Wisconsin Tax Revenues Reach Historic High in 1949
Wisconsin state and local tax collections totaled 392 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1949 up nearly nine percent from the prior year. Per capita taxes reached 119 dollars with property and income taxes rising while liquor and beer taxes fell. General property tax 194 million dollars income tax 87 million and highway user taxes 50 million dominate the mix. State revenues for next two years estimated at 156 million with a 198 million dollar budget possibly draining a 40 million coffers surplus.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Taxpayers’ Alliance
Alliance
Broughton Reappointed Bank Chairman in Chicago District
Washington reports Charles E. Broughton editor of the Sheboygan Press was reappointed board chairman of the Home Loan Bank of Chicago for 1950. Ige F. Rowe of Milwaukee was named public interest director. The bank is one of 11 district Federal Home Loan Banks.
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Washington
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan
Wis
Press
Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Ige F. Rowe
Milwaukee
Elephant on the loose in Hamburg tramples candy stand
Nelly, a fugitive elephant from a German circus, wandered Hamburg and overturned a candy stand. She ate about 10 pounds of chocolates and then with her trunk took razor blades a hair brush and a bar of soap from a petrified bystander.
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Hamburg
Nelly
Logan School Hosts Week of Christmas Parties and Holiday Events
Logan students filled a week with festive activities for the Parent-Teacher Association. Homerooms hosted parties with food, games, and a Santa visit, followed by a dance and a few hours of activities. Junior and senior Y Teens joined hospital carols and YWCA programs before school closed for winter break.
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Logan _ school
Parent - Teachers Association
D. E. Field
Walter Ranis
Vivian Johnson
Burt Smith
Santa
Farmer Te Ie Ie
la Crosse Hospital
YWCA
Helen Gilson
Dewey Terpstra
Lutheran Hospital
Logan
Truckloads Of Gifts Burn At Warehouse
A $100,000 fire destroyed four truckloads of Christmas gifts at a riverfront United Parcel Service facility in Detroit. A firewall saved thousands of dollars in other packages. one firefighter was overcome and an employee injured. The blaze started early Friday in the downtown building.
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Detroit
United Parcel Service Corp
Pay-Off Seen In State Federal Tiff Over Power Jurisdictions
Madison reports a possible settlement soon as Wisconsin state officials and the federal power commission dispute jurisdiction over rates charged by Wisconsin utilities. The dispute centers on cross boundary power sales and whether the FPC or Wisconsin Public Service Commission holds regulatory authority. The Interstate Light and Power case may set a precedent, with the Wisconsin commission considering arbitration proposals but not yet agreeing.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Federal Power Commission
Wisconsin
FPC
Wisconsin Michigan Power Company
Oconto Electric Cooperative
Wisconsin Boundary Line
Upper Michigan
Superior Water Light and Power Company
Interstate Light and Power Company
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Interstate Light and Power
Washington Lan
Wisconsin State Commission
II Cigshes
Illinois
William Torkelson
State Utility Commission
Commission
Appleton
John C. Doerfer
State Commission
Nelson Lee Smith
Doerfer
National Association of Unties Commission
Inland Waterways Corp capital stock increase proposed
A Senate committee plans to report a seven million dollar rise in Inland Waterways Corp capital stock and recommends amending law to allow operation on the Tennessee Cumberland and Ohio rivers. It also proposes selling or leasing the federal barge system, with conditions, and notes prior testimony about enlarging stock from fifteen million to thirty three million. Secretary Sawyer testified rehabilitation could cost ten million and urged modernization before privatization.
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Washington
Inland Waterways Corps
Senate
Tennessee
Cumberland
Ohio
Mississippi
Ara of Commerce
Mississippi River
Warrior River
Sawyer
Third U S Soldier Dies As Result Of Injuries
In Wichita Falls Texas a third soldier died from injuries after an auto-truck collision near Randlett Oklahoma. Pfc Robert J Lamar age 20 from Chicago died at Sheppard Air Force Base hospital. Earlier victims were Pfc Norman F Doris 21 from Milwaukee and Pfc George E Brown 17 from Brooklyn. The trio were among eight soldiers from the aid base en route home for Christmas.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Randlett
Okla
Robert J. Lamar
Chicago
Sheppard Air Force Base
Norman F. Doris
Milwaukee
George E. Brown
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Broughton
Rivoli
Carl Limberg
Knutson’s Market
Exchange Building
Main Street
South Third Street
PTA
U. S
and Sporting Goods
Campbell Rd
Skippy
Andereggs
Anderegg Coal CO
Tenth and Green Bay
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