Legislators Gamble on Revenue to Fund Wisconsin Budget
Wisconsin lawmakers adjourn the 68th session after voting a record 143.5 million dollar appropriation for the next two years hoping tax revenues will exceed estimates. About 134.5 million must come from existing taxes with 9 million earmarked for veterans housing from liquor and wine taxes. Gov. Rennebohm may veto parts to preserve solvency.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
E. C. Gieseel
Giessel
UN probes Greek border clashes with Albanian brigade
A UN Balkan mission moved into northwestern Greece to investigate Greek claims that an international brigade from Albania invaded Greek territory. The field team, including Australia United States Russia Brazil and Syria reps, gathered statements from Greek officers but could not confirm an on scene eyewitness account of fighting.
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Lake Success
United Nations Balkan Subsidiary Commission
Greece
Albania
Security Council
Balkan
Russia
Salonika
Konitsa
Australia
United States
Brazil
Syria
Man jailed for misleading press fined ten dollars
Manitowoc Wisconsin Edward K Ryan was fined ten dollars and costs in Municipal court after pleading guilty to violating a new law that makes it illegal to furnish misinformation to a newspaper. He admitted sending an untrue statement to a reporter about another person leaving the city, claiming he was the victim of a practical joke and aimed to even the score.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Edward K Ryan
Ryan
Need Chain Gang Georgians Say Free Killers of 8
A Georgia state grand jury blames abolition of chain gangs for an escape attempt that left eight Black convicts dead after guards fired at the fleeing prisoners. Warden H. G. Worthy and five guards were absolved of blame. the report argues chaining would have prevented the deaths. The era of Georgia chain gangs ended amid national criticism and reform.
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Brunswick
Georgia
H. G. Worthy
Robert Eliot Burns
FE. D. Rivers
Ellis Arnall
Tax Cut Veto Battle Shapes 1948 Campaign
The House failed to override President Truman on a GOP tax cut plan as the Senate also fell short of a two thirds margin. Debate centered on voters deciding the tax issue in the 1948 campaign with backers lamenting missed relief for many taxpayers and Republicans urging a new presidency aligned with tax cuts.
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Texas
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Ferguson
Michigan
High Command Reshuffling Amid Patterson Quit
Washington reports a cabinet reshuffle as Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson resigns effective Thursday. Kenneth Royall is named his successor amid plans for a unified national security framework with separate army navy and air secretaries. Charles Forrestal and Eisenhower linked successors loom in the broader shakeup.
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Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Kenneth Royall
Royall
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Congress
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Forrestal
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Five Collisions Leave Two Injured in Kenosha City
Police report Friday and today saw five traffic crashes. Margarite Fredrickson, 38, and Mike Huber, 31, suffered minor head bumps in a crash with Herman L. Fredrickson at Green Bay road and Fifty second street. Edwin Lange, 5402 Thirty sixth avenue, backed from a driveway, causing heavy damage. Four other incidents on Roosevelt road and nearby streets caused property damage on four cars with no injuries.
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Margarite Fredrickson
Buchanan Road
Mike Huber
Herman L. Fredrickson
Edwin Lange
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Lange
Green Bay Road
Fifty-second Street
Leo Sikora
Floyd Hughes
Kenosha
Roosevelt Road
Willis Lindblom
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Lester Spitzer
Thirty-eighth Ave
House approves vast foreign aid bill amid Greece Russia tensions
The House, in an hour, passes a $1.603 billion omnibus foreign aid package to finance Greece Turkey relief military costs and refugees. It backs restricting aid to Soviet aligned states and notes upcoming probes into immigration and long range policy while warning of potential conflict in Greece.
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Soviet Union
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Japan
United States
International Refugees Organization
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House Rules Committee
Standing Committee On Foreign Affairs
Eaton
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Three Are Dead in Refugee Shipboard Clash Near Haifa
In the Mediterranean a fight aboard the President Warfield left Walter Bernstein an American seaman dead and two Jews killed as British marines tried to subdue about 4 550 Jewish refugees without permits near Palestine. The ship was brought to Haifa for deportation to Cyprus.
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Palestine
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Europe
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President Warfield
Cyprus
Walter Bernstein
Los Angeles
Warfield
Chesapeake Bay
John Stanley Gravel
Worcester
Mass
American Christian-Palestine Committee
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Bernard Marks
Cincinnati
Cyril Weinstein
New York
Cook
Grauel
Marks
France
Gravel
London
Sete
Marseille
Colombia
Brit ships aid 1500 from Hong Kheng grounded steamer
Three British vessels assisted in evacuating about 1,500 passengers from the steamer Hong Kheng after it ran aground at Chilang Point north of Hong Kong. No casualties were reported.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kheng
Chilang Point
Miss Tip Topper Grace Tattu Crowned In Tall-Beauty Pageant
Hollywood reports Grace Tattu, six feet tall, crowned Miss Tip Topper of America at the first annual convention drawing 300 contestants from the U S and Canada. Organizers aim to push for longer beds, roomy booths, and clothes tailored for statuesque women as she jokes about dating shorter men.
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Don Shoe‘maker
Two Killed At Four Mile Crossing Racine Wis
In Racine two people died when their car was struck by a northbound interurban train at the Four Mile road crossing. The victims were Fred J. Labombard, 62, and Mrs. Margaret Peach, 55, both locals. The motorman testifies the train was at 60 mph. crossing signals and whistle were active.
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Racine
Wis
Four Mile Road Crossing
Fred J. Labombard
Margaret Peach
G. Peterson
Cat freed from washing machine after tail entanglement
In Decatur, Illinois, a family cat became tangled in a washing machine’s spinning shaft. Police manually reversed the motor to free the tail and reported to headquarters that the detail was completed satisfactorily.
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Decatur, Ill
Chester Crockett
Factory Employe Total Reached 17,000 in May
Nearly 17,000 factory workers were employed in Kenosha plants in May, up over 2,000 from April. The Chamber barometer reports 13,190 industrial workers in May 1946, a 30 percent rise for the month. Weekly payroll reached $753,800, up 14 percent from May 1946 but below April’s $809,900. Average weekly pay envelope was $54.65, up from $50.21 in May 1946, and hourly earnings rose from $1.25 to $1.38.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce
Kéinosha
Pacific Airliner Flies to Shanghai Inaugural Service
Northwest Airlines plane Shanghai was scheduled to arrive tomorrow, inaugurating a new trans pacific service after delays caused by bad weather in Alaska. The trip from the west coast to Shanghai normally takes 48 hours, but the inaugural flight was delayed three extra days.
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U.P
Northwest Airlines
Alaska
Shemya Island
Aleutians
New York Births Reach Triplet Milestone at Rockaway Beach
Joseph Steinberg recalled his family growth from a boy in 1943 and twin girls in 1945 to a current trio born yesterday at Rockaway Beach hospital. The triplets include one boy and two girls, marking a notable expansion for the family.
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New York
U.P
Joseph Steinberg
Raft Crews Prepare for Lake Michigan Crossing Test
Forty five men including Brig. Gen Walter Peck plan a 65 mile raft crossing from Sheboygan to Ludington amid high winds. The lead raft features two outboard motors and a canopy. The test, coordinated by Wright Field officials, aims to evaluate new survival gear and radio equipment for aero medical use.
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Sheboygan
Wis
U.P
Lake Michigan
Air Force
Army Air Forces
Ludington
Mich
Wisconsin
Wright Field
Dayton C
Aero-Med
Ical
Army
T. J. Kinkaid
Aeromedical
Walter Peck
2Nd Air Force
Henry Mulberger
Wisconsin Air Reserve Association
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
Veterans Bills Move to Senate Action and Bond Cashing Plan
The Republican leadership pressed for quick Senate action on veterans measures including a bill to authorize cashing of terminal leave bonds worth 9,000,000 veterans. Senator Taft and Senator Morse agreed to prioritize veterans legislation in an extraordinary Saturday session as Senate debates Kem’s probe move and possible adjournment on July 26. The bond bill would allow eligible veterans to cash terminal leave bonds after September 1, instead of waiting five years.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Kem
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