City seeks immediate state survey on Oshkosh railroad danger
Mayor Brown in Madison secured state officials pledge for an immediate survey to locate the Lea railroad right of way through Oshkosh business district. He cites traffic interference and fire apparatus delay as safety hazards and accuses Soo Line of stalling while urging action and cooperation from railroad president C T Jaffray.
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Brown
Heart of Oshkosh
Oshkosh
Lea
Madison
Soo Railroad
Soo
C. T. Jaffray
Jaffrey
Briand Praised as International Statesman at Geneva
Briand, still foreign minister after electoral defeat, was hailed by 20 foreign ministers as an international statesman. Arthur Henderson praised him as the embodiment of peace work, and the commission backed his Pan European federation plan, hoping he would continue to lead Europe’s unity. Briand pledged to keep fighting for Europe despite weaker strength. Separately in Madison a burglar stole $700 in jewelry from O H Erickson jewelry store.
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Geneva
Aristide Briand
Commission
20 Nations
Arthur Henderson
Briand
League of Nations
Movement For Unity In
Europe
Weather Outlook From Wisconsin To Upper Michigan
The forecast shows increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in eastern and southern areas with showers and cooler spells in the far north west tonight. Upper lakes expect fresh southwest winds shifting northwest by Saturday with increasing clouds and showers. Upper Michigan anticipates more cloudiness and showers Saturday with cooler temperatures in the northwest tonight.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Northwest
Northwestern
Buckstaff Observatory
Baby Abandoned On Fennimore Porch
A five month old baby was found abandoned on the front steps of the Thomas Hanley home in Fennimore Wisconsin. Sheriff Joe Greer of Grant County investigates after neighbors saw an old touring car with side curtains stop nearby. The Hanleys are caring for the child while custody arrangements are decided.
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Fennimore
Wis
Hts
Thomas Hanley
Joe Greer
Grant County
Hanley
Dta.m
Hanleys
Progressive control over redistricting reported by senate committee
Madison t Progressive Republican influence solidified as the senate committee on committees named five senators and 11 assemblymen to reapportionment. Names include John E. Cashman Glenn Roberts Leonard Fons Fred Zantow and Otto Mueller with Mueller noted as conservative aligned. Assembly members listed by Speaker Perry include Grobschmidt Kamper Panzer Graves Young Mauthe Tremain Ebbe Goff Millar and Nixon. The panel must adjust to the 1930 census reducing Wisconsin seats from 11 to 10. The Loomis bill to create a state utility corporation was advanced in the senate despite opposition from power interests.
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Madison
t/P
Legislative Committee
Senate Committee On Committees
Walter Hunt
River Falls
Committee On Committees
John E. Cashman
Denmark
Glenn Roberts
Leonard Fons
Milwaukee
Fred Zantow
Baraboo
Otto Mueller
Wausau
Fof
Mueller
Assembly
Charles B. Perry
Wauwatosa
John W. Grobschmidt
J. H. Kamper
Franksville
Frank P. Panzer
Oakfield
W. R. Graves
Prairie du Chien
Cornelius T. Young
Carlton W. Mauthe
Fond du Lac
Ben Tremain
Hustler
Peter KR. Ebbe
Marshfield
Moulton B. Goff
Sturgeon Bay
J. D. Millar
Menomanie
Robert Nixon
Washburn
Wisconsin
Groves income bill advances in assembly
The Wisconsin Assembly backed the Groves bill to raise 890000 yearly by taxing individuals earning over 3000 dollars. It would replace the three year average with a two year assessment and raise rates to 7 percent on top brackets while increasing child exemptions. An amendment curbing tax revenue for wealthy commuter villages was adopted before final passage next week.
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Madison
U.P
Assembly
Groves
Harold M. Groves
University of Wisconsin
Three Youth Rob Bank at Burlington in Broad Daylight
Three young men armed with sawed off shotguns robbed Meinhardt State Bank in Burlington Wisconsin at 12 45 pm escaping with less than 10000 dollars after a running gun battle with Officer H W Schoenning. A car chase ended with a blood stained rear seat and a wrecked vehicle found a half mile north of Slades Corners.
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Meinhardt State Depository
Burlington
Wis
Meinhardt State Bank
H. W. Schoenning
Schoenning
Slades Corners
Here
Paul Sauer
Robinson
Kenosha County
Rockford
Til
Bank of Burlington
Tvo
Senator Nye says Bishop Cannon will be called to testify
New York Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the senate campaign funds committee, announced an inquiry into how anti Smith funds were handled by Bishop James Cannon Jr. The panel will seek Miss Burroughs's testimony and may seek contempt actions if she remains uncooperative. The hearing, to be in Washington, has no date yet.
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New York
Gerald P
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Nye
Miss Burroughs
Virginia
E. ©. Jameson
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cannon
Nyed
Reobjert F. Wagner
Washington
Bishop Cannon
Balthazar Convicted of Second Degree Murder
A Fond du Lac jury found Alton Balthazar 27 guilty of second degree murder in the March 19 shooting of his sweetheart Ruth Smith 18. Judge Van Pelt deferred sentence, defense seeks retrial, and arguments are set for next Wednesday.
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Fond du Lac
Wis—i
Alton Balthazer
Ruth H. Smith
A. m
C. F. van Pelt
Miss Smith
Clayton van Pelt
Balthazar
Wisconsin opens sturgeon season in select waters
A committee bill advanced in the assembly to open sturgeon season in east central Wisconsin from Sept 5 to Oct 41. Waters include Lake Poygan, Lake Winnebago, Lake Winneconne, Lake Butte des Morts, Big and Little lakes in Winnebago county, and Fox and Wolf rivers. Dailies allow five fish per season with spear fishing Jan 5 to March 1 on Lake Winnebago. The bill has already passed the senate.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Lake Poygan
Waushara
Winnebago
Lake Winneconne
Lake Butte Des Morts
Big Jand Little Lakes
Winnebago County
Fox and Wolf Rivers
Lake Winnebago
Calumet
Fond du Lac
Senate
New York Woman Claims Death Result of Self Help Death Club
Louise Schwarz of West Amityville Nassau county tells police a supposed weekly meeting of a death by own action club caused her brother Edward Schwarz to die by bullets to the head. She claims a member killed himself as a member and cites a group of chronic sufferers in the Nassau area as participants. Police doubt her tale citing gun position and lack of proof. Rangoon Burma rebels killed in an assault on an insurgent camp near Taungnyo.
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New York
Louise Schwarz
Nassau County
Miss Schwarz
Edward Schwarz
Schwarz
West Amityville
L. T
Oscar
Chicago
Rangoon
Burma
Taungnyo
Insein
Hoover Seek to Preserve Wage Scales Amid Labor Tensions
President Hoover keeps a close watch on wage scales and unemployment relief as labor leaders threaten strikes to resist wage cuts. William Green of the AFL says organized labor may strike if employers break promises to maintain wages, amid a broader push for a new industrial conference urged by the American Legion.
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Washington
U.P
Herbertt Hoover
American Legion
William Green
American Federation of Labor
White House
Hoover
American Legion Executive Committee
Indianapolis
Green
United Press
Executive Council
Federation
United States
Convicted murderer sentenced to fifty years in Chicago store shooting
A jury found the defendant guilty of murder for a March at the Marshall Field department store shooting spree. Two men died and a third was wounded during a gunfight that ended when a girl clerk tackled the killer. Ballistic tests linked the shooter to the fatal wound of Casimir Kra lanski, while Dewey and Townsend were also casualties in the exchange of fire.
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Chicago
Murh Utter
Ayan
Marshall Field
Lnighb
Fix
Smith
Ian
Tarner
Smithey
Casimir Kra~anski
Dewey
Paul Townsend
Ss Hight
Burke Challenged in Illinois Requisition Case
Edmund Burke probes a Nebraska style requisition dispute in East St Louis where three of six captured desperadoes face charges. Springfield lawyer argues over the legality of extradition procedures under an old state statute.
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Springfield
Wik
Illinois
Edmund Burke
Lawer
Nebraska
East St Louis
Schafer Questions Diplomatic Violation of Prohibition Laws
Wisconsin Republican Representative Schafer urged a congressional inquiry into why federal officers allow diplomats to violate the Eighteenth Amendment. He cited a Salvadorean Legation raid and argued diplomats must be investigated for evading prohibition and illicit liquor transport. Dr. Leiva, charge d affaires, said burglars struck the legation four times in four months, seeking better protection.
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Washington
Schafer
Congress
Stimson
Wisconsin
House
Legation
Secretary of State
America
House Committee
We Department
Stalin
Carlos ‘A
Regation
Leiva
Don Charlos Leiva
State Department
Recompute Tax on Berlin Building Liquidation
Today the Madison court ordered recomputation of taxes on the estate of the late Dr. Julius J. Berlin of Green Bay. The taxable profit from the Berlin Building liquidation was set at 164 139.11 dollars, higher than the assessor's 146 679.54 dollars.
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Madixon
Julius J. Berlin
Green Bay
Berlin Building Company
Berlin
Thousands Hear Pontiff at St Peter's Square Anniversary
Thousands gather at St Peter's Square and the avenues to San Damaso for Pope Pius XII's labor and capital address on radio and to mark the 40th anniversary of Leo XIII's rerum novarum. Cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and workers' delegates mingle as the pontiff prepares to speak from a high platform in the courtyard.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Peter's Square
San Damaso
Vatican
Leo XIII
Pontifical Palaces
Reception Good in City of Oshkosh
A large Oshkosh crowd listened to the second Vatican broadcast as the pontiff spoke from Vatican City. The ceremony began at 10 o'clock CST with 25 cardinals present and dignitaries including John J. Raskob, his daughter Elizabeth, Dr. Raymond Sullivan, Father Forteir, Father Husstein, and Monsignors Kiley and Breslin. The pontiff arrived near 5:30 PM to a trumpet fanfare, with cardinals forming a semicircle around the throne.
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Oshkosh
Catholic Church
Vatican City
Italy
National Broadcasting Chain
Baskob
John J. Raskob
Elizabeth
Raymond Sullivan
New York
Father Fortier
Fordham University
Father Husstein
Kiley and
Breslin
American College
Rome
Vatican
Spain
Fifteen horses nominated for Kentucky Derby tomorrow
Fifteen horses were nominated for the 57th Derby to be run tomorrow in Louisville. Entries include Don Leon Up Viltsburgher Mare Twenty Grand Boys dowdy Anchors Aweigh Surf Hoard Prince DArmour Equi Poi The Mongol Spanish Play Sweep All Ladder and Inseo.
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Louisville
Don Leon
Viltsburgher
Boys Dowdy
Anchors Aweigh
Surf Hoard
Prince D‘armour
Ladder
Inseo
Duff
N. B.C
Pope Pius XI Urges Labor Unity in Vatican Address
Pope Pius XI spoke to about 10 000 workers in San Damaso courtyard using Italian French and German. He backed reconstruction of the world economy toward social justice and warned against socialism and concentration of wealth. The encyclical Quadrestesimo Anno will outline goals of prayer action and sacrifice and will be released in full in 10 days.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
San Damaso
Rome
Leo XIII
Pius
Leo
Pope Pius Dis
Harlan County Confrontation as Mine Unions Leaders Arrested
In Harlan Kentucky two mine union officers and three Evarts officials face murder charges, sparking military deployment led by Col. Dan M. Carrell. The arrests target ring leaders blamed for unrest after a gun battle last week, with arrests of Hightower, Jones, Cusick, Benson, and Cawood.
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Varlan
Evarts
Harlan County
Dan M. Carrell
Kentucky National Guardsmen
Patrais al Evarts
William H. Hightower
Eyarts
Hightower
W. B. Jones
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Soo Line
O. H. Erickson
Fennimore Porch
Cashman
Roberts
Fons
Zantow
Loomis
Senate Committee On Corporationsand Taxation
O. S. Lepomis
Mauston
Ray Spiegelhoff
Robert Bayer
Eda Meinhardt
Gannon
Henry Ford
Boreham
Chelmsford
Essex
England
Balthazer
Bill
Peter's
Pontife
City OF Oshkosh
Victorio Campolo
Tommy Loughran
Madison Square Garden
Campolo
Loughran
Southport
Eng
Kenny Cotton
Worton Smith
Missouri
Henry Colton
Columbus
Stewart Holcomb
Erie
Ohio State University
Ohio
Supreme Pontiff of
Harlan, KY
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