Flood of Bills In Legislature in Madison Wisconsin
Dozens of new bills were filed in the Wisconsin legislature before midnight, including anti Communist measures and school consolidation plans. A proposed bill would forbid Communists from public office and require registration with penalties up to 10 years in prison or a 10,000 dollar fine. Other measures seek to keep county school committees, advance school aid, and require master plans for education. A ghost bill on secrecy of income tax returns was dropped after questions. A dairy tax and civil defense proposals were also introduced.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of State
Hugh Harper
Lancaster
Assembly Education Committee
Labor and Management Committee
Gordon Bubolz
R. Appleton
State Tax Department
A. E. Wegner
Bubolz
Oscar Rennebohm
Lucas Seeks Senate Vote Today on European Aid
Washington reports the administration pushed for a final senate vote today on the 5.58 billion dollar European aid program but was slowed by Senator Donnell who spoke at length about North Atlantic defense rather than the aid package. Leader Lucas aimed to avoid trimming the authorization while Taft and others urged reductions. The House meanwhile considered a 558 million flood control and navigation bill with talk of a possible boost.
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Washington
Senate
Donnell
R-Mo
Europe
United States
Lucas
III
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Passman
D-La
Congress
Little Progress In Rent Confab
A Senate House conference committee made little progress at their first meeting toward compromising differences on rent control legislation. Conferees discussed the situation for more than two hours but did not resolve main provisions. The House bill would extend controls 15 months while the Senate measure calls for a 12 to 15 month extension.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
House
Senate
Refunds for Federal Income Up in State
Milwaukee tax officials announce higher federal income tax refunds in Wisconsin with about 40 million returned this year versus 30,087,000 last year. Acting collector George Reissmer notes total state collections likely down about 15 million from last year due to tax law changes, not an economic trend.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
George Reissmer
Internal Revenue
Reissmer
Wisconsin Assembly Backs Sugar Maple as State Tree
Wisconsin lawmakers agreed with grade school children that the sugar maple should be the official state tree. The bill naming the sugar maple the tree along with the wood violet as state flower and the robin as state bird passed the assembly unanimously and moves to the senate.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
Vasilevsky Named New Leader of Soviet Armies
The Presidium announced Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky as minister of armed forces, replacing Nikolai A. Bulganin who remains deputy prime minister and Politburo member. Both born in 1895, they are veterans of World War II and members of the Supreme Soviet.
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Moscow
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Supreme Soviet
Vasilevsky
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Soviet Union
Russia
London
Bulganin
Josef Stalin
Council of Ministers
Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
Politburo
White House
Smith
British One-Pound Notes Wash Ashore on Corniche Road
British one pound notes worth more than $24,000 washed up along Marseille corniche. early arrivals collected as many as 50 notes each while crowds scoured the beach for more notes throughout the day.
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Marseille
O.P
Corniche Road
Rankin pushes new WWI veterans pension bill in House
Rep Rankin of Mississippi introduced a pension bill for World War One veterans aged 65 with limits of 72 dollars monthly. Income caps are 2000 dollars for singles and 3000 dollars for married or with dependents. In New York 5000 veterans plan peaceful picketing before the Waldorf Astoria as delegates gather for a World Peace conference.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House
New York
Stolen Car Tied to Milwaukee Murder Case
Milwaukee police pursue link between a stolen Milwaukee car recovered in Oconto County and the Patricia Birmingham homicide. The car disappeared with Birmingham Feb 10 and was found with blood stained shirt fragments and missing stove pipe wire from the tool compartment.
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Milwaukee
Oconto County
Patricia Birmingham
Patricia
Murder defendant testifies in Wisconsin case
James Jackson took the stand in Sparta Wisconsin saying he cannot recall the morning he allegedly killed his father. He claimed years of claimed abuse beginning in childhood as he testified in a packed courtroom.
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Sparta
Wis
U.P
James Jackson
Key Witness Sought in Milwaukee Patricia Birmingham Case
Milwaukee police seek a key witness as the murder case of 16 year old Patricia Birmingham widens. Milton Babich, 19, who married Patricia’s sister Kathleen, was questioned about the disappearance and admitted being near the Birmingham home that afternoon. Police released three boys and plan to question more West Allis youths.
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Albert T. Birmingham
Patricia Birmingham
Milton Babich
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Babich
Kathleen
Kalamazoo
Mich
Patricia
Milwaukee River
U.P
Adolph Kraemer
Kraemer
Birmingham
West Allis
Anti-Lynching Bill Introduced by Sen. Humphrey
Sen. Hubert Humphrey introduces an anti-lynching bill in Washington asserting broad public support for civil rights and challenging GOP leaders to vote. The measure would place federal jurisdiction over lynching crimes with up to a $10 000 fine and 20 years in prison for lynch mob participants. Co sponsors include Wagner of New York and Morse of Oregon.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
Senate
Humphrey
Truman
Kenneth S. Wherry
Robert F. Wagner
Wayne Morse
Ore
Ambassador to Moscow Walter Bedell Smith Resigns
President Truman accepted the resignation of Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Moscow. Smith will return to army duty as the White House prepares to renew a long-pending request to President.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
White House
Smith
Charles G. Ross
First Army
Governor’s Island
New York Harbor
Courtney Hodges
United States
Death Threats In Letters to Congresswoman
Police guard the home of Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers as she reports death threats in a series of letters. She disclosed the first threat was around Valentine's Day and said authorities are investigating. Also updated is the ongoing divorce suit involving Capt. Harold A Latta-Lawrence and the publicized marriage with Rogers.
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Washington
Navy
Harold A. Latta-Lawrence
Eilene Diana Latta-Lawrence
New England
Latta-Lawrence
Missouri
Toledo
Ohio
Richmond
Ind
University of Michigan
Harvard
Boston
Rogers
Air Force C 82 Cargo Plane Reported Down in Arctic
An Air Force C 82 cargo plane with a crew of three or four was reported down today in the Arctic wastes near Baffin Island about 1,000 miles northwest of Goose Bay Labrador. The twin engined aircraft is used to carry paratroopers or freight.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Arctic Wastes
Baffin Island
Goose Bay
Labrador
Dismissal in Cheese Conspiracy Case Hits 90 Firms
U S federal charges accusing 90 firms and individuals of fixing cheese prices were dismissed by Judge John P. Barnes at DOJ request. Trial for the remaining 11 defendants is set for November 7.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Department of Justice
Federal Judge Imposes 10000 Dollar Fine on Gillars
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison for treason. Judge Curran also fined her 10000 dollars and noted automatic citizenship loss on treason conviction. Gillars, 48, born in Maine, previously convicted March 10 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda.
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Washington
Mildred E
Axis Sally
Gillars
Edward M. Curran
Miss Gillars
Curran
James J. Laughlin
Supreme Court
Douglas Chandler
Robert Henry Best
Chandler
Best
Boston
Normandy
Evelyn
Ohio
Battle Levee Break On Mississippi River
Bulldozers laborers and national guardsmen fight to seal a levee break as the Mississippi at low level limits disaster. Nicholas Balovich, U S district engineers official, says the gap should be closed sometime today.
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Baton Rouge
Nicholas Balovich
U. S. District Engineers
Brown to join Wisconsin Public Service Commission April 1
The governor's office announced Timothy Brown will assume duties as a member of the Public Service Commission on April 1. Brown has served as Gov. Rubenow's pardon counsel and will succeed Lynn Ashley.
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Madison
Wis
Governor’s Office
Timothy Brown
Public Service Commission
Brown
Rennebohm
Lynn Ashley
Swoose plane to make final flight in Operations 30
Famed warplane the Swoose leaves Los Angeles for Chicago before final rest at the Smithsonian. Col. Frank Kurtz and four crew members accompany her on the last leg, with Mayor Bowron officiating at Municipal airport. The queen saw service from 1941 to V J day across the Pacific.
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Los Angeles
Flying Fortress
William L. White
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
National Air Museum
Washington, D. C
U. S. Far Eastern Air Force
Col
Frank Kurtz
Municipal
Fletcher Bowron
Air Force
George H. Brett
Southwest Pacific
Bowron
Kingman
Ariz
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