Plans To Publicize Campaign Spending Faces GOP Pushback
Democratic bills to publicize campaign spending and print voters guides faced Republican opposition in Madison. Proposals would tighten expense reporting and raise spending limits, and compel publication of candidate booklets before general elections. Proponents cited transparency and interest in governance. opponents warned of hardship and ineffectiveness.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly Elections Committee
Duffy
Greenleaf
Lacey
Ferryville
Doyle
John Rouse
State Republican Organization
Assemblyman Birkett
Burlington
Lucey
Rouse
Wisconsin
Boy Is Injured By Automobile in City
Five year old John Petsaka of Milwaukee street suffered minor chin bruises and right foot scratches when he walked into a passing automobile on Cope land avenue at 7 45 p m. The driver was Mrs John Grutsch of South Ninth street. The boy’s parents said no hospital help was needed. A separate report notes a county highway patrol account of a mobile transport truck jackknifing on highway 16 near the George Mashek farm in Campbell. Armon Haagen of Sparta said he pulled left to pass a car and the jackknife sent the vehicle into a spin causing damage to fencing posts and two telephone poles. Haagen sustained leg bruises.
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John Petsaka
Milwaukee Street
Copeland Avenue
John Grutsch
South Ninth Street
Highway 16
George Mashek
Campbell
Armon Haagen
Sparta
Clark Transport Co
Haagen
Fear as a teacher not a jailer for youth
An editorial urging readers to stop shielding children with fear and to allow risk, effort, and resilience. It argues life is inherently uncertain and that facing dangers builds courage, citing a leaflet by Dr. Patri and offering to mail P-1 Fear for five cents and a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Patri
P. O
Station G
New York 19
N. Y
Italy Eyes 59 New Power Plants and Straits Cables
Italy announces an electric power expansion including 59 new plants and two high tension cables planned to cross the Straits of Messina. The program signals a major infrastructure push with broad energy capacity goals and regional connectivity.
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Italy
Straits of
Messina
Display of foreign goods in Copenhagen draws massive British firms
Nearly 1,000 British firms attended Denmark's largest display of foreign goods, the first held in Copenhagen since 1932, marking a major business event in the capital.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Draftee Aid and Widow Benefits From VA Guidance
A letter from R C K of South Bend explains VA support for tools under the GI bill, urging quality checks and complaints if tools are inferior. Individual queries cover civil service exam points for widows, college draft protection, and delays in life insurance dividends.
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South Bend
Ind
C. S
Londoner plans luxury overland tour to Johannesburg
Roy Hewitt a 28 year old Londoner who journeyed overland to Africa last January plans to drive back next month with his wife. He envisions turning the London to Johannesburg route into a regular luxury tourist operation with trips on business lines. The trip spans Europe and Africa about 30 to 40 driving days plus five months with stops. Hewitt suggests a two bus safari feasibility for passengers and supplies. He travelled via Calais Marseilles Algiers Tamcasset Nigeria Belgian Congo Kenya Tanganyika Northern and Southern Rhodesia and intends to follow a similar route back.
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Johannesburg
Roy Hewitt
Africa
London
Europe
Roy
South Africa
Calais
Marseilles
Algiers
Tamcasset
Nigeria
Belgian Congo
Keny
Tanganyika
Northern
Thern Rhodesia
Public Library Notes Spotlight Popular and New Biographies
The piece surveys best sellers in religious and travel genres and notes new non fiction. It highlights Fulton J. Sheen’s Peace of Soul and Bernard Shaw’s Sixteen Self Sketches amid other biographies and guides. It mentions James K. Polk’s Young Hickory and Maria Mitchell’s Sweeper in the Sky along with travelogues All the Best In Scandinavia and two dog books Training the Dog and Care of the Dog.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Bernard Shaw
GBS
James K. Polk
Martha McBride Morrel
Hickory
Leland Crabb
Polk
Helen Wright
Maria Mitchell
America
Nantucket Athenaeum
Vassar College Observatory
Association For the Advancement of Women
W. Somerset Maugham
Sydney Clark
Scandinavia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Will Judy
Capt. Judy
Dog World Magazine
Mary Louise Hart Burton
Sage Holter Jennings
Moderns Find It Hard To Fit Their Quarters
New York says modern Americans struggle to fit new lifestyles into existing living spaces. Tall furniture and oversized appliances outpace elevators and doors, prompting stores to pre measure layouts and buyers to provide exact dimensions. Designers propose adjustable sinks and counters and flexible furniture to ease daily living.
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New York
Editor's note directs readers to contact Maj Nial for service issues
An editor invites readers with service connected problems to write to Maj Nial via the newspaper and include a self addressed stamped envelope for replies.
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Maj. Nial
New Ownership of Bermuda Hotels Ties U S and Britain
The latest reports indicate every major Bermuda hotel changed hands to United States and British interests in the past year. The shift consolidates foreign ownership across Bermuda's hospitality sector, signaling a new era for tourism and property control on the island.
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Bermuda
United States
Sweden faces winter without hot water due to fuel shortage
Oil heated homes across Sweden will lack hot water this winter as fuel supplies run low. The shortage threatens heating and daily chores, with residents urged to prepare and conserve energy as officials monitor fuel deliveries and outages.
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Sweden
Homeowners Expend Funds on Repairs Across Nation
New York report from the Tile Council of America estimates U.S. homeowners will spend between 2.5 and 3.1 trillion dollars in 1949 on roofing painting carpentry and other repairs. Painting and redecorating will account for about 30 of each 100 dollars, with heating replacement at 25 and roofing at 15.
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New York
Tile Council of America
U. S
Racine Man Reappointed to UW Board of Regents
John D. Jones Jr. of Racine was reap pointed Thursday as a member of the University of Wisconsin board of regents. Gov. Rennebohm sent the reappointment for a term ending May 1, 1958 to the senate for confirmation along with three other reappointments to the credit union review board for terms ending in June 1954.
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Madison
Wis
John D. Jones, Jr
Racine
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Rennebohm
Senate
Norman T. Brice
Oconomowoc
E. J. Carr
Beloit
Joseph Hamelink
Kenosha
Credit Union Review Board
Labor Loses To Foe In British Elections
London output shows Labor with 77 seats won and 524 lost across 381 boroughs, a net loss of 437. Conservatives secure 552 seats with a 528 gain, reflecting a rightward trend as 1950 general election looms.
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London
Labor Party
Press Association
Labor
Guam Airman in Murder Trial Testifies Under Threat
Herman Dennis Jr testified he raped Ruth Farnsworth three times after she was beaten unconscious as prosecutors seek to prove his involvement in the Dec 11 murder on Guam. He said police and Lt Cmdr Hackett pressured him with threats of hanging to confess, a claim Hackett and Riedel denied. Burns and Calvin Dennis face separate trials for the same case.
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Guam
Herman P. Dennis Jr
Ruth Farnsworth
Sgt
Robert W. Burns
Francisco
Burns
Calvin Dennis
Herman
Herman Dennis
Miss Farnsworth
Cmdr
James P. Hackett
al Riedel
Hackett
Dennis
Riedel
Britain ratifies North Atlantic treaty in overwhelming vote
Labor and Conservative members of the house of commons ratified the North Atlantic treaty on Thursday night by an overwhelming 333 to 6 margin.
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London
House of Commons
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