Wisconsin Legislature Opens Amid Financial Worries and Tax Talk
Madison Wis The Republican led legislature convenes its 68th regular session facing a record budget gap and potential tax hikes. Gov Goodland will outline tax needs while measures include highway funding, gas tax repeal, pension revisions, reapportionment and a soldiers bonus. The Assembly will elect leaders and the chamber will start with party leadership battles as 88 Republicans and 12 Democrats sit in the Assembly and 28 Republicans four Democrats and one Progressive in the Senate.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Arthur May
Assembly
Lawrence Larsen
Racine
Senate
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Robert Tehan
Milwaukee
Donald C. McDowell
Soldiers Grove
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Leland McFarland
D-Cudahy
City Approves Simmons Park Stadium Plan
Ke no sha leaders back development of Simmons Athletic Field on South Sheridan Road as an additional stadium for spectator sports. The council requires the Simmons Company to grant enough land for major events. The plan aims for a modest start this year with long term growth.
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Simmons
South Sheridan Road
City Hall
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Camera Plot Ends in Killing of Alleged Kidnapper
Alphonse Rocco, cornered in Patchin Hollow, is shot dead by Trooper James H. Smith after a 48 hour hideout with two pistols. Police traced him from a New York camera plot involving his estranged wife and a young woman, Blonde Pearl Lusk, who says he used her to photograph hidden jewelry.
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Grand Gorge
N. Y
Alphonse Rocco
Here
New York City
Rocco
Patchin Hollow
Catskill Mountain
James H. Smith
Charles Lea Forge
Harry L. Lewis
Lewis
Frank Naish
Broome Center
Montgomerys Assault Troop Theory Presented to Soviets
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, head of the British general staff, outlined his views on the role of assault troops in modern warfare before high ranking officers at the Soviet general staff academy. He stressed the importance of the "human equation" in directing a fighting army.
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Moscow
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Montgomery
Coeds Kidnapper Pleads Innocent in Ohio Case
Robert H Hemming 42 year old ex convict pleads innocent to two counts of executing and delivering checks without funds in the Mary Virginia Kimberly kidnaping case. The matter was bound over to the grand jury and will be considered after a suburban filing yesterday by the girl’s mother Mrs Emerson Kimberly.
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Columbus
Robert H. Hemming
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Ohio State University
Upper Arlington
E. Forrest Tefft
Emerson Kimberly
Truman Ready to Stand Against Tax Cuts Budget Battle Heats Up
President Truman is reported prepared to submit a 37.0 billion budget to Congress and oppose any tax cuts. Republican leaders claim needs total about 29.5 billion and seek a 20 percent cut for incomes up to 300,000 while maintaining a balanced budget. The dispute sets the stage for a clash over debt relief, wartime excises, and future tax policy as Congress, led by Republicans, weighs spending and revenue.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Rep Taber
New York
Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
State of the Union
Government cafeterias curtailed amid labor dispute
Government employees began carrying lunch buckets as cafeterias that normally serve about 130 000 meals daily cut service due to a labor dispute.
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Washington
British Brides of Despair Criticize U S Treatment
London papers recount Mrs Millie Vincent from the United States detailing the plight of British war brides in New York. She says immigration officials denied travel and American clerks mistreated them while Red Cross support provided minimal hotel and meals amid squalor and delay seeking passage home.
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London
New York
U. S
Millie Vincent
Charles Woodrow Vincent
Birmingham
Alabama
British Press Association
Vin
Great Britain
American Red Cross
Dispatch
Commandant Praises Kenosha Naval Reserves Site
Vice Admiral G D Murray praised plans for a 100000 dollar cement armory on Simmons Park Island in Kenosha to house the naval reserve unit. He toured reserve facilities, the dock area, and Nash Motors, noting improved training opportunities and harbor advantages for summer operations.
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G. D. Murray
Ninth Naval District
Middle-West
Kenosha
Simmons Park Island
Murray
Navy
Naval Reserve
Robert V. Baker
Harold E. Long, Jr
Milton Ness
Long
Naval Reserves
Charles Nash Miller
Navy League
E. M. Hill
Navy Reserves
Emil Chabrillo
F. N. Phillips
Great Lakes
Baker
Navy Department
Nash
Army
Wisconsin State Guard
Thirtieth Avenue
Nash Motors
Fine Merrill Man On Gambling Charge
Edward Izzo of Merrill pleaded guilty to operating a gambling house and was fined 200 dollars plus costs by Lincoln County Judge Max Van Hecke. State Beverage Tax Division agents seized a roulette wheel chairs coin changers poker chips during the arrest.
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Madison
Wis
John W. Roach
State
Beverage Tax Division
Edward Izzo
Merrill
Lincoln County
Max van Hecke
Izzo
Roach
Marshall Critique of Chinese Parties Sparks Debate in Washington
Gen Marshall condemns the Chinese parties while Republicans assess President Truman's policies. GOP leaders, including Michener and Halleck, back housing and private enterprise but oppose socialized medicine and excessive wartime controls. Both parties see labor reform but seek nonpunitive, workable measures.
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GOP
Truman Record
Congress
Truman
Michener
R-Mich
House Judiciary Committee
House
Halleck
Ind
White House
McCormack Named Assistant Democratic Leader in House
The House selected Representatives John W. McCormack of Massachusetts as Democratic whip after organizational sessions. Senate recess continued as Rep. Sikes introduced a bill lowering the old age pension start to 60 with $30 monthly payments, and President Truman prepared a budget and economic report signaling about $37 billion in 12 months starting July 1 with no tax cuts.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Congress
McCormack
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Rep
Sikes
D-Fla
Army to Start 130 Mile Hike by Task Force Frost
A 172 man unit and 12 officers will begin a 130 mile cross country march at Camp McCoy Wisconsin on January 14. The expedition tests winter gear shelter rations equipment and human reaction in three five day phases.
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Frost
Camp McCoy
Wis
Begin Meetings To Plan Chamber Program For 1947
The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce starts a January series of meetings led by R. S. Kingsley to draft the 1947 program. Twenty seven members attend as ideas on housing schooling transportation industrial expansion recreation and chamber activities are discussed. Charles Dilday outlines the chamber and the retail council while Lloyd Landgren chairs the program of work committee. An afternoon session is planned for Wednesday in the demonstration hall with more members invited to share input and shape the year’s agenda.
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Chamber
Charles Dilday
Retail Council
Credit Bureau
Kingsley
Lloyd Landgren
H. R. Costley
Walter W. Hammond
H. M. Pauley
Ben Cohn
No Political Union for German Occupation Zones
General Joseph T. McNarney stated there would be no political union of the economically merged U.S. and British zones of Germany unless it became clear there was no possibility of unifying Germany. He spoke in Frankfurt, signaling cautious postwar political planning.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
His Wife Didn't Desert Him But Dictated Terms
Army Captain Barnard L Goddard testified in a divorce suit that his wife did not desert him but imposed five conditions for joining him at his army post after overseas service. The conditions included a furnished house, a weekly job, a car, and weekend car use without questions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
W.P
Barnard L. Goddard
Death Claims Mrs N R Allen In New York
Mrs Ellen Jebb Allen widow of Nathan R Allen a Kenosha industrialist died Monday at her New York residence after months of illness. Funeral held at St Bartholomew s Chapel in New York City and her body will be brought to Kenosha for services and interment Thursday. She was born in Canada moved to Buffalo then Waukegan and married Nathan R Allen of the Kenosha tannery family. She led Kenosha social life and Red Cross work during WWI and belonged to St Matthew s church. Surviving are two sons.
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Ellen Jebb Allen
Nathan R. Allen
Kenosha
New York
St. Bartholomew's Chapel
New York City
Allen
Canada
Francis Jebb
Buffalo
N. Y
Waukegan
Ill
N. R. Allen Sons Tannery
Red Cross
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Marshall Blasts Extremists On Both Chinese Sides
General George C. Marshall denounces both Nationalists and Communists for blocking China’s peace efforts. He says liberal groups must lead, while liberals lack power to drive unity. He returns to Washington as US policy reassesses in wake of failed mediation.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
China
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
State Department
Kuomintang
Chiang
Military plan faces defeat in 80th Congress
President Truman’s request for universal training and armed forces unification faces likely rejection in a Republican led Congress. A survey shows no universal training this year, possible merger of army and navy, and nonrenewal of the wartime draft. Speaker Martin urges peacetime conscription outlaw.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
United States
Griffith to Visit Wisconsin March 12
Walter A. Rose state American Legion commander announced National Commander Paul H. Griffith would visit Wisconsin on March 12. The plan highlights Legion activities and state engagement with the national leader.
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Griffith
Milwaukee
Walter A. Rose
American Legion
Paul H. Griffith
Wisconsin
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