Passage of $4.8 Billion Tax Cut Nears Vote
Senate leaders expect an overwhelming vote to pass the GOP drafted tax cut totaling about 4.8 billion dollars. Democrats and Republicans weigh amendments as Morse and Langer push changes while Knutson signals House support for a compromise. The bill seeks broad tax reductions and exemptions with a veto looming by President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Fanough
House
T Hey
Sens
Wayne Morse
Ore
William Langer
N. D
Morse
Knutson
Harold Knutson
RR Ming
Ways and Menny Comtrales
Secare Finance
Minister warns on fall of empires and U S future
Rev Calvin J Logan of Kettle Moraine parish told the Waukesha Rotary that history shows great civilizations fall when moral guides fade. He urged the United States to strengthen religious conviction to become a greater nation and warned against complacency after recent wars.
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Calvin J. Logan
Kettle Moraine Parish
Waukesha
Avalon Hotel
Logan
United States
England
Tie
Germany
Mr. Logan
Preachere
Pope Opens Holy Week with Mass in Vatican Hall
Pope Francis conducts a special Holy Week mass in the Constitorial hall before his papal court and personally administers communion to a selected guard of guards and chamberlains including sword and cape bearers.
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Fope
Vatican City
Pope Plus
Lafe
Guarda
Coach's Son Badly Hurt When Struck by Auto
Six year old James Koenig, son of Waukesha high school football coach William Koenig, is in serious condition at Memorial hospital after being struck by a car on Highway 18 near his farm home. Raymond J. Hayes, 30, Milwaukee, was driving about 40 mph when the collision occurred. The boy suffered two broken legs, shock, and a possible skull fracture.
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James Koenig
Waukesha
William Koenig
Memorial Hospital
Koenig
William, Jr
Raymond J. Hayes
Milwaukee
Hayes
Erwin Leverenz
Brookfield
Leverenz
Ts Sturge
St. Paul Avenue
Waukesha Feed Co
St. Paul Ave
Waukesha Farm Supply Co
W. St. Paul Ave
Hunter Fuel and Ice Co
W. St. Paul Are
W. St. Paul Avenue
Racine
Wisconsin
Violence follows U S policy shift in Haifa and Hartuq clashes
In Haifa a Jewish owned truck loaded with explosives exploded in the Arab Quarter with casualties and heavy damage. Battles rose across Hartuq seven miles north of Jerusalem as Arab forces clashed with defending Jewish units, with reports of deaths and wounds on both sides. Maj. Michael Comay stated Arabs were driven off with heavy losses. Conveys from Ataroth and the Dead Sea potash convoy also saw attacks and injuries. Comay asserted the Jewish state exists de facto and that provisional governance steps are underway.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Hartuq
Michael Comay
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Ataroth
Dead Sea
Soub U
Comay
Two Candidates File Nominations In Waukesha Mayoral Race
Robert Smart and George Coutts filed today for the Waukesha mayoral position with City Clerk Nonie Crowley. Cecil Bridges also filed for alderman of the second ward. Lawrence Werner expects to file later. Deadline for nominations is this afternoon at 5 pm. April 6 voters must be registered by 5 pm and polling data will be drawn Wednesday.
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Waukesha
Robert Smart
McCal St
George Coutts
Arcadian
Nonie
Crowley
Edwin Jt. Honevager
Cecil A. Bridges
Mainst
House Approves Temporary Aid for France Italy and Austria
The House voted to provide 55 million dollars in stop-gap relief for France, Italy, and Austria, unanimously after a favorable committee report. The measure, part of a 555 million deficiency bill, moves to the Senate and completes a final installment of the relief program funded last year.
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Washington
House
France
Italy
Austria
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Congress
Refugee Czechs Claim Soviet Control of Jachymov Mines
Czechoslovak refugees say Russia has secretly operated the Jachymov uranium mines for three years. They allege Red Army seizure in 1945, Soviet engineers and thousands of German prisoners, with the area guarded by Czech and Soviet units.
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Frankfurt
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Red Army
Soviet, Asia shift planned if Europe halted
Official sources say Russia plans to move operations to the Far East if penetration in western Europe is checked. Meetings on forming an Asiatic state comintern have been held in Harbin and Calcutta with delegates from Russia, Inner Mongolia, Communist China, India, Pakistan, Indo China, and other nations. The pattern would mirror Europe with three bureaus central to operations and infiltration through youth and local services.
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London
Russia
Far East
Europe
Astatte
Harbin
Manchuria
Calcutta
India
Inner
Mongolia
China
Pakistan
Indo-China
Burma
Indonesia
Malaya
Nepal
Tral
Thes
Buureau
Aller
House Debates 6.2 Billion Foreign Aid Package
The House considers a 6.205 billion dollar single package for foreign aid including 5.3 billion for Europe under the Marshall plan and 570 million for China. The plan also funds Greece and Turkey military aid and UNICEF support. Senate committees push separate bills while debate is slated for three days.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Charles A. Haton
N. J
House
Foreign, Affairs Committee
Eaton
Moscow
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Children's Fund
Europe
Senate
Palestine
Middle East
Cancer Second Leading State Death Cause
Dr. Carl Neupert, Wisconsin state health officer, told 40 doctors at a four day cancer institute at the state university that cancer ranks as the second leading cause of death in Wisconsin. He estimated that 20 percent of boys and 22 percent of girls in the state may face cancer in their lifetimes and said a third to a half of cancer deaths could be preventable. The university received nearly 1,000,000 dollars from the federal government for cancer research.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Carl Neupert
State University
Neupert
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Warm Tuesday With Mild Night
Partly cloudy conditions in Wisconsin tonight then turning warmer on Tuesday. In the north and west portions temperatures ease, with a minimum around 7 am. Yesterday’s high 63 and low 38 compare with last year’s 45 and 27. Local hourly temps show gradual warming.
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Wisconsin
Tax Collections Show High County Tax Remittance
Waukesha residents posted a strong 1947 tax payment rate with 96 percent of levies paid across 13 of 33 precincts. Dousman led at 100 percent, Chenequa not far behind at 99.55, and North Prairie at 98.07. Other localities ranged from 90.82 to 97.70 percent as 16 villages, 16 towns, and two cities contribute.
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Waukesha
Daniel J. Pierner
Pierner
Dousman
Frank Roberts
Chenequa
Eagle
Hartland
Mukwonago
Wales
Carroll Plans 3 Day Program For Second Century
Carroll college announces a three day convocation April 22 24 featuring speaker Congressman Walter Judd Glenn Davis Dr Wilbur Roe moderator Dennis Morgan to discuss higher education goals and the college’s plan for expansion including several building projects in its second century.
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Carroll
Nelson Vance Russell
Carroll College
Presbyterian Church
Walter H. Judd
Minn
Glenn R. Davis
Wis
Wilbur LinRoe
Feneral Assembly
Friends of the College
Russell
Water Pressure Fails During District Pitometer Survey
Water pressure collapsed during a proposed pitometer survey between the Fox River and Buena Vista avenue today. Officials abandoned the attempt and will take measurements from multiple local points rather than a single main service. The district’s water drain was surprising after a 1933 pitometer survey went without issue.
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Fox River
Buena Vista Avenue
Water Department
County Parishes Meet Goal in Charity Drive
Waukesha County parishes in the Catholic Charities campaign to raise 11245 have reached their goal. Arthur P L Kurant district chairman reports nine of twelve parishes surpassed quotas and three others near target expected by midweek. The largest parish is St Josephs of Waukesha.
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Waukesha
Catholic Charities Campaign
Arthur PL Kurant
St. Joseph's of
Wisconsin Warmth Persists With Above Normal Temps
Wisconsin enjoys continued warmth with above normal temperatures forecast through the week. Temperatures reached 63 in Palm Sunday conditions, then dipped before rising again, while rain earlier gave way to clearing skies. Wisconsin Electric Power reports 1947 net income of 5.82 million, down from 6.34 million despite revenue growth.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Superior
Madison
Green Bay
Waukesha County
Moor Baths
Maskie
Pewaukee Lake
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Popcorn incident halts teen buyer at Quincy shop
In Quincy Massachusetts a 15 year old girl Constance Roberts was briefly handcuffed to a popcorn machine after her hand got caught in the delivery hole while purchasing popcorn. Officials say the incident lasted about 15 minutes and no injuries were reported.
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Quincy
Mass
Constance Roberts
Minor Tavern Owner Fined for Serving Minors in Wisconsin
Howard Laabs, 28, Genesee, fined 200 dollars and costs after municipal court found he sold liquor to a minor during a pavilion dance. A minor, Jerome Brietenstein, 19, 319 N Grand Ave, admitted he was the youth involved and was fined 20 dollars and costs for entering a building with liquor. Also, Charles Yeager, 24, 1435 Summit Ave, convicted of drunken driving and fined 50 dollars and costs with license revoked after a crash on Blue Mound Road. Leonard Szpera, 33, Sullivan, fined 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop at an arterial after striking a motorist on Highway 30.
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Sunshine Pavilion
Howard Laabs
Genesee
Arlen D. Young
Laabs
Waukesha County
Jerome Brietenstein
N. Grand Ave
Young
Charles N. Yeager
Summit Ave
Yaeger
Raymond L. Stich
Hales Corners
Blue Mound Rd
Leonard Szpera
Sullivan
Alvin G. Brendemueh
Western
Nicholas A. Mertens
Merrimac
Waukesha
Students Gum Routine at Zoo Jolts Monkeys
In San Antonio Texas students allegedly fed bubble gum to monkeys at the zoo. The gum interfered with the animals windpipes, and zoo director Fred Stark faces a difficult cleanup and unjamming effort.
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San Antonio
Tex
Fred Stark
UN to Air Czech Coup Lake Success Hearing
UN Security Council votes 9 to 2 to grant a public hearing to Jan Papanek the deposed Czech diplomat who accuses Russia of engineering the recent Communist ascent to power in Czechoslovakia.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Jan Papanek
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Deputy Seizes Four Holdup Men Singlehanded
In LaCrosse Wisconsin deputy Carl Smith a 263 pound six foot four officer captured four tavern robbery suspects after chasing them from Brenner's tavern. Smith arrested the men and locked them in his squad car while Sheriff Lamp said rifles and ammunition were found in the car. Investigators planned to question the group about recent local burglaries. one suspect carried $527. All were intoxicated at arrest.
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Brenner
Smith
Medary
Sherriff Vern H. Lamp
Lamp
Two Ex-Convicts Held in Racine for Crimes Here
Four weekend robberies in Waukesha County tied to a roving gang were believed solved with the arrest of two ex-convicts in Racine. Sheriff Lewie P. Rockteacher and Chief Harald Owens led the pursuit. loot totaled 675 dollars.
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Racine
Waukesha County
Lewlie P. Rockteacher
Harald T. Owens
Ex-Michigan inmates held for Waukesha burglary probe
Racine Police identify two former Michigan State inmates, Kenneth Olin 37 and Harry Intracin 31 of Grand Rapids, as suspects in three Waukesha burglaries. They were arrested after a directions stop. Intracin briefly escaped but recaptured. A $500 haul and 21 one hundred dollar bills were found in their panel truck and clothing. Both admitted parolee status from Michigan.
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Racine
Michigan
Waukesha
Kenneth Olin
Harry Intracin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Albert Jensen
Chicago
Jensen
Intracin
Michigan Penitentiary
Czech Clergymen Detained as They Attempt Flight
The interior ministry reports the arrest of Monsignor James Sramek and Father Frantisek Hala at Rakovnik airport while trying to flee abroad. The crackdown targets clergy amid Prague Wa tensions.
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Prague
Interior Ministry
Jam Sramek
Yather Frantisek Hala
Rakovwnik
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