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IssueVol. 004 Issue 001 (January 6 1940)
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Paid articleFARM INCOME OFF 13 PER CENT UNDER G. O.
Farm Income Off 13 Per Cent Under G. O. Wisconsin's Recod Worst in Mid-West 2nd Poorest in U.S. Farm Income in All States Around Wisconsin in Far Superior Condition, Survey Shows FARM income in...
Paid articleSTATE POLITICS
Revell, Aldric
State Politic Political Thrills Voters Ponder Decide to Sleep TBy ALDRIC REYELL AS battered 1939 dragged its weary feet towards a well deserved grave, this writer conceived the ica over a Tom and...
Paid articleSTATE TREASURY VIRTUALLY BANKRUPT AFTER ONE YEAR OF REPUBLICAN SPENDING
State Treasury Virtually Bankrupt After One Year of Republican Spending General Fund Declines to Lowest Point in History THE condition of the state treasury's general fund— after one year of...
Paid articleWDA'S SERVICES CONTINUED FOR STATE FARMERS
WD A's Services Continued For State Farmers 1,595 Miles of Country Lines Now Under Construction THE Wisconsin Development Authority is still "a going organization." although it operated during...
Paid articleHEIL, WIFE ARE ON MOTOR TRIP THROUGH SOUTH
Heil, Wife Are on Motor Trip Through South GOV. and Mrs. Julius P. Heil left this week for a vacation trip to the south. Mrs. Heil has been in poor health for some time. With the Heils are Mr. and...
Paid articleHIGHWAY DEPT. DIVISION POINTS MAY BE MOVED
Highway Dept. Division Points Mar Be Moved August Frey, director of the departmental research bureau indicated today that division olflces of the highway commission at Superior and La Crosse might...
Paid articleHANDLEY, LABOR SECRETARY BLASTS G. O. P. SALES TAX PROGRAM, FAKE ECONOMY
Hundley,Labor Secretary Blasts G. O. P. Sales Tax Program, Fake Economy Statement Also Assails Anti-Labor Laws of Regime THE Republican administration's sales tax philosophy and its budget...
Paid articleHEIL INDICATES DESIRE TO SEEK ANOTHER TERM
Heil Indicates Desire to Seek Another Term 'Two Years Not Enough to Clarify the Situation' GOV. JULIUS P. HEIL indicated last week that he is anxious to run for re-election this year in order to...
Paid articleTORY COALITION OFFICIAL NAMED CIRCUIT JUDGE
Tory Coalition Official Named Circuit Judge ROLAND J. STEINLE. prominent Milwaukee Republican, was handed an $8,000 a year appointment as circuit court judge by Gov. Heil this week. Steinle, who...
Paid articleGOP 'ECONOMY' BOOMERANGS IN AUTO LICENSES
GOP'Economy' Boomerangs in Auto Licenses Registrations Drop Off By Nearly Half in December THE Republican administration's "economy" moves in the field of automobile registration have boomeranged...
Paid articleLEAVES GIVEN TO 12 IN STATE HIGHWAY DEPT.
Leaves Given To 12 In State Highway Dept. The state highway commission has given 1-year leaves of absence to 12 of its permanent employes in four divisional offices in order to ease the employment...
Paid articleREPUBLICANS ROW BITTERLY OVER PRESIDENTIAL SLATE
RepublicansRow Bitterly Over Presidential Slate Don't Wash Dirty Linen in Public, Heil Lrges GOP REPUBLICAN party strategists, who have become alarmed at the growing unpopularity of the Heil...
Paid articleGOP PREPARING BIG DIVERSION OF ROAD FUND
GOP Preparing Big Diversion of Road Fund FIRST steps toward large-scale diversion of state highway funds were taken by the Republican administration this week when it announced a proposed reduction...
Paid articleSTATE COLLECTS $1,151,914 IN CIGARET TAXES
State Collects $1,151,914 In Cigaret Taxes JOHN ROACH, chief of the beverage tax division, announced last week that a total of $1,151,914 had been collected from the two cents a pack cigaret tax...
Paid articleOF NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE AND POLITICAL HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK AND FACTS OF INTEREST TO READERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE IN WISCONSIN
ge of National Progressive and Political Headline News of the Week Ernies and Facts of Interest to Readers of The Progressive in Wisconsin A Decalogue Of Resolutions For 1940 —If We Would Only...
Paid articleVILLARD ON THE WAR
Villard, Oswald Garrison
Villard on the War By OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD [EDITOR'S NOTE—This is another in a scries of articles and cable dispatches by Mr. Villard, one of America's most distinguished Journalists, on the...
Paid articleASSOCIATED FARMERS WERE FINANCED BY BIG BUSINESS, VIEW
Associated Farmers Were Financed By Big Business, View Corporations Gave Freely, Probe Reveals SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Hearings of the La Follette senate civil liberties committee have proved that it...
Paid articleSESSION TO SEE ATTACK ON LIBERAL LAWS BY REACTION
Session To See Attack On Liberal Laws By Reaction Congress Meets to Dehate Many Changes WASHINGTON, D. C—Liberals and Progressives in the session of congress which convened here this week will...
Paid articleHIGH WAGES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS PROSPERITY BASIS, REPORT CLAIMS
High Wages, Collective Bargaining Is Prosperity Basis, Report Claims Apex Planning Case Appeal to Supreme Court PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The Apex Hosiery Co., denied Its petition for a rehearing in the...
Paid articleST. PAUL PROGRESSIVES PREPARE FOR COMING CAMPAIGN; ADOPT LIBERA
St. Paul Progressives Prepare for Coming Campaign; Adopt Libera 500 Delegates At Meet; List Their Planks Housing, Work Relief, Education Are in Demands ST. PAUL, Minn.—Four hundred delegates...
Paid articlePOLITICS
Polities Notes from Here and There About Solons and Citizens By OBSERVER INDIANS TOO LAX? REMARKS the Washington Post: "This country might not be in the mess it's in if the Indians had had...
Paid articlePSC EMPLOYES, INSURANCE MAN TOP SECRETARY EXAM
PSC Employes lnsurance Man Top Secretary Exam Allow Law Finn Claim Against Buck man Co. Miles C. Riley, referee In bankruptcy, last week allowed a claim of $5,220.96 made by the law firm of...
Paid articleBROWDER, OTHERS AS SOVIET RUSSIA IS DISCUSSED AT A. S. U. CONVO IN MEMORIAL UNION
Hmes Browder, Others As Soviet Russia Is Discussed At A. S. U. Convo In Memorial Union Earl Browder. general secretary of the Communist party In the United States, addressed a forum held by the...
Paid articleTHE EDITOR SAYS
Evjue, William T.
THE EDITOR SAYS Bv WILLIAM T. EVJUE THE PROGRESSIVE has never held any brier for the American press. The bound files of this newspaper will reveal many editorials attacking the delinquencies of...
Paid articleBROWDER, NO. I U. S. COMMUNIST, CALLS WARON FINLANDA RED 'DEFENSE MOVE'
Browder, No. 1 U. S. Communist, Calls War on Finland a Red 'DefenseMove'' 1929 era in utility financing. From the modest position of manager of the Madison Gas and Electric company |back near the...
Paid articleWHAT LOW COST TV A CURRENT MEANS TO CONSUMERS
What Low Cost TVA Current Means To Consumers [AN EDITORIAL] "PUBLIC ownership in the area sup-plied by the Tennessee Valley Authority—the TVA—is paying big dividends to the consumer. Because of...
Paid articleWHAT CO-OPS ARE DOING
What Co-ops Are Doing Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement CO-OP LEAGUE SEWS SERVICE NEW YORK CITY—Insurance executives and the National Association of Insurance Agents which launched an...
Paid articleTVA IN PROFIT OVER 6 YEARS OF OPERATION
TVA in Profit Over 6 Years of Operation WASHINGTON, D. C — Power operations of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 12 months ending June 30 produced a net income of $1,479,-000 giving the TVA a...
Paid articleTRADE UNDER THE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Trade Under The Trade Agreements [By EDITORIAL RESEARCH REPORTS) SO FAR as the trade statistics Indicate, the 20 Hull reciprocity agreements now In effect have reduced the average Import duty of...
Paid articleNATIONAL INCOME NEAR 70 BILLION
National Income Near 70 Billion [AN EDITORIAL] THE whole philosophy of the Roose-velt administration has been to spend for recovery in order to stimulate business and industry and bring about an...
Paid articleFORTUNE POLL SHOWS FDR IS LEADER
Fortune Poll Shows FDR Is Leader BAD NEWS for the Republican party la found in the latest Fortune Survey of public opinion, which shows that Franklin D. Roosevelt would receive more votes now for...
Paid articleTHE PEOPLE'S FORUM
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM—A Full Page of Letters from Progressive Readers GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW, TO UTTER, AND TO ARGUE FREELY ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL LIBERTIES.-MMAON. Short...
Paid articleTHE PROPER GRAB FOR HEIL COLONELS
The Proper Garb for Heil Colonels (From The Manitowoc Herald-Times) GOV. HEIL and his aides can be expected to be, interested in the news item in last night's Herald-Times outlining the proper...
Paid articleGREEN VISIONS LABOR HOPE IN THE NEW YEAR
Green Visions Labor Hope in the New Year Cheerful Over Outlook, AFL Leader Says in Statement WASHINGTON, D. C—Labor can prepare for 1940 in a "courageous and optimistic spirit," American...
Paid articlePRAISE FOR CONDUCT OF SENATE PROBE
Praise for Conduct of Senate Probe [From the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE] THE reporters—the official ones and the newsmen—marveled at the speed and expediency of the La Follette Civil Liberties...
Paid articleWHAT WE CAN DO FOR FINLAND
Knox, Col. Frank
What We Can Do For Finland [By COL. FRANK KNOX In The CHICAGO DAILY NEWS]THERE has been a sudden revival of American interest in the war In Europe. It was provoked by the lirutal attack of...
Paid articleLEWIS THINKS YEAR OF 1940 TO BE CRUCIAL
Lewis Thinks Year of 1940 to Be Crucial (JO Chief Says Labor Must Turn From War Abroad WASHINGTON, D. C—Labor believes that American problems must be settled by American methods and that we "must...
Paid articleLABOR PARTY IN NEW YORK HAS SOLONS AGENDA
Labor Party in New York Has Solons Agenda NEW YORK CITY—A recommendation for the enactment of a state wa»e-hour law that would set up a maximum 40-hour work week and a minimum pay rate of 40 cents...
Paid articleTRAGIC STORY OF MIGRATORY WORKERS TOLD
Tragic Story Of Migratory Workers Told WASHINGTON, D. C—The plight of migratory farm workers received recognition last week in the annual report of Dr. W. W. Alexander, administrator of the Farm...
Paid articleNEWS VIEWS AND REVIEWS
News Views and Reviews Editorial Opinions from the Press of the Nation Profit Of Corporations In Gain Of 71 Per Cent (Publicity Of The Democratic National Committee) REPUBLICAN candidates for...
Paid articleIS MR.OPSTEDAL PROTECTING CIVIL SERVICE-OR HIS OWN JOB?
Is Mr. Opstedal Protecting Civil Service—Or His Own Job? A T a year-end press interview last week, Gov. Heil indicated that ne will probably keep A. J. Opsteda! as acting director of the bureau of...
Paid articleAS THE CROW FLIES
Meyer, Ernest L.
As the Crow Flies By ERNEST L. MEYERTHE year just ended brought more than its normal quota of catastrophe. Yet the wars and wastage have called forth, also, more than the average quantity of...
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