Slater Pushes Quick Action on 1928 Income Tax Reforms
Assemblyman Harry G. Slater leads a joint resolution in Milwaukee demanding immediate joint committee meetings in both houses to draft changes in the income tax law. The measure aims to ensure taxpayers receive benefits from this year's tax revisions and marks the legislature’s intent to act swiftly after over two months with little accomplished.
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Madison
U.P
Harry G. Slater
Milwaukee
Congress
Mouldon B. Goss
Sturgeon Bay
Joseph J. Huber
West Bend
Tme
Oshkosh Man Killed By Hit and Run Motorist
Julius H. Dennhardt former Neenah mayor state senator and assembly member died at his home after weeks of illness paralysis caused his death a stroke last Friday Born February 5 1860 in Naumburg he came to Wisconsin worked on a farm later sold farm implements served in the 1911 assembly and 1918 senate mayor of Neenah 1922 and 1996 survived by wife four daughters and one son funeral arrangements pending
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Neenah
Wis
Julius H. Dennhardt
Wisconsin
Mears’ Torners
Oshkosh-Neenah
Assembly
State Senate
Eleanor
Jessie Dennherdt
Lorraine Dennhardt
Madison
Ruth Dennhardt
Boston
J. G. Dennhardt
Assembly Kills Bill to Tax Chain Stores
The Wisconsin Assembly rejected Assemblyman Pahl’s proposal to tax chain stores by a 55 to 4 vote. The bill would have taxed operators with more than five outlets at $500 annually plus a 5 percent gross receipts tax. Pahl argued the tax would protect small merchants from chains. opponents voted to ensure permanent defeat. A separate bill by Assemblyman Lacey would require auto finance firms handling installment purchases to obtain a license from the state banking commission.
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Madison
Assembly
Pahl
Assemblyman Lacey
Sit« Hanking Commission
Turtle King Solomon Returns After Thirty Years
Crockett California reports the aged turtle King Solomon, once adopted in 1897 by J. K. Jensen and carved with initials and date, reappeared yesterday in front of the Jensen home after a missing thirty year absence.
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Crockett
Calif
King Solomon
J. K. Jensen
Jensen
Purse Snatchers Flee On Bicycles
Two thieves snatched a purse from Lillian Holmstead as she walked home and escaped on bicycles. They rode up, leaned their bikes, grabbed the purse, and sped away, per Minneapolis report.
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Minneapolis
Lillian Holmstead
Aydnaped Girl Reunited With Mother After Twenty Years
Chicago readers learn of a dramatic reunion as Anna Nuzzo, kidnapped as an infant by neighbor Mary De Franco and taken to California, is to meet her mother Lucrezzia Nuzzo today. Godmother Nancy Onesti and brother Andrew Nuzzo aided the search leading to arrangements with suitor Joseph Scarbo.
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Chicago
Lucrezzia Nuzzo
Anna
Mary de Franco
Nuzzo
Nancy Onesti
San Francisco
California
de Franco
Dogs and Cats Enter Husbands Exit in Court Story
Milwaukee case details Casimir Kopelewski objecting to pets after seven dogs and two cats drew his wife Frances away. Frances sues for divorce on cruelty, while temporary alimony was considered. Casimir testified he slept in the garage and the judge denied alimony, ordering him to stay away.
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Milwaukee
Casimir Kopelewski
Casimir
Frances
Kopelewski
Oscar M. Fritz
Fritz
Woman Drowns When Auto Backs Into River Baraboo Wis
Baraboo Wisconsin reports a car driven by Mrs Everett Newell backed into the Baraboo river and sank in fifteen feet of water Monday. Miss Gertrude Newberry escaped unconsciousness after surfacing and being revived with a pulmotor. Max Goates rescued her. Mrs Newell remained at the wheel and the car was retrieved after fifty minutes.
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Baraboo
Wis
Everett Newell
Gertrude Newberry
Highway 12
Ifar
Wood saw accident kills Theodore Busch in Chilton
A circular wood saw broke loose in Chilton Wisconsin yesterday striking 43 year old Theodore Busch. He was near decapitated and died at once. No further injuries reported.
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Chilton
Wis
U.P
Theodore Busch
Busch
President Hoover Eyes Virginia Maryland Trout Fishing Spots
Federal fisheries records describe leases for eighteen miles of the Rapidan stream in Madison County Virginia and nearby Maryland water to serve weekend fishing for President Hoover. A lodge will be built and 14000 dollars spent on a nine mile road to the Madison courthouse. The Virginia stretch is praised for brook, brown and rainbow trout and is within a three hour drive from Washington.
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Washington
Hoover
Maryland
Virginia
Lawrence Richey
White House
Rapidan River
Madison County
Shenandoah National Park
Henry O'Malley
Federal Fisheries Commissioner
Bandits Escape Crash Kills Man and Wounds Woman
Three bandits fleeing from the International Railway company headquarters with 2489 dollars crashed their stolen car into another vehicle. Frank P. Schmidt, 39, was killed instantly and Mrs. Eva Bailey, 35, died later. Buffalo police investigated the fatal collision.
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Buffalo. N
Interternational Railway Company
Bis
Frank P. Schmidt
Eva Bailey
Permission Sought To Abandon 15 Mile Rail Line
Washington U P reports the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad seeks Interstate Commerce Commission approval to abandon a fifteen mile branch line between Babcock and Norway Wisconsin. The request appears in Associated Press dispatches along with weather notes from daily Northwestern Observations.
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Washington
U.P
Babcock
Norway
Wis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau) Railroad
Gers
Associated Pre and Waronsia
Lake Michigan
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Northwestern
Two Steps to World Court Near for United States
The United States stood two steps from joining the world court as ratification of a protocol agreed by the commission of international jurists and Senate approval awaited. League of Nations backing faces higher hurdles with possible Latin American opposition risking a broader conference to resolve terms. The protocol allows advisory opinions and a pause in court proceedings while negotiations proceed, and the U S may resign if objections remain, ending the protocol’s force.
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Geneva
United States
World Court
League of Nations
Commission of Internaional Jurists
American Senate
League
Latin-American League
Jurist Commission
League Council
Council
L Hague
Foch Shows Quiet Night As General Condition Improves
Paris reports General Ferdinand Foch rested well through the night with a temperature of 94.8 and a pulse of 90. He, as yesterday, insisted on sending his staff chief General Weyand to the scene, reflecting steady improvement in his condition.
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Paris
Marstyd Foch
Sering
Doctor Fighting Plague Stricken in Africa Tale
London Daily Express dispatch reports Dr Hauptfeisch, a Colesbrook district surgeon, struck by bubonic plague while fighting the outbreak. Ten natives die in Lichtenburg district and fourteen new Colesbrook cases raise alarms for Johannesburg.
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London U.R
South Africa
London Daily Express
Hauptfielsh
Colesbrook
Hauptfeisch
Lichtenburg
Johanes‘burg
Floods rise on Wisconsin rivers. Water Town dam blast eases
Wisconsin streams continue to rise with Beloit exceeding six feet above normal and floods spreading over lowlands on Highway routes. Water released from Water Town dam reduced danger in Beloit area, with Milwaukee road tracks under water and towns isolated by high waters. Several rivers, including the Rock and Wisconsin, show rising levels as authorities reroute traffic and monitor conditions.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Watertown
Rock River
Beloit
Baraboo
Portage
Milwaukee Road
Rubbleton
Adolph Kanneberg
IC. P. Steinmetz
Masonic Temple
Hoover letter to 101st birthday recipient in Eau Claire
In Eau Claire Wisconsin Mrs Lydia E Bortle received a White House letter from President Herbert Hoover congratulating her on celebrating her one hundred and first birthday The message also noted telegraphs of congratulations from Gov Walter J Kohler and other notable individuals and was dated with Hoover's personal stationery.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Herbert Hoover
Lydia E. Bortle
White House
Walter J. Kohler
Bortle
Guilty Pleas Set Minimum Term Under Prohibition Measure
Federal Judge Frank Coteman announced new enforcement rules under the Jones measure. Ernest Douval appeared on charges of selling Honor and pleaded guilty, facing a six month sentence if he persists. The judge warned any past leniency is ended and leniency will be limited to cases involving purely peaceful conduct.
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Neve Fork
Frank Jr. Coteman
Dundee Coleman
Ernest ‘Douval
Donent
Douvall
Jones
Hoover plans steady enforcement push not drastic drive
Washington reports President Hoover has no plan for drastic Prohibition campaigns. He aims to improve law enforcement by reorganizing federal agencies and the judiciary, reducing crime with a steady program, seeking public and press support.
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Hoover
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Troover
Feders
United States
Wisconsin Governor Kohler Downplays "Whoopee" Theme
Governor Walter J. Kohler told about fifty Wisconsin daily editors that the current administration will avoid sensational changes. He said the focus is calm, persistent research into better government, state finances, and long-term policies. He urged thorough investigations into taxation, roads, and other state matters, including highway commissions and salaries. He also advocated bituminous top dressing for gravel roads to replace mud with less dust.
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Madison
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin Daily
Wisconsin, Daily Newspaper League
Coernor Kohler
Highway Commission
Jury disagrees in Thaw damage suit by entertainer
A sealed verdict opened in New York revealed a hung jury in the $110,000 damage suit filed by Marcia Estardus against Harry K. Thaw. Estardus cried as the verdict was read and the case was ordered retried in the May term. She alleged Thaw assaulted her after a New Year's party on January 1, 1927, and testimony noted her role as primary support for a crippled family breadwinner.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Marcia Estardus
Estardus
Thaw
Mary O'Neill
Polish public collection for Pilsudski budget support
Warsaw reports a federation of supporters of the fatherland passed a resolution to take up a public collection for presentation to Marshal Pilsudski. The aim is to complete the budget of the Polish war department after the seym cut Pilsudski’s estimates in the 1929 budget.
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Warsaw
Poland
Federation of Thin Dee
Fatherland
Marshal Pilsudsk
War Department
Seym
Pilsudski
Oshkosh Man Victim in Hit-and-Run on Way Home
A man from Oshkosh was killed in a hit-and-run while returning home. The sole surviving photo shows him with a mustache in earlier years, tied to the victim identified as Mr. Pahlow.
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Oshkosh
Victim Killed By Hit and Run Driver At City Intersection
William Pahlow, 50, of 1638 Georgia Street, was killed when struck by a speeding hit and run automobile at the intersection of South Park Avenue and Delaware Street shortly after 7 PM Monday. The striking car fled. inquest ordered by County Coroner Peterson.
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William Pahlow
Georgia Street
South Park Avenue
Delaware Street
Strick
Peterson
Kort J. Zentner
Oregort Street
Pahlow
Albert Zimdars
Zimdars
Zentner
Theody
Br. Campbell
City Health Commissinger
Diplomatic Liquor Question Entangles U S Officials
Washington agencies face a maze of technicalities over the Siamese legation liquor seizure. Secretary Kellogg orders a probe and weighs asking the Justice Department for an opinion on transporting liquor to and from ports of entry for embassies and legations. Two Americans were arrested under the Jones Law as investigators seek clarification of diplomatic immunity and customs rules.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Jas
State Department
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Senate
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Milwaukee Socialist
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J.H. Dennhardt
Hollywood
Mexico
Tijuana
Agua Caliente
J. H. Dennhardt
Neenan
Rix
Hoon Fodsy
Auto
Baraboo River
Backstall Observatory
Foch
Kohler
Pilsudsk
William Patilow
Kurt J. Zentner
U. S
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