State Capitol News Notes Heading Into Session
Representative David Hunter of Rockford introduces a resolution to create a three veteran committee to push for disability veteran preference in state hires. The Senate confirms Dr Andy Hall as director of the state department of public health and he takes office. Illinois bridges progress on the Florence Illinois river project as high water recedes. Illinois has 1 342 state banks and 484 federal banks under state supervision. Illinois leads in cattle tuberculosis testing per the Washington bureau. Bills on state employee listing and ballot measures move through the Senate and House. The House passes a drainage commissioner vacancy rule and a school attendance repeal bill awaits the governor. Speaker Shanahan is ill at his Chicago home.
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David Hunter
Rockford
Senate
Emmerson
Andy Hall
Vernon
State Department of Public Health
Dr. Hall
Lawmaker Absent From Sessions for Brief Rest
A legislator is unable to attend current sessions due to needing a short rest and will return to the floor after recovery. The absence is noted as temporary and nonpermanent.
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Cage
Attorney General Carlstrom Seeks Chicago Traction Settlement
Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom has received copies of Chicago traction bills offered in the house and senate for an unofficial opinion. He aims to assist toward a legal settlement of the Chicago traction muddle.
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Oscar E. Carlstrom
Chicago Traction
House
Senate
Carlstrom
Senate panel backs Centennial building addition bill
The proposal to construct an addition to the Centennial building, introduced by Senator Earl B. Searcy of Springfield, is expected to pass the senate soon with Governor Emmerson’s backing.
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Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
Senate
Emmerson
Senate OKs $700000 for Centennial building addition
Earl B. Searcy of Springfield steers a $700,000 appropriation to fund an addition to the Centennial building for office use. The measure cleared the senate 27 to 0, backed by Governor Emmerson, and moves to the house.
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Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
Senate
Emmerson
House
Illinois income tax bill aims for fair burden distribution
Earl C. Smith president of the Illinois Agricultural Association said the measure introduced by Senator Simon E. Lantz Congerville is the only pending bill in the Illinois legislature designed to achieve a more equitable tax burden distribution.
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Simon E. Lantz
Congerville
Illinois
Earl C. Smith
Illinois Agricultural Association
Bohrer Bill Advances for Normal School Funding
The senate appropriations committee reported out a bill by Mrs. Florence Fifer Bohrer Bloomington authorizing 4 252 746 dollars for state normal schools. The measure includes raises for improvements at the schools and outlines how funds will be allocated.
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Florence Fifer Bohrer
Bloomington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Illinois Treasurers Funds Earned Interest in February
State Treasurer Omer N. Custer announced February interest totaled 74881.87. The treasury balance on April 1 stood at 39429627.29.
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Illinois
Omer N. Custer
Mrs Flora S Cheney Dies in Chicago
Mrs Flora S Cheney state representative from the fifth senatorial district died suddenly at her Chicago home on April 8.
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Flora S. Cheney
Chicago
Illinois moves to widen school fund and rail cuts considered
The Illinois Commerce Commission approves halving passenger service on the B and O between Springfield and Beardstown. Representative Elbert Waller proposes House Bill 201 to raise the school distributive fund to 13 million dollars to equalize taxes and aid districts. A 1929 crop acreage forecast shows a 6 percent rise from last year, per A J Surratt.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Riilroad
Springfield
Beardstown
Elbert Waller
Tamaroa
Resolution to inspect Lincoln Memorial highway route
Representative Homer J. Tice of Greenview offers a resolution that passed asking the governor to request the highway department inspect the Lincoln Memorial highway route from Hodgensville Kentucky to Beardstown Illinois and designate Illinois part of the proposed hard road.
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House
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Highway Department
Hodgensville
Beardstown
Illinois
Hull Pushes Flood Control Funding in Illinois House
Congressman William E. Hull from Peoria urged Illinois lawmakers to appropriate 8 million dollars for cooperation in the Illinois River project, aligning with federal flood control and inland waterways priorities.
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William E. Hull
Peoria
Illinois House of Representatives
Ilinois River
Illinois Agricultural association seeks soy bean import protections
The Illinois Agricultural association moved to defend Illinois soybean growers by pushing for stronger protections against foreign imports of soybean oil and soybean meal to safeguard local interests and markets.
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Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
Governor Emmerson Bills Pass House For Main Ballot Amendments
Governor Emmerson's three ballot bills to place constitutional amendment proposals on the main ballot rather than extra ballots have cleared the house. The measures were introduced by the administration and await further action.
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Emmerson
House
Senator Barbour Returns to Senate for House Amendments
Senator James J. Barbour of Chicago is returned to the senate for concurrence on amendments added by the house.
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James J. Barbour
Chicago
Senate
House
Illinois Senate Passes McCarthy Bill For Inauguration Fund
The senate approved Representative Frank McCarthy of Elgin for a 13104 dollar appropriation to fund the inauguration of state officials. The American Legion Americanism committee in Illinois calls for a better Lincoln memorial in Springfield.
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Senate
Frank McCarthy
Elgin
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Americanism Committee of the
American Legion
Department of Illinois
Lawmakers propose new highway patrol and safety bills
State legislators introduce bills to replace the state highway patrol with a highway maintenance police unit at 5000 dollars per year. A separate measure would update horse racing regulations, while Rep J W Harris of Chicago pushes a bill to elevate all surface transportation for public safety.
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J. W. Harris
Chicago
Lohmann Bill Seeks 75 000 For Veterans Hospital
A bill by Representative Martin Lohmann of Pekin proposes a 75000 appropriation to expand hospital facilities for veterans at Jacksonville state. The measure targets improved care and expanded capacity for veterans’ medical services.
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Martin Lohmann
Pekin
Jacksonville State
Diabetes mortality soars in Illinois warn against rich foods
Dr Andy Hall state director of health cited a forty per cent rise in diabetes prevalence and deaths rising from 1000 to 1500 per year in Illinois over the last decade. He warned against over indulging in rich foods and lack of exercise as preventive measures.
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Illinois
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
A. J. Surratt
Andy Hall
Hall
Woman's eight hour bill advances in committee
By a 17 to 9 vote the house industrial affairs committee reports favorably on the eight hour bill introduced by Mrs. Lottie Holman O Neill. Representative Rena Elrod of Chicago has filed a teachers pension act proposing retirement after 15 years. Illinois ranks third in factory product value and fourth in wage earners per Chicago Association of Commerce figures.
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House
Lottie Holman O’neill
Rena Elrod
Chicago
Illinois
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Everingham surveys state farms for self sufficiency
A. C. Everingham of Hutsonville, farm garden and dairy consultant for the state welfare department, conducts a comprehensive survey of all state owned farms with the goal of making state institutions self sustaining in food supplies.
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A. C. Everingham
Hutsonville
State Welfare Department
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