Compromise Step On Surfax Boost Taken by Senators
Madison AP reports the Wisconsin legislature abandoned hopes of a summer recess and plans to return Tuesday to clear work by July 9 before a September recess. The Senate Republican caucus created a committee to resolve tax issues after three hours without agreeing on new levies. They resisted a 50 percent surtax on individuals framed by the assembly, which could raise about 25 million dollars over two years for building, welfare, and education. Representative Harry A. Keegan supported the tax.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Republican
Assembly
Green County
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Kaftan
Green Bay
Miller
Richland Center
Lenroot
Superior
Schlabach
la Crosse
Knowles
New Richmond
United Nations
Fidlers
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Fairgrounds
Monroe
Ernest E. Wenger
Chamber of Commerce
Wenger
Pasteurization Bill Clears Senate With Budget Impacts
A bill to pasteurize all fluid milk passed the senate today and would take effect January 1, 1950. The senate also approved increasing juror pay from four to eight dollars per day and mileage from four to ten cents per mile.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin Legislature Weighs Tax Plan and Reapportionment
The Wisconsin senate and assembly debated a 25 million surtax and 7 million cigaret levy with a possible compromise to ease adjournment. The house approved a modified reapportionment plan, cross county lines removed, and set a commission to redraw districts after the 10-year census.
Workers Level Space For New Paving Step
Space between two slabs was leveled today in preparation for pouring a fourth slab along the south side of court house square. Crews laid lighting conduct from the southwest corner to the opposite intersection and opened a drainage ditch under the pavement.
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Court House
Farm Drainage District Near Monticello New Glarus Approved
The state public service commission approved removing the Monticello Woolen Mills dam and river improvements to form a farm drainage district between Monticello and New Glarus on the Sugar River. Green County board hopes to finalize district establishment in August with hearings to determine benefits and damages.
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New Glarus
Sugar River
State Public Service Commission
M. W. Meienburg
Brodhead
Green County Farm Drainage Board
Green County
Meienburg
Howard Kennedy
Public Service Commission
New Clarus
County Drainage Board
Drainage Board
G. N. Schwartz
E. D. Porterfield
Harvey Pinnow
George E. Legler Dies at Madison
George E. Legler 77 retired Madison real estate broker who lived in Monroe before moving to Madison 50 years ago died Tuesday in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. Survived by wife two daughters Harold Legler and a sister. Services were held in Madison at 1:30 p m Fitch Lawrence funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Monroe
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Kilbourn
Kenneth Kimball
Raymond Fett
Harold Legler
H. A. Bauer
Wisconsin Dells
Fitch- Lawrence
Greenwood Cemetery
Ban on Liquor Funds In Dry Areas Illegal
Madison Atty Gen Thomas Fairchild ruled an assembly approved bill that would stop dry communities from sharing in state liquor tax revenues is unconstitutional. He said funds distributed to local municipalities must serve a public purpose that is also a state purpose, serving the common interest of the people of the state at large.
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Thomas Fairchild
Assembly
Senate
Fairchild
Clark seeks breakup of Du Pont empire in antitrust suit
Attorney General Tom Clark filed a Sherman and Clayton act action in Chicago federal court to dissolve E I Du Pont de Nemours Co from General Motors Corp and require the Du Pont family to release controlling holdings in U S Rubber Co. The suit states combined assets of about 4.259 billion dollars with over 5 billion in annual sales and 429 million in after tax income in 1947.
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Tom Clark
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Sherman
U. S. District Court
Chicago
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Wilmington
Del
General Motors Corp
Detroit
United States Rubber Co
New York
du Pont Company
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
County Swelters In 90-Degree Heat
The county baked in 90s and 100s with humidity slowing work while crops thrived. St Clare Hospital reported no sun stroke cases by noon and scattered thunderstorms were possible tonight or tomorrow. Prairie du Chien hit 94 while Land O Lakes logged a record low reading of 57 at night.
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Land O’lakes
Welfare shakeup proposal delayed in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin legislature passed a bill delaying until Sept. 1 the effective date for reorganizing the public welfare department. Gov. Rennebohm requested swift passage. a nine member board will be appointed by Aug. 1 and assume duties by Sept. 1, allowing a transition month with current members.
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Wisconsin
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Rennebohm
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Congress Drops Floggings Probe Into Alabama Incidents
A congressional investigating group ended further inquiry into flogging incidents in Alabama after a brief hearing. Rep. Byrne of New York said there were no plans to continue the probe, which was already under FBI and Alabama authorities.
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Misread Housing Bill Passed By House Sparks Debate
The House discovered it had approved a 1 050 000 unit public housing plan, far above the 810 000 target seen in Senate action. Roll call later produced a 209 to 204 victory for the housing section amid party battles and partisan accusations of socialism.
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Keefe
Murray
Smith
Beloit tavern proprietor Harold Germann dies at 47
Harold Germann of Beloit and former Monroe resident died early today at his summer cottage near Spooner on Big Bear Lake, possibly from a heart attack. Born February 4, 1902 in Monroe, he married Alice Ludebeck in 1926 and is survived by his wife, two children, a sister, four brothers, two aunts, with funeral services pending.
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Spooner
Big Bear Lake
Herman Germann
Alice Ludebeck
Dubuque
Mary Lou
Penny
Lawrence Rankin
Russell
Kenneth
Donald
Whitewater
Ralph
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Lee Germann
al Yost
Taft Labor Bill Okayed in Senate
The Senate passed the Taft drafted labor bill by 52 to 43 in a clash with the Truman administration over repealing Taft Hartley. It aims to preserve core Taft Hartley provisions while endorsing Taft injunctions and plant seizures in national emergencies. The AFL CIO opposed the Truman repeal drive and signaled defeat.
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Washington
Taft
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Ohio
Truman
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CIO
Wisconsin cheese market weak on cheddars steady on small styles
The market report notes weak cheddar prices and steady small cheese styles in Wisconsin. Trade and demand are light with selling prices and assembly points listed for various varieties including longhorns sinese prints and midgets.
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Wisconsin
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Sharp Rise in City Recreation Facility Use Reported
Larry Kitchen, city recreation director, notes a sharp rise in first week registrations for swimming classes from 304 last year to 489 this year across four classes. Increases occur in boys and girls softball, boys baseball, and handicraft sessions led by Miss June Schoonover.
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Larry Kitchen
Wisconsin Power and Light gets 3 percent rate increase
The Wisconsin Power and Light Co. won PSC approval for a three percent surcharge on all electric bills except water heating. A 12 month temporary hike will raise about $349,000 and take effect on July billings in the Monroe district.
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PSC
Monroe
Escort in Slaying Mystery Ends in Questioning
Police seek two unidentified men in the brutal fatal slaying of 17 year old Joan Coward and the poisoning of her fiancé Arthur Marino 28 a salesman and music teacher. Marino remains under guard at a Blue Island hospital after mouth and throat burns and is to undergo a lie detector test.
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Arthur Marino
Joan Coward
Marino
Blue Island
Walter Rusin
Miss Coward
Riverdale
Russians Lift Berlin Truck Ban After Checkpoint Turmoil
Russians reversed policy on Western truck traffic and allowed free travel between Berlin and the western zones. German highway police reported that trucks entering or leaving Berlin passed Soviet checkpoints without trouble, following two days of unclear Soviet conduct.
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Berlin
Defense Rests Case In Alger Hiss Trial
The defense rested its case in the Alger Hiss perjury trial at 1 15 p m today. Defense counsel Lloyd Paul Stryker announced completion of the case as the afternoon session convened.
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New York
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Jury Finds Coplon Guilty of Espionage for Russia
Judith Coplon, 28, Barnard College graduate, convicted on both counts of espionage for Russia. Jury verdict after 27 hours of deliberation. Sentencing could reach 13 years and a $12,000 fine. New York trial planned with co defendant Valentine Gubitchev.
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Judith Coplon
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Justice Department
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FBI
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Court Commits Girl In Waitkus Shooting
Ruth Ann Steinhagen 19 appeared in felony court in Chicago and was adjudged insane after shooting baseball star Eddie Waitkus. She was committed to Kankakee state hospital after being bound over to the grand jury and immediately indicted. Waitkus, in a wheelchair, met her for the first time since the June 15 hotel room shooting.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Kankakee State Hospital
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
James J.dermott
Criminal Court
Waitkus
British Lords Block Nationalization Plan Despite Passage
British Lords voted 89 to 22 to delay the takeover date for nationalizing the iron and steel industry from May 1, 1950, to October 1, 1950, weakening any obstruction to the labor government’s program. The move had limited power to halt the policy.
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London
Britain
Vioo
Miners Hit Three Day Week as Contract Talks Loom
John L. Lewis ordered soft coal miners east of the Mississippi to work a three day week starting next Tuesday to ease strains during contract negotiations. The northern and western operators largely reject the plan while west of the Mississippi miners resume a full week with no Saturdays. The move comes as the contract expires at midnight with May end dates debated under Taft Hartley act. Lewis urged locals to report any company refusing to cooperate and said action was unilateral to gain time for a new agreement.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
John L. Lewis
Mississippi River
Lewis
Mississippi
UMW
Cincinnati
Eugene Hotel Change Takes Effect at Midnight
Jacob Hoffmann of South Bend Ind purchases the Eugene hotel from Willard R. and Edwin W. Schuetze. Alfred A. Thornburg will run the property with no staff changes initially while renovation plans are set. the Freemans will stay briefly before a West Coast trip later this year.
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Jacob Hoffmann
South Bend
Ind
Hoffmann
Alfred A. Thornburg
Sears Freeman
Thornburg
Willard R
Edwin W. Schuetze
Freemans
West Coast
GOP Senators Target Brannan Over Corn Price Slide
Senators Wherry and Ferguson accused Secretary Brannan of letting corn prices fall before the November presidential election. Brannan denied deliberate action and said no requests to buy corn were made. He testified on the foreign aid bill as debate focused on grain purchases and storage-bin sales.
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Brannan
Wherry
Nebraska
Ferguson
Michigan
Senate Appropriations Committee
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