Wisconsin adds income tax, cigarette levy to fund education
Gov Rennebohm signed a 1949 tax bill raising income surtax and cigarette tax from two to three cents per pack to raise about 19 million dollars for public welfare buildings and education aids. Funds include a 5.5 million dollar library at the UW campus and a two year school aid package of six million dollars.
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Madison
Rennebehm
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Welfare Department
Rennebohm
State Highway Commission
Albany Man Frank Sellnow Dies at 65
Frank Sellnow 65 died at 10 45 p m yesterday at his Albany home after two years of poor health and a serious three months. Born November 28 1883 in Decatur township to Herman and Anna Sellnow he married Elizabeth Reasa December 20 1905. Survivors include his wife two sons Ralph Albany and Roy on the home farm two sisters Ida Lantz Beloit Clara Jensen Kenosha and four grandchildren a brother William preceded him in death. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Albany Methodist Church Rev Harvey Norenberg officiating burial Hillcrest Cemetery pallbearers Frank Gurtner Alice The the Sharer funeral home at noon Thursday to the church.
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Albany
Frank Sellnow
Mr. Sellnow
Decatur Township
Herman
Anna Gabel Sellnow
Germany
Elizabeth Reasa
Sylvester Township
Ralph
Roy
Ida Lantz
Beloit
Clara Jensen
Kenosha
William
Albany Methodist Church
Harvey Norenberg
Hillcrest Cemetery
Frank Gurtner
Alice
the Sharer
Murray Says Cheese and Evaporated Milk Lack Support
Representative Murray of Wisconsin told the house that cheese and evaporated milk prices are not aligned with the law. He noted butter is supported, while cheese and evaporated milk are underpaid relative to the official support prices.
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Murray
Washington
Wis
Wisconsin
Plymouth
Progress Report On City Park Light And Disposal Plant Work
Progress was under way on three city construction projects including park lights at the park where contractor Robert H. Richardson said visible signs would appear by nightfall. At court house square a long concrete panel was poured and contractor William A. Vinton expected another strip. The disposal plant shows a major unit nearly complete with installations and repairs ongoing on another unit and the control building. A damaged storm sewer at the northeast corner of court house square will need replacement after recent collapse, while the northwest sewer was already replaced by city crews.
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Robert H. Richardson
Court House Square
William A. Vinton
Eugene Weaver Sustains Serious Eye Injury at Work
Eugene Weaver aged 24 of 2421 12th street received a serious right eye injury at 2 p m yesterday while opening a bale of waste rags in the Wisconsin Power and Light Co storeroom basement. An operation was performed at St. Clare hospital but the eye’s condition remained uncertain.
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Eugene Weaver
12Th Street
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
St. Clare Hospital
Coroner F W Kepke Dies After Long Illness
Dodgeville reports the death of Fred W Kepke 57 longtime Iowa county coroner and local druggist for 27 years Survived by widow a daughter and a son funeral services and burial planned for the next day in Dodgeville Iowa county affirms his public service and family links
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F.W. Kepke
Iowa County
Dodgeville
Fred W. Kepke
Iowa
Memorial Flagpole Planned for Kiwanis Youth Cabin
A flagpole will be erected at the new Kiwanis youth cabin in Luchsinger grove to honor H. M. Place known as the daddy of golf in Monroe. Place died June 26 1947 and his family funded the cabin project with Kiwanis Club support. The dedication date passed without the pole ready.
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Kiwanis
Luchsinger Grove
H. M
Mert) Place
Place
Kiwanis Club
Monroe
Brannan plan faced House fight after Justice Murphy death
Farm policy debate stalled as House adjourned in memory of Detroit Supreme Court Justice Murphy who died early today. A Senate subcommittee struck hogs from Brannan plan subsidies while House moderates and opponents clashed over a limited trial run and bill extension through 1950.
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Washington
Capitol
Supreme Court
Murphy
Detroit
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Administration
Senate
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Brannan
Hardell To Return For Local Cheese Laboratory
Robert E. Hardell is returning to Green county as cheese specialist with the Cheese Laboratory Inc. He will start this fall at a lab north of Turner hall, ready for occupancy in two weeks. Werren remains at the lab. The meeting also reselected Fred Krebs as president and reorganized offices with Harvey Thew as secretary and Fred Galli as treasurer. Ray T. Silver was named vice president.
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Robert E. Hardell
Green County
Cheese Laboratory Inc
Hardell
Turner Hall
John Werren
Smithfield
Utah
Cache Valley Dairy Association
Foreign Type Cheese Council
Monroe
Ohio
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kraft
Fred Krebs
Laboratory
Harvey Thew
Fred Galli
Ray T. Silver
Mt. Pleasant Township
M. H. Stauffacher
Vampire Slayer Haigh Sentenced to Death in Acid Killing
John George Haigh known as the vampire slayer of nine, was sentenced to death by gallows in Lewes England after a swift 15 minute jury verdict for killing Mrs Olive Durand Deacon on February 18 and dissolving her body in a barrel of acid. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Lewes
Eng
John George Haigh
Olive Durand- Deacon
Haigh
Bevin Defends Welfare State Amid Dollar Crisis
London reports Foreign Secretary Bevin told MPs the U S welfare state fuels Britain's dollar shortage through high farm support prices. He argued U S price supports finance social benefits, while conservatives blame welfare spending for deficits. Cripps to present proposals in September.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
Winston Churchill
Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Washington
U. S
British Commonwealth
Truman Pledges Continuation of U S Peace Effort
President Truman vowed to pursue a two pronged peace drive while addressing the Shrine diamond jubilee in Chicago. He emphasized a strong economy as the free world’s core strength and warned against cutting European recovery funds, noting no direct Russia mention in his prepared remarks. Shriners paraded to Soldier Field prior to his speech.
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Chicago
Truman
Free Nations
Russia
Kremlin
United States
Shriners
Michigan Avenue
Soldier Field
Camel Patrol
Zor Temple
Madison
Will E. Tertin Dies at Hospital
Will E. Tertin, 44, of 1907 12th Street, former Monroe police officer, died today at 1:45 p.m. in St. Clare hospital after spinal surgery and a relapse following July 5 hospitalization. He joined the force July 3, 1937, replacing Sam Jones who left for a patrolman job in Delaware. Tertin had worked for Solomon Coal and Iron Co and recently for the Monroe Ditch Diggers, contributing to the square project before illness.
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Will E. Tertin
12Th Street
Monroe Police Department
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Tertin
Sam Jones
Delavan
Tertin
Solomon Coal and Iron Co
Force
Monroe Ditch Diggers
Square
Cool Weather Abates Wisconsin Heat Wave
The latest heat wave in Wisconsin abated today after the mercury rose to 89 yesterday afternoon. The forecaster said temperatures are unlikely to reach Monday's peak with a 12:30 reading of 82 by noon. Mostly fair and cooler conditions are expected tonight with cloudy skies tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Johnson Denies New Army Suspensions
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson said no additional army generals face suspension amid inquiries into government contracts. He noted Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt was previously suspended, with reports linking Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan to data that influenced the case. Gray said Vaughan falls under no army authority and stressed no fraud or dishonesty is alleged.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Washington Post
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Alden H. Waitt
Post
Vaughan
Waitt
The
James V. Hunt
Army
Senate
Hunt
Chemical Corps
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Herman Feldman
Gray
Communist Forces Target Hangon Canton Railway
Pro nationalist dispatches said three communist armies were converging on Lienhwa in central China to cut the Hangon Canton railway.
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Hong Kong
Lienhwa
China
Hangon-Canton
Michigan Jurist and Former Governor Frank Murphy Dies
Detroit report states Justice Frank Murphy of the United States Supreme Court died today at age 59 in Henry Ford Hospital after a weeklong illness. Appointed to the high court in 1940, Murphy was noted for liberal dissents and deep faith in democracy. He had previously served as governor general of the Philippines in 1933 and as the first Philippine high commissioner before returning to American public life.
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Detroit
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Henry Ford Hospital
Murphy
Supreme Court
Philippines
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Michi
Gan
United States
Michigan
Roosevelt
U. S
Patterson Seen as Truman's Likely Supreme Court Pick
Following Justice Murphy's death President Truman faces a vacancy. Rumors point to Robert P. Patterson, former secretary of war and New York lawyer, as a favored nominee in a Roman Catholic traditional balance.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Truman
Supreme Court
Murphy
Robert P. Patterson
New York
Murphy a Statesman of Michigan and Nation Dies at 75
Former governor general of the Philippines and U S attorney general Justice Murphy died at 6 45 am after a coronary occlusion. Born Harbor Beach Michigan April 13 1890 he rose from Detroit mayor to governor Michigan and US Supreme Court Justice acclaimed for mild dignified conduct.
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Murphy
Harbor Beach
Mich
University of Michigan
Michigan
U.S
The
University of Detroit
Recorder’s Court
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Fritz
Rees Construction Co
Russell H. Shultz
Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co
Bruni-Miller Construction Co
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Adam Zweifel
Joseph Jones
Walters Construction Co
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