Tax writers killed by inconstancies claim on co op taxes
Representative Mason charged the House Ways and Means Committee with political favoritism as it rejected proposals to tax unallocated reserves and unrelated business income of cooperative groups. The panel did approve tighter collection on existing co op stockholders and patronage dividends, risking no tax bill this year.
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Washington
Mason
R-Il
House
Ways and Means
Farmers’ Co-Op
Onalaska Baccalaureate Service Plans May 28
Onalaska High School to hold baccalaureate ceremonies for the 1950 class in the high school gym Sunday May 28 at 8 p m. Avis Gilberts will play the processional and recessional. Rev A M Ivey to give invocation and benediction. A girls choir will sing two selections and again after the prayer. Rev C O Pederson will deliver the sermon. The audience will sing America.
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska High School
Avis Gilberts
A. M. Ivey
America
County plans new convalescent home amid overcrowding
The county outlines a $400,000 convalescent facility connected to the infirmary by fireproof runways with an operating room light and heat treatment options and ample nursing care. The project aims to relieve overcrowding, pay for itself in about ten years, and includes a planned June 1 site visit to assess similar facilities in La Crosse and Monroe counties. Committeemen note space shortages drive current conditions and stress the need for better housing for old and infirm residents.
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Zahn
Gilberg
Frank Kaul
la Crosse County
Monroe County
Court House
Shelby
Winfield Christopherson
Andrew Knozowsky
R. H. Hoeth
Frank Check
Joseph Riese
Frank Greene
Ray Par
Minor two vehicle crash reported near Holmen
Holmen residents reported a minor collision on county trunk DH at 1 05 p m Thursday. Rally Haas of Holmen said his car was slowing to stop when struck from behind by Harris Haug who saw Haas too late. No injuries reported.
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Holmen
Rally Haas
Harris Haug
Haas
Haug
Oconto Falls Family Faces Multiple Commencement Days
In Oconto Falls Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Walter Patterson juggle four upcoming college commencements as four of their five sons prepare to graduate. Neil earned a cum laude degree from the Illinois College of Chiropody and Feet Surgery and plans to practice in Wisconsin Rapids. John and Thomas both pace toward UW Madison and Marquette graduations in June with bachelor degrees. Michael is set to graduate from Oconto Falls High School while the youngest is completing his first UW year.
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Oconto Falls
Wis
Walter Patterson
Pattersons
Patterson
Neil
Illinois College of Chiropody
Chicago
Wisconsin Rapids
John
University of Wisconsin
Thomas
Marquette University
Michael
Kraft Co. Agrees To Cooperate In Keeping Ads Legal
Kraft Food Co. will cooperate to keep cheese advertising in line with Wisconsin requirements. State agriculture director Donald McDowell said this follows Swift Co. agreeing to conform on May 4. He urged federal agencies to revise labeling and advertising standards for cheese products.
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Kraft Co
Madison
Wis
Kraft Food Co
Wisconsin
Donald McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Kraft
Swift Company
McDowell
Rent Control Extension Delayed in House Vote
Washington reports a June 12 House vote on extending rent control, with dismissal notices already sent to all 2,800 Rent Control Agency workers. Proposals seek emergency funding and authority to manage funds, while extension beyond June 30 is also under congressional review.
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Washington
Rent Control Agency
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Tighe Woods
Notable naval officer and industrial founder die
Comdr Edward Stuart Tucker 70 retired in 1946 after 51 years in the U S navy. James Addison Jones 80 founder and board chairman of J A Jones Construction Co. Laura Adams Boucher 81 mother in law of former Postmaster General Frank C Walker and widow of merchant Frank Boucher.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Edward Stuart Tucker
U. S. Navy
Charlotte
N. C
James Addison Jones
J. A. Jones Construction Company
New York
Laura Adams Boucher
Frank C. Walker
Frank Boucher
Butte, Mont
Montana
Cohoes, N. Y
Young Mayor In The Running In Wisconsin Youth Day
Green Bay Green Bay East senior Mike Ackerman was chosen by students from four area high schools to be mayor for youth government day. He will be sworn in at 9 a.m., then drive to Madison to run the class A mile at 3:30 p.m., followed by a banquet back home at 7 p.m.
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Green Bay
Wis
Mike Ackerman
Wisconsin
Green Bay East
Mike
Madison
Sixty Areas Apply For Point Four Aid Plan
State department officials say about 60 countries and territories seek Point Four aid under the U S foreign aid measure approved by Congress. The $3 120 550 000 bill passed the Senate by 47 to 27 and awaits Truman's signature as Congress debates the appropriations end of year. Officials anticipate a prompt start with the first project by summer if funding is voted.
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Washington
U. S
Congress
State Department
Riday
Senate
Truman
White House
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Point Four Aid
Nationalists Claim To Have Stopped Red Invasion Of Wanshan
Nationalists report the second invasion of the Wanshan islands ended Friday with Communists decisively defeated and 4000 killed. A navy communique says remaining 7000 troops ashore on Chingchow West Chingchow and Sanchiao face annihilation with little reinforcement.
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Wanshan
Taipei
Ladrone
Chingchow
West Chingchow
Sanchiao
Kidnaped Daughter Is Returned To Father In Mexico City
Norma Granat six, daughter of Samuel Granat, a cinema magnate, was abducted Wednesday evening by three men. She was found early Friday on a street near Paseo de la Reforma and brought to her parents after a passing patrol car picked her up. The note demanded 20 000 Mexican gold pieces. police later detained two suspects.
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Mexico City
Norma Granat
Fanny
Paseo de la Reforma
Norma
Samuel Granat
Seven Men and Woman Nabbed as Counterfeiters
New York police seized seven men and a blonde in a crackdown on a $3,000,000 counterfeit smuggling ring tied to a Caribbean revolt plot. The scheme aimed to launder fake U.S. bills into Cuba and fund Dominican Republic unrest. Arrests included four men and the woman in New York, one man in Miami, and two Cubans detained in that country.
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New York
U. S
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Miami
Two Men Shot By Cops In Mad Chase On Green Bay Street
Green Bay Wisconsin police shot two men during a downtown car chase after a tavern robbery. Peter Pembrook 25 was hit in the left arm and Ted Marczak 37 in the left side of the neck. both were in custody at St Vincent's Hospital in satisfactory condition. A third occupant, Austin Hendrickson, was released. Police said Pembrook would face reckless driving charges. Hendrickson said he pulled ignition keys to try to stop the car.
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Green Bay
Wis
Greenay
Peter Pembrook
Ted Marczak
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Pembrook
Austin Hendrickson
Preble
H. J. Bero
Frederick Mathews
Lawrence van Henneliyk
Green Lantern Tavern
Mathews
Hendrickson
Marczak
Bero
Matczak
State Reformatory
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN REPORTS FROM MINNESOTA AND CHICAGO
Salable hogs and cattle prices vary by weight and class in Chicago and Minnesota markets. Swine top quotes around 20.10 for light butchers. cattle steady to higher in midwest auctions. grain futures show mixed July to December moves. cash grain prices board indications. produce and dairy quotes nearby.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
SOUTH
Chicago Cash Grain
U. S
Auditorium plans outline hockey rink sized space and site needs
Fuchs discusses auditorium dimensions 175 by 250 feet with an 85 by 190 foot hockey rink and 40 by 80 foot lobby. He recommends a 25 to 50 foot setback, a demountable stage for more storage, and notes first floor storage is cheaper than basement. Site options include 250 by 350 feet with rink or 225 by 300 feet without, and the building cannot be widened later. Letters from League of Women Voters urge fairgrounds site and a Vine to Seventh street location.
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Fuchs
League of Women Voters
Vine
State
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Lucey Initiated Into Delta Sigma Pi At Drake University
Thomas G. Lucey of 708 Oakland Street has been initiated into Delta Sigma Pi at Drake University Des Moines Iowa. He is a sophomore in the college of commerce and finance.
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Thomas G. Lucey
Oakland Street
Delta Sigma Pi
Drake University
Des Moines
Lucey
College of Commerce and Finance
Drake
Obituary for Mrs Henry Schmith of La Crosse area
Mrs Henry Schmith 58 formerly Dora Oestrieh died in a Seattle hospital Tuesday. She lived previously in La Crosse and Eastman Wisconsin. Survived by husband two sons Oscar and Willard Swennes both of La Crosse one daughter Grace Stromberg Port Townsend Wash two grandchildren two sisters Mabel Jewell La Crosse Nellie Holmes Eastman seven brothers Lester George John Edward Clarence Oestriec La Crosse Louis Eau Claire Cecil Tomah VA. Her parents three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral 1 pm Monday Lake funeral home Prairie du Chien and 2 pm Salem Evangelical church Eastman Rev N Miller. Burial Eastman cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening at Lake funeral home Prairie du Chien.
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Henry Schmith
Dora Oestrieh
Seattle
Wash
la Crosse
Eastman
Wis
Oscar
Willard Swennes
Frank
Grace) Stromberg
Port Townsend
William
Mabel) Jewell
Murel
Nellie) Holmes
Lester
George
John
Edward
Clarence Oestriec
Louis
Eau Claire
Cecil
Tomah Veterans’ Hospital
Lake Funeral Home
Prairie du Chien
Salem Evangelical Church
N. Miller
Eastman Cemetery
Woman and child killed at Hiawatha crossing in Wisconsin
A Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train struck a car at a downtown Oconomowoc crossing, killing 32 year old Clar ence Miller and six month old James Shields. The driver Mrs. Robert Shields, also of Oconomowoc, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha
Clarence Miller
James Shields
Robert Shields
James
Local residents taken to hospital after illness
Martin Bostrack, 79, of 912 King Street, was taken to a local hospital by police at 7 34 p m after reportedly falling ill at Fifth Avenue and Main Street. Earlier, Albert Mertz, of 218 South 24th Street, was also ill and transported by ambulance at 3 26 p m.
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Martin Bostrack
King Street
Fifth Avenue
Main Street
Albert Mertz
South 24Th Street
Dogs Not Much Help At Kent County Shelter Robbery
Dozens of dogs surrounded the Kent County animal shelter but none were watchdogs when a burglar entered the facility and stole 78 dollars from a safe.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Kent County
Night Streetcar Crash Leaves Dozens Dead in Chicago
A streetcar collided with a gasoline truck on State Street causing a fireball. Dozens perished in a charred mass outside the car while the motorman escaped through a rear window. Identifications are slow due to blast damage and mass casualties. Mel Wilson of Valparaiso, Ind. died in the truck. Fire damage exceeds $150,000 and an inquest is set for June 1.
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Paul Manning
Chicago Transit Authority
State Street
64Th Street
CTA
Peter Simadis
Mary Pokorney
Beverly Clark
Aileen Franzen
Franzen
Cook County
Mel Wilson
Valparaiso
Ind
Sprout and Davis, Inc
Whiting
Anthony J. Mullaney
Red Cross
A. L. Brodie
Florida station manager returns wallet after chase
Dunnellon Florida L A Bridges Jr service station manager found a billfold left by a Kentucky motorist. He chased the tourist to Chiefland forty miles away and returned the wallet.
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Dunnellon
Fla
L. A. Bridges, Jr
Kentucky
Chiefland
Navy Officer Accused Of Embezzling 19000 In 6 Month Spree
Lieutenant Bascom B. Boaz a 19 year Navy veteran and paymaster aboard the tanker Navasota faces federal embezzlement and desertion charges after allegedly pilfering $19 201 50 from a ship’s safe and spending it in a six month period with a California companion. He says domestic trouble and drinking led to the spree while awaiting preliminary hearing in a county jail on $10000 bail.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Bascom B. Boaz
U. S. Navy
Boaz
Idaho
Aleutians
Gilberts
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Marion
Tenn
Long Beach
Rosemary Carter
FBI
Naval Intelligence
Reno
Las Vegas
Pomona
Egypt Princess Fathia Weds Commoner Amid Royal Fury
Dark eyed Princess Fathia, 19, wed 31-year-old Riad Ghali as King Farouk denounced the match. The ceremony followed Moslem rites after a civil marriage, with the couple awaiting royal approval before consummation. Farouk ordered Ghali to return to Cairo, stirring a tense royal crisis.
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Egypt
Fathia
Farouk
San Francisco
Riad Ghali
Cairo
U. S. Immigration Service
Mark Hopkins Hotel
Ghali
North Carolina Primary Features Graham Rivalry for Senate
Raleigh reports a three way Democratic Senate primary Friday pitting Frank P. Graham against Willis Smith and former Senator Robert Reynolds in a race seen as decisive in the state. Graham, 63, allied with President Truman, faces a conservative Smith and a quiet, largely ignored Reynolds in a contest where a majority could force a runoff on June 24.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Truman
Frank P. Graham
Senate
Willis Smith
Raleigh Corporation
Robert R. Reynolds
Olla Ray Boyd
Graham
Smith
Reynolds
Seventeen Die In Manila Prison Break Attempt
Seventeen men including one guard were killed in Manila during the largest prison escape attempt in Philippine history. Five convicts and two guards were wounded as about 50 long term prisoners seized the armory and began a two hour gun battle after lunch.
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Manila
Philippines
Man Recovers Lost Depression-Era Savings in Wisconsin
John Stankowski of a farm near Wausau reconnects with $3,488 from a Milwaukee Savings and Loan association liquidated after the Depression. The state routed the found funds to Wausau officials, who notified him and handed the case to police to locate the owner.
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Wausau, Wis
John Stankowski
Here
Stankowski
Milwaukee Savings and Loan Association
Wausau
Herbert Giese
Police
Senate panel targets pre race betting data with new bill
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to ban transmitting betting data across state lines before horse and dog races. It defines illegal pre race information including bets, scratches, weights, and odds with fines up to 1000 dollars and a year in prison. Exemptions for events like the Kentucky Derby were rejected.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce
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Nazli
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