Manitowoc Hosts First Public Citizenship Day
A large crowd welcomed with cheers a group of young men and women who formally took U.S. citizenship oaths in Manitowoc Wisconsin. They pledged to support the constitution as thousands looked on during a pageant laden ceremony. City and state leaders see the event as a model for nationwide expansion with the Wisconsin legislature setting a similar day on the third Sunday in May. Dr. R J Colbert urged local involvement, calling democracy strengthened by home town participation.
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Wis
Jerome A. Mahlberg
Kiel
Association of 1939 New Voters
Ioud
Wisconsin
R. J. Colbert
University of Wisconsin Social Science Department
America
Colbert
Roosevelt to address business group on policy tonight
President Roosevelt is set to outline ideas for better business government relations before the American Retail Federation. The speech, broadcast at 8 30 p m central, will feature cabinet members and business leaders, including Hopkins Wallace Freer Wood and Rep Martin, emphasizing economic policy and recovery.
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Roosevelt
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Central Standard
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CBS
NBS
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Wallace
Robert E. Freer
Federal Trade Commission
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Martin
Massachusetts
House
White House
Retail Federation
NRA
High Court Rules Judges Must Pay U S Income Tax
The Supreme Court holds federal judges’ salaries are subject to federal income taxation. Justice Frankfurter writes the government may collect income tax on a judge’s $12,500 1936 salary, noting that judges are citizens and share the government’s burden. Justice Butler dissents.
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Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
Joseph W. Woorrough
Omaha
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Frankfurter
Justice McReynolds
Justice Butler
Milwaukee Yellow Transfer closes due to drivers strike
Milwaukee based Yellow Transfer Company owner John P. Wagner announced the business would shut for an indefinite period because of a strike by Local 200 of the AFL Truck Drivers union that began January 13. He said 35 of 135 trucks were sold as the plant was abandoned and operations halted. Union officials protested the discharge of two drivers, arguing the men were fired for union activity while Wagner cited missing time-off slips.
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Milwaukee
John P. Wagner
Yellow Transfer Company
Wagner
Wisconsin Weather Forecast with Showers Likely
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with showers and warmer temperatures. Milwaukee reports fair conditions and temperatures around 60s and 70s. Duluth and Yellowstone show a 24 hour max around 75 and min near 60 with trace precipitation and northeast winds.
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Milwaukee
Duluth
Yellowstone
Buckstaff Observatory
Newsboys’ May 30 Subscriptions Claim Denied
Reports claim certain newsboys solicit subscriptions for an out-of-town paper for next Tuesday May 30 asserting no issue. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern states this is false and will publish on Memorial Day as usual delivering to subscribers at the customary time.
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Northwestern
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Pole Shoots Kills German At Free City
In Danzig the first fatal border incident of current Polish German tension ends with Gustav Gruebner slain by Polish chauffeur Tadeuz Perkowski. A mob then attacked the Kalhof customs house as Polish inspectors fled. Dispute centers on who fired first and whether Gruebner was armed.
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Marienbad
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Kalthot
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Kalthoef
Gruebner
Kailhof Customs House
Perkowski
Kalthof
Heil Crowns Cherry Blossom Fete Queen
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin residents gathered for the annual cherry blossom festival as Goldie Krueger of Eye Harbor was proclaimed queen. The governor called it a greater honor than Europe’s queen, praising democracy. Attendants were Mary and Kathryn Pleek, great-granddaughters of Hetch, founder of the Door peninsula cherry industry.
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Wis
Julius P. Hess
Goldie Krueger
Eye Harbor
Door County
Europe
Mary
Kathryn Pleek
Hetch
Door Peninsula
Stolen airplane sighting reported near Fort Wayne Indiana
Detroit authorities relayed a report that a plane stolen from Erm Air Port in Macomb County Michigan was seen in Indiana. Witness Herbert Braunschweig of Milwaukee said he saw a craft resembling the missing plane while driving Highway 30 and that it executed a wobbling landing in an open field between Fort Wayne and Valparaiso.
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Erm
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Indiana
Lent
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Herbert Braunschweig
Tom
Braunschweg
Fort Wayne
Valparaiso
Pair tracked after killing in $2 hold up
A double gunman pursuit unfolds in southern Wisconsin after Vernon Reinheimer was killed during a $3 general store holdup at Afton. Two youths with a light eight cylinder car fled toward the Illinois border as Sheriff Rex and Undersheriff Webb intensified the statewide search from Brodhead to Richland Center.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Owen Rex
Vernon Reinheimer
Carpenter
Afton
Ed Jones
Brodhead
Jones
Reinheimer
Rex
Jones’ Place
Monroe
Lhnois
Jasper Webb
Richland Center
Gotham Socialite Warns of Red Revolution Threat
Washington. Dudley P. Gilbert, a New York socialite, testifies before the Dies committee claiming he has spent months trying to organize a campaign to ready the American people for a red revolution. He fears a civil conflict and suggests extreme measures similar to Franco, while denying he advocates a military movement and urging a nationalist response to pressure political parties to fix the economy.
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New York
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
J. E. Campbell
Owensboro
Gilbert
Healey
Massachusetts
Wit
Nghon
Kaukauna Man Drowns After Fall From Bridge
Kaukauna Wisconsin Arthur Kappel 40 drowns Sunday afternoon in the Fox River after losing balance while trying to recover a net from the water. He fell from a bridge linking Barger Power and Dodger Tissue plants. John Hering also of Kaukauna was fishing with him. recovery efforts failed.
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Wis
Arthur Kappel
Fox River
Barger Power Company
Dodger Tissue Company
Kappel
John Hering
Pendergast pleads guilty in tax evasion case
Kansas City report notes former political boss Tom Pendergast pleads guilty to evading taxes on 443550 and receives one year and three months in prison on count one with three years probation and a 10000 fine on count two. Judge Otis grants a week before starting sentence to settle business affairs amid government claims of larger evasion.
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Tom Pender- Best
Merrill E. Otis
Pendergast
Panagr
John G. Madden
Merrill £. Otis
Yankee Clipper Completes Hop To Marseilles
The Yankee Clipper lands in Marseilles completing the first nonstop Atlantic commercial flight. Arrival was delayed nearly two hours by weather and customs routine as French officials greet the crew. Storm conditions over southern France and Spain influenced the final leg from Lisbon to France.
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Four Trusties Escape from Wisconsin Prison Farm
Four inmates escaped from the state prison farm at Amberg, Marinette County, after fleeing in a stolen 1938 Ford with registered plates 536 218. The four men are identified as George Panton, Elmer Diehsel, Edward Reagies, and Clarence Conjurski, all aged 20s to 27s and from nearby towns. Police hunted them nationwide as the incident drew national attention to the breakout.
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Manitowoc
Amlie Joins Murphy Office After Nomination Reversal
Washington reports Attorney General Frank Murdy named Amie Amlie, former Wisconsin congressman, to a land office post with a $4,600 salary. The appointment ties to prior Roosevelt era moves toward the Interstate Commerce Commission, which were later dropped as Senate approval faltered.
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Frank Murdy
BR Amie
Progressiie
Wisconsin
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Mure
Roosevelt
Inter“Ate Commerce Commission
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Jap forces claim 36000 Chinese killed in Hupeh drive
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese troops under Gens Li and Tang killed about 36,000 Chinese soldiers in north Hupeh after capturing Nanchang. Japanese spokesman says the campaign was a heavy blow to Chiang Kai-shek and that remaining Chinese forces were dispersed toward the Peiping Hankow line.
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Berlin Brewery Safe Looted of Over $1000
Berlin Wis The safe of the Deri Bresme Company was forced open early Sunday and burglars escaped with between 1000 and 1200 dollars. Intruders gained through an open partition in the office where an addition is being built. James Kulrek, president of the company, reported the theft after visiting the office Sunday noon.
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Berlin
Wis
Deri Bresme
James Kulrek
Axis Pact Sealed Between Germany and Italy in Milan
Germany and Italy signed a seven article military pact in Milan to pool resources for war, creating a ten year preliminary alliance. Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop and Ciano announced mutual consultation, support, and rapid action, with commissions to implement the pact.
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Milan
Joachim von Rbbbentrop
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Savings Surpass Sixty Nine Billion Dollar Cash Reserve
Harvard professor Dr. Donald H. Davenport told a federal committee that estimated savings at over 69 billion dollars would be enough to fund a large relief effort in a downturn. He argued government aid would be necessary to protect savers in future depressions and that the total surpassed the national debt and income, with potential to provide 330 dollars per person if evenly divided.
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