Wisconsin May Day Critique Of Personal Property Tax System
Monroe city assessor Sverette Keel welcomes reduced cheese shipments before May 1 personal property assessment day. He argues the date creates unfair tax burdens, noting ongoing pre May 1 shipments and calling for a reform to tax inventory based on yearly volume or yearlong stock. He urges legislative subcommittee to craft a real solution to the May day headache.
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Monroe
Sverette Keel
Legislative Council
Wisconsin
Mosinee mock seizure drill draws strong reaction
The Mosinee mock communist seizure demonstration drew clear lines between defenders and skeptics as the American Legion warned of potential risks of coordinated urban plots. Observers debated its usefulness while noting national concerns about subversive efforts and the need for vigilance in smaller communities.
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Mosinee
Czechoslovakia
Poland
American Legion
Daily Worker
Real
Communist Party
May Day Calm Amid Berlin Street Turmoil
Both sides in the battle for Berlin are praised for avoiding a May day clash. Police under Allied and Soviet influence notably halted hoodlum activity, with West Berlin unrest cited as the main provocation. The row dies, yet violence appears out of character and may warrant further inquiry into possible instigation.
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Berlin
Russia
West Berlin
Census Pace 90 Percent Finished In 1950 Count
Washington officials report the 1950 population count is about 90 percent complete with roughly three weeks to finish. The census estimates total around 151 million people, up nearly 20 million from 1930, with tentative national figures due at month end and early September for counties and cities over 10 000 population.
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Ashington
District music festival draws fourteen schools in 1925
Ten years ago on May 2 1925 fourteen high schools with over 775 students participated in a district high school music festival here. Also noted: Russell Fritz leaves Green county welfare to join Badger Motors. Mrs Anna Peterson dies at age 65 in Argyle. David Welie wins Indiana University tall story contest.
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Russell Fritz
Green County Welfare Department
Badger Motors
Anna Peterson
Argyle
David Welie
Monroe
Indiana Universit
Tottering British Cabinet No Joke to Worried Allies
New York telegraph by Dewitt MacKenzie describes Britain's fragile socialist government with a slim eight vote majority in parliament. Churchill's Conservative opposition pressures Attlee as allies fear a general election and the coming nationalization fight over the steel industry could topple the regime.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
House of Commons
Britain
England
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
Attlee
Otto Weiss Rites Set at Janesville
Otto J. Weiss 69 of Monroe died Sunday at his Janesville home after a two year illness. Last rites set for 2 tomorrow at Kimball Nelson funeral home with burial in Monroe’s St. Victor’s cemetery. He was born December 19 1880 in Monroe, married Ada Fraunfelder in 1911, and worked for Highway Trailer Co Edgerton, Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and GM Chevrolet division. Survived by wife three brothers Carl Fred Robert Weiss and two sisters Mrs Jacob Taxacher and Mrs Fred Kraus, with a sister and a brother preceding him in death.
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Otto J. Weiss
Monroe
N. Pearl Street
Janesville
Kimball-Nelson
St. Victor’s Catholic
Conrad
Marie Hoesly Weiss
Ada Fraunfelder
Weiss
Highway Trailer Co
Edgerton
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Chevrolet
General Motors
Carl
Fred
Robert Weiss
Jacob Taxacher
Fred Kraus
Divorce Granted to Wife of Wisconsin Communist Party Leader
Circuit Judge Walter Schinz granted a divorce Monday to Elizabeth Smith Blair 39 wife of C William Blair 43 also known as Fred Bassett Blair vice chairman of the Wisconsin Communist Party.
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RED
Milwaukee
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Walter Schinz
Elizabeth Smith Blair
C. William Blair
Fred Bassett Blair
Elected High Priest of Wisconsin Grand Chapter
Blaine Carleton of Stevens Point was elected high priest of the Wisconsin grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons on Monday. He succeeds Orlin M. Wooley of Beloit.
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Milwaukee
Blaine Carleton
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Orlin M. Wooley
Beloit
Telephone Firms Oppose Police Job
Telephone firms objected to a proposed anti gambling bill saying it would force them to police the gambling trade. Clyde S Bailey of United States Independent Telephone Association warned a “whole army” would be needed to weed out gambler calls. S Whitney Landon of AT&T called it dangerous to assign law enforcement to phone companies. The testimony came to a Senate commerce subcommittee studying a Department of Justice bill to ban interstate gambling information flow. The panel led by Chairman McFarland sought data on wire traffic to gauge the issue.
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Washington
Clyde S. Bailey
United States Independent Telephone Association
S. Whitney Landon
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Senate Commerce
Justice Department
McFarland
D-Ariz
Bailey
Memorial Day Plans Under Way at Albany
Memorial Day plans are under way by the McDermott-Stein dorf American Legion post. Commander Harry Reasa appointed committees with Dr. E. O. Osborne as president and Lester L. Arnold as program chairman. Arnold's committee includes John Faville and others. Dell Jones to serve as marshal of the day. Grave decorations are led by Roy Phels, Harry Reasa, and others across local cemeteries.
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Roy Phels
Harry Reasa
Hillcrest
Cliffe Gelbach
Maurice Ringhand
Gap
Lester Peckham
Alvin Peterson
Attica
John Morgenthaler
Harry Jacobson
Crooke
English Settlement
Harold Bernhagen
William Hein
Robert Grossman
W. K. Dehmer
Five Lawyers Granted Stay on Jail Sentences
Five lawyers convicted for contempt of court during the communist conspiracy trial last year receive a new delay in starting their jail terms. The U S circuit court of appeals granted the stay yesterday as a joint motion with defendant Eugene Den Hag, awaiting Supreme Court rulings on related conspiracy convictions and sentences.
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York
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Eugene Denhig
U. S. Supreme Court
Marian Martin Pattern 9323 Dress Ad for The Times
Marian Martin pattern 9323 offers a shoulder tucks, gored skirt, crisp revers and bow style. Sizes 34 through 50 with yardage and contrast guidance, complete illustrated instructions, offered for twenty-five cents by Marian Martin The Times Pattern Dept New York.
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Marian Martin
Care of the Times
Pattern Dept
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Filipino Reds Raid Four Towns Near Manila
Communist Hukbalahap bands attacked four towns near Manila on May day, destroying buildings and killing six law officers. They abducted a mayor and police chief, while livestock and poultry strained for water in the harsh winter.
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Manila
Nitrogen Mustard Aids Cancer Fight
Washington students report a new direct-artery delivery of nitrogen mustards to targeted tumors showing shrinkage and pain relief in ten advanced cancer cases from George Washington University researchers. Non treated growths remained unaffected and risks include convulsions and death of normal tissue if misused.
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Washington
American Cancer Society
George Washington University
Department of Surgery
Principal Quits Post At Madison Central High
Madison Central High School principal Leonard Waehler resigns after 18 years, accepted by the city board of education. Effective June 15, the resignation cites ill health as the reason for stepping down.
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Madison Central
Madison
Leonard Waehler
Madison Central High School
Th City Board of Education
Waehler
Mrs Boyer Known For Caring For Fourteen Children At Lake Bluff
Mrs Iván Boyer, returning to Monroe this summer, is an authority on child care. She spoke at the Lake Bluff Orphanage committee meeting about handling fourteen children where she acts as housemother. Her husband, Mr Boyer, works in the bottled gas business and will join them after school ends.
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Ts. Ivan _Boyer
Monroe
Lake Bluff
Recruiters Talk to County High School Seniors
Army air force and navy recruiters visit Monticello and Judo groups today as Sgt Walter M Helge sen and GMS Dave L Behrens plan talks for New Glarus and Brodhead sites tomorrow. On Thursday Behrens and Helge sen address Albany students.
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Army-Air Force
Navy
Walter M. Helgesen
Dave L. Behrens
Monticello
Avisa Larson
Wacwaf
New Glarus High School
Brodhead
Behrens and
Helgesen
Albany
Fugitive Says Rockets Now Pointed at Alaska
A fugitive claims Russia has built powerful rocket installations aimed at Norway and Sweden. The report notes Moscow’s missiles could threaten U S and allied targets, with analysts evaluating regional defense implications and potential escalation in Arctic security dynamics.
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Fugitive
Alaska
Philadelphia
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Escapee from Viet camp seeks lawful residence in U.S.
Victor Martunuk, a 33 year old Russian naval engineer and former Viet concentration camp escapee, disclosed secret operations yesterday through attorney Ivan M Crap. Martunuk is jailed in Montgomery County, Norristown, PA, awaiting legislative action on a bill granting him lawful residence after being arrested as a stowaway on the S. S. Monitor in Philadelphia in April 1949.
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Arctic
Baltic
Victor Martunuk
Ivan M. Crap
Martunuk
Montgomery County
Norristown
House
Philadelphia
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Inland Daily Prear Association
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Tri City
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Wincousin
Stephevenn County
Cousin
Stephenson County
Evening Times
Courthouse Square
Discher and Schneider Corner
Anna Blum
Gordon Stauffacher
Verena Spaeni
Monroe High School
Tam
John W. Phillips
Cadiz
W. P. Bragg
Police and Fire Commission
F. E. Lamboley
Harvey Wiley
Halley
Sky Marvel
New Glarus
Andrew Dolan
John Hefty
J. W. Edelman
First Ward
Resi
W. A. Becker
WCTU
Knights of Pythias
Co. H
D. G. Nance
W. S. Nance
Otto Weiss
Wisconsin Power and
Board of Directors
Gehl
Fox
Ehasore
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
Browntown
Montgomery Electric
Rent-A-Clarke
Rtnes
Otis Gerke Treasure
Mrs. Boyer
Crea
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Koil
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