04 Jun 1929
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
1
Fragmentary note reports health complaints and medication use among residents. Mentions pills, remedies, and unclear causes, with reference to medical advice and local clinics. Names and dates are unreadable in the fragment.
Fragmentary OCR item shows a legal or financial docket note attributed to Ma IEBoye and Wi, with unclear context and limited readable details. The readable elements include a code like 17810T and initials or signatories, but concrete action, parties, or dates are not discernible.
Francis Rea reports Mount Vesuvius erupting with lava streams descending on multiple towns. At 5 p.m. a lava front of 230 feet and height of about 33 feet threatened Campitello Terzigno and Boscoreale. Evacuation readiness was declared, as lava destroyed nearby woods and forests owned by Princess Ottiano.
A Los Angeles report states Virginia Party was found dead in an apartment closet with a battered head. Police seek Bill Tollman, a San Francisco radio technician, in connection with the crime. A man rented the abandoned unit May 28 under W. C. Johnson and has since vanished. The victim is described as youthful with red hair.
Reports show Mount Vesuvius eruption intensifying with lava advancing toward Barre at 150 feet per hour and 70 feet height, prompting evacuation as nearby towns panic. Fire and smoke blanketed Terzigno area while forests and woods burned. officials warned residents of rising danger.
The administration plans early moves to stabilize farm markets and ease surpluses, with a House vote likely within a month. Farm conferees aligned with Senate provisions on clearing houses and insurance, keeping a $500,000,000 fund lumped as in the House bill, while debates over stabilization corporations loom.
Fragmented OCR notes indicate a discussion of Bewus Income aX proposal and exemptions. The text appears to reference assembly considerations, heads of exemption, and a rejected or crossed proposal with unclear details.
London reports the British Empire's government shifted to labor after a general election. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin submitted his resignation to the ailing king, accepted as routine, as J Ramsay MacDonald prepared to form a new government following his party's victory. The king awaited at Windsor Castle.
United Press reports from Paris that reparations conference chair Owen D Young announced a full and final agreement. The seven nation delegates authorized the statement. Germany will pay 36,996,000,000 marks in present value over 58 years, totaling 23,105,500,000 dollars with interest.
Governor Walter J. Kohler commends the Sheboygan Fire Department and nearby communities for saving the central city area during last Friday’s great fire. He credits Fire Chief Charles Brandt and the department for prompt, heroic action amid high winds and flying embers, offering thanks for their splendid performance.
A special sub committee today denied the University of Iowa’s plea for immediate reinstatement into the Big Ten conference. The decision marks a setback in efforts to reverse Iowa’s status with the league.
Edith Dorschell, three years old, of Green Bay was located Sunday in a thicket near Sturgeon Bay after being lost for three days. She and her older sister were the two girls shown in a photos.
A local attorney argues that the Grobschmidt bill nullifies state and local power to enforce the Volstead Act. He cites a New York Federal court ruling that state officers cannot seize liquor or arrest violators of federal prohibition. The attorney notes sheriffs and officials swear oath but are not federal officers, so Wisconsin officers lack legal authority under present law.
Preliminary plans for the Fourth of July observance in Sheboygan were outlined by a civic committee at the Association of Commerce meeting. The afternoon featured a band concert at Fountain Park, athletic games at playgrounds, and various contests with prizes for winners. The evening program included speeches, a band concert, and a fireworks display.
Boston customs guard George E. Long aged 58, once valet to Major General Clarence R. Edwards, is named by postal authorities as the author of blackmail letters sent to 15 year old Constance Morrow, daughter of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow. He is also linked to similar letters sent to Chicago banker Frederick H. Rawson.
Valparaiso Indiana prosecutors file affidavit charging Catherine Cassier with the murder of Cameola Soutar a 24 year old dancer and skater found shot in a northern Indiana swamp near Hebron. W W Bozarth Porter County prosecutor leads investigation as detectives pursue links from Cassier to the crime scene and to an earlier insurance murder case.
A 10 year old Appleton boy named Rona Winckler received a cautious recovery after surgeons removed a sliver of bone from his brain. The injury occurred when the truck he rode with seven classmates hit loose gravel on a highway near Appleton, Wisconsin yesterday.
The Sheboygan Press invites readers to submit old photographs taken before 1905 for cash prizes. The oldest photo wins two dollars with explanation. any usable photo earns fifty cents. Send photos and brief descriptions to the Old Photographs Editor at The Press.
Madison Wisconsin proposal to allow municipal competition with existing private utilities was rejected 16 to 8 by the Wisconsin senate. The measure, sponsored by Senator Hunt, would have let cities and farm cooperatives build utility plants to compete with private systems. Voting for the bill were Cashman Duncan Hall Keppel Polakowski Roberts Severson and P J Smith. Against were Blanchard Boldt Caldwell Carroll Daggett Fellenz Gettelman Goodland Hall Johnson Mehigan Morris Roethe Shearer Teasdale and White. The senate also engrossed the White bill to abolish all state highway commission division offices 14 to 12 and confirmed Roy L Brecke as state oil inspector.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sustained the constitutionality of a drainage law provision allowing circuit courts to order sale of district lands in the Dancy drainage district. Lands sold clear liens from drainage assessments. proceeds first pay general taxes and bond retirements. Portage county faces about 22000 dollars in lost taxes, Wood 621 dollars, Marathon about 8500 dollars. Ligation spanned five years with three trips to the court. appeal to the United States Supreme Court possible. About 35000 acres are in the Dancy district across Portage and Wood counties.
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