Waukesha Daily Freeman (Newspaper) - March 2, 1955, Waukesha, Wisconsin WAUKESHA DAILY FREEMAN Waukesha Greatest and Advertising Medium VOL. 102 WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 1955 16 Pages Price Five Cents Park Renaming Stirs Up Hassle At Meeting The renaming of Horeb Springs park to Charles F. Schuetze park stirred up an- other controversy on the floor of the city council Tuesday Aldermen wound it up by tabling any action until their March 15 John Owens was the only alderman to vote against tabling the Two aldermen were Harry Lemmer and James Hawkins Protest letters and a t i o n bearing 409 names brought up the The from the Waukesha Trades and Labor the Waukesha County Industrial Union council and Local 1377, International Association of were read by the city clerk almost without dis- But the petitions provoked Elmer Dent in whose the park is located and who fought a running battle with the rest of the council against the pressed aldermen for The letters and petitions were referred to the park The 409 signatures under this very strongly object to the change being made in the name of this who presided at the of his last cil meetings since he will re- tire when his term ends next month that the park board the He insisted there should be council action of some of you fellows have enough nerve to bring it he told the don't know what's the matter with Aldermen Paul Steinert Lawrence Wer- ner and Joseph Merten were all for passing the entire sue back to the park park board has the gal power to rename parks without council But board last month brought the matter before the and it was ratified with only one negative vote by Frank Roberts 409 signatures re- present only a small part of the population of The park doesn't be- long to just one ward it be- longs to the whole Many who are strong against it naming don't know thing about what Charlie has done for the remember when I was a That area was just a creek and a Now it's a beautiful and Charlie helped to make it that don't Eke the idea of in- citing people into a When it looked like the cil would by-pass Dent cutting your own There won't be any trouble getting tures on Then the except for voted to refer the tions to park Im- mediately after John Owens ed for Before aldermen could vote on his Donald ries moved to ble the City Atty. William Callow was called on to consult Rules of Order to see whether or not a motion to table takes preference over a motion for ter a half hour of Callow said the motion to ble has Staff Seated from left Milton president of group and liam county Standing from left are las Haist and Carley Continued Increase in State Taxes is Predicted DELAFIELD Taxes will keep on increasing and rising because the services ed by the average taxpayer cost David re- search director of the sin chamber of commerce in said Carley spoke at the annual meeting of the Delafield chamber of commerce and ex- that good good and the many services demanded by and property owners must be paid in some state is in dire need of Highways cost money and Milwaukee Road Train Strikes Auto OCONOMOWOC A west bound Milwaukee road train Tuesday night scored another grim bull's eye in Herbert Carl 61, Oconomowoc route 3, was struck at p.m. as he was travelling south on Cross st. in his Wagner was not seriously He was treated for bruises at the Oconomowoc Memorial tal and released Tuesday Police said that his a 1950 Ford was There was no damage to the train which was slowing for a stop at the time of the 8 Per Cent Of Taxes Paid A total of 88 per cent of the 1954 city property taxes has been paid through March 1, Mrs. Elsie deputy city treasurer said All has been The total tax including is There have been Mrs. Buchholz Deadline for lump sum ments was Feb. 28. The ance due on partial payments must be paid to the county at the court by July 31. Although the total amount paid this year is running ahead of last percentage it is Last year at this had been collected in trans- or 89 per cent of the Mrs. Buchholz pointed that there are 500 additional parcels in the city to collect from this This year's receipts have consisted of in real estate and in sonal property The city treasurer's office also is issuing a reminder to dog owners to get their dog License fees are for males and spayed females and for businessmen ask for Education costs are Property taxes are Someone must There certainly is a tax problem in the speaker impressed upon his audience. has a list of taxes but not a integrated tax The tax structure must be re- Carley said that legislative men hate only one thing more than cutting home and telling their they must cut down He emphasized that the present government budget must be cut ple will not stand for a high budget with reserves on he He predicted that the in his talk on highways this will recommend an increase of perhaps two cents on gasoline Wisconsin at present has a four cent Only Missouri has a lower tax of three a forceful said that in his opinion there is definitely also going to be a surtax of perhaps 25-30 per and that there will be a probable increase in the arette The state will not allow more corporate taxes because of competitive reasons in in- he and with their rapid will be needing more Speaking of the Carley pointed out the vets did not get the bonus be- cause the legislature did not vote for it. did not be- lieve it was a state and if they favored they would be forced to create a tax to go with Pleads Guilty OCONOMOWOC William Joseph received a suspended sentence on a vagrancy charge and was ordered to leave the county by Judge Alvin G. Brendemuehl in municipal court this t The defendant pleaded He was arrested Tuesday in the village of Pay Heed to This Unless You Ignore Elections Eisenhower West Leads Russ in H and Waukesha you'd ter pay a little attention to this story if you don't want to wind up in a dark garage April 5 looking for a voting Point Number One You may not have but the city is getting 28 new voting They were ed to arrive sometime Point Number Two The new machines necessitate new polling places for most Point Number Three The new polling places were officially by ordinance by the city council Tuesday Here they Wards 1 and Rock school the rear en- Wards S and 8 Hadfield school Use the Oakland avenue Wards 4 and 5 County Use the Main street entrance and turn left at the Wards 6 and school Use the rear en- trance off the parking Ward 7 Carroll college Wards 9 and 10 Randall school Ward 11 Whittier Use front Ward 13 Waukesha Use Dopp street which will take you into the please be courteous by not disturbing the Ward school this where you'll vote since you are now part of the 14th Ward 15 Barstow No more No more playground It's sary to have the new voting machines in permanent ings because they'll be kept there the year City Clerk Esther Winn Expect Senate To Support No Tax Cut WASHINGTON of a plan to cut everybody's es by next year predicted today the senate would back up its finance committee's re- jection of the But Sen. Byrd chairman of the finance com- and one of the est opponents of the tax cut said in an interview the big fight would come when the goes to a conference with the which has voted a income tax reduction to take effect Jan. 1. Both sides in the politically potent dispute were preparing for hot senate ly starting The senate leadership in- it plans to make a party fight for the tax But one source said about 8 to 10 Democratic mostly might re- fuse to go Byrd said he was confident the senate would not reverse his which day voted 9-6 to knock the in- come tax cut out of a that would also extend corporation income tax and certain excise tax rates for another Sen. Millikin ior Republican on the expressed a view similar to He said he expected very few Republican senators to desert the administration on the President hower vigorously opposes an income tax reduction at this time because of the ing budget his press conference Eisenhower said he delighted and gratified at the committee's hower said he was pleased the committee had brought out a to continue excise and corporation taxes without making any provision for an income tax Congress is working against a deadline of April 1, when corporation income tax and some excise tax rates are scheduled to drop enough to cost the treasury about three billion dollars a Both house and senate bills would extend these rates for another The income tax cut wiped out of the senate Tuesday would cost about a Set Deadline on Application Date Applications for chief of lice to succeed Harold will be accepted until March 10, the police and fire com- mission said The commission on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept resignation effective March 15. He has accepted the police chief's job at the new village of Elm Vincent chairman of the said plication forms can be ed from Carl The commission will meet March 10, Collins said to interview Collins pointed out that any member of the police ment as well as any citizen is eligible to submit an No requirements for the job were Council Orders City Clerk to Keep Letters to Group Away From Press By TOM Freeman Staff Waukesha's city council Tuesday night set a new icy on press coverage of tain communications filed with the city The the press is not to receive information about communications ad- dressed specifically to the council until they ly brought before the Up to now City Clerk er Winn's policy has been to regard such tions as public records when they are filed at her An informal opinion from City Atty. William states that they are not public records re- by the public body city Paul Steinert proposed the new He said he did so be- cause he had heard rent criticisms of Mrs. Winn for cations to the His he was to have the council set a policy way or the so the city clerk will not receive the brunt of the It was also brought out that aldermen resent having the clerk release communications addressed to the council for this by an A. sed to the council is released to the press and appears in a newspaper story or radio broadcast before aldermen have had a chance to study it. u e n t s read of the or hear of it on the and call their aldermen with com- plaints or The ermen are to admit they can give no opinions be- cause they know nothing of the Three aldermen voted day against the Alder men Elmer Dent Robert Morris and Lawrence Werner Aldermen Harry Lem- mer and James Hawkins were ab- do not believe the clerk has the right to give to the press any communications addressed to the Steinert I pick up the local paper and read about letters to the I think the clerk is in I think these should be read to the council then Mrs. Winn of most letters brought in to me are sent to the press at the same There's nothing to be but I would appreciate a tion from the floor if you want me to withhold the The matter was dropped to Page 15, No. 1) School Escapees Found in Texas Two boys school missing since they jumped through a second story cottage window at the school Saturday have been picked up in Sulphur the sheriff's department The 16 and 17, were apprehended with an bile stolen Saturday night from the home of a rural Waukesha Richard of route 1. In a tele- phone conversation this ing with local Sheriff James Brice of kins reported the youths were picked up and are in custody Rural Resident Is Fined J A rural Mukwonago man charged with driving in tion of a restricted was fined and costs in municipal court here and lost his driver's license for one Roy 42, of route 3, pleaded ty before Judge Scott The Mukwonago man was picked up in the town of On April 5, 1954, he had been convicted on a drunken driving charge in municipal court and lost his driver's license for a He later received an occupational driver's The case of Ramon Alvarez 20, of 235 N. Barstow charged with carnal ledge and was ed today without or The motion for sal was made by Dist. Atty. James D'Amato told court that the 12-year-old girl involved in the alleged charge had ad- vised the district attorney that the charge was not He said the girl told him that she thought that if she made the Alvarez would be compelled to marry Two young men were fined and costs today after both pleaded guilty to charges of driving without having er's Both were ed up in They are Francisco Vas 19, of 812 picked up Feb. 27, and Roderick W. 22, Mukwonago route ed up Feb. 26. A Milwaukee Walter W. 33, forfeited bail for speeding in the lage of Feb. 20. Judge Lowry suspended sentence against Lloyd R. 54, I s m a who pleaded guilty to a drunk charge in the city early this The judge ordered Vanderbrink to leave the Council Agrees to Buy Firehouse Site The city council Tuesday night voted unanimously to buy two properties on W. St. Paul avenue as the site for a new fire station to replace the Clinton street Cost of the properties will total located at 136 W. St. Paul will cost and the at 130 W. St. Paul will cost Two aldermen were absent when the vote was Harry Lemmer and James Hawkins The plan commission re- commended buying the two properties because of their suitable size and The proposed new station will be a iion which will house an ial truck and two Brookfield Decides to Appeal Zoning Decision BROOKFIELD Brookfield city will appeal to the state supreme court a decision made by Circuit Judge Allen Young on the controversial Smith gravel This was decided Tuesday night when the council voted unanimously to make the Judge Young ruled ly in February that the city's ordinance banning operation of the Melvin Smith gravel pit was The located near the corner of the Burleigh and Pilgrim has been a center of controversy for more than a year and a half and has been the cause of two separate court actions and numerous The council acted Tuesday on a resolution that city will appeal to the supreme city attorney will seek to have the at- torney up the drafting and entry of the findings of fact and conclusions of of an at- torney to handle the appeal will be postponed until the next council meeting or until the first two points of the are cleared Smith and his Mrs. Shirley own the They defeated a move by neighbors in the area who sought to have the pit de- clared a nuisance in county court action a year When the city threatened to force the pit to cease the with their Robert McGraw of started circuit court action and Judge Young ruled in their Action toward an appeal has been delayed until Graw files a finding of facts with the which is the item referred to in the third point of the Some 20 residents who have protested against operation of the pit were present at day night's council meeting to file a petition urging that an appeal be The signed by 309 was drawn up by a and YY Protective The association was organized in August of 1953. At its last Feb. 15, the council received a petition signed by more than 100 dents asking that no appeal be made to the supreme courl and that the city accept Judge Young's The filed last night urging the said in trucks are not only ruinous and costly to our requiring constant re pair to the said bul they are a hazard to our chil dren attending the new Dixon school and besides greatly de- the value of our Pays Fine for Stealing 15 Cents Solomon 35, charged with stealing 15 cents from a was fined and costs yesterday in Northeastern police Magistrate Samuel J. Gaboff was told that Mickens was ar- rested after he gave the ey back to the The Irving P. testified that once be- fore Mickens had picked up five cents from his pile of He said he warned the defendant then that he would call police if it ever happened Possibility of Shifting National Ad Under Study A study is underway to de- cide whether to move the tional Advertising co. to it was learned Herbert president of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company of National said a decision should 30 The local firm employs from 140 to 150 people and izes in outdoor advertising with billboards and The advertising and promotion departments were moved from Waukesha to cago a month with some 25 people being transferred in the may move some Buetow said when con- at the home office of 3M at St. Minn. arc making a survey of tional Advertising at this time and we should make a deci- sion within the next 30 The survey should he whether the departments already moved to Chicago be All administrative offices of the local company are still ed in which serves as the home office of 20 sions of the National ing co. L. B. treasurer of National said he has received no word on the moving of the company out of Gehrke that 3M has other manufacturing plants and offices not ed with National Advertising operations in the Chicago area and is thinking of centralizing all operations in. one new of- fice building in that Doesn't Know How Long Edge Will Continue WASHINGTON dent Eisenhower said today the western world has ed all along a great lead over Russia in development of drogen bombs and atomic He said he thinks it would be pointless to speculate on how long the lead may pre- He just doesn't Eisenhower's news ence remarks were in re- sponse to a request for com- ment on Prime Minister chill's statement Tuesday that the United States has the H-bomb strength of the Soviet Churchill added that Russia would be in a to launch a full scale nuclear at- tack the United States in two to four A reporter asked whether Eisenhower felt that Russia might be able to pull even with this country in three or four After a the president said any conclusions he might make in that field would be nothing more than He went on to say we do know that the Western world has enjoyed a great lead in the H-bomb and the atomic weapons field in How long that lead may he just doesn't Eisenhower There does come a he when if you get a big enough supply of a particular as to whether it is important that you acquire a lot more such The news conference also touched on these other Politics The president laughed off attempts to find out whether he will seek re- election next Once was when he was asked for comment on a statement by Sen. that the Republicans probably couldn't win next year without Eisenhower as their Another attempt came when a newsman asked whether it could be taken for granted that Eisenhower will attend the Republican presidential nominating convention in San Francisco in August 1956. shot back a crisp no. Zhukov The president was reminded that he told a recent news conference he would be glad to consider in- viting Marshal Georgi Russia's new defense to the United Wisconsin WEATHER WISCONSIN Wisconsin partly cloudy day mostly little change in Low tonight ranging from zero to 5 below extreme northwest to around 25 above extreme high Thursday 15- 20 near 35 extreme Winds 10-15 westerly winds west portion afternoon and decreasing northwesterly winds over the east 10-15 north to northeast tonight and Minimum 28. f Mean 36. Temperature range here 42; 30. Temperature range here a year 32; 20. Local Hourly Temperature Hour 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 Temps 28 27 28 30 32 33 34 35 WAUKESHA'S ALMANAC March 3 Sunrise a.m. p.m. Moonrise Friday a.m. Full moon next PROMINENT The the VISIBLE be- tween the Twins and the ow in west p.m. in outcast a.m. low in a.m. Circulation for Same Period a Year Last Ntt
