Opposition to Goodland three man state highway commission
The Wisconsin Assembly weakened its opposition to Senator Goodland's plan to replace the highway commission with a three man body chosen by the governor. Amendments were rejected, preserving ex officio advisory members, and opposition leaders urged maintaining the advisory role while blocking full voting power.
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Met Machine Racket Brings Indictments
Indictments returned in a high profile machine racket case involve six police prominent figures and several named defendants. true bills by the State allege wrongdoing connected to defense and municipal dealings. Local officials and officers are linked to the case through accusations and investigations.
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toa Datrick J. Cole
Michael
Free State
emma Malloy
Richard Hugh McCarthy Baie
Editor Will Hire Hall In Fond du Lac
After a two hour conference at Fond du Lac with William Mauthe, plans for a prohibition debate were proposed. Rev Gordon may debate Broughton on Prohibition’s fate on a Fond du Lac platform and a later radio airing in Sheboygan.
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Robert Gordon
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Madison
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Milwaukee Journal
Chicago Tribune
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Dry Repeal Block Action in Wisconsin Senate
Madison lawmakers clash over Grob schmidt bill repeal of state prohibition enforcement act. Dry and wet allies use a senate call to stall action despite assembly passage. Key figures include H E Boldt H B Daggett Oscar Morris Conrad Shearer and George Blanchard amid a 16 16 tie and a recess vote.
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Milwaukee
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Kenosha
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Huber
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Baker
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Hillier
Carroll
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Sen. Schuman
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Sen. Shearer
Wet Congressman Seeks 150 Million for Hoover Enforcement
In Washington Representative Laguardia a Republican from New York urged Congress to appropriate 150 million dollars to fund prohibition enforcement under President Hoover. He argued the public is shifting against prohibition and that enforcement could modify the law if it continues to fail. The Senate rejected Heflin’s resolution 69 to 14, recording regret over interference with ongoing proceedings.
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Washington
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house
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ingly
senate
Heflin
Boy Who Hiked To Belgium Is Found Safe
LeRoy Johne, missing since Monday, was located by Harold Wendt and Emil Watry near Belgium on Highway 141 at 8:30 p.m. He returned home exhausted and rested without question. The boy had left after a bicycle collision caused damage Friday and wandered with no destination, aided by The Sheboygan Press and local help.
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LeRoy
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Emil Watry
Belgium
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Evergreen
Resignation Rumor Hits Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Unconfirmed reports from Madison this afternoon allege associate justice Chris Taan Doerfier of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has transmitted a resignation to Governor Walter J. Kohler. The move is said to be prompted by ill health.
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Madison
Christaan Doerfier
Wisconsin supreme court
Walter J. Kohler
Remus Friend Involved as Cincinnati Killing Surfaces
Cincinnati reports a fatal shooting at Hotel Gibson where Bruck, 30, of Newport Kentucky, was found with four bullets. The case links to bootlegger George Remus and the name John Monahan found in Bruck’s closet as police pursue suspects and verify connections.
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Gibson
George Remus
John Monahan
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Monahan
Dry Sleuth Shot At Roadhouse Near Madison
Theodore Tinker, 21, of Madison, a county dry sleuth, was wounded in a shooting at a road house Monday night. Three people he and partner G. G. Hendricks had charged with liquor crimes were arraigned in superior court as he lay in a Madison hospital. Tinker reported a lone shot from a passing car as he and his wife and Ida Parks exited for sandwiches. The bullet traversed his left leg and lodged in his right leg. No license or description of the car was obtained.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Theodore Tinker
G. G. Hendricks
Tinker
Hendricks
Ida Parks
Laborers Riots Are Put Down Across Cities
May Day unrest led to widespread arrests in Berlin and Paris with police firing on crowds. About 3,287 arrests were reported in Paris by 5 p.m. along with early calls for deportation of 171 foreigners. Mexico City saw dispersed demonstrators as authorities maintained order. factories mostly operated at about 80 percent normal.
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United States
Paris
Berlin May Day clashes with police amid celebrations
Observance of May Day in Berlin ended in minor clashes between celebrants and police. Several were injured in outlying districts and unidentified attackers fired on officers in one district with no injuries reported. Police said 108 arrests were made. An unconfirmed Telegraph Union report cited a single person.
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Grand Jury In Texas Upholds Slaying Of Man
Waxahachie Texas grand jury upholds Henry Hempkins for killing Dr Harry Dowling a 25 year old veterinary surgeon who had murdered Hempkins niece Lola Roland Temple stenographer visiting her uncle Dowling followed the girl to Hempkins home and forced entry to the bathroom where he killed her Hempkins later shot Dowling after he struggled with an officer and was freed within five hours as the grand jury declined action against him
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Harry Dowling
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Dowling
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Assessors Gather at Plymouth Meeting on Tax Values
The Sheboygan county assessors met at Plymouth city hall with all in attendance except Robert Donovan of Adell. I B Wensink led the session, stressing careful study of changing land values and the tax split showing 84 percent of taxes fund local needs while state and county taxes account for about 16 percent.
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Sheboygan county
Robert Donovan
Adell
I. B. Wensink
Wensink
Torch Slayer Seeks Death for Wife Murder Torch murder suspect pleads for execution
White Plains New York Earl Francis Peacox a young radio lecturer who strangled his wife Dorothy and then set her kerosene soaked clothing aflame spent the night in jail crying I want to die and I want to meet my wife He claimed reading of a Cranford New Jersey crime inspired the act and said he is ready to pay the penalty.
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United Press
White Plains
N. Y
Earl Francis Peacox
Dorothy
Cranford
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Fond du Lac Man First Defendant In Federal Court
Morris A. Jones of Fond du Lac became the first defendant to face a jury in the open federal court here charged with operating a wildcat brewery. In Milwaukee, five defendants in three liquor cases changed their pleas to guilty and four were sentenced immediately.
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Milwaukee
Morris A. Jones
Fond du Lac
Jones
wildcat
Wisconsin Gov authorizes inquiry into campaign spending
Governor Walter Kohler signed the Felllenz bill establishing a $10,000 budget to probe campaign expenditures and practices from 1924 to present. A bipartisan Senate and Assembly panel will investigate alleged violations and abuses tied to elections to guide reforms to the Corrupt Practices act.
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WILLARD R. SMITH
United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Prohibition agents rebuked over using girls as evidence
In Columbus two state and federal prohibition agents Edward Little and John O. Cole faced suspensions and strong warnings after using two 18 year old girls Carrie Walton and Catherine Gunion to testify about liquor purchases in a case that was dismissed when the girls admitted drinking wine with the agents after the raid. The hearing before United States Commissioner Joseph W. Horner found the conduct improper and ordered the men to stay out of his court unless clean.
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John O. Cole
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