Landlord Income Survey Ordered Under New Law
Washington housing expeditor Tighe Woods ordered a survey of landlord incomes to determine rent increases under the new control law. The 15 month extension strengthens existing rules and will not trigger universal rent hikes, with ceilings to ensure fair operating income. The survey aims to guide the fair income provisions while offices handle hardship petitions and possible area decontrol adjustments.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Congress
Truman
White House
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Dow Chemical President Dies In Plane Crash
Dow Chemical Co. president Willard H. Dow and his wife died when their private plane crashed near London Ontario. Co-pilot Fred Clements and pilot A J Bowie also perished. Mrs Campbell survived, later reported in serious condition.
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Dow Chemical
London
Ont
Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Mich
Boston
Mass
Dow
Martha Dow
Calvin Campbell
A. J. Bowie
Fred Clements
MacArthur Aids Soldier's Cause
Tokyo reported Corporal Lorenzo Gamboa who earned U S citizenship for wartime service asked the U S State Department to help him rejoin his wife and two children in Australia. General MacArthur, backing Gamboa, has his legal staff assist after the war veteran was barred as an Asiatic from entry to Australia.
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Tokyo
Lorenzo Gamboa
MacArthur
U. S. State Department
Australia
U. S
Gamboa
Oklahoma City widow seeks public advice on spending $10000
Mrs. Heart, a 51 year old widow facing a looming one year life expectancy, asks Daily Oklahoman readers for a plan to spend $10000. A businesswoman who sold her ventures a decade ago seeks purpose not publicity amid a calm, fearless shift in outlook and remaining family support.
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Oklahoma City
Mrs. Heart
Heart
Daily Oklahoman
California
He Gets Vote Of Housewife In Door To Door Bid
Green Bay councilman Arthur Ruth faced a minor setback in his ward 12 reelection drive after a housewife, hailed as a potential voter, praised the current opponent and withheld support saying the present man is no good. The exchange occurred during a hat tip moment in a door-to-door outreach.
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Green Bay
Wis
U.P
Arthur Ruth
Permit Mother to Change Guilty Plea
In Roxbury district court Boston the mother who hid her 13 year old son to shield an illicit romance won permission to withdraw her guilty plea to neglect. A psychopathic hospital observation preceded the plea change and a new hearing date will be set.
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Boston
Roxbury
Anna F. Sullivan
Waukesha Power Cut Off After High Winds
Nearly half of Waukesha Wisconsin’s businesses homes and schools lost power for about ninety minutes when a light pole, weakened by last night’s winds, fell across two 4 000 volt feeder lines cutting off power to the southern and western parts of the city.
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Waukesha
Wis
Madison bill would legalize Bruce Weatherly as police chief
A measure in the Wisconsin assembly would override the current requirement of a year’s Wisconsin residence and allow Bruce Weatherly formerly of San Antonio Texas to be appointed Madison police chief. Several details remain unclear including the measure’s fate and potential residency stipulations.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Bruce Weatherly
San Antonio
Tex
Wisconsin
House Debates Repeal of Federal Taxes on Oleo
Chairman Harold D. Cooley of the House Agriculture Committee attacked a proposed nationwide ban on yellow oleomargarine as the House opened general debate on a bill to repeal all federal taxes on oleo.
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Washington
U.P
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
North Carolina
House
Chamber survey pushes 45 day extension of rent control
The Chamber of Commerce has circulated a survey of municipal bus service in 52 cities to the city council with a letter urging improved local service. The study, prepared for City Attorney Robert V. Baker, analyzes routes and populations in mid sized cities, noting decades of limited progress and calling for new equipment, re routing, and increased service to expand development and reach unserved areas.
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Chamber of Commerce
Robert V. Baker
LaCross
Sheboygan
Elmer Swartz
Chamber Transportation
Chamber
Swartz
Transportation Committee
Charles Dilday
Kenosha
LaCrosse
Sioux Falls
S. D
Lynchburg
Kalamazoo
Mic
Muskegon
Mich
Pittsfield
Aurora
Greensboro
Assembly Votes To Keep State Tax on Oleo
Madison officials report the assembly rejected a repeal and kept the 15 cent per pound oleomargarine tax plus dealer licenses by a 68 to 22 vote. Milwaukee lawmakers failed to rally support for repeal amid farm vs city tensions over color and sales deception allegations.
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Assembly
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
R.delavan
Agricultural Committee
State senate passes bill to fund mental hospital plant upgrades
The senate approved a measure freeing 1 650 000 for plant improvements at three state mental hospitals. The bill, introduced at the public welfare department's request and recommended by the finance committee, would allocate 800 000 for a heating plant at Winnebago hospital Oshkosh, 700 000 for Northern Colony Chippewa Falls, and 150 000 for a sewage disposal plant at Southern Colony Union Grove.
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Senate
Public Welfare Department
Finance Committee
Winnebago Hospital
Osh- Kosh
Northern Colony
Chippewa Falls
Southern Colony
Union Grove
Wisconsin weather ends March with snow and rain clash
The storm dumps 4.5 inches of snow on Waupaca and heavy rain drips across southern Wisconsin as a northwest wind continues. Wausau reports 2 inches. Milwaukee records 1.14 inches and La Crosse 1.26 inches. Forecaster Howard J. Thompson expects a warmer Friday and hints at an April hint despite lingering clouds.
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Associated Press
Waupaca
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
Lake Winnebago
Thompson
Wausau
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Launch Benefit For Victims Of Somers Tragedy
Somers township residents rallied after a tank truck crash killed two volunteer firemen and injured two others. Under the Somers Civic association, contribution boxes were placed in local stores to aid the families. George McClure, treasurer of the accident fund, could accept funds at First National Bank. Herbert Friederich leaves four young children.
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Somers Township
Somers Civic Association
George McClure
Somers Firemen’s Accident Fund
First National Bank
Herbert Friederich
Pigeons Sentenced in Courtroom Death Penalty
A pair of pigeons interrupted a circuit court session during a traffic damage suit. The birds acted as if jurors and witnesses, earning a death sentence plotted by volunteers after court. Judge Alfred L. Drury oversaw the scene as Richard Madison fired a B B gun to end the case.
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Alfred L. Drury
Richard Madison
Truman Defends Tax Boost Plan and Naval Reassignments
President Truman defended a $4 billion tax increase amid concerns over a prospective June deficit. He said standby price and wage controls remain necessary, and rejected claims his anti inflation program was shelved. In Kenosha the naval unit will replace the Lapwing minesweeper with the larger PC 1237 sub chaser, arriving from Sheboygan for training duties. The Lapwing has trained local reservists since 1947 and will be sent to Sheboygan for disposal trade.
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Lapwing
Kenosha
Atlantic
Sheboygan
E. A. Ruebel
Japan
Washington
Truman
George
D-Ga
Edwin G. Nourse
Economic Advisory Council
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Federal Reserve Board
Europe
Confusion Over New U S Law Cited by Solons
Wisconsin legislature rushes a 45 day extension of state rent controls to avoid the midnight deadline for the 1947 law. The measure goes to Lt. Gov. George M. Smith for signing, addressing federal act uncertainties and evictions rules. It could prompt wider questions on state control versus federal decontrol.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
George M. Smith
Senate
Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gustave Buchen
R. Sheboygan
Senate Gop
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Knowles
Harold Persons
Tighe Woods
Oscar Rennebohm
South
Judiciary
Lytton Chicago Merchant, 102, Dies After Long Career
Henry C. Lytton, 102, pioneer State street merchant, died of a heart ailment after a long career beginning as an errand boy. He founded Henry C. Lytton and Company in 1887, the Hub store on State and Jackson, and expanded to multiple branches. Survived by his wife Carlotta and two children Walter and Gertrude Benziger.
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William T. Evjue
Madison Capital Times
State Senate
Gettelman
Milwaukee
la Fond
Two Rivers
Evjne
George Haberman
William Nagorsne
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Haberman
Nagorsne
Evjue
Chicago
Henry C. Lytton
State Street
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Lytton
Errand Boy
Henry C. Lytton and Company
Hub
New York City
City College of
New York
St. Louis
Ionia
Mich
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Jackson and
State Streets
Loop
Evanston
Joliet
Oak Park
Gary
Ind
George
Rose Wolfe
South Carolina
Walter
Gertrude Benziger
Carlotta B. Doty
Patterson, N. J
Circus Saves Seats for Two Young Refugees
Nine year old Rose Gelbard, new to the United States with her family as war refugees, asked Ringling Brothers for a chance to attend a circus. The circus replied by reserving two seats for Rose and her four year old brother Jackie for an April 13 performance at Madison Square Garden.
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Circus
New York
Rose Gelbard
Rose
Rackie
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Sarasota
Fla
Jackie
Madison Square Garden
Antwerp
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Berlin
Somers
Canton
Okla
Oklahoma
Ruebel
U.S
Solons
U.S.A
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