Labor Act Amendments Urged To Aid Employers
Chairman J Warren Madden of the national labor board urged Congress to study four Wagner act amendments aimed at helping employers in labor disputes. Proposals include petitioner rights for collective bargaining elections, clear bargaining unit standards, contract status when unions lose majority, and extending hearing time from five to ten days. The board said amendments merit consideration despite objections.
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Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Board
Congress
House
Madden
Labor Committee
Menasha Electric Plant Faces Rate Cut Order
The Wisconsin public service commission ordered the Menasha municipal electric plant to reduce annual rates by about 34,000 due to excess farming. The cut, effective after May meter readings, lowers street lighting costs by 1,000 per year and benefits commercial customers, while home service remains unchanged. The plant posted 1938 net income of 33,838 with a 338 rate base and an allowed 6 percent earning. Previous reductions from November had not taken effect due to a rehearing.
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Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
Menesha
Wisconsin Dairy Tax Aims Publicity Funds
The assembly passed a 1 cent tax on all waterfat to run from June 13 through 30 each year to raise funds for dairy product advertising. Sponsored by dairy leaders, the plan would yield about 200000 annually to the Wisconsin Dairy industry under state supervision, collected by milk handsets, and awaits senate and governor approval to take effect this year.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
armsJeaders
Wisconsin Dairy Inn Association
Saervision
State Department , Agriculture
Tmarnets
Sargent resigns as head of Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Fred W. Sargent resigns as president and director of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and all subsidiaries effective June 1 due to ill health. Samuel H. Cady announces the move and notes Sargent’s long service since 1925. No successor named. meeting set for June 14 in New York. Sargent, 63, was born in Akron and began law practice in 1901.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Fred W. Sargent
Samuel H. Cady
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad Company
Superior Coal Company
Fare
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Peoria and Pekin Railway Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
New York
Cady
Charles Megan
Charles Thomson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sargent
Akron
University of Town
Sioux City
Mayo Clinic Chief Charles Mayo Fights Pneumonia
Dr Charles W Mayo and family mobilize in Rochester as doctors struggle to save his father Dr Charles H Mayo chief of Mayo Clinic. Blood transfusions are prepared while the patient rests under an oxygen tent. Sulfapypradine shows slight rally but condition remains critical.
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Chicago
Uph—Dorders
Charles HH. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Laboratories
Charles W. Mayo
Edith Rankin
Lexington
Louise Trenholm
Esther Hartzell
Detroit
Land
Eliseph Mayo
Hospital Attarney
Navy Seeks To Lift Sub From Ocean
Navy divers press on with the Squalus salvage as 60 hours of work yield 33 survivors. Officials discuss buoyancy and precise balance required to raise the 1450 ton submarine while 26 members remain trapped below.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Papal Diplomats Urge Powers Meet For Peace
Vatican diplomats urged Europe's principal foreign offices to seek peaceful solutions to Europe’s difficulties through a general meeting of interested powers or bilateral talks. The Holy See said it favors normal diplomatic channels and has not engaged in specific proposals, hoping to prevent a war worse than 1934. The move follows earlier papal efforts to foster peace and urges reflection to ease the international situation.
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Vatican City
UPI
Yvaticen
Europe
Holy See
Limi
Tax revision sped by Congress amid tax shift plans
Congressional leaders push rapid consideration of business tax revision with Doughton announcing a Morgenthau recommendation to the House Ways and Means Committee. Senate hearings on RFC loan insurance for small business loom as Mead forecasts quick passage while concerns over undistributed profits tax and surpluses are debated.
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Washington
Doughton
7Th Carolina
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Administration
Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Mead
Democrat
RFC
Treasury
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
Paderewski Delayed by Heart Attack in New York
In Madison Square Garden ten thousand plus expectant fans faced a postponed Paderewski concert after a slight heart attack. The 78 year old pianist was moved to Grand Central and will sail to Switzerland for rest. Attendants canceled the remaining tour as fans left in tears.
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New York
U.P
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Madison Square Garden
Paderewski
Grand Central Terminal
Switzerland
Theodore Dunham
Iola Business Man Dies in Car Crash
Stevens Point Wisconsin report says H C Cheaves age 62, an Iola business man, died in a collision with a truck three miles east of Custer. Harvey P Johnson of Eu Claire, driver of the truck, was uninjured. William Derney of Eva Claire, owner of the truck, suffered a deep scalp wound and was taken to a hospital.
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Stevens Point
Wis
H. C.cheaves
Iola
Custer
Harvey P. Johnson
EU Claire
William Derney
Eva Claire
Federal Agriculture Office to Stay in Madison
The state office of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will remain in Madison despite possible moves to other upstate cities after its lease expires on July 1. The decision comes from space needs and current arrangements.
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AAA
Madison
Federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Offi Inis
Bergdoll Back in Prison After Return to U S
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader, is in military prison awaiting court martial after returning from Germany aboard the Bremen. The Senate Military Affairs Committee postponed action on a bill to bar his return, while other state politics saw delays in adopting new welfare and public service measures.
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Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Thathess
Germany
New York
Fort Jay
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Grover
UPI
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
France
Adolf Hitler
Tocar
Castile
William
Gov'tmor's Island
Bremen
Colutmon
Madison
Senate
Sevenman
Secretary of State
Public Service
Joint Finance Committee
Paulson
Ea Crosse
Ore Department
Shearer
Kenosha
Geltelman
Rocthe
Fennimore
Pro“s
Assembly
Fly fishing series by Sid Gordon debuts soon
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern announces a new column by Sid W. Gordon, a renowned outdoor writer and conservationist, introducing a novel wet-dry fly method for trout and other fish. Details will follow after his Field and Stream publishings.
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Sid W. Gordon
Oshkosh
Northwestern
Gordon
Sid
Ansling
Sid Gordon
Wisconsin to add Americas Dairyland to car plates
Madison announces a bill to place America's Dairyland on state license plates. Governor Ye plans a personal inspection at Wa Pun prison to ensure proper production, while noting a base plate cost around $20 and exploring larger plates for better advertising.
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Madison
Wis
America
Wisconsin
Wapun
Ameries
York Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn Jailed in Forgery Case
Fritz Kuhn national leader of the German American Bund is jailed on forgery and grand larceny charges involving 14548 related to Bund activities. He pleads innocent at arraignment and is held on 5000 bail after waiving extradition and returning from Pennsylvania. Kuhn, a Munich native and former Ford chemical engineer, was arrested in Krumsville Pennsylvania while traveling to Chicago and Milwaukee to speak.
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York Pi
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
Pennsylvania
Cornelius FP
Munich
Germany
Mwe
Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Krumsville
Reading
New York
Majesties in Land of 10-Gallon Hats Visit Calgary
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travel through Saskatchewan into Alberta aboard a royal train. Crowds greet them in Morse Jaw and Calgary with about 40 000 people lining Main Street during a 30 minute stop. They proceed toward Medicine Hat and the Pacific coast after a frontier era schedule.
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Frank H. King
Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion
King
Morse Jaw
Main Street
Ando Frontier Orlebra
C. S
Pacific
Wight
Weather summary from observatory report
Northwestern observations note showers and possible thunderstorms later with temperatures in the 70s. Highs reached around 80 while lows dipped to the mid 30s in the past 24 hours with southeasterly winds and a 29.72 inch barometer.
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Northwestern
P.m
Varily Cindy Milwagker
Keonix
Yelowstinne
Lockstaff
Wemtsday
Timperamur
159 Men Of Means Gone Since 1920
Madison senator Harry W Bolens charged in the senate that oppressive income and inheritance tax laws have driven 159 millionaires from Wisconsin since 1920. A report by William J Conway shows the 139 high earners listed have average incomes of about $65,000 and an estimated wealth of $2 million each, costing Wisconsin $300,000 yearly in income taxes and $33 million in potential inheritance taxes.
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Madison
Harry W. Bolens
Port Washington
Senate
Wisconsin
Bolens
William J. Conway
State Tax Commission
Charles McKeown
Financel al
Hei
Executive Office
Assembly
Florida
Illinois
California
New York
Michigan
Finland to fortify Aland Islands amid Soviet objections
Finnish officials press for fortifications on the Aland Islands despite Soviet Russia’s objections. Officials hope France and Britain may back the move to deter Russian pressure and preserve Finland’s neutrality and lines to Sweden.
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Finland
Aland Islands
Nelsingfors
Russia
Moscow
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Bantai
France
Ptnd
Igh
Robbers Take $18,000 In Gems And Cash
Four women returning home near Lincoln F. last night were robbed of jewelry valued over $18,000 and $2,400 in cash by two men who forced their car to the curb. Victims named Mrs. Arthur Strauss and Mrs. Arthur Lirdheimer among those identified.
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Chicago
Lincoln
Lepman
Arthur Strauss
Hugo Marks
Arthur Lirdheimer
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