Taxation Reform Sought by League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Three Wisconsin League of Municipalities committees met in Madison and drafted a protest letter to Gov. La Follette and the legislature. They urge shifting state imposed costs away from property taxes, arguing old age pensions aid and relief should be funded by other state revenues, while local governments should finance education and street/he highway costs largely from non property taxes.
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League of Wisconsin
Madison
Philip F. la Foltte
Fred L. Kramer
League
Legislative God
Ital
Sion
Radio Tonight and Evening NBC CBS Schedule List
The radio guide lists tonight’s schedule with programs at 6:00 p m 7:00 p m and 8:00 p m including Concert Beauty Box Theater Hollywood Hotel First Nighter and Leith Stevens harmonies. Stations depend on NBC CBS networks WABC WTMJ WEBC KSTP WCCO WISN WOC WLW and others.
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Associated Press
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WEBC
KSTP
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WMT
WTMI
WIBA
Hollywood Hotel
CBS
WEBM
WABC
KMOX
WCCO
WLW
WIM
WERC
Leith Stevens
WOC
WISN
Frankie Masters
Orchesira
Babe Woc
Garden of Rest Dedication Near Stoke Poges Church
The Bishop of Buckingham dedicates twenty acres of meadowland beside Stoke Poges church as a new garden of rest, near Gray's Elegy site. Ground laying costs are estimated at about 250000 dollars. A note on De Benvenuto Cellini recounts his enemies using ground diamonds and glass to try to poison him during imprisonment in Florence.
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Benvenuto Cellini
Lorence
Burglars Use Hearse to Cart Away Loot in Atlanta
Burglars used a $3,500 hearse as a disguise to load 30 tire casings from a local tire store and drive away. The vehicle was left nearby, missing its tires after the getaway, and the hearse later abandoned several blocks from the scene.
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Atlanta
House Committee Sets Rivers Plans Conference
Washington lawmakers move to confer on the rivers and harbors bill and flood control bill worth over half a billion dollars. The rules committee names conference members to resolve Senate differences, towing the line on projects funded by PWA and outlining 285 flood control items, including channels, levees, and reservoirs.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Conference Committee
Senate
Public Works Administration
War Department
PWA
Rules Committee
Weekend Radio Network Listings and Concerts Schedule
Radio network schedules list programs across WEAF WABC WLS WGN and others with concert Orchestra names, soprano recitals, and live reads. Included are a long sequence of program blocks from morning to late evening featuring choirs, jazz bands, symphonies, and various orchestras across multiple networks, with times and station marks.
Minnesota WPA Inparts Impetus To Conservation
Minnesota state projects gain momentum as Works Progress Administration funds boost water conservation. The Department of Drainage and Waters plans 350 new dams across northern areas to hold spring runoff. In Mankato to Faribault, 22 projects are ready, 40 more near completion. Otter Tail to begin first due to shortages. Lake levels drop in hot weather, with one lake losing four inches in a week.
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St. Paul
Minn
Progress Administration
Minnesota
Department of Drainage and Waters
PWA
Mankato
Faribault
Otter Tail County
Walter Olson
Division of Drainage and Waters
Love Me Forever at Rivoli and More Also at Majestic Bijou Riviera Strand
Music lovers should not miss Grace Moore in Love Me Forever at the Rivoli with P Leo Carrillo and Margaret Howard in lead roles and operatic numbers. Manhattan Moon stars Dorothy Page in a Broadway flavored romance with Ricardo Cortez. Big Boy Williams headlines Big Boy Rides Again at the Bijou. Will Rogers headlines Life Begins at 40 at the Riviera. Edward G Robinson stars in The Whole Towns Talking at the Strand. Irish potato production shows Russia leading world output with 1.6 billion bushels followed by Germany.
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Grace Moore
Rivoli
Leo Carrillo
Margaret Howard
Miss Moore
Metropolitan Opera
Luis Alberni
Robert Allen
Michael Bartlett
Bartlett
Rigaletto
Majestic Theater
Dorothy Page
Ricardo Cortez
Yvonne
Miss Page
Henry Mollison
Hugh O'Connell
Regis ‘Toomey
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Big Boy
Bijou
Williams
Will Rogers
Riviera
Rochelle Hudson
Richard Cromwell
Jane Darwell
Slim Summerville
Sterling Holloway
Edward G. Robinson
Strand Theater
Jean Arthur
Minnesota Legion Meet Reunites 1917 Veterans in Albert Lea
Centuries veterans from Minnesota gather in Albert Lea for a five day American Legion convention. They discuss hospitalization rehabilitation and federal bonus payments while wives and mothers in auxiliary attire honor fallen relatives. The event blends earnest talks with lighthearted activities during sessions spanning five days.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Minnesota
United States
Verna Walters Honored At La Crescent Party
A Tuesday evening gathering at Miss Verna Walters home included Lucille Lemke Berna dette Baumgartner Roy Walters Lawrence Balduan and Louis Lemr e. Mr and Mrs Frank Kerrigan welcomed a newborn son Monday. Mrs Stanley Rasmussen and children Jeanette Mae and James visited Richland Center Wisconsin before returning home. Mr and Mrs J Sutton moved to La Crosse Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J Reynolds also moved to La Crosse after a summer here as Mrs Irving Harris and children returned Tuesday from Cumberland Wisconsin. Henry Abner Jr on Ipsrehaeetay house from Elmer Hil Robert Moore is vaitie. Relatives at Eyota. Mr and Mrs John Umberger are spending the week at Devils Lake Wisconsin.
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J. Reynolds
la Crosse
Irving Harris
Cumberland
Wis
Henry Abner, Jr
Ipsrehaeetay
Elmer Hil
Robert Moore
Eyota
John Umberger
Devils Lake
Caledonia Notes of Visits and a Court Sentence
Caledonia Minnesota society notes list visiting relatives from Rochester Minneapolis Winona Mobridge and Colorado. Families include Muenkel Welscher Darling Schiltz and Monzingo. Mrs Haigstad sentenced by Judge Sea in a falsifying records case at Spring Grove State Bank.
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Minn
Wilma Muenkel
Hartman Hanson
Rochester
George Welscher
Bob
Minneapolis
Mary Welscher
Barbara
Rosemary
Gregor Palen
Pat Giddings
Winona
Peter
Arthur Schiltz
Howard Darling
David
Mobridge
Darling
Lilly Metcalf
BE. J. Schechand
Eleanor
Minnesota
Ida Louise Monzingo
Littletown
Colo
C. F. Bowers
Hollis
Obert Haigstad
Failty
Spring Grove State Bank
Karl Sea A
New State Aid Laws Effective Next Month In Minnesota
New state aid laws will take effect next month in Minnesota guiding equalization of school funding for about 590,000 pupils. Theodore Utne notes costs average 60 to 100 dollars per pupil, with aid tied to districts' tax levies and attendance. The changes shift aid to average daily attendance and require at least eight months of school, affecting rural districts.
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St. Paul
Minn
Theodore Utne
Twin City
Duluth
Utne
Oak Ridge 4-H plans ice cream social at Yucatan home
Oak Ridge 4-H club schedules a social and ice cream evening at Thor Thorson’s Yucatan residence. Mrs. W. W. Canfield hosted guests including Mrs. Ole J. Norskee and others. Houston State bank roof work underway. Mary Egan of La Crosse visiting Ruth Rowland. Mary Hurley visiting her sister Mrs. Lloyd Skifton. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Lukkason and sons left for Long Lake Wis. Merel Abramson treated in La Crosse hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson and others mentioned.
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Minn
Oak Ridge
4-H
Thor Thorson
Yucatan
W. W. Canfield
Mmes
Ole J. Norskee
S. S. Vathing
Burns Hyambsal
Sigurd Vathing
W. A. Sather
Goldie Sather
Mabel
Sylvia Wathing
Ethel Larson
Whitehall
Wis
Marguerite Hunt
Truck Driver Found Guilty of Negligence in Fatal Crash
A coroners jury in Two Rivers Wisconsin found Albert Zipperer a Carlton truck driver guilty of negligence in the May 6 crash that killed Joseph Ploor Sr of Sawyer Wisconsin. District Attorney John Cashman said no further criminal action will be taken but civil suit may be filed by Ploor's son.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Coronars
Albert Zipperer
Carlton
Here
Joseph Ploor, Sr
Sawyer
Zipperer
Ploor
John Cashman
Mandatory Jail Term Bill Dies In Assembly
Madison bill to make jail sentences mandatory for auto drivers whose recklessness injures a person was killed in the Assembly. The chamber also approved changes to a Senate committee bill tightening penalties on hit and run autoists.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Schoenecker
Assembly
Senators Favor Control Measure For Commodities
Washington report says the Senate agriculture committee tentatively backed a House bill to extend federal control over major commodity exchanges with cotton exempt. The measure tightens the grain futures act to cover items such as cotton rice corn oats barley rye flaxseed and more while a separate bill would set tobacco grades and inspection. Baboon-caused fires blamed in Drakenstein Mountains as they rolled rocks while hunting scorpions triggering sparks and igniting dry grass.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Sbouse
Poe
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Drakenstein Mountains
South Africa
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