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IssueVol. 004 Issue 005 (February 3 1940)
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Paid articleHEIL 'ECONOMICS' RAISING LOCAL TAX LOADS
Heil 'Economies' Raising Local Tax Loads State 'Savings' Mean New Taxes On Real Estate, Study Shows G. O. P. Type of 'Economy' In Reality Only a Shifting of Burdens, Counly Boards Group...
Paid articleSTATE POLITICS
Revell, Aldric
State Politics Heil's Trip Oleo Tax Hornet's Nest [By ALDR1C REVELL HISTORY will probably record that by taking a two-weeks southern vacation in January, Gov. Heil signed his name at the end ol...
Paid articleAMMON REFUSES TO BACK HEIL'S DEMAND FOR REPEAL OF OLEOMARGARINE TAX
Ammon Refuses to Back Heil's Demand for Repeal Of Oleomargarine Tax Ag Directors Statement Ignores Governor's Promises DESPITE Gov. Heil's repeat-ed demands for repeal of the Wisconsin tax on...
Paid articleSNOOPER STAFF CLIPS STATE FOR $50,000 A YEAR
Snooper Staff Clips State For $50,000 a Year THE Republican administration's research department, known generally as the "snoopers' bureau." has grown so fast that it now has an annual payroll of...
Paid articleWISCONSIN HAS FINEST RECORD IN DEBT RELIEF
Wisconsin Has Finest Record In Debt Relief FARM indebtedness was scaled down more in Wisconsin during the 1933-1939 period than in any other state in the union, according to an official U. S....
Paid articlePHIL MUM ON PLAN TO ENTER GOVERNOR RACE
Phil Mum on Plan to Enter Governor Race MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Former Gov. Philip F. La Follette, interviewed here following a conference at which a new Milwaukee county Progressive party organization was...
Paid articleSECOND SUPPLY OF PARTY BOOKS GOING RAPIDLY
Second Supply of Party Books Going Rapidly THE second batch of the Progressive parly's pamphlet, "Wisconsin Pays the Price," Is being exhausted rapidly, it was reported this week. Some individual...
Paid articleSTAFFORD DENIES HEIL CLAIM OF SAVING MONEY
Stafford Denies Heil Claim of Saving Money CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis.—Harold E. Stafford, shaking at the silver anniversary meeting ot the Chippewa Falls Kiwanis club last week challenged Gov. Heil's...
Paid articlePHIL ASSAILS PARADOX OF POVERTY AMIDST PLENTY
Phil Assails Paradox of Poverty Amidst Plenty Says U. S. Banking and Credit in Need of Modernization CHICAGO — Former Gov. Philip La Follette of Wisconsin, in an address before the Young Men's...
Paid articleBOB CONFERS ON AG NEEDS OF WISCONSIN
Bob Confers On Ag Needs Of Wisconsin Stale's Farm Problems Aired at Meeting of Leaders SEN. ROBERT M. La FOL-lette Jr. discussed Wisconsin agricultural problems at a conference with state farm...
Paid articleNELSON CLAIMS HEIL BROKE ALL HIS PROMISES
Nelson Claims Heil Broke All His Promises Flays 'Milk - Squirting Governor' at Progressive Club Meeting Gov. Heil, the state's "milk-squirting" governor, has broken every single campaign pledge he...
Paid articleDINNEEN CAN NEVER GO TO TRIAL, IS EDICT
Dimieen Can Never Go to Trial, Is Ediet William M. Dinneen's heart ailment is so serious that "his being brought to trial is out of the question, either now or at any future date." Dr. Hugh P....
Paid articleMAY HOLD TRIAL OF BUCKMAN CO. MEN IN MADISON
May Hold Trial Of BuckmanCo. Men in Madison Trial of 11 former officials and employes ol the defunct B. E. Buck-man & Co. will probably be held in Madison federal court but not before the latter...
Paid articlePROGRESSIVES FORM NEW UNIT IN MILWAUKEE
Progressives Form New Unit In Milwaukee MILWAUKEE county Progress cs formed new organization last week at a meeting which had Bob and Phil La Follette as priiu -pal speakers. The new organitation,...
Paid articleUNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, RURAL LEADERS MINGLE AS FARM AND HOME WEEK OPENS ON U. W. CAMPUS
University Professors, Rural Leaders Mingle As Farm and Home Week Opens on V. W. Campus Hundreds of Wisconsin farm folks crowded Ihe auditorium and corridors of agricultural hall on the university...
Paid articleMYSTERIOUS NEW TAXPAYER ORGANIZATION IS FORMED HERE: DIRECTOR IS MUM
Parker, Cedric
Mysteriously NewTaxpayer Organization Is Formed Here: Director Is Mum Refuses to Reveal Source of Funds; Four Field Representatives Are Working in State; "Formal Statement" Promised By CEDRIC...
Paid articleHERE'S FARMER-LABOR-PROGRESSIVE FEDERATION PLATFORM
Here's Farmer-Labor-Progressive Federation Platform RUNNING in the Milwaukee city election in April on the Farmer-Labor-Progressive federation platform are Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, Paul Gauer,...
Paid articleEXPLAINS PLAN FOR DIVIDING PROBATION DEPT.
Explains Plan For Dividing ProbationDept. The state bureau of probation and parole probably will maintain a central office in Madison and establish only supervisory centers elsewhere, Albert F....
Paid articleTHE NEW '400' WHO GOT SALARIES OVER $75,000
The New '400' Who Cot Salaries Over $75,000 THE PROGRESSIVE has ob-tained a complete list of the 400 persons in the United States who received $75,000 or more in salary and other compensation from...
Paid articleBOOK LAUDS 'OLD BOB'S' FIGHT AGAINST RAILROADS
Book Lauds 'Old Bob's' Fight Against Railroads Job Fund Rule May Cost State Cos. $250,000 100 Affected, But Board May Rescind Compensation Decision Some hope was held out in Wash- | ington this...
Paid articleFREY TO ASK ACTION AGAINST ROAD OFFICIALS
Frey to Ask Action Against Road Officials August Frey. director of the departmental research bureau, said last week he would soon submit to Gov. Heil his filial report on the highway investigation...
Paid articleGOV. JOHNSON OF MISSISSIPPI URGES POLL TAX REPEAL IN SURPRISE MOVE
Gov. Johnson of Mississippi Urges Poll Tax Repeal in Surprise Move Would Give Voting Right To Thousands in Low Income Group JACKSON, Miss.—In his inaugural address, Gov. Paul B. Johnson advocated...
Paid articleHIGH COST OF FARM MACHINERY IS TOLD IN AG COLLEGE BULLETIN FOR FARMERS
High Cost Of Farm Machinery Is Told In Ag College Bulletin For Farmers Federal Trade Commis-sion Investigation Cited by Staff Members ARE farm machinery prices too high? This is the question...
Paid articlePOLITICS
Politics Notes from Here ami There About Solons and Citizens {By 'OBSERVER'] MORRIS-FDR-WHEELER SEN. GEORGE W. NORRIS, veteran Nebraska Progressive, said last week that he would support Sen....
Paid articleMERIT RATING' FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOUGHT BY N. Y. LABOR
'Merit Rating' For Unemployment Insurance Fought by N. Y. Labor Would Disrupt Jobs of Many Workers, Is Claim NEW YORK CITY—The State Industrial Union Council (CIO), representing 700,000...
Paid articleWISCONSIN UTILITIES ASSN. IS AGENCY WHICH SOUGHT TO EDIT SCHOOL BOOKS
Holmburg, Charles W.
Wisconsin Utilities Assn. Is Agency Which Sought To Edit School Books What is the Wisconsin Utilities assochtion, the organization that recently donated $20,000 to the University of Wisconsin for...
Paid articlePUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOTES
Public Ownership Notes THE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP LEAGUE OF AMERICA (127 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111.) STRENUOUS efforts are being made by the private power companies and other reactionary...
Paid articleMR. WILLKIE CALLED WALL ST. 'HAMLET'
Mr. Willkie Called Wall St. 'Hamlet' Power Trust Boss Gets "Kidding" For Dramatics WASHINGTON, I). C—Wendell L Willkie, president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp., was dubbed the "Hamlet of...
Paid articleMR. WENDELL WILLKIE ISN'T FUNNY
Mr. Wendell Willkie Isn't Funny (From THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL| WENDELL WILLKIE, utility head and once mentioned by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson as potential timber for the presidency, tries to be facetious....
Paid articleWHAT CO-OPS ARE DOING
What Co-ops Are Doing Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement CO-OP REFINERY BEGINS PHILLIPSBURG, Kan.—The cracking plant of the Co-operative Refinery association began operations last week,...
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.-MILTOK A New...
Paid articleA ROOM OF OUR OWN
Follette, Isabel Bacon La
A Room of Our Own Miss Lenroot's Report Parents' Responsibility Formal Religious Training By ISABEL BACON LA FOLLETTE LAST week, you will recall, we discussed points in Miss Katherine Lenroot's,...
Paid articleSEN. WHEELER URGES MINERS TO RISIST WAR
Sen. Wheeler Urges Miners To Resist War Red Flag Trick Played at Convo During Lewis Talk COLUMBUS, O.—Sen. Burton K. Wheeler ID., Mont.), in an address before the golden jubilee convention of the...
Paid articleTHE EDITOR SAYS
Evjue, William T.
The Editor Says By WILLIAM T. EVJUEWHEN Gov. Heil, during the last session of the legislature, came forward with the largest budget in the history of the state, his political supporters and...
Paid articleLIBERALS 'SOLD OUT' BY USSR, HOLMES CLAIMS
Liberals 'Sold Out' by USSR, Holmes Claims Noted New York Minister Denounces Current Red Tactics NEW YORK CITY—Declaring that he had not only been "deceived but sold out" by Russia in its alliance...
Paid articleNEWS VIEWS AND REVIEWS
News Views and Reviews Editorial Opinions from the Press of the Nation Up to the Senate (From The N. Y. Post) IT IS in the senate that the debate over our national defense policy will have to...
Paid articleAS THE CROW FLIES
But, — President Dykstra and Dean Christensen, — This Utility Crowd Tried to Edit School Books Once FURTHER indication that the private utilities are once more coming back into their own in...
Paid articleWISCONSIN IN CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
As the Crow Flies By ERNEST L. MEYER HL. MENCKEN has turned out a rich and , sometimes rollicking book of boyhood memoirs in his newest vclume, "Happy Days." There are some of - us former admirers...
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