Congress Ready To Torpedo Half Of Truman Plans
Congressional leaders from both parties reject about six Truman proposals including a moderate tax hike. They push for spending cuts as the budget tops 42.1 billion dollars. Few items survive beyond the session with social security expansion and aid to non communist nations likely, while many programs including Taft-Hartley repeal and Brannan farm controls face shelf status.
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Congress
Truman
Washington
International Trade Organization
ECA To Slash Aid Outlay by Fourth
Washington warned Western European nations of a 25 percent cut in Marshall plan aid for next year. Richard M. Bissell said the 16 recipient nations were notified of the reduction and that only Greece would be exempt. The current year’s appropriation stood at 3.778 billion dollars. a 25 percent cut would drop it to about 2.8 billion.
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Washington
Richard M. Bissell
Eputy
ECA
Congress
Bissell
Greece
U. S
All Banks Receive Call for Statements
The comptroller of currency in Washington and the Wisconsin state banking department issued calls for statements from national and state banks as of close of business Saturday December 31. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also issued a similar call for all banking institutions not covered by the other calls. Wheat aided grains in Chicago with firm trend while corn oats and rye stayed weak from prior closes.
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Comptroller of Currency
Washington
Wisconsin State Banking Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wheat Aids Grains
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
City considers sewer rate rise to twelve dollars per year
Rate analyst Preston K. Reynolds proposes revising sewer charges in Madison from the current scale to a minimum of 12 dollars annually for all users. The plan suggests higher bills for most households and ties rates to water meter size, with tests on waste content and adjustments for heavy burdens on the disposal plant. Action pending before the city council sewage and disposal plant committee.
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Preston K. Reynolds
George K. Hood Co
Madison
Council Sewage
Reynolds
GOP bids for bipartisan aid to trim 42 billion budget
Washington GOP lawmakers press for Democratic help to balance a 42 billion dollar presidential budget request. They claim tax receipts for 1951 will fall several billions short, urging cooperation to cut foreign and defense spending, boost domestic outlays, and possibly reduce the national debt. Democrats listen, GOP leader Halleck says, but Republicans argue a sensible fiscal program requires bipartisanship.
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Washington
GOP
Rayburn D-Tex
Truman
State of the Union
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
80Th Congress
Rayburn
Veterans housing aid requests rise to 341 with 179 loans
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs reports December results show 154 new housing loan applications bringing totals since Oct 21 to 341. Funds involved amount to 513,234 with 179 loans approved valued at 263,100.
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Mladiom
Wisconsin Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Traffic toll reaches 1946 level in Wisconsin 1948
Wisconsin motor vehicle department reports 1948 traffic deaths at 822, the toll the lowest since 1946 when 723 died. Only Pepin County shows no fatality that year, while 735 deaths tied the 1946 level and marked a decline from prior years.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Pepin
Avoid Garbage Bill Trouble When Moving By Phoning City Hall
City hall employees warn residents to call to stop garbage service when moving to avoid extra charges. They note collection crews lack authority to enter stop requests, so the onus falls on households to cancel service to prevent billed pickups after relocation.
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Vancay Mau
City Hall
Youths Hanging Termed Accident in Wisconsin Farm Shed
Jerold Bartel 16 was found hanged in a machine shed at his Wisconsin home with a rope and padlocked wrists. Officials say it may be suicide during experimentation, but autopsy and state crime lab tests are pending. The death occurred while the family was away at a neighbor’s house watching TV.
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Wranville
Wis
Puzzle County
Jerold Bartel
Edward
Jerold
Evan Chambers
Green County
Donald
George E. Watson To Speak At MEA Meeting
Madison resident George E. Watson will be guest speaker at the Monroe Education Association meeting on January 25. Werner W. Blum announces the event which follows a pot luck supper for MEA members and board members and spouses at the high school starting 6 30 p.m. Location to be decided later due to the chamber of commerce banquet in the gymnasium that evening.
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George E. Watson
Madison
Monroe Education Association
Werner W. Blum
MEA
Chamber of Commerce
Warehouse Destroyed At Wisconsin Rapids
A two story warehouse burned in Wisconsin Rapids today in 12 below zero weather. The Rapids Beverage Co storage unit was leveled with owner estimating losses between 50 000 and 60 000 dollars. Firemen battled the blaze as two brick flank units housing offices and bottling equipment were saved.
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Wisconsin
Napius — Org
The
Rapids Beverage Co
More Operators Join in Plea for NLRB Coal Action
Forty five additional mine owners groups urged the NLRB to seek a court injunction to force miners back on a full work week. The coal groups, from Illinois to the far west, include steel firms Bethlehem, Republic, Jones and Laughlin, Inland, Crucible and Armco.
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NLRB
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Far West
Stajor
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Inland
Crucible
Armco
Robert N. Denham
Lewis
Denham
White House
Truman
St. Louis
Nationwide Bell Tieup Threatened
A newly chartered CIO union threatens a nationwide Bell telephone strike early next month over wage increases shorter apprentice periods and a 35 hour week. CWA vice president A T Jones says 100 000 workers can strike immediately with another 150 000 ready to adjust jobs by February end.
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Washington
CIO
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
A.T. Jones
CWA
Jones
Bell Companies
Temperature Drops to New County Low
Temperatures fell to 3 below for the season last night in the county and are expected to stay cold. The high tomorrow should reach the low twenties as a weak warm front moves in. Partly cloudy skies may bring light snow flurries later in the day.
Senators Back Substitute on Oleo Ban Drive
Fifteen senators launched opposition to a house repeal bill on oleomargarine taxes. Lead speaker Sen Gillette argued the substitute would allow sales only where produced, while Sen Wiley and 23 co sponsors push to end federal taxes on yellow and uncolored margarine. Critics warn prices would rise and butter could be driven from the market.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Wiley
Rwis
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Mara Wins His Own Case in Municipal Court
Clarence F. Mara acted as his own attorney in municipal court and won acquittal on a charge of driving with an obstructed windshield. A policeman arrested him on December 29 for operating a vehicle with a frosted windshield.
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Janesville
Clarence F. Mara
Green County Cheese Day Slogan Contest Opens
Green County announces a slogan contest for its first Cheese Day in ten years with a $25 prize. Submissions open until January 16 and must be five words or fewer excluding the event name Green County Cheese Day. Rodney O. Kittelsen and local editors will judge.
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Green County
Cheese Day, Inc
Green” County
Neese
Rodney O. Kittelsen
York Couple Welcomes First Green County New Year Baby Sandra Lageson
Sandra Tene Lageson, born January 1 at 10 15 a m in a Dodgeville hospital to Erling and Vivian Lageson, is cited as Green County s first baby of 1950 though registered across Green Lafayette and Town. The seven pound three ounce infant joins two and a half year old sister Linda Lou in York township with birthplace and family ties in Blanchardville and Dodgeville.
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Danara Irene Lageson
Green County
Sandra
Erling Lageson
Blanchardville
York Township
Vivian Rice
Dodgeville
Lagesons
Sandra Tene
Linda Lou
Mr. Lageson
Edward Lageson
Lageson
Physician Denies Murder Charge in Mercy Slaying
Dr. Hermann N. Sander pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the mercy killing of 59 year old cancer patient Mrs. Abbie Borreto. The court allowed release on $25,000 bond with a prohibition on practicing medicine until trial.
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Manchester, iv
N. —Rey
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Louis E. Wyman
Arthur S. Healy
Abbie Borreto
Skating Planned If Weather Holds Here
Dewey Dwyer of the city recreation department said sharpening ice and adding one inch of water would bring the rink at 15th Street and 16th Avenue to a five inch thick surface. If freezing weather continues, skating will start tomorrow as five days of thaw left no ice.
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Dewey Dwyer
Recreation Department
15Th Street
16Th Avenue
Dwyer
Chamber Adopts Dairy Aid Budget For Cheese Day Plans
Monroe chamber of commerce adopts a 1950 budget totaling 7705 with 1000 for dairy promotion and 1000 for Cheese day. Half of a 2000 dairy fund finances Cheese day expenditures while Farmers Night receives 450 and storage rent 150. Meeting notes include committee appointments and a January 25 dinner at the high school gym.
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Chamber
Green County
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Eugene
Reail
Harry J. Bellahan
W. B. Gnagi
R. W. Blaha
Laverne C. Gallitz
Wesley L. Dodge
Arthur C. Benkett
Floyd Davis
Arthur H. Brayton
Des Moines Chamber Convention Bureau
Madison
Alpha Zeta Sorority
Gnagi, Davis
W. Howard Smith
John Usher
Paul W. Neubauer
Richard I. Bahr
Dodge
Walter Day
Monroe Clinic
Wisconsin Jobless Aid Tripled From 1948 to 1949
Wisconsin unemployment benefits rose from 9 million dollars in 1948 to 27.43 million in 1949, per the industrial commission. About 158,000 individuals filed claims in 1949. Of total payments 19.63 million went to unemployed civilians. remaining funds supported jobless veterans. As of January 1 the commission held 215 million in reserve to sustain benefit payments.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Industrial Commission
Ben Marcus III Ill with Pneumonia in Green Bay
Ben L Marcus III state motor vehicle commissioner is ill with pneumonia in Green Bay hospital. Attendants say he rested well Wednesday night after becoming ill while driving from Park Falls.
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Ben Marcus III
Green Bay
Ben L. Marcus
Green Bay Hospital
Marcus
Park Falls
Truman Declares U S Hands Off Policy on Formosa
President Truman announced a hands off policy toward Formosa, stating the United States will not use armed forces or intervene in China's civil conflict. The U S will continue economic aid under existing ECA programs and provide no military support or military bases on Formosa.
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Washington
Truman
Formosa
United States
China
Chiang Kai-shek
States
ICA
ECA
Herbert Hoover
Taft
Ohio
Japan
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Republic of China
Mr. Truman
Far East
Chaing
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Editor Predicts Red Atom Blast
London based editor Kenneth de Courcy predicted a second Russian atomic explosion at midnight Greenwich Mean Time on Saturday. He claimed private behind the Iron Curtain reports indicate the Soviets lead the U S in some aspects of atomic development. He had forecast a 1949 event and cited Truman's September announcement of a success.
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London
Russia
Greenwich
Kenneth de Courcy
U. S
de Courcy
Truman
Cheese demand light in Wisconsin market report
Wisconsin cheese market is barely steady with demand described as very light. Selling prices and assembly points include daisies 34 35, Honghorns 34% 36, square prints 34% 35, and midgets 35% 37 per pound.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
Wisconsin
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George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Wisconsin Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commission
Villa Grove
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U.S
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