Illinois Legislature Debates Gas Tax and 48 Hour Work Week
Senate struck a two cent gas tax bill from the calendar while a modified version would refund half revenues to counties for roads. Starr's 48 hour week for women passes the senate and heads to the house. Former State Senator Albert C. Clark dies in Los Angeles. Clabaugh resigns as state superintendent of paroles as a parole board is created. Flood and storm relief seeks 1 million with a seven member governor appointed commission. Oscar Carlstrom visits President Coolidge at the White House.
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Senate
Meents
House Committee On Roads
Starr
O’neill
House
Albert C. Clark
Chicago
Los Angeles
California
Clark
Harry Starr
Joint
Small
Illinois Flood and
Weber Resolution Seeks Probe of Illinois Anti Saloon League
A resolution by Representative Charles H. Weber of Chicago to appoint a seven member committee to investigate the Illinois Anti Saloon League was reported out with a favorable recommendation by the committee on license and miscellany.
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Charles H. Weber
Chicago
Illinois
Anti-Saloon League
Bills reshape state control of roads and veterans programs
Senator Barr backs a bill giving the state control of roads built by cities and villages as part of the highway system. Judge Angus W Kerr, longtime UMWA chief counsel and recent state crime commission member, died after an appendectomy. Senate bills supported by the American Legion fund soldiers' children at Normal and allow children of military families to attend public schools without tuition. Public works head Colonel Miller announces extended Lincoln Home visiting hours. Quo warranto bill to bar suits against constitutional officers passes the house after Senate passage. Miss Anna May Price notes additional actions.
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Barr
Senate
Angus W. Kerr
Field
Attorn
Oscar E. Carlstrom
State Crime Commission
Kerr
United Mine Workers of America
Earl B. Seacy
American Legion
Nois
Illinois
United States Army
State Department of Public Welfare
Normal
Illinois Library Extension Board Reports Public Card Use
The Illinois Library Extension board notes 24 percent of state residents hold public library cards totaling 1,228,869. Cardholders borrowed an average of one volume annually. A senate bill by Rodney B. Swift to sterilize inmates in state institutions passed by a bare majority and moves to the house. Senator Norman Flagg’s bill repealing the circuit judges' pension act was defeated.
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Ilinois
Senate
Rodney B. Swift
House
Circuit Judges
Norman Flagg
Resentment over Bill 727 Halts Illinois Fisheries Reform
Statewide opposition to House Bill No. 727 grows after erroneous reports claim it raises the fishing case fee from fifty cents to three dollars. The measure, led by Mrs. Mary C. McAdams of Quincy, would limit pole and line licenses for residents and boost nonresident fees, while tightening hoop net restrictions to curb destructive commercial methods.
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Mary C. McAdams
Quincy
Ilinois
Illinois
State House Actions Move Gas Tax and Trade Bills
Lawmakers amended a gasoline tax bill to allocate 50 percent of revenue to counties for road work or retiring bonds. Representative A Otis Arnold saw the measure advance. Thomas Fekete's bills on state control of mutual benefit societies passed the house, with oversight by the Department of Trade and Commerce.
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A. Otis Arnold
House Committee On Roads and Bridges
House
Thomas Fekete
Muual
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Senate income tax bill advances from House panel
The income tax measure that cleared the Senate moved out of the House Revenue Committee with a favorable recommendation, signaling progress toward a floor vote.
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Senate
House Revenue Committee
Illinois Senate passes death penalty funding bill for Joliet case
The state pays Will county 20 997 50 for prosecuting six Joliet death row convicts in the Deputy Warden Klein murder case. The measure, introduced by Rep John M Jencoe Joliet, advances to the Governor Small. The eight hour day bill for women, Starrs measure, also clears the senate after House support. Lottie Holman ONeill will lead the fight for the Starr bill. C W Cushing of Peoria becomes United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois.
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Joliet
Klien
John M. Jencoe
Senate
Small
House Committee On Industrial Affairs
Starr
Lottie Holman O’neill
C. W. Cushing
Peoria
J. E. McClure
Carlinville
United States
Ilinois
Regular City Meeting Discusses Bonds and Ordinances
City council held Friday night session with all members present. A special election is set for Monday June 27 to decide on bonds for municipal light improvement. The council forbids fireworks sales and urges citizens to cut weeds and inspect out-buildings.
Clinton Illinois Hard Road Gap To Close
A Clinton public works update says a road gap between Clinton and the south and a short northern strip should be finished within about three weeks. The contractor reported south end completed Tuesday and north end near completion after twenty four hours of work, easing public concern during ongoing litigation over the Clinton gap.
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Clinton
Illinois
Ae Vallow
Second U.S. Plane Completes Nonstop Atlantic Flight
A second U.S. plane carried two men from New York to Berlin on a non stop crossing. The visitors are guests of Germany and treated as heroes according to the issue’s logs from the daily press.
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New York
Berlin
Daily Press
Germany
Vernon Band to Stage Second Friday Concerts
The Vernon Band presents a complete program for tonight's second concert under Director Fred Brown. The group has been active for months and local citizens are urged to support the Friday performances, likely with help from the Business Men in meeting expenses.
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Register
Vernon Band
Fred Brown
Vernon
Local Notes on Travel and Ads Highlight Wichita Falls Visitors
Frank E Brandebury and family from Wichita Falls Texas visit the Parks families this week before a Michigan vacation. Mrs G A Ellis and Mrs Madalene Porter travel in the Ellis Chevrolet to Binney to visit G A Ellis. Altoms advertises screen wire springs hinges and fixtures. A Cort Widger cattle sale at Vernon is noted in the issue.
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Frank E. Brandebury
Wichita Falls
Texas
Parks
Michigan
Altoms
G. A. Ellis
Madalene Porter
Binney
Cort Widger
Vernon
Widger
Illinois Weekly Industrial Review Highlights Mergers and Growth
Chicago merges four ice firms into Lincoln Boyle Ice Company with assets of 6 million dollars. Chicago reports net gain of 57 306 telephones in 1926. Springfield announces construction of New Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the city.
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Chicago
Lincoln-Boyle Ice Company
Springfield
Immaculate Conception
Altoms Offers Hats Candies and Household Goods
The Patoka area shop Altoms features straw hats and sun hats, canned goods, coffee, curtain scrim, underwear, and candy deals. Local families and visitors frequent the store, with notes on weather and community events and people passing through.
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Pareles
Hinton G. Clabaugh
John Dailey
Oria
Clabaugh
Office of Supervisor of Paroles
Parole Board
Oscar Carlstrom
President Coolidge
White House
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Patoka
C. R. Miller
Public Works and Buildings
Abraham Lincoln
Eghth
Jackson Streets
Anna May Price
Langenfeld Motor Company
N. Poplar ST
Department of Education
Illinois State Normal University
Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College
Charleston
Western Illinois State Teachers’ College
Macomb
Northern Illinois State Teachers’ College
DeKalb
Southern Illinois State Teachers’ College
Carbondale
Normal School
Cook County
Small’s
Capital
Labor
Frederick R. DeYoung
Illinois Supreme Court
Phi Delta Phi
International Legal Fraternity
University of Chicago Law School
William Sneed
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Len Small
Charles G. Briggle
Fred E. Sterling
Williams
Jewell
Lewistown
Lantz
Congerville
Ben Lith
Pekin
A. S. Cuthbertson
Tam Hill
Randolph Boyd
T. J. Sullivan
U. S
Atlantic
Illinois Weekly Industrial Review
Altome
Alice Murfin
George Willett, Jr
Sholconier
Shell
Davenport
Patoka Hdn
Furn. Ca
Centralia High School
Deneen Smith
Emily Ford
Helen Troyer
Dorothy Logan
Irene
Thelma Hopkins
Dorothy Wasem
U. of I
Tom Gray
Colene
Alton
Fred Carter
John W. Thompson
Lee Martin
John Nattier
Frank McConnell
East St. Louis
B. V. Crosby
Dr. DuComb
Kahlert
Carlyle
Sherman
Treasury
United States Treasury
Furth
Federal Reserve Bank
A. W. Mellon
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