Labor Secretary to Fix Regional Pay Scales debated
Washington factions pressed a wage hour compromise letting the Labor Secretary set regional minimums. Senate and House plans differ on scale and hours, with southern opposition wary of concessions. A joint committee may draft a middle ground or stall final action.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Labor
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Labor
Perkins
South
Thomas
Utah
Barkley
Kentucky
Russell
Georgia
Congress
County G O P reorganized for campaign
County G O P reorganized in Winnebago County at the Athearn hotel with a new state charter. Oscar A. Lichtenberger of Oshkosh was named chairman with a slate of officers and a large delegate list to Fond du Lac for the June convention. Open primary support was voted, and talks stressed mobilizing rank and file and the distinction between state statutory and voluntary committees.
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E. J. Lamp
Winnebago County
Athearn Hotel
Oscar A. Lichtenberger
Oshkosh
Benjamin Bockin
Winnecone
Women’s Auxiliary
Fond du Lar
Fond du Lac
Lichtenberger
W. Lockwood Miller
Holly Wood
Calif
Los Angeles, County
Republican Central Committee
Lamp
Statutors Committee
Wisconsin
Joseph O. Seftenberg
Samp
California
Seftenberg
Psychiatrists Set for State Rebuttal in Duncan Trial
Milwaukee prosecutors secured rebuttal testimony from two psychiatrists Dr. R A Jefferson and Andrew J Rosenberger for next week in the Thomas M. Duncan first degree manslaughter case. They join three other doctors ready to counter defense experts as trial resumes May 31.
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Milwaukee
UPL. Dist
Herbert J. Steffes
Thomas M. Duncan
R. A. Jefferson
Andrew J. Rosenberger
Duncan
Henry F. Schuetle
Steffes
Thmcan
Democrats to Hold Executive Meeting in Stevens Point
Milwaukee Wis dot officials report Wisconsin Democrats will hold an executive meeting in Stevens Point Saturday to decide on a state convention for endorsement of candidates and whether to adhere to the open primary system. James Corcoran of Webster chairs the state central committee and issued notices.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
James Corcoran
Webster
Democratic State Central Committee
Stevens Point
Senators Protest Hopkins Activity in Iowa Election
In Washington and Alicante reports, antiadministration lawmakers push to censure WPA head Hopkins for backing Iowa Senate candidate Wearin while Hopkins defends worker political freedom. Separately, Alicante endures a deadly air raid with 260 Spaniards killed and hundreds injured as bombers strike the market and surrounding towns.
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Hopkins
Iowa
Alicante
Spain
Valencia
Barcelona
Albalat de Segart
Castelion
Washington
Senate
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Johnson
California
Gillette
Wearin
Works Progress Administration
Stewart
Brady M. Stewart
Louisville
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Harold Ickes and bride arrive in London amid photographers
London U Sirmary detailed Harold L Ickes and his bride Dane Dahlman arriving from Ireland at Paddington station at 3 10 p m. They were followed by many photographers and Ickes posed in Hyde Park after joking about newspaper manners. The couple wed in Dublin on Tuesday after a secret ocean crossing aboard the Innisfallen from Cork.
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London
Sermiary
Tawker
Harold L. Ickes
Ireland
Paddington ‘Station
Ickes
Hyde Park
Laugrily
Dane Dahlman
Dublin
Cork
Innisfalien
Brothers uncover hidden dime stash in basement find nine hundred dollars
Brodhead Wes Arthur and J B Searles, farm implement dealers, found several cigar boxes containing 840 in dimes while cleaning the basement of their parents home, the late Mr and Mrs F L Seakes. Arthur said his father saved dimes for many years.
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Brodhead
Wes
Arthur
J. B. Searles
F. L. Seakes
Czechs weigh new schemes to end crisis with Sudeten issue
Prague reports government studies French and British proposals to resolve the Sudeten crisis amid talks with Osusky and Masaryk, while Britain considers observer plans and both sides seek assurances of Anglo French backing. Czechoslovakia remains vigilant, ready to defend.
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Praha
Adolf Hitler
Stefan Osusky
Paris
Kamil Krofta
Jan Masaryk
London
Krofta
Pres
Eduard Benes
Britain
Eger
Karl Hermann Frank
Ernst Pfrogrer
Milan Hodza
Ernst Eisenlohr
Foreign Office
Sonations
Hoyt and Corrigan Will Defend Ekern Before Supreme Court
Madison Milwaukee attorneys Ralph Hoyt and Walter Corrigan were named by the governor to defend Herman L Ekern in a quo warranto action seeking to oust him from the lieutenant governor's office. The case hinges on whether Ekern may hold the vacancy filled by Governor La Follette last week. Show cause is set for May 31 as the supreme court considers original jurisdiction.
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Madison
Ralph Hoyt
Walter Corrigan
Milwaukee
Herman L. Exern
State Supreme Court
la Follette
Ekern
Capitol
Henry Gunderson
State Tax Commission
Ekern Trust
Supreme Court
William B. Rubin
Milwaukee Democrat
High Court
Ehem
Oil Firms Offer to Pay Fines in Antitrust Case
Fourteen oil companies and 11 individuals accused of antitrust violations offered to pay 400000 dollars in fines and court costs in plea of nolo contendere accepted if Judge Stone approves. The settlement would drop indictments for eight firms and eight executives, who would go to trial in Madison, Wisconsin, September on charges of fixing midwestern gasoline margins.
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Washington
Justice Department
Vaco Z
Madison
Wis
Cummings
Thurman Arnold
Department
Antitrust
Patrick D. Stone
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
Charles E. Arnott
Roosevelt Readies Friday Address on Tax Bill Action
President Roosevelt prepared a 15 minute nationally broadcast address from Arthurdale West Virginia. He will announce whether he has signed or vetoed the tax revision bill by midnight tomorrow. He plans to inspect 165 family cooperatives and address 13 high school graduates before returning to Hyde Park for Memorial Day weekend.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
White House
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Reedsville
Hyde Park
N. Y
House orders probe into Nazi influence in U S
The House approved a resolution to let seven members investigate propaganda activities by Nazi groups in the United States. Representative Dies said he had shocking information on Nazi camps and fundraising to foster a fascist movement, and noted 490000 in the U S and 22 camps. He stressed the inquiry targets groups, not German Americans.
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U. S
Washington
House
Cos
United States
Senate
Dies
Texas
Hotuse
Roosevelt
Congress
U. 8
Lewis proposes new relief system to reimburse manufacturers
Senator Lewis of Illinois calls for replacing the relief system with compensation for manufacturers and merchants expanding to capacity. He cites Chicago and Illinois as witnesses and warns continued relief could trigger riots and political intimidation against public officials.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Chicago
Esterday
WPA
PWA
Weather Brief Wisconsin Foresees Warm Friday Showers Possible
A clipped weather note reports Friday showers possible across Wisconsin with warmer temperatures. Forecaster notes show high temperatures near 102 and low around 36 in various locales, including Phoenix and Sault Ste Marie.
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Sun Sim Das
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Pene Phoenix
Sault Ste Marie
Ousted TVA Heads Exchange Charges On Obstructing Authority
Washington witnesses testify before a congressional committee as TVA director David Lilienthal and former TVA chairman Arthur E. Morgan trade charges. Lilienthal contends Morgan tried to defeat the authority in litigation over its constitutionality in Chattanooga, while Harcourt A. Morgan accuses Morgan of exceeding his bounds and resisting a one man rule.
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Arthur ©. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Conarcesional Committee
Washington
IVA
David E. Lilienthal
H. A. Morgan
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Harvard ‘Law School
Morgan
Harker
Harcourt A. Morgan
Arthur Morgan
Lilienthal
Chattanooga
Berry
Tennessee
Arthur Morganf
Harcourt Morgan
Congressional Inquiry Committee
A. E. Morgan
Memorial day address urges living to honor fallen soldiers
Wisconsin Governor La Follette issues a Memorial day proclamation urging citizens to live by the principles for which soldiers died. He recalls Memorial Day’s Civil War origins and warns that few veterans remain as reminders of the fight to preserve American institutions and liberty. He asks observances to reaffirm that the dead shall not have died in vain.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Dykstra Missed Ill-Fated Flight That Crashed in Cleveland
University of Wisconsin president Clarence A. Dykstra said he would have boarded the Newark New Jersey airliner that crashed in Cleveland killing 10 if he had arrived 30 minutes earlier. He spoke after receiving an honorary doctorate at Hobart College and planned to return to Madison.
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Madison
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Newark
WN. J
Cleveland
Dykstra
Hobart College
Geneva
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