Senate Fractures Over Tax Hike and Cigaret Levy Plan
Madison action stalls as Senator Miller pushes for a one cent cigarette tax to fund welfare and school aid. The Senate delays, weighing a substitute plan while Amendments to income taxes and surtax are rejected. The school committee bill to reorganize counties remains alive with referendums possible, and pay raises for legislators advance to the governor with other budget moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Madison
Jess Miller
Miller
Rennebohm
Sen
Nelson
Gettelman
Milwaukee
la Fond
Rtwo Rivers
George Watson
Legislative Council
Rennebohm Signs City Jaywalk Bill and Land Classification
Governor Rennebohm signed a city jaywalking ordinance bill allowing first to third class cities to prohibit jaywalking. He also approved a forest crop law classification for parcels of 40 acres or more outside fire protec tion areas. He sent Voyta Wrabetz’s senate appointment to the Industrial Commission and Norman B Cruser to the Consumer Credit Review Board to succeed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Rennebohm
Senate
Voyta Wrabetz
Industrial Commission
Norman B. Cruser
Consumer Credit Review Board
Gas Tax Filibuster Resumes in Illinois House
In Springfield a filibuster against the nickel gasoline tax bill was interrupted briefly during a House vote on an appropriation bill and then continued to roll on. The event highlights ongoing opposition and procedural maneuvers in the Illinois legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Springfield
Jolt Expected as Steel Auto Sectors Lead Slump
Some industries face sharper downturns while others see brighter prospects for the year's second half. Steel and autos lead the anticipated pain with weakened rail traffic, coal overproduction, and utilities fearing demand drops. Farm income remains down and grocery prices are predicted to ease further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
Midwest
John L. Lewis
Old Timers Band Concert Tonight At Recreation Park
Temporary lights brighten the scene for an 7:30 pm Old Timers Band concert held in front of the bleachers at the south end of Recreation Park. Band Director Allan F Barnard reports about 140 musicians from fathers and sons mothers and daughters alumni and students will participate after a week’s rehearsal with area musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan F. Barnard
Rock Farmer Shot By Barn Arsonist
A 19 year old youth confessed to wounding John Yusten a 70 year old farmer after he set fire to Yusten's barn four miles south of Orfordville. The suspect will be charged with arson and discharging a firearm. Yusten was treated for a hip wound at Dr. E R McNair's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orfordville
John Yusten
Yusten
Miles Sweeney
Sweeney
E. R. McNair
Milwaukee official Decker charged in lobby law suit
Milwaukee lobbyist John A. Decker former assistant city attorney is named in a civil case by District Attorney Robert W. Arthur alleging failure to report over 750 in lobbying expenses from February through May. The complaint seeks revocation of Decker’s lobbyist license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
John A. Decker
Milwaukee
Dist. Atty
Robert W. Arthur
Arthur
Decker
Secretary of State
St Laurent triumph reshapes Canadian politics in landslide
In a sweeping national election, Louis St Laurent's Liberal Party captured 193 of 262 Commons seats, leading in every province except Alberta and securing a mandate until 1954. The Progressive Conservatives won 42 seats, with Social Credit taking 10 in Alberta and the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 12 in five provinces. All Communist and female candidates lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Liberal Party
Louis St. Laurent
Liberals
Canada
Democrats
House of Commons
Alberta
Progressive Conservatives
Commons
Conservatives
St. Laurent
W. L. MacKenzie King
King
Beaton
George Drew
Ontario
Social Credit Party
Socialists
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Taft Strike Plan Survives Senate Test Vote
The Taft plan to curb national emergency strikes via court orders and plant seizures survived a Senate test by two votes. Senator Lucas sought to strike the court orders provision but failed 46 to 44. The chamber then faced whether to graft Taft's idea into the administration labor bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Lucas
D-il
State Plans Program For Traffic Courtesy
Madison announces a July and August traffic safety program to improve speed control and courtesy. The state motor vehicle department will enlist civic and association groups to aid in public safety education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State
Toay
Heavy Rains Fail To Stop Square Job
Mud covered courthouse square but contractors pushed work on paving the 17th avenue side and prepared the north side. Vinton Construction poured concrete yesterday and removed forms from the lith street slab. O T Havey Contracting finished laying ducts for the power line powering ornamental lights. Water entered Blumer drugstore basement though drainage worked better. Sidewalk near Eugene hotel partly blocked for water connection. Lights along courthouse side flickered briefly. cause not linked to storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Street
Gamble
Times
Courthouse Square
Vinton Construction Co
17Th Avenue
Lith Street
Esso
10Th Street
16Th Avenue
Monroe
O. T. Havey Contracting Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Court House
Blumer
Eugene Hotel
Power Company
Wisconsin reports 18 poliomyelitis cases this year
The state board of health reported 18 verified poliomyelitis cases in Wisconsin this year. Milwaukee leads with six, followed by Marathon county with three, and two in Iowa with others in Dane Dunn Jackson La Crosse Langlade Rock and Sauk counties each reporting one case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Milwaukee
Marathon County
Iowa
Dane
Dunn
Jackson
la Crosse
Langlade
Rock
Sauk
Neighbor Admits Slaying Eyes Milwaukee Wisconsin Slavery Slayings
Lansing reports Walter Eaton a four year old known as Peewee was killed in a dark vacant lot. The neighbor Dudley Beatty 29 confessed giving police a motive and description of the slaying. Beatty stated he lured the boy and killed him with a broken beer bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Tiny Walter
Peewee) Eaton
Walter
Michigan
Dudley Beatty
Beatty
Paul Taylor
Tay
Ray Ernest Lamphear
Racine
Lamphear
Wisconsin
Judge Cancels Alimony Payments by Madison Neurologist
In Green county, Judge Harold J. Lamboley voided ongoing alimony from Dr. Fritz Kant to his former wife Maria Nesbit now Wellwood Nesbit. The court ruled it improper for her to be supported by two husbands and kept retroactivity limited to the filing date January 27, 1949. Both Kant and Maria Nesbit have since remarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Kant
Madison
Maria
Wellwood Nesbit
Harold J. Lamboley
Green County
Kant
Kants
Munich
Germany
Mayor and Officials View Mercury Vapor Street Lights
A Monroe delegation led by Mayor Frank A. Buehler toured Beloit and Fort Atkinson street lighting systems with Wisconsin Power and Light Co. representatives during a rainstorm. They observed pole types concrete and metal and different mercury vapor globes, with council set to hear system reports and price differentials at Friday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Frank A. Buehler
Beloit
Fort Atkinson
Power Company
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Council Water and Lights
E. J. Norton
William F. Beckman
W. S. MacDonald
Stewart F. Kingston
Richard Barry
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Short Week Rejection Seen in Coal Parley
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia reports coal operators of the north and west prepared to reject John L. Lewis offer for a three day work week. Operators voted in Pittsburgh and likely refused due to legal risks under anti trust laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
North
West
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Air Chief Seals Bendix Strike Settlement
Secretary Symington announced a settlement ending a 70 day Bendix Aviation strike in South Bend. UAW chief Walter Reuther and union leaders coordinated with company officials and federal mediators through a late night session to resolve wage and production schedule issues. The agreement came at 10:15 a.m after intensive talks with Asst Secretary Gibson and mediation representative Vint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air
Symington
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
United Auto Workers
Schoesmen
Walter Reuther
UAW
Air Force
John W. Gibson
Arthur C. Vint
Federal Mediation Service
Reuther
Bendix
M. E. Ferguson
Stanley Ladd
Downpour Washes Top Soil in County and Crops Hit
Heavy rainfall and strong winds battered Green County with about 1.25 inches of rain and gusty winds. Topsoil washed onto highways, oats damaged, corn and hay losses feared, and roads temporarily slick. Utilities reported outages and quick restorations in several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Jacob Rapp Jr
Monroe
Highway 69
Burgy Flats
Madison
Superior
Brodhead
Oregon
Rockford Man Mauled by Leopard During Transit Incident
Rockford resident Hilmer Eckman age 61 was clawed by a leopard in a suburban Rockford area while approaching a trailer parked off Route 51. He received treatment for deep wounds to his left arm shoulder and back. Eckman says the animal struck from a cage as a traveling menagerie caravan en route to Wisconsin Dells Carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Hilmer Eckman
Eckman
Route 51
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin cheese market steadies amid light demand
The Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese prices moving only slowly as open market trade stays light. Selling prices include items such as single daisies 34-34% and longhorns 34-34% with other varieties like square prints and midgets listed in the 34-36% range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Court Orders Delay For Tomahawk Meters
A Wisconsin circuit judge barred Tomahawk from installing parking meters until next year. Judge Gerald J. Boileau issued a restraining order on a June 7 contract, saying installation would violate direct legislation. Voters previously rejected the meters 3 to 1 in April 1948 referendum, and statute bars action for two years after the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Gerald J. Boileau
Tomahawk
Boileau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monrg
Iss
Assembly
Emergency Board
Department of Public Welfare
Supreme Court
Public Instruction
Public Service
Watson
Steel
East Side
Lor
Inspector Taylor
Air Chief
Ralph Lindsay
United Telephone Co
Wayne
Evansville
Albany
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!