LOSSON AT LES WRECKS ROCERY STORE
A grocery blast injures workers and residents near the Les Wrecks Grocery Store. The explosion, linked to a November bomb outrage, caused structural damage and prompted police inquiries.
12 Feb 1925
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
1
A grocery blast injures workers and residents near the Les Wrecks Grocery Store. The explosion, linked to a November bomb outrage, caused structural damage and prompted police inquiries.
In Madison the Senate defeated the Rable resolution to create a special committee to probe alleged cruelty immorality and graft at the Chippewa Falls training school for the feeble minded. The vote non-concurred 22 to 10 clearing a path for a visiting committee though the Assembly may still block it. The smoke of political maneuvering grew as Raihle and Perry pushed through a rival resolution to authorize investigation by the visiting committee, while administration leaders faced questions from board members.
Prof. Allen B. Forsberg of the University of Chicago told the Wisconsin Master Builders at Eagles hall that spreading construction into winter reduces costs and unemployment. The session drew 385 members, with reports, talks on forestry and tax law, a motion picture, and plans for 1926 leadership.
The senate approved the appropriation bill for the National Guard by a 24 to 7 vote, reducing funds from 255000 to 245000. A joint resolution to insert a recall provision into the state constitution was adopted 22 to 0 and goes to the assembly for potential referendum. Opponents of recall included Boldt Daggett Hull Lange Morris Beethe Smith and White. The Teasdale bill excluding islaighs from taxation passed without opposition.
Bandits forced M. E. Holland, a south side jeweler, to open the Holland Jewelry vault in Chicago. They then looted the depository, taking gems valued at about $10,000.
United Press reports Standard Oil of Indiana will raise gasoline by 2 cents per gallon effective tomorrow in eleven midwestern states. Kerosene also up 1 cent, fueling the price rise tied to crude oil movement. Tank wagon and station prices shift accordingly within the same territory.
Samuel D Busse, superintendent of Crocker A plant, died after a heart stroke at his home 1917 North Fifth Street. He had just returned from work, complained of pains, and died within a half hour assisted by Drs. Stannard and Tasche. He was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, August 1, 19, and survived by his widow, two children Jack and Betty, his father Charles, and four brothers. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at the Congregational church with interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
Washington Senator Trammell of Florida introduced a resolution urging a federal inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission into recent gasoline price increases. The measure, which has not yet been acted upon, condemns the rises as unwarranted and arbitrary.
A catastrophic explosion at Dortmund traps 133 miners. 110 bodies recovered by early afternoon. Rescue workers, gas poisoning claim another, as authorities and nurses rally to the scene amid mournful scenes and government condolences.
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