Executive OKs Salary Increases for Wisconsin Officials
Governor Rennebohm announces approval of major salary raise provisions for eight state officials and lawmakers. Holdover senators may receive up to 100 dollars monthly during the session, with vetoed provisions limiting certain director of public welfare pay and the governor’s own salary plan. Other raises include secretary of state and treasurer to 7500, attorney general to 8500, and superintendent of public instruction to 10000, effective only for those re-elected.
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Wis
Rennebohm
En Nee Co
City Opposes Fare Increase by Transit Co
The public utilities committee urged City Attorney Fred Steele to tell the state public service commission that the city remains in opposition to La Crosse Transit Co.'s proposed fare rise. The city will not submit further evidence or exhibits, noting data for determination is already before the commission. The change would lift token price from seven for 50 cents to three for 25 cents amid higher operating costs.
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la Crosse Transit Co
Public Utilities Committee of the Common Council
Fred Steele
State Public Service Commission
Steele
Lovin' Sam Engel Faces Trial In Chicago Widow Swindle
Chicago widow Helma Spencer, 65, accuses confidence man Irving Engel of posing as her husband and swindling her out of 4 1000. He denies the charges and remains jailed on a separate case. A Reseda Corrigan, 39, testifies of Engel’s similar lures as he awaits trial next September after bond reduction failed.
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Sam
Spencer
Irving
Romeo
Chicago
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Love Swindler On Stage In La Crosse
Sigmund S Engel the gay swindler known from Chicago has appeared at the Ma jestic theater in La Crosse with his wife the late Rosita Renee according to Rivoli theater manager Jeise He recalled Engel after reading a Chicago story about his marriage and vaudeville life.
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Sigmund S. Engel
Chicago
la Crosse
Majestic Theater
Wisconsin
Rosita Renee
William Freise
Rivoli
Jeise
Engel
Romeo
Merrillan GI Gets Reburial
A military funeral for Wilbur Hartwig will be held at the Methodist church in Merrillan with burial in the Merrillan cemetery. The body arrives Friday afternoon. The Rev. Knowlton of Neillsville will lead the service. Hartwig’s relatives will travel from the west coast for the funeral. Prance is increasing rice production.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Wilbur Hartwig
Methodist
Merrillan
Knowlton
Neillsville
Gausmann
Hartwig
West Coast
Sonoma man surrenders to reporters in murder case
Guldbrandsen, a Humboldt County suspect, admits slaying two men and claims the Berkeley mother he assaulted was not raped. He told reporters he would surrender to avoid public arrest, and a cub reporter helped obtain his long statement after meeting at a bar and in the newspaper office. The incident ties to a northern California manhunt and a prior San Mateo assault conviction.
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Berkeley
Jack London
Old Territory
Here
Sonoma Valley
Gulbrandsen
Sheriff's Co
Peter J. Flint
Merchant Marine
Flint
Peter J. Jensen
Sonoma State Hospital
Humboldt County
Santa Rosa
Suden
Johnny
Hodgkinson
Sheriff’s Det
Charles Cavagnaro
San Mateo
Neumeier
Humboldtimes
Arcata
Top Industries Await Steel Union Accord
U S Steel and United Steelworkers resume wage talks that could set patterns for major industries. Potential outcomes include a fourth round of postwar increases or a nationwide steel strike, with current pay at 1.65 dollars an hour and unions seeking further boosts, pensions, and insurance.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Cioo-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Robertathan
U. S
Nathan
Flanders Warns Of Businessmen Scaring Themselves Into Crash
Senator Flanders urges President Truman to deliver a pep talk to merchants and manufacturers warning that halting production and cutting inventories could artificially shrink demand. He favors a hands off approach, saying there are no fundamental barriers to employment and that timid policy risks a recession. He sits on the economic committee assessing the president’s mid-year report.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Flanders
Truman
Congress
Senate-House
Flander
Couple Refuse Renounce Banned Catholic Center
A Boston couple Doris Coulombe and Thomas Sennett refuse to renounce St. Benedict Center tied to a church dispute after Archbishop Cushing banned the center. The pair say public renunciation is unacceptable as church authorities reportedly required them to disavow the center to proceed with church marriage plans.
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Boston
St. Benedict's Center
Doris Coulombe
Brookline
Thomas Sennett
Arlington
Richard J. Cushing
Leonard J. Feeney
James R. Walsh
Boston College
Msgr. Furlong
Walsh
Holy Father
Pope Pius XII
Lancaster Baby for Burt Lancaster Family
In Santa Monica a girl named Susan Elizabeth Lancaster was born Tuesday night to the wife of film actor Burt Lancaster. The newborn weighed nine pounds nine ounces, with older brother Jimmy, 3, listed as a sibling.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Burt Lancaster
Susan Elizabeth
No Change In Strike At City Plant After Meeting
Swift plant workers and the company held a meeting in the district attorney office with no change to the strike stance. Union representative Don Yolton said the union remains firm after the company used scabs and management personnel to cross the picket line earlier. He noted that some nonstrikers entered only because told by the plant manager and cited legal protections against firing for crossing a legal picket line. Company officials did not comment.
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Swift
Don Yolton
Uawa-Cio
Bump Pump
Allis-Chaners
Auto-lite
Northern Engraving
Com
Yolton
City Council Debates Spray Program and Budget Vouchers
The council backs continuing the spray program despite canceling Air Spray Inc. The Saturday night spraying drew criticism for poor timing and lack of warning. Aldrich agrees to accept vouchers for payment from the 1950 budget, noting they would be bankable up to a set percentage.
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Air Spray Inc
Aldrich
Panama President Diaz Arosemena Enters San Fernando Clinic
An official spokesman said Panama's President Domingo Diaz Arosemena entered San Fernando clinic for medical treatment on Wednesday. The illness was not disclosed.
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Panama
Domingo Diaz Arosemena
San Fernando Clinic
UW Library Funding Slashed Sparks Campus Alarm
UW leaders warn that cutting 5 million dollars from the two year building program cripples the university library. E B Fred claims the lack of an adequate library hinders students from receiving high quality education. He likens the library to the heart of the university and calls for access to facilities.
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Fred
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Senate
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Fragmentary remark on library funding contrast
Unclear OCR text notes a dispute over library funding with a statement that a library is a pressing need. The fragment contrasts a state run for the ment with direct opposition to harm.
La Crosse Officer Speaks At CV Meet
Capt Lyle Gilbert traffic captain of the La Crosse police department spoke on safety at a recent Coon Valley meeting. Sheriff Morris Moon of Vernon county introduced him and Gilbert urged village ordinances and reflector use on bicycle licenses. Sheriff Moon spoke briefly.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Lyle Gilbert
la Crosse
Morris Moon
Vernon County
Gilbert
Moon
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