07 Sep 1937
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1937
Page
1
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Japanese army confiscated the large American Seventh Day Adventist mission property in Yangtzepoo district north of Shanghai for military use despite protests by owners who flew U S flags. Warships swept the Whangpoo while bombardment of Chapei Kiangwan and North Station intensified as fires spread. The Commercial Press Building was destroyed by bombs. The American Chamber of Commerce urged protection and US aid plans expanded with Chaumont and Marblehead reinforcements and Canopus refugees moving from Tsingtao.
State investigators credited confessions by Leonard Doxey and Albert Minella with solving the Grant Park moonlight killing of Herbert W. Lee a St. Louis arrest revealed. The slain Evanston merchant was shot Aug 22 in the downtown lakefront park with Grace Snyder who authorities say knew Doxey. A third man Anthony Sappeniezo is sought for questioning. Snyder is held as a material witness.
Franz and Alvin Ibisch of Columbus win the Winnebago land water marathon with a course record 4 hours 43 minutes earning 250 dollars. Frank Gocser and Alex Gocser of Chilton take second with 4 45 21 earning 100 dollars. Other finishers include Fred Lett and Andrew Keller Oshkosh 4 52 75 dollars, Edward Frerks and George Buyeske Winneconne 4 53 50 dollars, Cyrus and Raymond Benedict Butte des Morts 4 55 25 dollars.
Madison Wisconsin notes the Grand Army of the Republic will vote tomorrow on joining a reunion with Confederate veterans at Gettysburg next year. Miss Catherine Fiood, secretary to Commander C H William Ruhe of Pittsburgh, announced the proposal was added to the session calendar.
The War Department announced all leaves for Army personnel in the Philippine Islands to China are canceled until further notice due to the Sino Japanese emergency. Instructions to Maj. Gen. Lucius R. Holbrook forbid families accompanying soldiers transferred to China.
Moscow reports eight regional officials in Ukraine and Azov districts were executed for being wreckers in the Soviet agricultural program. Four died at Gaisin and the rest at Salysk near Rostov on the Don. nine more were given prison terms of one to ten years for spreading foot and mouth disease. The purge extended to the Buryat Republic as Japanese agents alleged influencing bourgeois nationalists.
Chicago records 33 new infantile paralysis cases and four deaths over Labor Day weekend, with 26 suspect cases. Across the nation 620 new weekly cases prompt postponement of school openings from Chicago to Florida as health officials warn of rising temperatures increasing spread.
Washingtons Catholic university announced that Monsignor Francis G. Haas rector of St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee will become dean of the university's School of Social Science.
Thirteen Wisconsinites died during the Labor Day weekend with eight from auto accidents. The list names Elsie Weinberger and others, detailing drownings, train strikes, and car crashes across Wisconsin and nearby Michigan, with inquests and fatal incidents noted as authorities sort causes.
Attorneys predict the Supreme Court will decide two key points in Roosevelt era power policy. The TVA may sell power in free competition with private firms, and the government may aid municipalities in financing plant construction. Affected cases include the TVA competition issue and PWA loan plans to cities, with arguments expected in October and November.
Edward F. McGrady resigns as assistant secretary of labor at the White House. He will become director of labor relations for the Radio Corporation of America, and he pledges to remain available for special government work. The president expresses deep regret and confidence in his value to labor management relations.
Partly cloudy and cooler in northern Wisconsin, with fair conditions in the south. Milwaukee reports a high of 77 and a low of 53 yesterday, while Phoenix reached 110 and Yellowstone 38. From U.S. observatories, temperatures show a maximum 77 and minimum 53 with no precipitation and northeast wind. One year ago, highs and lows were 44 and 66 respectively.
Rudy Kling of Lemont wins the Thompson trophy at 296.91 mph after a dramatic finish as S J Wittman of Oshkosh battles an ailing engine and Roscoe Turner falters with sun in his eyes. Ortman places second with Turner third in the $24,000 air race before about 200000 spectators. Wittman earlier set a 275.672 mph qualifying speed in the four day meet.
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park after a four day fishing trip off New York Rhode Island and Connecticut concluding his recreational excursion and resuming official duties at the presidential residence.
Britain and France vow to use combined fleets if needed to end the submarine threat to shipping and push for a Switzerland conference on peace or war in Europe. Russia accuses Italy of piracy prompting Italy to reject demands as tension rises among major powers.
Elizabethtown New York John Montague smiling golfing partner of movie stars pleaded innocent to a seven year robbery charge. Trial set for week of October first. District attorney said witness Roger Norton would identify him. Norton did not appear. Bail kept at 25000. Attorney James M Noonan entered the plea.
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