Wisconsin Senate Edges Tax Battle Amid Building Bill Shuffle
Wisconsin assembly approves 50 percent income tax surcharge to fund education welfare and building programs with a 72 to 24 vote and sends it to the senate. Senate backs cigarette tax and minor surtax moves while trimming school aid and delaying building plans as time runs out.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Rennebohm
State Senate
Assembly
Senate
Nicol
R-Sparta
Thomson
R-Richland Center
Betts
R-Lodi
Pritschard
R-Eau Claire
McParland
Cudahy
Educational, Welfare and Board of Health
Public Welfare Department
University
Department of Public Instruction
Board of Health
Stout Institute
Hoover Opposes Creation of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman
Herbert Hoover testified before the House Armed Services Committee opposing a proposed joint chiefs of staff chairman. He warned the office would concentrate too much military power and harm national safety while backing the bill’s general aim to revise the 1947 unification law for defense efficiency and cost savings.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Services
Truman
Hoover
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army Expects No New Draft Call Amid Recruiting Slump
Washington reports the army sees a recruiting downturn but has no plan to call up draftees. Lt. Gen. E. H. Brooks states the service will stay volunteer, even if slightly under strength, with a 677000 personnel ceiling for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Army
Washington
E. H. Brooks
Federal Revenues Fall to Five Year Low as Year Ends
Federal revenue receipts for the 1949 fiscal year are expected to total about 38.5 to 39 billion dollars, the lowest since 1944, with personal income tax cuts and layoffs reducing withholding. Excise taxes rise slightly with tobacco and cosmetics yielding strong returns, while corporate taxes reflect boomtime filings.
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Washington
U. S. Housing Bill Trimmed by House
The House voted 168 to 165 to strike out the public housing section from the administration bill. The provision would have financed 810,000 public housing units with annual federal payments of 308 million dollars, pending a later vote.
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Washington
Harvey L. Bronson Named Hillsboro School Head
Harvey L. Bronson, principal of Albany Wisconsin schools for two years, has been appointed to a similar post in Hillsboro. He is a graduate of Whitewater State Teachers College and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin.
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Public Welfare Department
Hillsboro
Harvey L. Bronson
Albany
Wis
Whitewater State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Cheese Market Shows Mixed Demand in Madison
Federal state market news notes a weak overall Wisconsin cheese market with small styles soft while others steady. Trade fair to good and demand fair. selling prices listed for 3314 to 3412 for single daisies 3334-34% longhorns 3334-34% square prints 34-35% midgets 35-36.
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Madison
Wisconsin
I. c. Ll
Old Timers Concert Pleases Throng at Park
A large crowd gathered at Recreation Park for the Old Timers concert last evening. Band director Allan F. Barnard noted about 138 to 142 players. Edgar Zobel of Ripon directed during the Washington Post March. Zobel is a former Ripon director and Wisconsin Band Directors official.
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Recreation Park
Allan F. Barnard
Edgar Zobel
Ripon
Washington Post
Bel
Wisconsin Band Directors Association
J. J. Figi
New Glarus
Wisconsin
Jesse Kennison
Slidin
Larry Kitchen
Barnard
Zobel
Figs
Gerald Fritz
Browntown
South Wayne
Gerald von Klein
Argyle
Rose Marie Rolph
Glen Wood
Belleville
Verona
Albert R. Neushwander
Monroe High School
Alice in Dairyland Finalist Named From Brodhead
Miss Mary Lou Collins daughter of Mr and Mrs D L Collins of Brodhead is named finalist for the Alice in Dairyland contest She is a Brodhead high school and Beloit college graduate and will teach in Rockford this fall She heads to Milwaukee tomorrow for a dinner where the winner will be chosen.
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Alice In Dairyland
Mary Lou Collins
D. L. Collins
Brodhead
Brodhead High School
Beloit College
Collins
Rockford
Milwaukee
Property Owners Plan New Walks on South Square
Plans are under way for at least three sidewalks along the south side of the square. Engineer George Glass says several property owners are drafting plans, with more possibly announcing later. Concrete pours continue as work proceeds on underfill and forms, with water lines and main connections also advancing around the square.
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George Glass
Glass
10Th Street
16Th Avenue
Mrs Hiss Denies Typing Secret Data in Perjury Trial
Mrs Priscilla Hiss testified on the second day of Alger Hiss perjury proceedings denying she ever typed summaries of State Department documents for transfer to Russian agents. Defense questions centered on her potential role with Whittaker Chambers. She stated she did not hand over any of the government exhibits or notes.
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New York
Priscilla Hiss
State Department
Alger
Lloyd Stryker
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Tomorrow Sees Scattered Showers and Cooler Western Weather
Forecast predicts scattered thundershowers overnight with partly cloudy skies and cooler air moving into western parts of the state. Yesterday and last night had no new rain and temperatures stayed cool across the region. Monroe reported a 63 degree low between 4 and 5 am.
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Monroe
Jury weighs Coplon fate in espionage case
A federal court jury retired to decide Judith Coplon's fate after Judge Albert L. Reeves instructed on law. Conviction on both counts could bring 13 years and 12,000 dollars in fines. Coplon faces related charges tied to alleged secret file concealment and an espionage conspiracy with UN engineer Valentin Gubitchev.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
Palmer
John M. Kelley Jr
Miss Coplon
Russia
Kelley
Reeves
United States
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Coplon
Gubitchev
Wagner Leaves Senate After 23 Years in Power
Tired and ailing New York Senator Robert F. Wagner resigns from the U S Senate after nearly 23 years. The 72 year old Democrat cites his turn to step down and favors a new generation to carry on his labor and New Deal legacy. His resignation allows Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to appoint an interim successor until November elections.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Franklin Roosevelt
U. S
Senate
Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
County Committee Receives First Redistricting Petition
The Green County school committee reports its first redistricting petition with 45 signatures from the Brodhead area. It requests annexation of sections 17 18 and 20 in Decatur township to the Brodhead high school area. Further petitions are anticipated and circulation was authorized at Juda school board night.
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Green County School Committee
Florence Wartenweiler
Brodhead
Decatur Township
Brodhead High School
Juda
Monroe Board of Review Set for July 11 Hearing
The Monroe city board of review will hear assessment objections on July 11 at City Hall from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Taxpayers may inspect the assessment roll July 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. City Clerk G. S. Soseman announced the meeting and that the mayor, city clerk, judiciary committee chair, and one alderman will comprise the board with council approval.
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Monroe City
Everett Keel
Board of Review
Nationalist Planes Raid Shanghai District
Low flying Nationalist bombers struck the Chapei district of Shanghai killing at least two people and wounding about a hundred. Police and rescuers pulled injured from wrecked buildings hours after the raid. Reports on the number of attackers varied from two to six planes. Hospitals reported at least seventy seriously injured admitted.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Coleman Resignation Deepens GOP Strategy Committee Split
In a closed meeting the Republican strategy committee debated accepting Vice Chairman Thomas E. Coleman’s resignation while keeping him as a member. Wisconsin finance chair quitted the committee, four members named to choose a successor, with Hugh D. Scott Jr. as ex officio head and Scott citing heavy work hours.
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Washington
Thomas E. Coleman
Coleman
Wisconsin
Woul
Whitney Gilliland
Iowa
Owen Brewster
Maine
Leonard Hall
New York
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Scott
Christoffel Faces Charge Rehearing
Washington House labor committee considers recommending fresh questioning of Harold R Christoffel former Wisconsin labor leader whose perjury conviction was set aside by the Supreme Court. The decision followed ruling that prosecutors failed to prove a committee majority was present during questioning. Christoffel had denied communist affiliation when questioned by Rep Hoffman.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Harold R. Christoffel
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Christoffel
High Court
Hoffman
R-Mich
Labor Committee
Wetter Water Tested by Monroe Firemen at Fairgrounds
Monroe firemen tested a new chemical called Unvo by Viking Sprinkler Co to boost water’s fire killing power. In demonstrations at the fairgrounds two bales of oil soaked hay and paper were set ablaze, with wetter water put on one set and plain water on the other, showing faster extinguishment and deeper penetration.
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Monroe
Fairgrounds
Herbert L. Sickinger
Viking Automatic Sprikler Co
Chicago
Step Would Leave Taft-Hartley Act In Force This Year
The AFL urged the Senate to kill the administration labor bill now amended to include Taft-Hartley injunction powers. The move ends efforts to repeal the act this session, with CIO and AFL leaders reacting to Senate action and planning for the act to remain in force through the 1950 elections.
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AFL
Senate
Truman
Washington
Congress
Organized Labor
Truman Democrats
William Green
Lucas
Illinois
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
Green
How They Balloted Washington Wisconsin Senators Vote
Wisconsin senators Wiley and McCarthy took key positions on labor bill roll calls. In an amendment to require the president to lay emergency disputes before Congress, the measure was rejected with Wiley opposed and McCarthy for. On Lucas’s bid to bar injunctions but allow national emergency strikes, the motion failed with Wiley and McCarthy opposed. Taft’s proposal to use injunctions and plant seizure to delay strikes was approved with Wiley for and McCarthy for.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Wiley
McCarthy
Sen. Lucas
Sen
Taft
Senate Labor Debate Heads to Vote on Taft Bill Changes
Taft seeks to preserve key Taft Hartley features while jettisoning some provisions in a substitute plan. The plan would keep injunctions and bans on mass picketing but drop the general counsel, strike vote rules, and broad secondary boycotts as Senate votes approach action.
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Ing
Lucas
Senate
Taft
Green
Taftee
South
Capehart
Ind
Ives
Langer
Morse
Ore
Thye
Minn
Ohio
Federal Mediation Service
Taft-Hartley
National Labor Relations Board
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