Cigarette tax measure gains preliminary Senate approval
In Madison a cigarette tax referendum bill won preliminary Senate approval by 17 to 14. Supporters led by Sen John E Cashman and Sen Howard Teasdale argued smoking is a public menace, while Sen Walter S Goodland warned of an entering wedge against tobacco. The session also rejected a heavy license fee on oleomargarine by 19 to 12 and adjourned to reconvene after a call for absent members, with debates set to continue on both measures.
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Madison
Senate
Teasdale
John E. Cashman
Howard Teasdale
Walter
Goodland
Seven Pines State Park
Polk county
Effort to Discontinue Secrecy Rule Reported
A convoluted note outlines a Senate Rules hearing on secrecy rules. The piece mentions Senator Len Mallon and a former secretary, suggesting a renewed push by a group within the Rules Committee to curb secrecy and press for action. The story hints at ongoing investigations and calls for broader accountability, with references to a press association and a forthcoming continuation on page six.
Hall Missing From Desk In State Senate
Madison Wis United Press reports a senate call requiring attendance of all absent members and a statewide search for Senator Elmer S Hall of Green Bay. Hall has been missing from Madison for ten days. efforts to locate him in the last 48 hours failed. The Casperson and Carroll park bills were set as special orders, funded by an income surtax over 3000 dollars, opposed by conservatives. Senator Goodland led the call and warned he would not support a vote until Hall arrived.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
senate
Wisconsin
Elmer S. Hall
Green Bay
Hall
Casperson
Seven Pines park
Polk county
Carroll
Northern Lakes
W. 8
Goodland
Kersten Oil Inspector Prepares Resignation
State Oil Inspector Frank L. Kersten is preparing to resign, effective when Governor Kohler appoints a successor. He would not confirm the report that a resignation was requested, saying only that they would discuss it later.
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Madison
Frank L. Kersten
Kohler
Kersten
Distinguish Between Law And Commandments-Child
United Press reports Richard Washburn Child calls for the Hoover administration’s law enforcement commission to separate norma laws from governmental commandments. He warns that conflating social will with written law could erode respect for law and hinder enforcement.
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New York
Richard Washburn Child
National Crime Commission
United States
Italy
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
National Law Enforcement commission
Child
Tetrazzini Separated From Boy Husband By Rome Court
Rome reports Madame Luisa Tetrazzini the famed soprano and her male spouse Pietro Vernati, nearly 40 years younger, have ended their marriage. The Rome tribunal granted a degree of legal separation after a marriage lasting under three years. Vernati, described as another Valentino, is not yet 25.
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United Press
Rome
Luisa Tetrazzini
Pietro Vernati
Valentino
Lions Await Big Convention Here In 1930
Sheboygan was chosen as the 1930 convention city of Lions International for the Wisconsin district after the 1929 Milwaukee gathering. Retiring President Verne Nichols and President-Elect George Juckem extended the invitation on behalf of the Sheboygan Lions club. Local officers said they will plan a program fitting Sheboygan’s hospitable convention reputation.
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Lions International
Milwaukee
Sheboygan Lions club
Verne Nichols
George Juckem
Lions of
den
Dry Officers Aid Smuggling From Canada
W D Euler minister of internal revenue told the house of commons that liquor cargoes from Canada reached US ports day and night with little interference and sometimes with enforcement aid. He defended Canada’s refusal to withhold clearance papers and said Canada is helping the US stop liquor traffic, noting the problem is of the US making. He described a voyage on a vessel engaged in liquor traffic near a US port.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. D. Euler
internal revenue
house of commons
United States
Victim Of Hit And Run Driver Still In Hospital
Erwin Vergoune, 13, remained in serious condition at St Nicholas Hospital after a hit and run on the Hingham road early Saturday. The driver, believed to be in a Chevrolet, was not identified by the victim who regained consciousness. Sheriff L C Tasche continued the hunt as clues yielded no result.
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Erwin Vergoune
Hingham road
St. Nicholas hospital
L. C. Tasche
Refueling Flight Extends Endurance Mission Near Fort Worth
R L Robbins and James Kelly, commercial aviators, entered the fourth day of their endurance flight in a single motor monoplane at Fort Worth. By 11 33 a m they reached 72 hours aloft, aiming to break the 150 hour world record for sustained flight set by the tri motor Question Mark. Weather disrupted other endurance attempts as a large army bomber conducted a New York bombing test and two trans Atlantic hops faced fog and delays.
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. L. Robbins
James Kelly
Associated Press
New York
Wright Field
Dayton
Governor’s Island
New York harbor
Washington
Bolling Field
Uniontown
Texas
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Louis Croody
Victor Groenen
Returns 4 Dimes Stolen Years Ago
Kenosha Wisconsin reported four dimes mailed to Hyman Wofsy in his restaurant. Four years earlier a stranger took four dimes left on the counter to pay for lunch and vanished. A letter signed A Traveler accompanied today’s four dimes apologizing and saying the thief has settled his stake.
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Kenosha
Wis
Hyman Wofsy
Wofsy
Ship Destroyed In Nevada Fire Narrow Escape
Oakland reports say a tri motor Boeing Air Transport plane carrying seven passengers and two pilots was destroyed by fire four miles west of Selko Nevada. Chief Pilot Augh Barker landed the flaming craft safely. The left wing burned but all aboard escaped unharmed.
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Oakland
Calif
Boeing Air Transport company
Selko
Nev
Augh Barker
Salt Lake City
Barker
Abe Warner
Boeing
Elko
Tunney and Lauder deny divorce claims in $500000 suit
A Connecticut court action seeks $500,000 from Gene Tunney by Katherine Fogarty alleging a broken promise of marriage. The Lauder family denies the claim, stating prior discussion found no merit. An attachment was placed on Tunney’s 90 acre North Stamford estate as bank searches were conducted.
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New York
Katherine King Fogarty
Gene Tunney
Lauder
Fogarty
Tunney
Michael F. Ryan
Stamford
Conn
Bridgeport
Ryan
John
Gene) Tunney
Hot Springs
Explosion From Kerosene Spill Burns 15 Year Old Girl
Miss Celia Nelesen of North Twenty sixth street suffered extensive burns when an oil can exploded while she poured kerosene into a kitchen range at 1 p m. She, with hair singed and clothes burned off, was aided by neighbor Lester Heiden and Mrs Heitzmann and rushed to St Nicholas hospital in critical condition. The accident occurred while she was helping at her aunt’s home on Superior avenue and North Twenty first street with two young cousins in the house.
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Celia WNelesen
N. Twenty-sixth street
St. Nicholas hospital
Lester Heiden
Joseph Kaufmann
Superior avenue
N. Twenty-first street
Assembly Rejects Semiannual Tax Payment Bill
By close margin of 44 to 43 the Wisconsin assembly killed the Carow measure to permit semi annual payment of taxes. The senate still has two bills on the same subject awaiting consideration with Senator W S Keppel introducing a substitute to address objections in the original bill.
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Holmes
Madison
Wis
assembly
senate
W. 5
Keppel
Holmen
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