Pfennig Drops City Tax Bill
Assemblyman Fred Pfennig withdrew his municipal income tax bill after a public hearing and unanimous committee recommendation to postpone. The measure, urged by City Manager Axtell and Mayor Zeidler, would have let towns levy income taxes on residents and corporations. Axtell hoped for a one percent payroll tax raising about $675,000 locally.
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Fred Pfennig
Assembly Taxation Committee
Pfennig
A. E. Axtell
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
Axtell
Zeidler
Superior
William Deegan, Jr
Joseph Lourigan
CIO
Charles Dilday
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Senate Filibuster Holds Up Rent Control Extension Debate
The Senate remains deadlocked by a filibuster as House debates a 15 month rent control extension set for a vote tomorrow. Governor Chester Bowles urges a 27 month extension with tougher penalties for rent overcharges and fraud.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Scott Lucas
Illinois
House
Senate Banking Committee
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
OPA
Congress
London painter Francis Dodd dies at 74
English portrait and landscape artist Francis Dodd aged 74 died on Wednesday in London. A prominent figure in early 20th century art, Dodd gained recognition for his refined portraits and landscapes.
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London
Francis Dodd
Parking Meter Bill Slain In Wisconsin Assembly
The Wisconsin Assembly killed a measure that would cut state highway aid to cities based on parking meter revenue. The defeat came 81 to 7 after a highway committee recommendation. The session also rejected split ticket voting in primaries 75 to 15 and discussed raising drinking age to 21. The Wisconsin District Attorneys’ association pushed proposals to tighten penalties for policy games.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Miller
R-Richland Center
Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Association
Weather Experts Stranded by Snowstorm at Scott AFB
Twenty five air force weather experts ended a two day conference at Scott Air Force Base Illinois and found themselves marooned by a snowstorm none of them had forecast.
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Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Air Force
Mother listens on phone to murder of girl
In New York a triple shooting ends in a murder suicide as Emory Holt 32 shoots his wife Norma 34 and David Whittaker 32 in Whittaker's London Terrace apartment after a love triangle dispute. Mrs Elsie Thomas mother to Norma learns of the killings by telephone.
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New York
Emory Holt
Hollywood
Norma
David Whittaker
Elsie Thomas
Whittaker
London Terrace
Thomas
Universal Camera Corporation
Two Gunmen Captured Contess Trains
A federal grand jury indicted Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev on four counts of espionage. Coplon, Barnard graduate, held in 20000 dollar bail. Gubitchev, UN employee, in 100000 dollar bail. indictment cites delivering defense documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice. FBI traced them through Manhattan. UN says no diplomatic immunity. Secretary Acheson denied release but will review.
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New York
Judith
Department of Justice Analy
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Resian
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
United States
FBI
Manhattan
Justice Department
Barnard College
Brooklyn
Thomas J. Donegan
Dean Acheson
Two Zoot Suit Robbers Captured After Washington Train Hold Up
Baltimore & Ohio line robbery ends in gun battle near Washington as Lyman Ramsdell and George Ashton, both of Youngstown Ohio, are captured after a pursuit from Martinsburg West Virginia to Leesburg Virginia. Ramsdell wounded. about $563 recovered from $1,500 haul.
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Washington
U.P
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lyman Ramsdell
George Llewellyn Ashton
Youngstown
O. Ramsdell
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Streamliner
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Jesse James
Cooly
Kearneysville
Ramsdell
Ashton
Leesburg
Elmer G. Lomax
Marines
Emory
Noti
B & Os
Detroit
Baltimore
Pullman
W. W. Purcell
Purcell
Cumberland
China Going Modern Bit by Bit
Kenosha Major Matt Werve, 35, who advised China on military structure, visits Kenosha before new duties. He notes China adopting Western styles, growing hospitals and schools, and ongoing currency inflation with a 5,000,000 to 1 exchange, and rising prices for meals and hotels. He describes war damage, limited rail service, and extensive postwar construction while rural transport relies on donkey carts.
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Ding Hao
Matt Werve
Kenosha
Werve
United States
China
Ministry of National Defense
Kenoshan
Nanking
9Th Armored
1St Army
Germany
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
Jury Debating Fate of Sally Axis Sally Treason Verdict
A federal court jury of seven men and five women deliberating Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally on treason could not reach a verdict after 13 hours 50 minutes of discussion. They took a lunch break and were locked up overnight with no sign of a verdict.
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Washington
U.P
Mildred
Axis Sally
United States
Charles Ward
Edward M. Curran
Miss Gillars
Countywide Tots Immunization Drive Announces Schedule
Immunization clinics across five townships begin March 21 for school children with three phase treatments for diphtheria smallpox and whooping cough Doctors Chester DeWitt and F A Kordecki will lead clinics at St Alphonse New Munster Hillcrest Salem Center Whittier and Woodworth schools March 21 22 23 24 and 25 Townships will pay doctor fees while the county provides toxoid and vaccine Parents of younger children are urged to bring them for vaccination and boosters scheduled through May.
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Beryl Teubert
Wheatland
Somers
Salem
Pleasant Prairie
Bristol
Cuubll
Miss Teubert
St. Alphonse
New Munster
Wheatland Township
Chester DeWitt
Hillcrest
Highway
Somers Township
F. A. Kordecki
Salem Center
Salem Township
DeWitt
Whittier
Cooper Rd
Pleasant Prairie Township
Kordecki
Woodworth
Bristol Township
Palmer Shot By Man Identifying as East Chicago Officer
Gary Indiana William J Palmer a 22 year old Black man died at a Gary hospital after a shooting by a man who said he was John King an East Chicago police officer The incident occurred early today and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Gary
Ind
William J. Palmer
John King
Chicago
Danish Minister Reaches Ju. S. for NATO Talks
Gustav Rasmussen the Danish foreign minister arrived in New York en route to Washington to discuss the North Atlantic defense pact with American officials. A Trans-Jordan report says heavy fighting near Aqaba on the Red Sea, with Aqaba held by British and Trans-Jordan Arab legion troops near the Palestine border.
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New York
Gustav Rasmussen
Washington
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Red Sea
Aqaba
Palestine
General Clay Approves German Generals' Prison Terms
Berlin officials report General Lucius D. Clay approved today sentences from life to three years for 11 German generals by a U S war crimes court.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Wisconsin Rep Charges Army Brutality at Dachau
Rep. Lawrence H. Smith of Wisconsin told the House that U S army investigators use brutal and inhuman methods to obtain confessions from Germans charged with crimes at Dachau Germany.
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Washington
U.P
Lawrence H. Smith
Wis
The
House Today
U. S. Army
Dachau
Germany
Leaders Named For Red Cross Factory Drive
The industrial division of the 1949 Red Cross membership and fund raising drive elected group captains to lead the factory solicitation. Dave Hurlbut heads the division, and captains include N L Thomas Frank Seiberlich Ed Moore Jr Al Klemme George Becker Bud Latham Gordon Johnston and Carl Nelson. Payroll deduction will fund pledge blanks across Kenosha plants with a $1 minimum, targeting a $47 000 goal.
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Red Cross
Dave Hurlbut
Kenosha
N. L. Thomas
American Brass Co
Frank Seiberlich
Simmons Co
Ed Moore
Bud Latham
Gordon Johnston
Carl Nelson
Hugh Rafferty
Kenosha Red Cross seeks 1000 stores by March deadline
The industrial division leads a factory worker drive within the general employee division under Ernest Knoedler. Diversified establishments head Cecil Snyder and others. Women volunteers under Mrs R M Smith and Mrs Clarence Anderson canvass house to house. Over 80 Jaycees target nearly 1000 small retailers as Red Cross executive L N Murphy reports strong Kenosha cooperation ahead of March 31 goal.
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Ernest Knoedler
Cecil Snyder
Harry Stine
Richard Lindgren
Homer Heeman
George Epstein
R. M. Smith
Clarence Anderson
Jaycees
L. N. Murphy
Red Cross
Kenoshans
Kenosha
Cuban Notes Warn Rupture With Soviet Union
In Havana two blistering notes handed to the Soviet embassy accuse Moscow of brazen propaganda and totalitarian methods. The Cuban government says Communism seeks to destroy the world democratic system and declares the current situation cannot persist.
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Havana
Cuba
Cabinet Approves Draft of Atlantic Pact in Principle
London authorities report the cabinet approved in principle the draft Atlantic pact. The approval seals backing from ranking government members of the document drafted in Washington. A signing is expected in Washington the first week in April.
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London
A.P
Washington
Bill to Revamp PSC Killed by 48-43 Vote
The assembly defeated a bill by Molinaro Kendzierski and colleagues to overhaul the Public Service commission by a 48 to 43 vote. The plan would replace the three member panel with five members from specific sectors and set six year staggered terms. The debate cited rate hikes and labor pay as core issues while Governor Rennebohm’s actions had eased PSC pressure.
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PSC
Assembly
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Casimir Kendzierski
Milwaukee
Public Service Commission
Molinaro
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Thomson
Labor
Key Assembly Judiciary Committee
Cardinal Bus Company
Madison
Rennebohm
Timothy Brown
Lynn Ashley Hudson
Supreme Court
Cardinal Bus Lines
Madison-Kenosha
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Washington Police
George G. Frankfurth
Stewart
Roy C. Purdue
Purdue
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