Sharp License Fee Increases Get Approval
City committees led by Mayor Beranek plan sharp license fee boosts to raise revenue beyond property taxes. New rates target taverns clubs and many license types, with multiple increases slated for July 1948 and follow up increases for liquor licenses over the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Charles A. Beranek
la Crosse
Walter T. Roth
Franklin Pamperin
Rivoli
Hollywood
Riviera
Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin
the Strand
Beranek
Fred Steele
Bee Council
Pastor's Wife testifies in fire case against Milwaukee pastor
Quiet Mrs. John Lewis, wife of Dr. John Lewis, testified under cross examination in municipal court as the pastor denies setting fire to Calvary Presbyterian Church. She said he was home in bed before the blaze, while prosecutors pressed earlier statements about kerosene use and cleaning his clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John Lewis
William J. McCauley
Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Adoph Kraemer
Mrs. Lewis
Dr. Lewis
McCauley
Capt
Adolph Kraemer
Homecoming Parade At St Francis School Of Nursing
St Francis school of nursing hosts a 45 year homecoming with ten nursing floats led by the Florence Nightingale unit and a queen float featuring Mrs E H Townsend. Parade forms 3 30 at St Francis hospital. events run four o clock parade to Main and 10th streets and include bands and emergency nursing displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis School of Nursing
Armory
St. Francis
Florence Nightingale
E. H. Townsend
St. Francis Hospital
10Th
King
Fourth
Pearl
Third
Main
Hospital
St. Francis Nurses
Aquinas Band
Erickson’s
American Legion
VFW
Gerald J. Miller
Alameda
Calif
Theresa Freybler
Bernard Freybler
West
Kathleen Horswill
California
Elsie Mummert
San Francisco
St. Rose Chapel
Myrick Park
Tribene Phete
Weather outlook for La Crosse area
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 58 degrees. Increasing cloudiness Thursday with occasional local showers and a high near 60 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Floods Drive Oakville Residents From Town
Flood waters of the town river engulf Oakville causing the town to be deserted except for flood duty. The levee roadbed along the Minneapolis and St. Louis line cracks as a eight mile long flood backs up against the Mississippi river. Iowa Missouri Illinois face widespread inundation with up to 150000 acres underwater and more at risk as flood crests move south toward Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Ila
Towa
Towa River
O. D. Johnson
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Mississippi River
Lowa
Mississippi
Des Moines
Iowa
Louisiana
Missouri
Illinois
Quincy
Ill
Hannibal
Buck Predicts Senate Passage Of Rent Control Measure
Senator Buck of Delaware forecast Senate approval today of a House backed bill to extend rent controls for eight months and permit increases up to 15 percent. He planned to call it up after the wool bill, noting the compromise left the Senate largely satisfied. The measure would end June 30 and may face White House objections to the Hawkes amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Senate
Washington
House
Truman
Agreement Reached In Ship Strike On East and Gulf Coasts
Three maritime unions and 39 shipowners reached a settlement on the East and Gulf coasts for a five percent wage increase benefiting about 110,000 seamen. The agreement extends current contracts by one year with a Dec. 15 wage reopening and adds nine holidays paid, while West coast talks remain unsettled. NMU had sought larger increases, vacations, a 40 hour week, and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gibson
Atlantic
Gulf
Nathan Feinsinger
Labor Department
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union (Cio
Curran
W National Maritime Union
American Communications Association
The
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
CIO
Gibson
NMU
President Truman Rebuffs Southern Appeal on Labor Curbs
Truman refused a Southern Democratic appeal to sign the Taft Hartley labor curbs. White House aides view his decision after studying an analysis, with a veto possible and quick votes planned in Congress. A Democratic survey split 103 to 66 for veto, noting regional differences and 1948 electoral stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Marion Rushton
Montgomery
Ala
White House
Democratic Party
Capitol
Senate
House
Congress
Martin
R-Mass
Charles G. Ross
Demos
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
New York
Pennsylvania
Market Square to Stay Open Under Sanitation Rules
City officials including the mayor and health and police leaders met to clarify an ordinance on food sanitation and market displays. The Market Square will remain open pending council action, with possible booths and licenses for traders to comply with sanitation requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Health Department
Charles A. Beranek
Beranek
Market Square
Eugene Derr
Fred Steele
Grounds and Buildings
Warren Smith
Edward Peters
Herman F. Rick
Pan American Constellation Eclipse crashes in Syria death toll 15
Fifteen of 37 aboard the Pan American World Airways Constellation Eclipse were killed when it crashed near Megadine Syria during a forced landing. Eight passengers and seven crew members died. 22 survived. Surviving crew were Purser Anthony Volpe Stewardess Janet Bray and Third Officer Eugene W Roddenberry. The flight originated Karachi with Istanbul as the first stop en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American World Airways
Megadine
Syria
Pan-American
Karachi
Istanbul
Damascus
Anthony Volpe
Janet Bray
Eugene W. Roddenberry
River Edge
N. J
London
Euphrates River
Gander
Newfoundland
Jaques Fined Four Counts in Federal Poultry Mail Case
F. M. Jaques of 525 West Avenue South was fined $400 in U S district court Madison on four counts of sending misbranded poultry products through the mails. Wednesday’s edition incorrectly named M Jacques as the offender and the Jana tend company as his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Jaques
West Avenue South
U. S. District Court
Madison
U. S
M. Jacques
Jana Tend
Eighth Has Street
Wilson Nominated Turkish Aid Chief By Truman
President Truman nominates Edward C. Wilson ambassador to Turkey to head the American mission for the Turkish aid program valued at 100 million dollars. The slate includes Charles E. Saltzman as assistant secretary of state, succeeding John H. Hilldring who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Edwin C. Wilson
Turkey
Senate
Charles E. Saltzman
New York Stock Exchange
State Department
Saltzman
John H. Hilldring
Hilldring
U S General Warns of Military Imbalance in Europe
Lieutenant General J Lawton Collins told the Reserve Officers Association that Soviet forces far outnumber the U S army with about 200 Russian divisions ready now and 100 more satellites in Europe. He said the U S could not man 4000 aircraft and warned that if trouble reached Europe American forces could be overrun. Collins urged immediate planning and action to address the weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
J. Lawton Collins
U. S
Collins
Europe
Russia
War Department
Reserve Officers Association
Colins
Reds May Oust Hungary Chief
A Hungarian informant says a forthcoming Communist white paper on an alleged plot against the Hungarian republic may aim to oust President Zoltan Tildy. The document reportedly implicates Tildy and his son in law Victor Chornoky, with Russians pushing for a Communist interior minister and Nagy in exile. The paper claims Chornoky aided Nagy Kovacs and Varga to place small holders candidates in the 1945 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Zoltan Tildy
Tildy
Victor Chornoky
Ferenc Nagy
Nagy
United States
Laszlo Rajk
Bela Kovacs
Chornoky
Legation
Washington
Kovacs
Bela Varga
Communist Party
Metz and Harbert Lead PGA Qualifying After 36 Holes
DETROIT Dick Metz of Chicago and Chick Harbert of Northville Mich led early in the PGA qualifying round with 36 hole totals of 144. Harbert posted 71 and Metz 73. Clarence Doser of Hartsdale N Y led the field after yesterday with a 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dick Metz
Chicago
Chick Harbert
Northville
Mich
Harbert
Metz
Clarence Doser
Hartsdale
N. Y
Bridges Seeks Policy On Russia's Looting Of Germany
Senator Bridges pressed three cabinet officers to outline official U S policy on what he termed Russia's legalized looting of Germany. The inquiry centers on Germany currency overdraft from Soviet printed marks. Witnesses testified Morgenthau turned over plates to the Russians in 1944 after a joint British American decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bridges
New Hampshire
Russia
Germany
Marshall
Patterson
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Senate Appropriations, Armed Services and Banking Committees
Andrew N. Overby
The
Treasury
John J. McCloy
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
McCloy
World Bank
Roosevelt
Wisconsin Senate approves record $105 million executive budget
In Madison the senate unanimously passed a $105,450,152 executive budget for 1947 49 after rejecting 17 amendments that would have raised the total by about $10.7 million. The measure, urged by the finance committee, would slightly exceed current income but rely on treasury surplus. The plan caps general expenditures at roughly $17.5 million more than 1945 and marks the largest proposed state outlay in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Rennebohm
Joint Committee On Finance
Treasury
Assembly
Department of Public Welfare
Veterans Bureau For Rehabilitation
University of Wisconsin
Adjutant General's Office
Finance Committee
State University
Veterans’ Rehabilitation Fund
National Guard
Veterans, National Guard and University
Busby and Gettelman
Milwaukee County
Leverich
Sparta
Gov. Goodland
Highway Department
The
University, Teachers Colleges, and Conservation Commission
County Supervisors Vote Park Funds Change and Transfers
The June meeting at Waterloo park saw a 25 to 10 vote approving a mileage payment for seasonal workers after amending Otto Briggs' resolution to read salaries only. Briggs cites William Plenge as transporting three other workers to the park. The finance committee recommendation to deny a 5,000 appropriation for a Waterloo band shell was sustained, while the board approved moving 5,000 from the county asylum fund to the building fund for porch repairs and related construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Park Committee
Waterloo Park
County of Supervisors
Otto Briggs
Park Department
Misco
Briggs
William Plenge
County Park
Eee
County Asylum
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Mrs. Townsend
Johnson
State Senate
Constellation
Jaques
Nat Weiner
Fla
Martin Hess
Greater Cincinnati
Ohio
Bonnie Barrowman
Bette Baker
Weiner
Wilson
U.S
Hungary
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