala
Tom
Opin
Girls Get Letters From Wildland College Activities
Reading notes show Fremont girls receiving letters as part of school activities at Wildland College. The event covered includes several athletes who met qualifications, with details about timing and participation, while weather data and observatory notes accompany the page.
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Fremont
Neh
Wildland College
Wisconsin Auto Deaths Rise Sharply In Late 1930
Wisconsin recorded 1615 vehicle fatalities in the last quarter, up from 108 in the same period in 1930, a 49 percent rise. Nationwide auto deaths totaled about 6600 in January, up 9 percent year over year, with Wisconsin fatalities up 64 percent in January, 63 percent in February, and 27 percent in March.
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Milwauker
Wisconsin
Pope Pius XI to Outline Encyclical on Capital and Labor
Vatican reports Pope Pius XI will broadcast a radio address that forms the basis of his forthcoming encyclical on labor relations. The speech targets anti religious violence in Spain and the Soviet labor scene, urging Catholics on moral economic guidance. The address marks the 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum and contrasts socialism with church teachings.
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Francis Rea
United Press
Vatican City
IUP
Pius 'XI
Tomorow
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Soviet
Russia
Vatican
HIV
Leo XXIII
Tounier's Home Town Celebrates Victory
In AuriHac Cantal France the town honors their "favorite son" elected president. The son Paul Downes rose from a railroad foreman’s wage of 490 ceonts daily to wealth, aided by his widowed mother’s sacrifices and night classes, later becoming a math instructor and barrister. He courted Made roné le Tichel, and endured months of waiting before marriage, commuting 16 miles to a labor station on weekends.
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AuriHac
Department
Cantal
France
Paul Downes
le Pans
Warrants Issued for Embezzlement in Milwaukee
Milwaukee authorities issued warrants today for Willam Franklin supervisor of bridges charged with embezzling city property valued at 175 dollars and Louis Harris junk dealer charged with aiding and abetting the commission of a felony. Walter Hofe deputy district attorney said resignation of Franklin has been demanded after an expose showing Franklin at the board of purchases with details on junk disposal from an abandoned fire boat a year ago and that the city did not receive proceeds from the transaction.
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Milwaukee
Willam Franklin
Bridges
Louis Harris
Alaing
Walter Hofe
Atcorney
Franklin
David McKeth
Harns
Board of Purchases
Wisconsin Senate votes on tenure, fish shipping, and local regulations
The Wisconsin Senate concurred in a bill granting permanent tenure after a three year probation to teachers in nine state colleges, with written complaints and defense rights. It also approved a measure allowing Milwaukee’s judge to seek county board assistance, and a dance hall regulation bill giving counties power to license and regulate venues. Additional actions included bills on lake trout shipments, licensing commercial cars from other states, and a union high school in island townships.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
la. Follette
Huber
Wisconsin
Walter Polakowski
Milwaukee
Polakowski
William Olson
Monroe
Ozaukee
Island Townships
Josslyn bid for old Oshkosh postoffice structure
F H Josslyn submitted a 36150 bid for the old Oshkosh postoffice building discovered by the treasury's supervising architect. The envelope lacked outside labeling as a suite purchase bid, delaying routing though received Monday. Treasury officials value the site at 75800 and are considering the bid.
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Ruby A Black
Northwestern
Washington
D. C
F H Josslyn
Oshkosh Postoffice
The
Treasury
Oshkosh
Josslyn
Architect
Five Men Surprised in Bank Robbery Attempt
Five men surprised in an attempted robbery at the Roosevelt Trust and Savings Bank in Forest Park near Chicago. A running pistol battle with police produced over a hundred shots, but no injuries were reported. The robbers fled on foot after abandoning their car and weapons a mile from the bank.
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Roosevelt Trust and Savings Bank
Forest Park
Chicago
Bank messenger outwits bandit saves savings bank
Washington Negro bank messenger Waithiam Mitchell, 25, thwarted a gunman today and saved Park Savings Bank from a $2,000 loss. The bandit jumped onto Mitchells car at a traffic light and forced him to drive to a gas station, but Mitchell sped away yelling for help as the robber fled.
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Washington
iTi
Waithiam Mitchell
Park Savings Bank
Mitchell
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