Fritz, Milwaukee, is Named to State's High Court Bench
Milwaukee jurist Oscar Marion Fritz, a four time elected circuit judge, is appointed by Gov Kohler to succeed Justice Christian Doerfler on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Born 1878, he graduates from Wisconsin Law School in 1901 and is described as independent in politics. Doerfler began duty on April 19, 1921.
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Fritz
Milwaukee
Madison
Oscar Marion Fritz
Milwaukee Circuit Court
Christian Doerfler
State Supreme Court
Walter J. Kohrer
Justice Doerff
University of Wisconsin Law School
Circuit Court
Milwaukee County Board of Judges
State Board of Circuit Judges
The
State University
Milwaukee Downer College
Doerfler
Supreme Court
Wisconsin cooperated with federal dry agents in raids
Madison Wis February 1 state prohibition commissioner Roland W Dixon said he had been informed from Washington that Wisconsin had not cooperated fully with federal dry authorities He cited several instances where state and federal raiders had worked together in enforcement efforts
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Madison
Roland W. Dixon
Washington
Wisconsin
Greater Opportunity For Ghurgh At 141st General Assembly
St Paul Minn January delegates and visitors filled the 141st general assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S with a focus on modernization. Key actions include creating a single board of management to replace dual boards and proposing parity for women in church government including ordination as ministers and elders and licensing as lay evangelists. A national loyalty commission was approved to promote law observance and support President Hoover. The assembly also aims to heal the Princeton split and seeks greater ties with other denominations.
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St. Paul
Minn
Rey
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United St
Cleland B. McAfee
Chicago
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Dutch Reformed Church
South Presbyter
Hoover
Princeton
Two Chicago Youths Drown in Lake Koshkoneng
In Edgerton Wisconsin two Chicago youths named Paul Hochleuter and William Best, both 24, drowned after rowing out about a mile on Memorial Bay of Lake Koshkoneng. A third youth, Leslie Hochleuter, swam to shore. The trio had dove in for a swim and the boat drifted away.
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Edgerton
Wis
Chicago
Memorial Bay
Lake Koshkoneng
Paul Hochleuter
William Best
Leslie Hochleuter
Power Deal at Accour Under Cloud in Wisconsin News
Wisconsin district attorney files John Doe proceedings charging Harold L. Geise general manager of Wisconsin Valley Electric and Phillips attorney Hemneay with collusion bribery and attempted influence over Judge Frank W. Carter to aid a sale of Eagle River Light and Power to Wisconsin Valley Electric. Carter allegedly received 36 for travel expenses after a conference in Wausau. Case notes Minocqua and Eagle River plant histories. no warrants until bar and railroad commissions act.
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Wis
Wisconsin Valley Electric Company
Phillips
John Doe
McEachin
Oneida County
Earl Kennedy
Harold L. Geise
Wausau
Wisconsin Valley Company
Frank W. Carter
Eagle River
Eagle River Light & Power Company
Carter
Minocqua
Ealgle River Light & Power Company
Inet
John Bre
Kennedy
Hemneay Enargen Wnat
W. K. Parkincon
Geise
Wiscont Valley Electric Company
Eagle River Light & Powers Company
Women pilot Miss Crosson eyes 24000 foot altitude record
Miss Marvel Crosson of Los Angeles claimed a new women’s altitude record at about 24000 feet in a flight here yesterday. Official verification by the Bureau of Standards in Washington D C and the National Aeronautical Association is pending. Her peak exceeded by the previous record of 20270 feet set by Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden of Oakland earlier this year.
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Los Angeles
Marvel Crosson
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
National Aeronautical Association
Crosson
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Oakland
Calif
Heat wave grips Wisconsin with record highs
An early season heat wave spread across Wisconsin with Milwaukee reaching 87 degrees and Marinette 84 while Arnold Johnson collapsed at a lumber yard but was not seriously injured. Forecasters warned of lingering heat with southerly winds, predicting relief later as showers approached.
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Milwaukee
L.P
Wisconsin
Mercury
Onere
Marinette
Wis
Arnold Johnsoan
Johnivan
Gulf
Federal
Arnold Johnson
W. P. Stewart
Advising Study On Nine Foot Mississippi Channel Cost
Washington D C A recommendation to determine the cost of a nine foot channel from the Illinois river mouth to Minneapolis was approved by Maj Gen Edgar Jadwin chief of army engineers The War Department board of engineers for rivers and harbors said a reliable estimate was needed to decide if the savings would justify changing from the present six foot channel The survey will compute the extra cost of a nine foot canal and will be undertaken with delay.
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Minneapolis
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
War Department Board of Engineers For
Jadwin
Through with cages both lion and law in Kansas City
Woodside, an ex-lt, tamed a schoolteacher on a downtown street and faced a circuit court after whipping Miss Sne Mackinnon. She vowed reform, stating she would be through with cages and swearing, and paid one hundred dollars plus costs.
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Kansas City
Woodside
Sne Mackinnon
Gangland Under Microscope By Hoover Commission
United Press reports Chicago gangland will be studied by President Hoover s national law enforcement commission. George W Wickersham outlined regional investigations into racketeering and New York s speakeasy system as subcommittees may report. The panel pledges a thorough probe backed by Hoover and the Justice Department.
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Lawrence Sullivan
United Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
George W. Wickersham
Commission
Wickersham
New York
Department of Justice
Senate Passes Bill for the 1930 Census
The Senate approved a bill to provide for taking the 1930 census and each decennial count and for apportioning the House of Representatives from those results. The measure awaits House action. The president would submit apportionment figures, but Congress may override. The vote stood 57 to 26.
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Senate
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Census Bureau
Wants Streetcar Removed From the City of Bismarck
Bismarck N D residents press to end the streetcar line that runs from the business district to the state capitol. L A Tavis, who moved into a house along the route, leads a petition to discontinue after three failed attempts. The franchise expired in 1923 but the car still operates hourly round trips.
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Bismarck
N. D
State Capitol
L. A
Tavis
Tavis Willose
City
Bingham Improves After Major Operation
Madison 71 George W. Bingham assemblyman from Adams and Marquette counties is improving after a major operation Sunday morning. The assembly has granted Bingham indefinite leave of absence and voted to send flowers to him.
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Madison
George W. Bingham
Adams
Marquette
Assembly
Bingham
Brighter Prospects in Reparations Talks at Paris
Paris experts reached a new set of figures for reparations annuities and proposed extending the Dawes plan payments until September 1, enabling a smoother shift to the Young plan. A favorable German decision could clear the way to resolve objections and advance the conference, with focus on the transition to Young plan and related costs.
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Paris
Germany
Owen D. Young
Dawes Committee
Rhineland
Dawes
America
Robbery at South Bend Bank Transfer Seized Cash
Three bandits robbed a bank transfer in South Bend Indiana this morning. They abducted Richard Johnson president of State Bank and a taxi driver while seizing 13,100 dollars as money moved from the State Bank to Citizens National Bank. The incident involves the bank transfer and the pair of hostages.
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South Bend
Ind
Richard ‘Johnson
Rotary nominations name two candidates for presidency
Raymond J. Knempel of New York and Eugene Kewsame of Durham DC were nominated for Rotary International president here today. The election will be held tomorrow.
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Dallas
Tex
Raymond J. Knempel
New York
Eugene Kewsame
Durham
D. C
Rotarn International
Missing Yacht Sighted Off San Diego By Guard Boat
Fear for the safety of the yacht Alpha overdue five days from Balboa Panama was dispelled when the coast guard cutter Tamaroa reported sighting the craft about seventy five miles south of San Diego. The Alpha, recently bought by J W Perry of San Diego, was expected to arrive in port early this afternoon.
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Calif
Alpha
Balboa
Panama
Coast Guard
Tamaroa
J. W. Perry
Senate Recess Sparks Farm Relief Bill Action
Washington reports reveal Senate conferees ready to yield on the export debenture amendment to the farm relief bill while agreement is reached on other disputed sections. Hardy's tariff measure moves to the Senate with chairman Smoot predicting six weeks for committee work before reporting. Republicans expect prompt action after the summer vacation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Washington
Hardy
Capitol
House
Land
Smoot
Noa
Norris Resolution Aims U S Shoals Operation Plan
Washington reports the Norris resolution to government operate the Muscle Shoals property in Alabama was favorably reported to the Senate by the agriculture committee. The thirteen members present voted unanimously, led by Senator Norris. Coolidge earlier vetoed a similar measure, and the president remains doubtful about Senate action before the summer recess.
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Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Coolidge
Perry's gavel made from timber of first Wisconsin capitol
Speaker Charles B Perry presided as gavel tapped the assembly with timber sourced from the Belmont first Wisconsin capitol two story building near Platteville. John Rollins directed the gavel's making. The group toured the old site where the 1836 territorial legislature met and heard M P Rindlaub recall the Lincoln Douglas debate. The assembly adopted a resolution thanking Platteville residents for a weekend of entertainment.
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Madison
Charles B. Perry
Assembly
Wisconsin
Belmont
Les
John Rollins
Platteville
Perry
Oeerend
Territorial Legature
Territory of
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Supreme Court of the Territory of Wisconsin
Wisconsin repeals Severson act to end state dry law
Madison reports Governor Kohler signed the Grobschmidt repeal bill ending Wisconsin’s state dry law The referendum held April 2 produced a nearly 150000 vote margin in favor of wet equality The act leaves enforcement of dry laws to federal prohibition authorities
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Madison
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Enforcement by U S unchanged in Wisconsin
Federal prohibition enforcement will stay the same in Wisconsin despite the state repeal. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said federal forces have had little cooperation from state authorities, and repeal will not alter the prohibition situation. Moonshining remains in rural areas, but operations will continue as before.
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Washington
U.S
Wisconsin
Doran
Wisconsin repeals state liquor prohibition under new law
Governor Kohler signs repealer as Wisconsin moves to end the state prohibition. Legislature passed the bill after a statewide wets majority, replacing state enforcement with federal Volstead policing and abolishing the state prohibition department. Municipalities gain power to regulate soft drink parlors and public transport drinking is barred.
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Congress
Kohler
John W. Grobschmidt
Milwaukee Republican
Assembly
Senate
State Department of Prohibition
Planes Fail to Take Off for Europe in Trans-Atlantic Race
Frank Murphy reports from Old Orchard Maine that the American Green Flash and French Yellow Bird failed to depart for Rome and Paris respectively. A gas-tank leak forced the Yellow Bird to postpone for one or more days, while Green Flash postponed until tomorrow morning. Navigator Lewis A Yancey stated the hop to Rome will occur then. Earlier Armeno Lotti Jr had said the Yellow Sind would not lift until tomorrow or later in the week.
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United Press
Old Orchard
Maine
U.P
Paris
Rome
Lewis A. Yancey
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Somnerrow
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