Wisconsin Works Program Details Unveiled by La Follette
Governor La Follette outlines a $205 million Wisconsin works plan funded by $100 million federal cash used as working capital. The program, designed to expand construction and relief, would involve municipal bonds, a state finance corporation, and a mix of new taxes, with 140 ready projects and further municipal and county participation options.
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Kenneth Hopping
Associated _. Press
Madison
la Follette
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Progressive Party
Senate
Executive
Assembly
E¢Utire
Wisconsin Finance Corporation
Finance Corporation
State Finance Corporation
Roosevelt veto message looms as Congress tutors on holiday
Roosevelt plans a veto message on the Patman currency bill and bonus plan as he sails aboard Sequoia. Congress faces a joint session to read the veto with inflation and currency stabilization debates swirling. Senate Democrats expect the social security bill to pass with debate but few changes.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Portemac
Sequoia
Great Britain
London
Bank For International Settlement
Senate
Jong
Morgenthau
No Growth Or Bugs In Alaskan Country
More than 600 emigrants bound for the Matanuska valley of Alaska gather with sourdoughs before boarding the United States Army transport St Mihiel for the voyage. They hear promises of a clean land where summers are long and days never end, with winter pests kept at bay. Sixty seven more colonists and 500 civilian conservation corps workers are aiding the move.
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Matanuska
Alaska
United States Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Soltie
Fontaine outlines 12 point plan for Republicans in Wisconsin
Green Bay Republican leader A B Fontaine denounces the Democratic policy and calls for a 12 point program to regain control. He urges work with honor, stable currency, reduced government interference, restoration of rights, regional wage laws, tariff support for workers, and tax securities while condemning New Deal policies and what he calls a communist bureaucracy.
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Green Bay
Wis
B. Fontaine
Democratic National Administration
Republican Party
Fontaine
Springfield
Uncle Suri
United States
AAA
Condition of Lawrence Becomes Very Grave
Wool England reports Col T E Lawrence in a very grave condition after a motorcycle crash five days ago. Rumors spread about his identity and British war plans, but officials say there is no foundation to them. He remains unconscious with a skull fracture after the collision while avoiding a boy on the road.
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Wool
Dorsetshire
Eng
Col
T. E. Lawrence
England
U.P
Col. T. &. Lawrence
Lawrence
Arabia
Great Britain
War Office
Berlin
George
Albert Hargreave
Fiction Writer Dies in Chicago Hotel Death
Chicago reports the death of Hunter Eaton, a 10 year old fiction writer from San Diego California, found in his hotel room with a shotgun beside the bath tub. Police classify the case as a possible suicide.
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Chicago
Hunter Eaton
San Diego
Calif
Wisconsin Progressive Rep Schneider Helps Fur Trade Bill
Representative Schneider of Wisconsin introduced yesterday a bill to secure uniform fur trading and prevent deception in fur transactions while curbing the traffic in the industry.
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Washington
Schneider
Wisconsin
Ethiopian ruler ends slavery in Africa country
Emperor Haile Selassie issued a decree abolishing serfdom and equalizing land taxation across Ethiopia. The move ends centuries of forced labor and debt peonage in a nation once central to the African slave trade under maintaining League of Nations era norms.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Frank Attacks Red Hunters at Wisconsin Convocation
Educator Dr. Frank, head of the University of Wisconsin, denounces what he calls anti university journalism while defending free speech. Nearly 1,000 students attend a convocation condemning a group of athletes and fraternity members who disrupted a radical meeting and dumped a speaker and three others into Lake Mendota. Dean Garrison and other speakers defend democracy, minority rights, and tolerance amid accusations of campus radicalism.
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Madison
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Forte
Lake Mendota
Frank
Fem. Ke
Dean Lloyd K. Garrison
White House
Stile Senate
Monroe Sweetland
League For Industrial Democracy
Wisconsin
United States
George C. Sellery
Cherry Blossoms Expected May 22 to 28 in Door County
Door County orchardists predict full bloom of cherry trees from May 22 to 28. The Door County Chamber of Commerce plans for 20 000 to 30 000 visitors, many from distant areas, to view the spectacle in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Door County
Door County Chamber of Commerce
Hausner Dies In Red Airplane Crash In Detroit
Polish American aviator Stanley Hausner was killed when his red monoplane crashed into a warehouse near a church while he prepared for a nonstop US to Poland flight. The crash occurred on Detroit's east side as witnesses described the plane entering a power dive and the right wing collapsing. Hausner had recently upgraded the aircraft with extra fuel tanks and had been in the city to finalize preparations after arriving from Pittsburgh. He previously survived a 1932 sea crash near Portugal during a New York to Warsaw attempt.
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Stanley Hausner
United States
Poland
Hausner
Pittsburgh
Josef Pilsudski
Marshal Pilsudski
Jack Livingstone
New York
Warsaw
Portugal
Fire chief and officers prepared to fight retirement order
Racine Wisconsin AP chief Thomas Warlnett and two assistants plus seven other firefighters say they will appeal a pension board ruling ordering retirement at age after 22 years of service. The group argues eligibility and will seek full pay while contesting the move amid political controversy.
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Racine
Wis
Thomas Warlnett
Pension Board
Opensaen Board
William Swoboda
Fire and Police Commission
Catholic Church Call Behind England’s Split at More and Fisher
The Vatican hour will include a two part Latin homily on Thomas More and John Fisher and England’s return to Rome. The leaders opposed Henry VIII’s supremacy, refused to take the oath of supremacy, were executed for treason, and the church remained above the crown.
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United Press
Vatican City
Eaghine
England
More
Fisher
Henry VIII
Church of
Rome
Henry
Key
Mac
Catherine Unti
Io Anone Boleyn
President's Veto to Be Broadcast on Two Networks
National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System announce a live broadcast of the president's veto message to Congress on the Palmer bonus bill. Tentative air time between 1 and 2 oclock in standard time, May 20 or 21, with a Washington advisory noting delivery Wednesday.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Congress
Washington
Birthday party program at Fond du Lac Wisconsin
Fond du Lac Wisconsin outlines tomorrow’s birthday celebration program led by Thomas P. Jayden of the Fond du Lac Progressive club. Events include reception, parade to courthouse square, mass meeting, radio speech by Mayor La Guardia, Governor Ta Follette address on public works, supper, and entertainment.
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la Follette
Fond du Lac
Wis
Thomas P. Jayden
Progressive Club
Trotel Retlaw
Courthouse Square
la Guardia
Ta Follette
Armors
Opposition To New Deal Is Collapsing
Washington reports indicate congressional opposition to the administration’s program is shrinking as Congress moves quickly to pass New Deal measures. Settlement of veterans’ bonuses and NRA status are major hurdles. Republicans see delay fading as the White House pushes rapid action on Wagner Jaber relations and broader social reforms. The work relief bill’s slow start gave way to a rising sense that Congress will approve key items, with the Senate poised to speed passage of the New Deal package.
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H. ©. Thompson
United Press
Washington
NRA
Congress
Wagner Jaber
Duke
Roosevelt
Relake
Capitol
Senate
Cumatolus
Marneiarae
Oklahoma flood ravages Altus region with bridges swept away
Severe storms drenched southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas causing rivers to swell and bridges vanish. Mrs. Claude Gowena, 70, was found dead. five others, including a 10 year old Joy McAlpine, missing. Dozens of homes carried away, crops damaged, and several areas isolated or marooned.
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Okla
Claude Gowena
Carl McAlpine
Joy
Edmond Reid
Turkey Creek
Harmony
Reid
Olustee
D. McRowe
Salt Fork River
Texas
Hearne
Tex
Tesuge
Dan Bebbs
5. W. Robertson
San Antonio
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Oklo
CCC
Aus
Elm Park x River
Mangum
Gtuster
Elm Fork Creek
Polytechnic and
Riverside
Fort Worth
Tom Perkins
W. H. Bell
Sarah Benson
Gulf Coast
Elana
Llano
WUP
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