Wisconsin Senate approves surtax and building plan
The Wisconsin Senate backed a 25 percent income surtax, a 25 cent per pack cigarette tax, and a 25 million dollar building program to fund university and welfare projects. The measure, with an incentive clause and amendments, heads back to the Assembly as the 1949 session nears adjournment.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
R-Bloomington
Joint
Joint Finance Committee
University of Wisconsin and Public Welfare
Npne
Univer and
Teachers College
Senate
Compromise Farm Program Under Study
The House Agriculture Committee reports the administration can start a production payment plan now and seeks Congress approval. A Pace bill would trial three crops in 1950, while a Senate compromise moves forward with broader subsidy plans funded by CCC and other funds. Brannan backs compromise as a step, aiming to raise farmer income and lower consumer prices.
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Washington
Theouse
Agriculture Committee
Congress
House
Testina Wade Watecaeebed
Poral
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Brannan
Truman
Midwest Farms
Aiken
R-Vi
Rogram
Anderson
D-Nm
Sena- Thye
R-Minn
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Aikens
Prosecutor Doubts Story Of Hangings
Chicago prosecutors doubt the account of the death of a three year old boy in a cellar clubroom during a initiation. Robert Munday the club leader says Tommy Laux strangled accidentally during the mascot initiation. The state attorney calls the boy’s account unsatisfactory and continues to investigate.
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Robert Munday
J. C Doyle
Chicago
Tommy Laux
Timothy O'Connor
Robert
Tommy
Charles
Cutor
Celiar
Edward Breen
Chicago gang leader alters tale in toddler murder case
The Hangmen's Noose gang chief reversed his account on Friday as police report. State's Attorney John S. Boyle, who once doubted the accident narrative of Tommy Laux’s death, indicates an indictment for murder will follow once details are clarified.
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Chicago
Hangmen’s Noose
Johns. Boyle
Robert Munday
Tommy Laux
Accidental Death Recounted In Hangmen Noose Club Case
Robert, under questioning after the Tommy Laux death, claims an initiation ceremony caused an accident. Police plan further questioning as Robert presents two versions, including one placing him upstairs when the noose tightened. About 300 onlookers watched the reenactment outside a south side flat.
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Robert
Breen
Tommy
South Side
Stockyards
Hangmen Noose Club
Laux
Stomach Specialist Dr William Gerry Morgan Dies
Dr. William Gerry Morgan, 82, a nationally known stomach specialist, died Thursday night of a heart attack. He served as president of the American Medical Association in 1928 and was a former president of the American Gastroenterological Society.
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Washington
William Gerry Morgan
American Medical Association
Morgan
American Gastronomical Society
Wisconsin commission defers deer season amid bill stalemate
The Wisconsin conservation commission postponed setting a deer hunting season this fall until lawmakers resolve a deadlock over a controlled deer hunting bill. The panel meets again Aug. 9, with a possible special session if the issue clarifies.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Bute
Ozaukee
Waukesha
Washington
Florence
Forest
Langlade
Marinette
Ocon
Snyder Meets Britain's Finance Chiefs in London Talks
U S Secretary of the Treasury John W Snyder met with Britain's labor government leaders including Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin to discuss the sterling area dollar shortage and recovery policies. Attendees planned follow up talks on global trade, commonwealth finance, and Britain's long term purchasing plans from the United States.
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London
U. S
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Britain
United Kingdom
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Philip Noel- Baker
Commonwealth Relations
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas Abbott
Canada
Snyder
William McChesney Martin
U. S. Treasury
W. Averell Harriman
Cripps
Abbott
Douglas
Paris
America
United States
Commonwealth Finance Minters
Nisei Enters Annapolis Naval Academy
An 18-year-old Nisei, Takeshi Yoshihara, who spent World War II in the Minidoka relocation center, boarded a train bound for Annapolis. Appointed by Rep. Thor C. Tollefson, Yoshihara is believed to be the first Nisei named to the U.S. Naval Academy. he was Renton High School’s senior speaker and earned straight A’s in science and mathematics.
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Seattle
Minidoka
Hunt
Idaho
Annapolis
Takeshi Yoshihara
United States Naval Ae
Thor C. Tollefson
Washington
Yoshihara
Renton, Wash
REA Approves Major Loan for Dairyland Power Cooperative
The Rural Electrification Administration approves an 8.4 million dollar loan to Dairyland Power Cooperative of La Crosse Wisconsin. Funds finance a Cassville Wisconsin steam plant boiler upgrades transmission lines and new substations office warehouse and communication facilities to support growth of Dairyland's 25 member distribution cooperatives across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Illinois. The project aims to add 119 150 kilowatts of generating capacity and about 2100 miles of transmission line enabling an annual 387 160 060 kilowatt hours to rural customers.
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Washington, D.C
Rural Electrification Administration
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
Wis
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cassville
Alma
Inconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illi
Dairyland
Bricelyn
Minn
Auburn
Wane
Sten
The
Power Cooperative
Airyland
Lancaster
Wisconsin
Co-Op
Twin Lakes Minn
Fairbault County Cooperative Electric Association
Frost, Minn
Frost Cooperative
Elma
New Auburn
Coperenne Hawkeye Tri-Countylectric Cooperative
Cresco
Chippewa V. Electric Coove
Co Wis
Resely
Ey Distribution Cooperaes
Swift Co. seeks injunction over strikebound plant
Carload of empty powdered milk cans was loaded at the Swift and Co. plant as about 60 to 65 law officers stood by. A special circuit court term set for Monday will hear labor trouble claims tied to the strike that began June 10, with officials denying violence while union representative Yolton alleges tactics to trigger an injunction.
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Swift and Co
Paul Grange
Donald
Yolton
William Boma
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Donald Yolton
International UN
Transfer of WKTY Ownership in La Crosse
The independent Merchants Broadcasting Co and 11 stockholders transferred stock of La Crosse Broadcasting Co to The La Crosse Tribune publisher W T Burgess. WKTY to operate under La Crosse Broadcasting Co with FCC authorization received June 9 after May 21 filing.
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WKTY
Independent Merchants Broadcasting Co
la Crosse Broadcasting Co
la Crosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
Tribune
la Crosse Broadcasting Company
Federal Communications Commission
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Owa
la Crosse
Stoddard Road
Detroit Mayor Seeks Loyalty Board to Fire Subversives
Mayor Eugene E. Van Antwerp proposes a city charter amendment to allow firing or denying employment to those deemed subversive by a States attorney general. A loyalty board including the mayor, council president, clerk, treasurer, and police commissioner would authorize questioning of employees or applicants about affiliations.
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Detroit
Eugene E. van Antwerp
van Antwerp
Greyhound Session In Third Day No Comment
Federal mediators met with Northland Greyhound Bus Lines drivers and company reps for the third day of talks aimed at ending the 11 week strike. Chicago regional commissioner James Spillane and conciliators Carl Carlgren were present as workers demand 6 percent pay per mile while the firm offered 6.35 cents.
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Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound Bus Lines
James Spillane
Chicago
Federal Mediation Service
Carl Carlgren
Wee Ress
Appoints State Auditor and Securities Director Await Senate Action
Madison notices report two appointments, a state auditor and a director of securities, both requiring Senate confirmation. The items appear in a formal government update from Wisconsin with no additional details.
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Madison
Wis
Department of Securities
Ee Aes
Senate
Weather update for La Crosse area tonight and Saturday
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with little temperature change. Tonight's low 69 and Saturday's high 85. Water temperature measured at 74.
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la Crosse
Woman Gives Birth to Seventh Caesarean Child
In Appleton Wisconsin a 37 year old Kaukauna woman Mrs Melvin Rabideau delivered her seventh child by Caesarean section. Both mother and baby, a four pound 13 ounce boy, are in good condition at St Elizabeth hospital where the infant remains in an incubator. Hospital records indicate no more than five Caesarean deliveries by any other mother and local physicians call seven deliveries unusual.
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Appleton
Wis
Melvin Rabideau
St.lizabeth Hospital
Fifteen Mental Patients Die At Alton Hospital
St Louis Star-Times reports fifteen mental patients died over the weekend at the Alton State Hospital. Heat is blamed for at least four deaths. Superintendent Dr. Abraham Simon says facilities are 60 percent overtaxed with about 1,800 patients in wards meant for 1,000.
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ST. Louis
Oil State Hospital
Alton
St. Louis Star-Times
Abraham Simon
Senators Propose World Alliance Backed by Global Police
Ten U S senators including Flanders Sparkman Aiken Cain Capehart Hendrickson Johnson Mundt Hoey and Stennis push revision of the United Nations charter to create a world alliance linked to an international police force open to nations that accept its principles Mundt said the plan would extend the North Atlantic pact to any agreeing nation.
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Washington
United Nations
Flanders
R-Vi
Ely Culbertson
Sparkman
Dala
Aiken
R-Vt
Cain
Rwash
Capehart
R-Ind
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Johnson
Dcole
Mundt
R-Sd
Hoey
DNC
Stennis
D-Miss
Hiss Jury Deadlocked. Judge Orders Fresh Deliberations
Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman sent the Alger Hiss jury back to continue deliberations after a six hour 51 minute session without a verdict. The jurors requested a restatement of the charge on corroborative evidence and then resumed, with Hiss and his wife Priscilla spending the night in New York.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Samuel Kaufman
Kaufman
State Department
Hubert E. James
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
Priscilla
Manhattan
U. S
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Final Okays On Bill House Senate Approve Housing Plan
Congress completed action on a multi billion housing bill and sent it to President Truman. The Senate approved the compromise after the House voiced approval. The plan funds 810,000 public housing units over six years with rent subsidies up to 308 million annually for low income families and expands federal aid for private home construction.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Rep
Phillips
Calif
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
31 Bills Signed Into State Law
Gov Rennebohm signed 31 laws including motorist hand signals for turns and stops a ban on publishing names of rape victims outside Wisconsin school zones marked by counties and schools schooling options residency changes for students political ad rate rules public school non discrimination and a nightly hotel watchman requirement for hotels with 12 or more bedrooms.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Engineer Has Leg Amputated After Crash
Surgeons at St. Mary's hospital in Duluth amputated the right leg of Charles Core a Spooner Wisconsin engineer on a Chicago and North Western passenger train derailed by a washout at Wascott Wisconsin.
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Duluth, Minn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Charles Core
Spooner
Wis
Chicago and North Western
Wascott
A New Place To Wait For Trains
A steel executive's desk ride ends when a locomotive leaps the track near his office and blasts through the wall. A Tribune Want Ad promises quick sales of used items, including a 7 ft Kelvinator refrigerator for 100 cash at 363 South 21st with low 4 and 7 day rates.
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Steel
Tribune
South 21St
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Boma
Vern Lamp
Erling Eide
North Fourth Street
Mutual Broadcasting System
Midwest Baseball Network
United Press
Rosene
Marvin L. Rosene
J. Harold White
Ralph V. Steele
Elizabeth Koschnitzke
John Hancock
Charlie Kearns
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Gene Retzloff
Beverly Dittman
Helen Johnson
Orville Farber
del Smith
Ed Ko
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