Soviet Group Establishes Permanent North Pole Base
An 11 man Soviet expedition landed on an Arctic ice floe 13 miles from the pole and set up a permanent base as a precursor to a Moscow to San Francisco polar air route. Dr Otto Schmidt headed the party. four craft at Rudolf island supply the outpost while 17 wintersed men on Rudolf island prepared for the polar station. Four members will stay a year to study polar weather birth conditions.
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Moscow
North Pole
San Francisco
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
Rudolf Island
M. V. Vodopyanoff
Schmidt
Dickson Island
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Daring Party
Ivan Papanin
Ernest Krenke
Pyotr Shirsov
Eugene Federov
Two Chicago youths jailed in Blunt teacher murder
Norman Westberg aged 17 and Howard Christenson 16 were jailed in Onida after confessing to killing Ada Carey 26, a Blunt teacher. They admitted beating and shooting her to steal her car and money, with Christenson striking three hammer blows and Westberg firing the fatal shot.
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Pierre
Sully County
Onida
Chicago
Blunt
S. D
Jack Reedy
Reedy
Asst
Elsworth Evans
Norman Westberg
Howard Christenson
Evans
Ada Carey
Miss Carey
Christenson
Miners Surface From Wilsonville Strike For Talks
More than 400 striking miners returned to the surface at Superior Coal Company mine No. 4 in relays of 40 to bathe and greet families before returning underground. Officials on both sides expressed willingness to negotiate but remained deadlocked over who should initiate settlement terms. The union seeks immediate redistribution of work among displaced miners and a waiver of a 30 day notice clause, while the company denies making the first move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsonville
M—U.a
Fred 5S. Pftaler
Superior Coal Company
John Gurwell
United Press
John Fisher
Progressive Miners’ Association
Eagerville
Joe Ozanic
Fisher
Fred F. Plater
Thomas Selbie
Gillespie
Weather summary and outlook for Wisconsin and Chicago
Wisconsin stays generally fair tonight and Sunday with cooler tonight and slightly warmer Sunday in the southwest. Chicago area forecast sights generally fair Monday with showers Tuesday or Wednesday and a cooler Thursday and Friday. observed highs near 77 in Milwaukee yesterday with a 50 low and light precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Abilene
Montgomery
Cheyenne
Lander
Chicago
Great Lakes
Buckstaff Observatory
Wisconsin Orders General 48 Hour Week For Carpenters
Governor La Follette ordered a statewide shift to 48 hours for carpenters and masons with 44-hour weeks in Eau Claire Marinette and 40 hours in many cities including Appleton Beloit Madison Milwaukee and Oshkosh. Painters rise to 48 statewide except in listed cities with 40 hours and some with 44 hours.
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Appleton
Ashland
Beloit
Burlington
de Pere
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Janesville
Kaukauna
Kenosha
la Crosse
Lake Geneva
Little Chute
Madison
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Neenah- Menasha
Oconomowoc
Oshkosh
Portage
Racine
Sheboygan
Stevens Point
Superior
Watertown
Waukesha
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Neenah-Menasha
Eckener cites static spark as likely Hindenburg fire cause
German airship expert Dr. Hugo Eckener testified that atmospheric static electricity could have ignited the Hindenburg. He outlined three possibilities with static spark deemed most probable, noting the fire likely began in the upper stern where free gas might have existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
U.P
Hugo Eckener
Department of Commerce Board of Inquiry
Eckener
Mackett and Hanecy to Get New Trial
Milwaukee lawyers for Frank Mackett and William J. Hanecy, serving seven and three year terms in Leavenworth, Kan., penitentiary for mail fraud and conspiracy, learned the appeals court in Chicago set aside their verdict. A formal motion for release will be filed and a new trial granted. The pair were among six indicted in a $6000 Ripon Wisconsin fake optical ring swindle involving Herman and Alvina Voelker.
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Milwaukee
Frank Mackett
William J. Hanecy
Leavenworth
Kan
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Mackett
Hancey
Herman and
Alvina Voelker
Ripon
Wis
Relief load in Wisconsin drops in April as spring aid grows
Wisconsin relief cases fall to 43,680 in April from 48,406 in March as warmer weather and seasonal employment reduce demand. P. D. Flanner notes northern counties bear heavier relief burdens while fuel needs ease and WPA projects aid recipients. State received 142,000 in federal commodities eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
P. D. Flanner
Department of Public Welfare
Flanner
State Welfare Department
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
WPA
Lightning Strikes Farms and Homes in Wisconsin
A storm struck near Arnott and Green Lake. Lightning hit a silo on the J. K. Hanson farm burning the silo barn pig shed and corn crib. In Green Lake a tree struck by lightning set the Horace Brok home afire. The storm disrupted local light and telephone service.
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Stevens Point
Wis
J. K. Hanson
Arnott
Green Lake
Horace Brok
Duke of Windsor to wed Wallis Warfield with Welsh gold ring
Monts France reports the ceremony set for June 3 will use a Welsh gold wedding ring for Mrs Warfield in a civil service. The arrangement keeps property separate under British law and gifts arrive at the chateau as preparations proceed. The duke, anxious over a boycott, has taken up knitting and a new blue sweater for Wallis Warfield.
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Gloucester
Kent
Wales
Paris
Warfield
Bessie
D. Buchanan Merryman
Washington, D. C
Fred Bates
Chateau
Edward
United Press
Monts
France
U.P
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Wally
Air Force Inadequate in Dual Front War, Army Expert Says
Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews of the General Headquarters Air Force warned that the U S could defend only one front if attacked on two fronts during West Coast aerial war games at March Field California. He cited skeletonized groups and equipment shortages while noting no injuries among 2925 participants and limited ship losses.
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March Field
Calif
United States
Frank M. Andrews
General Headquarters Air Force
Andrews
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Drouth relief drive in Congress amid Spain crisis
Congressmen from farm states pressed for a $1.0 billion increase in federal drought relief as Congress debated the $1.5 billion work relief bill. North and South Dakota, Kansas, Montana, and Oklahoma leaders urged the added funds after meeting with Secretary Wallace and administration aides.
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Washington
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Montana
Oklahoma
Wallace
Administration
Senate
Frazier
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Nye
House
Forday
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
WPA
Lutherans Denied Passports by Nazi Authorities
Berlin reports that 14 Lutheran opponents of Nazi church policy were denied passports. Deputies for the Oxford ecumenical conference in England were blocked, including leaders Rev. Martin Niemoeler and Rev. Friedrich Dibelius. Dibelius suspended from office and Niemoeler barred from delivering a Whitsuntide sermon.
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Berlin
Oxford
England
Martin Niemoelier
Friedrich Otto Dibelius
Third Reich
Dibelius
Brandenburg
Niemoelier
University Swell Parents See Campus Talks At Weekend
About 2,000 mothers and fathers toured Madison campus for Parents Weekend hearing Prof John on Wisconsin Tradition praising the faculty’s intellectual aliveness. Tonight Clarence A. Dykstra, new UW president, to address the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
U.P
University of Wisconsin
John [Flicks
Wisconsin
Clarence A. Dykstra
Chevrolet Strikers To Go Back To Work
United Automobile Workers vice president Wyndham Mortimer said striking Chevrolet parts plant workers in Saginaw will return to work Monday while negotiations continue. Company officials said there was no official notice but the plant will be ready if the men return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wyndham Mortimer
United Automobile Workers of America
Chevrolet
Saginaw
Roosevelt to urge labor standards legislation this session
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress proposing a labor standards bill with a three member board to set a 36 to 40 hour work week, a minimum wage of 16 dollars weekly, and restrictions on interstate trade of goods made by underage workers. The bill would cover textiles and other industries. Ellenbogen textile bill may be shelved.
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Washington
Connery
Massachusetts
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Black
Alabama
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
John le Lewis
Jaid Black
Rayburn
Texas
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hillman
Murray
Montana
Hatch
New
Trial ends in banking suit over First Wisconsin loan recovery
Milwaukee court ended a 13 day testimony phase in the state banking commission suit against First Wisconsin National Bank. The commission seeks to recover $583,000 in collateral from Liberty State Bank deposits tied to loans taken in 1931 and 1932 by Liberty and its president I J Rosenberg. An appeal to the state supreme court is expected.
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Milwaukee
All
State Banking Commission
First Wisconsin National Bank
H. H. Thames
Commission
Peter A. Cleary
John C. Kleczka
Hiness
State Supreme Court
The
Banking Commission
Liberty State Bank
Liberty
I. J. Rosenberg
First
Wisconsin
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HIVE
Progressive Miners of America
Pfater
P. M. As
Plaler
DR. Eckener
Hanecy
Windsor
Army
Drouth
Madrid
Cerbere
Portbou
Hendaye
Munguia
Bilbao
Gereman
Habana
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Spain
Hel En
Juan March
Francisco Frante
Naples
Italy
Midwest
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