Council Adopts Trailer Tax Plan and Rail Move Probe
City council approves a personal property tax on trailers parked on rented land after May 1 with 320 dollars in taxes from 21 trailers assessed at 9 635. Installment payments will be offered. The panel also hears plans to study relocating the center rail spur on 12th street and to curb street parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12Th Street
16Th
15Th Avenues
Frank A. Buehler
Police and Safety Committee
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Council
Anne Capella
15Th Avenue
Marvel Morey
Eugene
Merle R. Hedden
14Th Street
L. E. Stauffacher
22Nd Avenue
James H. Hughes
9Th Street
Edwin Rufenacht
10Th Street
Fran’. W. Heinzelman
Kenneth W. Stuart
20Th Avenue
Howard P. Olsen
30Th Avenue
Doran Zwygart
25Th Avenue
Nation's Farmers Plan Sales Drive by ADA Wisconsin
The American Dairy Association of Wisconsin announced a nationwide fall sales push to promote butter. A five point program will use television radio magazines and newspapers for national ads, local promotions to aid distribution, and merchandising through truck posters and consumer media. ADA budget for 1950-51 was 1.75 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
American Dairy Association of Wisconsin
ADA
Firemen Seek City Building for Training Use
City volunteer firefighters ask to borrow the Chandler property house for about a month this fall to train on gas mask work ladder operation and other modern techniques. They propose leaving the house standing about 30 days after vacating to conduct intensive drills while minimizing damage to keep it livable. The council also received a request for fights between the GJ housing units in the 2200 block of 12th avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
H. L. Sickinger
Council
12Th Avenue
Darlington Sister Drowns After Lake Delton Boat Capsize
Margaret Ischi Darlington 23 drowns in 15 feet while trying to swim 200 feet for help on Lake Delton. Sister Alice 22, non swimmer, is rescued by resort owner Clarence Chappie. Emma 26 not aboard. Margaret, a Chicago nurse born Aug 26 1926, leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ischi and sisters Alice Emma Gertrude. Burial at Union Grove cemetery after services at Evangelical and Reformed Church.
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Darlington
Margaret Ischi
Lake Delton
Alice
Emma
Sauk County
Clarence Chappie
Margaret
Chicago Presbyterian Hospital
Jacob Ischi
Darlington High School
Chicago
University of Dubuque
Madison
Dubuque
Gertrude
Oklahoma City
Nelson- Sharer Funeral Home
Evangelical and Reformed Church
W. J. Stemmers
Union Grove Cemetery
Wisconsin cheese market holds steady amid fair demand
Wisconsin price report from the federal state market news service shows the American cheese market steady with fair trade and demand. Selling prices vary by type with entries noting daisy and square prints at 34 3514, longhorns at 34 3434, and midgets around 354%4 37%.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
Wisconsin
Lc.l
County Plans Hospital Unit and Jail Remodel
Green county board authorizes hiring an out-of-county architect to design an 80 bed hospital and aged care unit on the county farm grounds. Protests favor locating the facility within municipal limits. The board also seeks bids to remodel the Green county jail by Jan 1 1951 and to reconfigure courthouse offices including judge Lamboley’s private chamber and probate space.
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Green County Board of Supervisors
Green County
Argyle Road
Out Highway 81
Clarence W. Loveland
Sheriff, Radio and Highway Police
Court House
Harold J. Lamboley
Clerk of Courts
Highway Police
Small Claims Court
Tschudy Dietz Leave City Posts
Henry Tschudy resigns from the park board with regret. no successor named. Charles H. Dietz resigns as city sealer of weights and measures. no successor named. Council commends service letters issued. Council approves $650 for DDT spraying as anti polio measure under health officer.
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F. A. Buehler
Tschudy
Charles H. Dietz
Buehler
Escapees nabbed in Milwaukee street pickup
Milwaukee police captured two teenage jailbreak escapees, Robert Blackstone 18 and Richard Kolacinski 17, Tuesday after Officer Early Woold dge stopped them during a downtown traffic check and summoned a squad car.
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Milwaukee
Waukee
LaCrosse County
Early Wooldidge
Robert Blackstone
Richard Kolacinski
Weinberg Called Before Federal Grand Jury in D C
Joseph W. Weinberg former Wisconsin graduate student and teaching assistant now a Minnesota physics professor has been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury in Washington on Thursday. He is questioned over testimony before the House American Activities Committee in 1948 and 1949 regarding communist activity. He is married to Merle Hoesly daughter of New Glarus mayor.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
University of Wisconsin
Justice Department
Department
Weinberg
House
American Activities Committee
United States
University of Minnesota
Merle Hoesly
New Glarus
Wisconsin
California
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Remington
New York City
Communist Party
Agriculture Committee Moves Surplus Food Disposal Plan
Washington report says the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill by Rep. Granger to allow government payment of transportation and repacking costs to cut the huge stockpile of surplus farm goods including butter cheese eggs and dried milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Granger
Utah
Malik Fails to Oust China in US Driven UN Session
Jacob A. Malik, president of the UN Security Council, loses 8 to 3 in a bid to seat the communist Chinese representative and to push a Korea related agenda. He remains to clash with U S and Chinese delegates over Korea and peace terms.
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Malik
U.N
Russia
U. N
Korea
U. S
Warren R. Austin
T. F. Tsiang
Austin
Britain
France
India
Rau
Stock Market Slips After Early Gains
The market moved into a slow decline this afternoon after an initial steady showing. Most leaders with small gains slipped into negative territory as morning losses widened. Declines remained modest, under $1 a share, while trading picked up and turnover reached about 2 million shares for the session.
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New York
No Fuss Anniversary for John T Etter Sr at 90
John T Etter Sr reaches his 90th birthday at home 909 15th Avenue with quiet celebrations. He notes his habit of living life fully as the key to his long life while a copy of How to Live 100 Years Happily rests nearby. He last visited his John T Etter dry goods store a year ago after 68 years at the desk.
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John T. Etter
15Th Avenue
John 4A. Schindler
Mr. Etter
John T. Etter Dry Goods Store
Speculators in Food Accused by Brannan of Price Rise
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan blames profit driven speculators in farm and food products for contributing to sharp price increases. He calls speculation excessive and dangerous to the economy and war effort and urges measures to curb futures market trading while releasing a report from the Commodity Exchange Administration.
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Washington
Brannan
Commodity Exchange Administration
CEA
Col Swanton Hurt Slightly in Korea Report Sent Home
The War Department informed Mr and Mrs Earl G Swanton of 1313 23rd Avenue that their son Cpl Lyle G Swanton 19 was slightly wounded in Korean action. The telegram gave no injury details or date. He was with an army medical unit and had written of constant movement and heat in his recent letter. Temperature reached 100 degrees both day and night.
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Secretary of War Today
Earl G. Swanton
23Rd Avenue
Lyle G. Swanton
Swantons
Swanton
Associated Press
O. H. P. King
U. S
MacArthur
Kochang
Frigid Morning Temps Mark July Weather Reel
The local thermometer plunged to 56 degrees early morning, a near record cold, then recovered toward 79 by afternoon. July posted an average around 71 with 27 fair days and four damp or cloudy ones. Rain totaled 2.83 inches in three heavy downpours. highs reached 92 and a low of 52 on July 1.
President Urges Speed on Tax Law
President Truman urged rapid passage of a 5 billion dollar tax boost to fund Korea era rearmament. The letter to Senator George and testimony before the Senate Finance Committee stressed a first step, with possible future excess profits measures. Snyder warned Congress a larger package may come later in 1951 and proposed new taxes on TV sets and home freezers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
America
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Brewster
House Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Col Hubbard Dies In Canadian Plane Crash
Col Charles Joseph Hubbard 48 famed Arctic explorer and former Harvard football great died in a plane crash 500 miles from the north pole while delivering parachuted supplies to a weather station on Ellesmere island. Eight Canadians also perished. Hubbard headed the weather bureau Arctic section.
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Washington
Charles Joseph Hubbard
Harvard
North Pole
Weather Bureau
Hubbard
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
Troops Regain Posts Near Chinju in Korean Front Battle
U S 24th Division troops recaptured hill positions northeast of Chinju as fighting raged eight miles northeast of Chinju and 40 miles west of Pusan. Marines arrive with heavy support as casualties mount and prisoners discuss captured gear amid a widening flame front across the Kumchon area.
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Tokyo
Chinju
Pusan
Kumchon
MacArthur
U. S
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Yongdok
U. S. 24Th Division
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Milwaukee Clergyman Rev Velte Dies After Stroke
Rev Henry A Velte 69 founder of the movement to put Christ back into Christmas died in Fond du Lac while visiting Milwaukee. He was pastor of St Boniface Catholic Church and spiritual director of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers, a nationwide group with 48000 members.
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Fond du Lac
Henry A. Velte
Milwaukee
Velte
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Confraternity of Christian Mothers
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Hamchung
Andong
United Nations
Yangdok
Nation's Farmers Plan
Margaret Ischi Darlington
Dietz
Henry Tschudy
Park Board
Walton H. Walker
China
John T. Etter Sr
Col. Swanton Hurt
Col. Hubbard
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