Stevens Point Fire Destroys Folding Furniture Works
A fire in Stevens Point Wisconsin destroyed Folding Furniture Works Inc razing the three story factory and three warehouses with equipment losses. The blaze cut power to the city and required aid from Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids. Owners estimate $100000 in damage plus materials and finished goods lost. cause under investigation.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Folding Furniture Works, Inc
Wisconsin Valley Electric Company
Folding Furniture Works
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Electric] Company
Gas and Electric Company
Electric Company
Besiness
Arfa
John Worgalla
Catherine Kroll
Robbed Again Find Suspects In Delicatessen Hold Up
Sergeant Mueller tells Mrs. Emma Girard of a Chicago suburb delicatessen that nine men are in custody after a new robbery. He recalls a previous $45 hold up six months ago and notes another $35 heist just occurred moments before.
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Chicago
Charles Mueller
Town Hall
Emma Girard
Kidnapper Miller Wounded After Ransom Attempt In Glassboro
George Miller of Pitman New Jersey who kidnapped seven year old Paul E Kramme Jr was shot by the boy s father and left blind by a bullet severing both optic nerves Doctors predict recovery but Miller faces charges of kidnapping highway robbery larceny of an automobile and atrocious assault and battery Officials say the boy was seized in front of the Kramme home in Monroeville and rescued after a police chase Miller claimed bankruptcy and intended to hold the boy for ransom
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Glassboro
N. J
George Miller
Pitman
Paul E. Kramme, Jr
J H. Underwood
Muller
Muler
Kramme
Monroeville
Paul
Miller
Paul, Jr
JanDry Neenah Passes Foreign Service Exam
Fred W. Jan dry of Neenah was among 29 successful candidates in the recent foreign service examinations, announced today by the State Department. The Northwestern Washington correspondent reports the finding from Washington D C.
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Ruby A. Black
Northwestern
Washington
Washington, D. C
Fred W. Jandry
Neenah
State Department
Will Advise Cut in Japanese Army
Tokyo reports leaders of the government party will advise reduction of the Japanese army by three divisions and abolition of several military institutions. The plan includes amalgamating multiple military schools to trim army expenditures.
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Tokyo
Woman killed as Big Four derails into house near Cincinnati
A Big Four passenger train at 60 miles per hour left the tracks and crashed into a Lockland home, killing 76 year old Mrs. Rose Earhart and injuring five others including her husband Frank Earhart. The engine struck a spike on the rail, derailing the train. investigators suspect a boy prank but rule out sabotage.
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Cincinnati. O
U.P
Lockland
Rose Earhart
Frank
Columbus
Fred Heard
Cincinnati
James Salvey
Cleveland
Lee
Earhart
Super Bank of Empire Proposed to Stabilize Metal Ratio
Ottawa reports J F Darting of Midland bank urges a new superbank of empire to stabilize gold and silver values. The plan would create a rex unit valued at 113 grains of gold, with ownership by empire governments, aiming to avoid a forced shift from gold standards.
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Super Bank OF Empire
Ottawa
Darling
India
Bank robbery suspect located in Indiana reform school
John L. Buley, named in a warrant for the Pickett State bank holdup last January, has been found at the Indiana State Reformatory in Pendleton serving a larceny sentence. He may be paroled soon and returned to face robbery charges in Winnebago County. The other suspect, Joe Goodwin, remains at large. Approximately $600 was taken.
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John L. Buley
Pickett State Bank
Pickett
Indiana Stats Reformatory
Pendleton
Ind
Nelson
Buley
Indiana
Sherif Nelson
Winnebago County
Hamed Buley
Joe Goodwin
St. Lows
Mo Buley
St Louis
Goodwin
Pickett Bank
W. Dauffenbach
Wisconsin Bankers’ Protective Association
Reformatory
Warning to Dry Agents Not To Drink Evidence
Washington, D. C. A warning to dry agents against misappropriating seized liquor is issued by the prohibition bureau. Only the amount of seized liquor required for evidence in court may be removed from containers. Three agents were dismissed after disclosures by the special inspections division found they misused seized beer and allowed others to do the same.
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Washington
D. C
Milwaukee-UPI Miss Gertrude McGuine Named Convention Leader
Miss Gertrude McGuine assistant superintendent of schools was elected president of the Wisconsin Federation Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the annual convention in Milwaukee. Other officers include Miss Anna Lisk Miker first vice president Grace Mesers Madison second vice president Mrs. Lucas M. Hul Menonome secretary Mass Margaret Healy Antiga treasurer Miss Clara Mas Ward Eau Claire and Mrs. Bessie Mae Allen Stevens Point as directors.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Gertrude McGuine
Wausau
Wisconsin Federation, Business and Professional
Anna Lisk
Miker
M Grace Mesers
Madison
Lucus M. Hul. Menonome
Mass Margaret Healy
Antiga
Clara Mas . Ward
Eau Claire
Bessie iMae Allen
Stevens Pomi
McGuine
Anna Jenkins
Appleton
Bank Robbery Suspects Questioned in Burlington Case
Racine Wis based police reported four suspects tied to the Meinhardt State Bank robbery at Burlington. Chicago officials named Kamin and Flucker brothers among the men, while Reinhold Flucker and others were in custody in Kenosha. One prisoner wounded, and a manhunt spanned southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
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Racine
Wis
Meinhardt State Bank
Burlington
John Andersen Frank
Uenski
Paul Jorgensen
Chicago
E L Kamin
Walter Kamin
Silver Lake
Michael Flucker
Walter Elus
Ander
Frank Kamin
Reinhold Flucker
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Northern
Finois
Meeinhardt State
Reinhold Fleuker
Kamin
Pukemen
HW. Schynming
Eda Meinhandt
Eustier Tan
New Slades Corner
Horicon Marsh hearing set in Madison to consider issues
Mayville residents and others pressed six charges against the state conservation commission at a public meeting in a high school auditorium attended by about 230 people. They accuse the panel of closing hunting and trapping, altering marsh boundaries, retaining fur farm license funds, flooding the marsh, seeking higher water levels, and failing to acquire usable rights despite 1927 funds. The assembly committee plans a Madison hearing next week with witnesses and arguments to submit.
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Mayville
Wis
Charles B. Perry
Cons Commission
Madison
Stans
Thousands of Canadian Acres Threatened by Fires
Fire crews fought vast wildfires across western Ontario and Manitoba, with blazes threatening forests and settlements from Riding Mountain park to areas near Lake Superior. Wind driven flames burned brush and pine, forcing evacuations as rangers and volunteers battled lines of fire across multiple districts.
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Winnipeg
Man
Lake Superior
Saskatchewan
Riding Mountain
Exergy
Dauphin
Pean
Acea Anit
Iver Johnson
Tuna
Sask
Baidhogs
Arthur Sant
Forest Rangers
Albertia
Four Under Arrest as Result of Raids in Hartford
Hartford Wis four men were arrested today on arraignment in Milwaukee federal court following prohibition raids on downtown hotels. Prohibition agents seized liquor at the Central Commercial and Republican hotels, impounding beer and whisky. At the Central Hotel agents seized whisky and alcohol. at the Republican Hotel George Haute Henry Holle and Jus som Nerman were taken into custody after raids uncovered whisky gin and beer.
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Hartford
Wis
Miwaukee
Central
George Haute Henry Holle
Jussom Nerman
French proposals for European economic rehabilitation outlined
France presents a three part plan to aid Europe’s revival detailing agriculture, industry and finance measures. It advocates centralized wheat sales, production and sale schemes for steel coal and chemicals, and financial cooperation with Bank of France led state loans for public works.
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Geneva
Europe
European Federation Commision
Austria
European Potatos Winen
Alisfirma Gee
Hoover Conference Delayed Budget Talks At White House
President Hoover arrived at the Rapulan camp in Virginia to hold urgent budget discussions with top department officials but delayed the talks due to late departure from Washington. The scene included Edward H Buffalo and Senator Hastings as guests for the weekend, with a heat wave complicating plans as aides prepared for post lunch discussions with interior department reps.
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Dlon
United Press
Orange
W Pi
Hoover
Mii
Edward H Buffalo
Rand
Hastings
Republican
Delaware
Virginia
Pris
Interior de
North Shore forces faulted over station safety in boy’s death
Coroner's jury from Racine Wisconsin cites inadequate safety facilities at the North Shore railway station after Robert Schroeder a newsboy is fatally struck by a work train. They find the premises inadequately supervised and lacking proper pedestrian protection. The boy ran into the path of the train while being chased by another boy.
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Racine
Wis
North Shore Railway
Robert Schroeder
North Shore
Equipoise Is Out of Derby After Injury Withdrawal
Churchill Downs reports champion 2-year-old Equipoise scratched from the 57th Kentucky Derby at 12 50 pm CST due to a forefoot quarter crack. Don Leon also withdrawn, field tied to 13 starters. Whitney stable remains favored as odds shift and wagering estimates reflect large futures pool impacts.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Tus
Freddie Hopkins
Equipoise
Mr.Whitney
Don Leon
R. W. Calbus
Fuffer
Tod Ta
Cornelius Vander
Washol
Equpowe
Whitney Colors
Greentrea
iPayne Whitney
Grand
Surf Beare
Andross Aweigh
Albert Bostwek
J Salon
Charlies
T. Fishers
Hally Cratch
Boys
Howdy
Mueller
Pittsburgher
Enebellamp
Morris
New Chicago Postal Building to Be Built as Soon as Possible
Chicago Postmaster General Arch Coleman assured Chicagoans the new post office building, the largest of its kind, would be built promptly. He warned against delays and accused officials of misrepresenting facts while praising the present site acquisition as wise for the government. Nearby weather notes predict unusually cool, cloudy conditions with normal temperatures on average. A highway accident near Oak Creek left Elza Peter dead after an automobile overturned. two passengers survived with minor injuries.
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Chicago
Arch Coleman F
Great
Beginn
Acek
Tolioweda
Upper
Mississippi
Jowter Missouri
Vaileys
Great Plains
Daily Northwestern
Chief Becomes Flyer in Calgary Fur Trade Plan
Chief Buffato Chad Long Lanes Blackfot Indian of Calgary Alberta earns a commercial pilot license and plans to fly north to engage in fur trading from Bucketail Observatory Thursday 8 p.m. to Friday 8 p.m. Weather shows 63 high 51 low with light northwest wind and a 29.25 barometer.
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New York
Buffato
Chad Long Lanes Blackfot
Calgary
Alberta
Exc Oeet
Northwest Territory
Bucketail Ohservatory
Wisconsin bands crown 1931 state youth tourney climax
The 1931 school band tournament in Wisconsin ends tonight with final contest results at Butte des Morts Field. Seventy six bands, a huge parade, outdoor concerts, and night dances mark the grand finale as officials from state and nation laud the event.
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Butte Des Morts
Menasha
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Wis
Butte Des Mortis
Butle Des Morts
Indiana fiber firm seeks lower woodpulp rates
Northwestern Washington Bureau reports Indiana Fiber Products of Marion has filed an interstate commerce complaint to reduce raw woodpulp rates to compete with Wisconsin producers. The filing accuses army base shipments and gate charges of being unreasonable and prejudicial, aiming to favor nearby rivals.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Paper Manufactures
Indiana Fiber Products Company
Marion
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treght
Nortoa
Wilcan
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Horicon Marsh
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Michi
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Dickinson
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