Wisconsin Moves To Create Districting Commission
Wisconsin assembly approves a five member reapportionment commission plan by a 56 to 31 vote and the senate supports action while proposing to shift districts. The measure would need approval in 1951 and a referendum. The proposal would include the supreme court justice, governor, attorney general, senate president, and assembly speaker.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
House
Assembly
Senate
Milwaukee County
Dane County
Juneau
Adams-Marquette- Kewaunee
Door Price
Vilas
Ashland
Iran
Pfennig
Kenosha
Burmaster
R-Wauwatosa
the Supreme Court
Assembly Democrats
Rennebohm
Deaths in Tri-State: Mrs Mashak of Sparta
Mrs Lawrence Mashak of Sparta dies suddenly at home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral at St Patrick's Church Saturday 8:30 a.m. with Rev Hugh Deeny officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Rosary at Plummers Funeral Home Friday 8:30 p.m. She was Martha Herrick born Cashton August 28 1914. Survived by husband five children parents four sisters one brother five sons three brothers one sister and eight grandchildren. A sister preceded her in death.
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Sparta
Wis
Lawrence Mashak
St. Patrick’s Church
Hugh Deeny
Plummer’s
Mashak
Martha Herrick
Cashton
Eddie
Dorothy) Pervinskey
la Crosse
Leonard
Mrs Minnie Stange 75 Dies In Vernon County Home
Mrs Minnie Stange also known as Minnie Proksch died at her daughter’s home near Dorchester May 21 at age 71. She was born Sept 7 1873 in Bergen Vernon county and married Frank J Stange on April 10 1907 at La Cresse. Her husband died May 2 1946. She is survived by a son and a daughter after 30 years in Clark county and 10 years in Abbottsford.
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Abbottsford
Wis
Minnie Stange
Dorchester
Stange
Minnie Proksch
Anton Proksch
Bergen
Vernon County
Frank J. Stange
la Cresse
Clark County
Death of Mrs. Frank Stange in Wisconsin
Relatives in Stoddard report the death of Mrs. Frank Stange 75 on May 21 at her daughter May Younker’s home in Withee Wisconsin after heart trouble. Surviving adoptees include Mrs. May Younker and John Stange Curtis. Husband died three years earlier. Funeral services were held in Curtis Wednesday.
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Stoddard
Wis
Frank Stange
May Younker
Withee
Stanges
May Younkers
John Stange
Curtis
Mrs Pauline Anderson Westby Wise Special
Mrs Pauline Anderson 69 died Tuesday at a La Crosse hospital. Born June 26 1879 on a farm near Westby she lived there all her life. She married Anton Anderson in 1916 and died in 1942. Survived by sisters Anna Bakke Westby and Bertine Ruud Oslo Norway. Services Friday 2 p m at Westby Coon Prairie church Rev H O Aasen officiating burial in Coon Prairie cemetery.
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Pauline Anderson Westby
Wise
Pauline Anderson
la Crosse
Westby
City
Anton Anderson
Anderson
Anna Bakke
Bertine Ruud
Oslo
Norway
Westby- Coon Prairie Church
H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie Cemetery
Funeral Rites Held for Clarence Melby in Owatonna Minn
Clarence Melby 63 died Friday May 20 and funeral services were held in Owatonna Minnesota Tuesday. Burial followed in Owatonna. Born in Mabel he was the son of Gustav and Margrethe Golberg Melby. He married Gena Garnes in Mabel and is survived by his wife and four daughters including Mrs J H Simpson Mrs Lyle Miller Mrs Gaylord Olson and Mrs Clar…
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Clarence Melby
Mabel
Minn
Owatonna
Melby
Gustav
Margrethe Golberg
Gena Garnes
J. H
Geneva) Simpson
Austin
Lyle
Erlis) Miller
Red Wing
Gaylord
Evelyn) Olson
Minneapolis
Clar
Death of Winifred Irene Gilfillan at 69 in Sparta
Winifred Irene Gilfillan 69 died Wednesday at her niece’s home in Sparta. Funeral services set for Saturday at 3 30 p m at Lanham’s mortuary with Rev E E Clarke officiating. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Calling hours Friday evening at the mortuary. Born April 3 1880, she was daughter of Farmers Valley early settlers. Survived by sister Mrs Grant Smith and brothers Harvey and John.
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Sparta
Wis
Winifred Irene Gilfillan
Raymond Canfield
Lanham
E. E. Clarke
Woodlawn
Gilfillan
Farmers Valley
Grant Smith
Harvey
John
South
Shanghai battle delta confirms control near key bridges
On the second day of the Communist occupation in Shanghai the battle concentrates around the Bund and Commerce bridge approaches. Foreigners are trapped in tall buildings including Broadway Mansions and Embankment as rifle fire damages structures and two bullets hit U S Consul General John Cabot's bedroom.
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Peking Road
Bund
Garden Bridge
U. S
Shanghai
Shoochow Creek
John Cabot
Glen Line
Woosung
Hongkew
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Subpoena Issued for Hearing on Self-Serve Stations
Madison officials executive secretary H Woehrmann and fire inspector George H Smith were subpoenaed Thursday to testify at a Friday morning hearing on self-serve service station safety. The session begins at 10 a m in room 27 of the state office building.
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Everett H. Woehrmann
The
Chamber of Commerce
George H. Smith
Madison
State Office
Safety council outlines duties and expo plans
Hanson outlined steps to publish duties of the police and fire commission and the mayor's powers over the police department. A safety exposition to be held in La Crosse on Sept 23-24 will feature displays and clinical sessions by member companies and state groups. Representatives from the women’s industrial commission and state safety council will attend. O T Nelson noted U S involvement in a Geneva code nearly identical to Wisconsin. Harry J Burczyk described Wisconsin safety code development through a statewide committee, hearings, and industrial commission approval.
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Hanson
The
Safety Council
Police and Fire Commission
Common Council
la Crosse
Participa
Wom Industrial Commission
State Council of Safety
O. T. Nelson
State Industrial Commission
United States
Geneva
Switzerland
Wisconsin
Harry J. Burczyk
Burczyk
Industrial Commission
Game License Bills Would Add 750000 To State Coffers
Four bills in the Wisconsin senate would raise about 750000 yearly for the conservation department from hunting fishing and license fees. Measures include separate licenses for big and small game and new rates for out of state bow hunters trapping commercial fishing and nonresident licenses. The senate approved these bills and another allocating 47500 for a new executive mansion in Maple Bluff. Other actions include checks at par on Wisconsin banks and lighting rules for tractors, plus minor appropriations for deer bear damage claims and memorial repairs.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
Senate
Maple Bluff
Assembly
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Olson
South Wayne
The
Conservation Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
National Military Park
Marinette Marine Corp
Barney Devine
Rock County GOP to Endorse State Candidates at Convention
Rock County delegates to the state Republican convention will back endorsing GOP candidates for the five major state offices and for state senator. The 70 member delegation, chosen Wednesday, also supports two Young Republican members on the state executive committee and will attend the first district meeting in Elk Horn on June 1.
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Janesville
Wis
Rock County
Young Republican Organization
Elkhord
Black businessman donates tract to white Scout unit
St. Louis reports that H. D. Robinson a Black upholsterer and WWI veteran donated a 2 1/2 acre tract for use by a white Boy Scout unit near Troy Missouri. He cited past treatment by white people especially Jews and said Black men should show beneficence.
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ST. Louis
H. D. Robinson
Troy
Scouts to join city parade in Memorial Day march
B W Ingli Gateway area Boy Scout executive says Scouts and Cubs marching in the Memorial day parade will meet at Cameron park at 8 30 am instead of Burns park. Marshall Batho urges principals to instruct pupils who are Scouts to March. Elks lodge requests Cubs and Scouts march in Flag day parade June 14 meeting at 6 45 pm at the court house square. Boy Scout drum and bugle corps assemble at Market Square at 8 30 am Monday for the parade. Robert Gaumer leads the unit.
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B. W. Ingli
Gateway Area
Court House Square
Boy Scout
Market Square
Robert Gaumer
Lumbermen's Supply suit in circuit court over 1948 shipment
The case of Lumbermen's Supply Madison versus Earl F. Schultz Service Transfer Co. opened in circuit court and was continued. The dispute centers on a 1948 $1 220.25 shipment of building materials allegedly delivered to Standoff and Endres and later resold with storage, shipping, and related costs debated in court. The Kenya regiment revival note appears unrelated to the case.
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Lumbermen’s Supply
Madison
Agai Earl F. Schultz
Service Transfer Co
la Crosse
Clarence E. Rinehard
19Th Judicial District
Chippewa Falls
Sand Endres Construction Co
Endres
Service Transfer and Storeage Co
Midwest Lumber Co
Dubuque
Midwest
Standorf
Berlin Seeks Vienna Accord Amid FivePoint Program Clash
The article notes era powers expecting Vishinsky to follow the Warsaw declaration of June by eight eastern European nations. The plan urged an early German peace with a central German government and a year later full occupation withdrawal. The West anticipated Russia would push this demand before addressing the German populace.
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Vishinsky
Russia
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