Proposed annual 1 million building fund for state welfare needs
Wisconsin welfare chief A W Bayley asks the legislative council to approve a 1 million dollar yearly building fund for state institutions after meeting 19 million dollars in immediate needs. He cites overcrowding at prisons, hospitals, colonies, and reformatories and forecasts rising caseloads and new facilities to handle future social issues.
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Wohn Wingaard
Tribume
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Legislative Council
State Department of Public Welfare
A. W. Bayley
Bayley
Legislative Planning
Waupun
Newspapers Raise Prices Amid Rising Costs Across U S
An Associated Press survey of 120 daily papers in 44 cities shows over 42 percent increased reader prices in the past year due to higher costs. Many papers now charge 15 cents for Sundays, with 10 cent midweek editions shrinking as ads support most costs.
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New York
Associated Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch
Milwaukee
Journal
The
Sentinel
Chicago
Sun
Times
Chicago Tribune
The _ Herald- American
Thurston Tell Stories Of Travel And Tricks At Lunch
In a General Interest note Uncle Ray recalls a lunch with famed magician Howard Thurston who praised India’s vast history and mystery. Thurston recounts a few off stage tricks with a pack of cards and shares a humorous anecdote about a St. Louis publisher misplacing his watch.
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Ray
Howard Thurston
Thurston
India
Rick
Alexander Hermann
St. Louis
Ashida Says Government Raises Ban on Communists in Office
Japanese Prime Minister Hioshi Ashida told the Tokyo Correspondents Club that the government is studying a bill to ban Communists from holding public office as part of a broader security stance.
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Tokyo
Hioshi Ashida
Tokyo Correspondents Club
New Murder Definition Doesn't Stick
A coroner's jury defined murder in the Mayer case but the state's attorney's office rejected it. Rudolph Mayer, 56, died of a heart ailment after a $500 office robbery by two gunmen. The jury said the robbery aggravated Mayer's heart enough to be murder. the assistant state’s attorney said the only crime was robbery.
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Chicago
Rudolph Mayer
de Rohm and Haas Co
A. C. Prusinski
Mayer
John Phillips
Come From Kentucky Peterson Special Guests Mindrums
Mr and Mrs Paul Mindrum and daughter Diane Ludlow Ky along with Anne Mindrum Covington Ky were guests of their brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Alf Mindrum.
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Kentucky
Peterson
Mimi
Paul Mindrum
Diane
Ludlow
Anne Mindrum
Covington
Alf Mindrum
Propose Non Communist Oaths For State Licensed Persons
Milwaukee tale reports a plan by the American Legion executive committee to require all state licensed professionals to swear an oath of non Communist activity. Atty Suel Arnold said the issue stems from Communist influence, not skilled labor. The group also urged expulsion from government service and Justice Department prosecutions of Communists and sympathizers who acted disloyally. The measure goes to state committee in September and to a national gathering in October in Miami.
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Milwaukee
The
American Legion, County Council
Suel Arnold
Justice Department
Communist Party
State Department Executive Committee
Miami
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