Wisconsin Travelers Protective Association Convention Opens
About 100 delegates and visitors attended the two day Wisconsin division convention at the Athearn hotel. The session includes a banquet, memorial service, officer elections, and a 1937 site decision. National officers T. S. Logan and George W. Huntley will be introduced.
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Wisconsin
Travelers Protective Association of America
Athearn
T. S. Logan
St. Louis
George W. Huntley
Waterloo
Flood Control Vote and Tragic Menasha Crash Verdict
The Menasha coroner's jury found William Schuyler guilty of gross negligence after a fatal crash on Plank Road, with district attorney R. C. Laus condemning drinking and reckless driving. In Washington, the Overton Wilson flood control bill passed the House 162 to 156, boosting cost to 398 million and prompting conferees with the Senate.
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William Schuyler
Dist. Atty
R. C. Laus
Menasha
Schuyler
Ti Cda Clark Hospital
Neenah
Laus
Martin F. Petratz
George W. Burnside
Mr. Petratz
Alex Slomski
Fred Jones
R. W. Keefe
O. S. Swenson
George D Burnside
William Dowling
Arthur McLeod
Winnessey
Cuamimners
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Mississippi
Riley .J. Wilson
Louisiana
Arkansas
White River
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Sen
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Oshkosh Chosen 1937 Safety Conference City
The ninth annual Fox River Valley and Lake Shore Safety conference selected Oshkosh as the 1937 convention site during yesterday's Manitowoc meeting. About 1,500 visitors and delegates are expected, with next year’s arrangements led by R. W. Salisbury. Speakers included Milwaukee attorney Roger Sherman Hoar stressing loyalty and teamwork for safety.
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Oshkosh
Fox River Valley
Lake Shore
Manitowoc
G. C. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
R. W. Salisbury
Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee
Chamber
Salisbury
Roger Sherman Hoar
Milwaukee
Tallmadge Held After Confessed Murder in Oregon
Oregon authorities prepared to indict Guy Tallmadge 58 for the murder of his wife confessing during a lie detector test that he killed her to marry a widow and retire to a chicken ranch. He led investigators to Frances Birch with whom he planned a remarriage as a jewelry purchase and wedding ring were noted. The grand jury is to decide Monday and Mrs Birch, not in custody, testified as investigators pressed the case.
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Oregon
Hil
Guy Tallmadge
Tallmadge
Frances Birch
Birch
Green Bay Girls Marooned on Frying Pan Isle
Four Green Bay girls aged 21 and 13 were stranded after a squall carried their rowboat from Green Bay. They hiked to a cottage, used a neighbor’s boat, and spent the night on Frying Pan islands before Coast Guard or local officers found them at sunrise.
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Green Bay Girls
Green Bar
Wis
Green Bay
Doris Parmentier
Phyllis
Hathleen Shequin
Ruth Gerhard
Permentier
Tceless
Seagull
Italian Memo Accuses Britain Over Dum Dum Bullets
Geneva reports a new Italian memorandum claiming British firms supplied dum dum bullets to Ethiopians, listing 15 wounded Italian troops. Eden countered that the first memorandum rested on fabricated evidence from a provocateur, calling for Grandi’s recall as British indignation rose.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
Geneva
League of Nations Today
Fulvio Suvich
Foreign Affairs
Eley Brothers
London
Kynochs
Birmingham
League
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Dino Grandi
Pedro Lopez
Lopez
Foreign Office
Grandi
Rome
Guard Superintendent at Prison Is Suspended
Waupun Wisconsin Bruce Fleming guard superintendent at the state prison farm near Markesan was suspended pending action by the state board of control Acting Warden Charles Bernatt said Fleming tried to cover up irregularities at the farm A John Doe hearing examined reports that inmates left the farm at night to visit nearby taverns.
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Waupun
Wis
State Board of Control
Bruce Fleming
Markesan
Charles Bernatt
Fleming
John Doe
Moose River Cave-In Investigation Underway
An Easter Sunday cave-in at Moose River near Halifax killed Kerman R. Magill and trapped Dr. D. E. Robertson and Charles Alfred Scaeding. Officials opened hearings as residents testified about the disaster and rescue efforts.
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Moose River
N. S
Surrey
Roose River
Mene Head
Kerman R. Magill
D. E. Robertson
Charles Alfred Scaeding
Townsend May Cite Dr Townsend In Pension Inquiry
Dr Francis E Townsend announced through his attorney Sheridan Downey that he had notified all officers of the Townsend pension movement now under subpena refused to testify before the house old age pension inquiry. Edward J Margett California state area manager for Old Age Revolving Pensions Ltd was included in the order and will appear voluntarily next Thursday.
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Washington
U.P
Francis E. Townsend
Sheridan Downey
Townsend Pension Movement
Subpenate
House
Edward J. Margett
Margett
California
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Washington Progress on Townsend Contempt Case Ahead
Speaker Burns said a court trial for Dr. F E Townsend over defying a house investigating committee is possible. He called Townsend s walk out contempt and expects the house to act on the committee s recommendation after talks with Rep Bell s group.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
Burns
Bell
Missouri
Townsend
Boston pilot fights runaway passenger in midair
Pilot Charles W. Sutherland says a 20 year old Boston woman Sue Limo attempted to leap from his Intercity Airlines plane over Boston harbor. Attendants restrained her after a fierce struggle while the craft landed safely at East Boston airport. She is kept at Boston Psychopathic Hospital for 10 days observation.
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Boston
Charles W. Sutherland
Sue Limo
Riely H. Guthrie
Guthrie
Sutherland
Intercity Airlines
East Boston
William D. Donovan
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Boston Harbor
Great Britain Steps Up Mobilization of Nation's Industries
Britain escalates plans to mobilize industry for possible war. A broad program covers munitions, aircraft supply, and civilian food stocks. Key issues include the Italo Ethi opian crisis and Palestine Egypt tensions, with officials detailing steps and leadership shifts.
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Great Britain
G. HW. Anderson
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Mary
Viscount Cranborne
House of Common
L. J. Bonner
Red Cross
Diredawa
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Britain
Malv
Dino Grandi
Yevtereay
Robert G. van Sittart
Grandi
Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Holy Land
Baldwin Amd Brivon
Jeruatalem Ari
Egypt
Thomas W. N. Inskip
Defense Coordination
William Beveridge
Imperial Defense Committee
Colonial Secretary Resigns From Baldwin Cabinet
London reports say J H Thomas, colonial secretary, resigned from the Baldwin cabinet. The king reportedly accepted the resignation amid Budget scandal accusations tying his departure to tax increase disclosures during the 1936-37 fiscal week. Thomas was connected with an insurance brokerage firm linked to tax changes.
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London
J. H. Thomas
Osecretars
Baldwin
Lotic
House of Commons
Todas
Tondit
Cane Goo
Thomas
Tache Thomas
Socialists Push Constitutional Reforms in 1926 Campaign
Socialist leaders at their national convention advocate amending the constitution to empower Congress to regulate the social and economic life of the nation. Benson amendment cited would permit broad controls over child labor, industry, and public welfare. Norman Thomas denounces the Supreme Court in criticising its Guffey decision and links judicial ruling to violence.
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RK. H. Hippelheuser
Associated Press
Cleveland
NRA
AAA
Guffey
Supreme Court
Socialist Party
Macathd “Workers and Farmers
Congress
Benson
Snnetota Farmer-Laborite
Tle Priver
Cohecase Burmiinas
Norman Thomas
Finance Committee Recasts Tax Plan Aims for $529 Million
The Senate Finance Committee trimmed a proposed tax on taxes and projected the revised corporate levy would yield about $529 million annually after one year, with $629 million in the first year and $529 million thereafter. President Roosevelt sought $792 million annually for three years and $620 million after. The panel also estimated a $40 million revenue loss from removing the tax on taxes. Chairman Harrison noted the plan would include a windfall tax on processors evading AAA levies.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Congress
Senate
Six Detroit Black Legion members confess to wife beater murder
Police disclosed the Black Legion's plan to punish Charles A Poole for beating his wife. Six vigilantes confessed to luring Poole to a deserted spot where four bullets ended his life. The suspects, including Harvey Davis and Daston Dean, face first degree murder charges. three others will be arraigned as well, with no confessions from them.
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Detroit
VUP
Black Legion
John T. Navarre
Charles A. Poole
Warrensburg
East St. Louis
Ill
Dearborn Township
Navarre
Tagion
Poole
WPA
Black Segion
Navarre Craid
Society
Cardinal Miles
Harvey Davis
Gion
Daston Dean
Irvin Lee
Urban Lipps
Lowey Rushing
Hershell Gill
Recorder’s Court
George C. Johnson
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
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Lawrence Maas
Andress Swamp
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Yoath Schuyler
Grand Chute
Swamp Lome
Oshkosh Peope
H. H. Kimberly
A. M. Brewer
George P. Nevitt
Jay T. Putney
Eden Regents
Italy
Dr. Townsend
Scott Hershey
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