Rock County Faces Battle Over County Dry Status
A Sheboygan Press analysis cites inter county officials and business leaders describing ongoing tensions in Rock County as it grapples with alcohol control. The piece notes roadhouses, dances halls, and polices struggles to enforce sobriety amid bootleg and beverage sales, with references to Janesville hotels and local law actions. Officials assert enforcement is hampered by cross county activities and the county’s dry status remains contentious.
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Sheboygan
Donohue Named Chairman of Wisconsin Highway Commission
Governor Kohler announced a three member highway commission to be confirmed by the senate. Jerry Donohue of Sheboygan will serve as chairman for six years, Karl G. Kurtenacker of Madison four years, and Fred J. Seguin of Superior two years.
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Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Jerry Donohue
Sheboygan
Karl G. Kurtenacker
Fred J. Seguin
senate
Donohue
Kurtenacker
Seguin
Donahue
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Engineering Society
American Society of Civil Engineers
Pilot Killed in Triple-Motor Plane Crash
United Press report from St Paul says pilot Edwin H Middage asserted he could handle the ship without passenger help as the tri motor diverged toward rooftops. Seven passengers were injured and Middage died in the crash after all three motors stopped. H G Foote, aboard, recovered from burns and described the fatal dive. The craft failed to climb after takeoff, plunging into a city area amid flames and wreckage.
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United Press
St. Paul
Minn
Edwin H
H. G. Foote
Footee
Jerry Donohue Named Chairman of State Highway Commission
Governor Swohler appoints Jerry Donohue as chairman of a new full-time three-man state highway commission. Donohue, a Sheboygan native, leads Jerry Donohue Engineering Society, founded in 1910, and has served as president since 1921. He also chairs the sanitation committee of the American Society of Municipal Improvements.
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Jerry Donohue
state highway commission
Walter J. Swohler
Sheboygan
Donohue
Enticed Boy To Steal Is Charge Here
Stephen Engel of Sheboygan was brought before Justice E A Teennies Jr on larceny charges. He appeared without counsel and waiving prelims was bound over for circuit court. Bail set at 500 dollars unpaid at noon. Engel allegedly enticed a minor to obtain money promising a pony, with the boy stealing about 100 dollars from his father’s business cash drawer.
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Stephen Engel
Sheboygan
Justice of the Peace
E. A. Teennies Jr
Engel
Colonel House Ill in Massachusetts
Magonna Mass Colonel Edward M Howse adviser of the late President Wilson is ill at his summer home Lane Cottage in Magonna Mrs House says his condition is not serious and that rest is expected to restore health
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United Press
Magonna
Mass
Edward M. Howse
President Wilson
Lane Cottage
House
Sewer Gas Fatal To Rescuers At Du Lac Leather Plant
In Du Lac Wisconsin two rescue workers Max McClelland and Louis Hansen were overcome by sewer gas while aiding colleagues at the Fred Rueping Leather company conduit. They died leaving large families. John Staples and S F Billington survived after being overcome while two other men were helped out.
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du Lac
Wis
Fred Rueping Leather company
Max McClelland
Louis Hansen
McClelland
Hansen
John L. Staples
S. F. Billington
St. Agnes hospital
Staples
Billington
Ann Livingston Turns Courtroom Tables in $250000 Suit
Oklahoma beauty Ann Livingston testified at length in Chicago today about an alleged romance with Franklin S. Hardinge, oil burner magnate. She described how he kissed her in a fashionable restaurant and declared happiness as she accepted his proposals, aiming to prove breach of promise. The courtroom was crowded as she recounted meeting in November 1927 and a planned marriage amid scrutiny of Miss Brand, his housekeeper for 25 years.
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United Press
Chicago
Ann Livingston
Franklin S. Hardinge
Fletcher's Resignation Accepted After 27 Diplomacy Years
President Hoover accepted Henry P. Fletcher's resignation as ambassador to Rome. The Pennsylvania-born diplomat retires after 27 years in the foreign service, having previously represented the United States in Mexico City and Santiago and served as undersecretary of state under Charles Evans Hughes. He accompanied the president on a South American tour.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Hoover
Washington
Rome
Fletcher
Pennsylvania
diplomatic corps
Mexico City
Santiago
Chile
Charles Evans Hughes
Ordinance Licenses Local Parlors Under Grobschmidt Bill
The common council adopted an ordinance repealing prior rules for non intoxicating liquor sellers and licensing them under the Grobschmidt bill. It does not regulate intoxicating liquors nor enforce prohibition. Fees are 50 dollars for Class A on premise consumption and 5 dollars for Class B off premise sales. License revocation is possible for disorderly or improper conduct or gambling.
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Grobschmidt
common council
Fond du Lac Man Found Dead At Oakfield Farm
Fred Lange a 33 year old butcher and former roadhouse proprietor was found dead by hanging in an old shed on the W. T. Doyle farm in Oakfield six hours after reporting for work. Family difficulties were blamed for the act.
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Fond du Lac
W. T. Doyle
Oakfield
Fred Lange
Lange
British Carrier Joins Effort To Find Missing Spanish Fliers
London reports the HMS Eagle was diverted from its course to assist in locating Major Ramon Franco and three companions who vanished during a trans Atlantic attempt. British and Portuguese forces, with Italian air support, scoured the Azores and mid Atlantic while Madrid warned the search may prove fatal. The incident would mark the eighth loss in a trio of years as more planes vanished crossing the Atlantic.
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London
Eagle
Portsmouth
Gibraltar
Azores
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Primo de Rivera
Lisbon
Longo
Grelden
Atlantic
McWilliams Breaks Silence On Casino Shooting At Hospital
Arman McWilliams, recovering at St Nicolas hospital, accuses Kelley Howell of shooting him over a grudge from an earlier dispute. He denies starting a fight at the Casino roadhouse and presents his coat as evidence, while describing the sequence leading to the Sunday morning shooting.
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Kelley Howell
Arman McWilliams
St. Nicholas hospital
McWilliams
Howell
Red Feather
Frank Mueller
Calumet Drive
Kelley
Mac
Near Beer Shipment Unclaimed By Agency
Boone Iowa reports three carloads of near beer from Sheboygan Wis arrived and were unloaded by local dealers. John B Hammond, a noted dry crusader, had previously seized ten cars at Des Moines but has not claimed this consignment. A municipal court hearing on confiscation is set for tomorrow with county attorney Al Adams prepared to argue Iowa law treats malt brew as illegal. Hammond plans to monitor Boone for further shipments as Iowa dealers seek ways to counter his actions amidst heavy near beer sales statewide.
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Wis
geal court
Rock county
Boone
Iowa
Sheboygan
John B
Hammond
Des Moines
midwest
brewing company
John B. Hammond
Al Adams
bay
Adams
Boone, In
Boy Reunites With Father After Long Separation
A Sheboygan youth born in Camp Douglas Wisconsin and raised in Sparta was adopted at one year nine months. Robert Henkel Petznick returned to Sheboygan after locating his father Christ Henkel Sr sister Mrs Herman Woggon and two brothers in West Allis. He spent weeks with his real family, visited Camp Douglas, and says he will continue living with his foster mother Mrs William Glass in Sheboygan.
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Camp Douglas
Wisconsin
Sparta
Robert Henkel-Petznick
West Allis
Robert
Robert Petznick
Granton
Clark county
Neilsville
Marathon
Cascade
William Glass
New Jersey avenue
Lyman addition
Concordia College
Milwaukee
adop
Christ Henkel, Sr
Herman Woggon
George and
Christ, Jr
William Glasa
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Eau Claire
Superior
erry Donohue
Massachusetts
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Ambassador Fletcher
U. S
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