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IssueVol. 004 Issue 005 (February 3 1940)
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Paid articlePROGRESSIVE SURPLUS FINANCES GOP DEFICIT
Progressive Surplus Finances GOP Deficit Cash Balances Left By Phil Plug Holes In Present Budget Heil Administration Also Raids Road Fund For $6,000,000 To Pay Record Expenditures REPUBLICAN...
Paid articleG. O. P. TAX LAW WILL SLAP SURTAXES ON 82,000 SMALL EARNERS FOR FIRST TIME
G.O.P. Tax Law Will Slap Surtaxes on 82,000 Small Earners for First Time Measure Will Produce $600,000 in 18 Months TABLE ON PAGE 2 MORE than 82,000 low-paid Wisconsin residents will have to pay...
Paid articleSTATE POLITICS
Revell, Aldric
State Politics Balancing Budget Industrialists Oh Promise Me [By ALDRIC REVELL) NEWS Item: Charles Mc-Keown. financial secretary to Gov. Heil, reveals how the administration proposes to balance...
Paid articleDELEGATION IN REQUEST EVJUE BE CANDIDATE
Delegation in Request Evjue Be Candidate A petition signed by hundreds of residents of Stoughton urging William T. Evjue, editor r.f The Capital Times, to become a candidate for governor of...
Paid articleHEIL PRAISES BOSS HAGUE AGAIN; BRAGS OF FIRING U. W. REGENTS
Heil Praises Boss Hague Again; Brags Of Firing U. W. Regents NEWARK, N. J.—Gov. Julius P. Heil of Wisconsin came east again last week to praise New Jersey's political c?ar, Mayor Frank Hague of...
Paid articleCOALITION RELIEF BILL IS VOID, BUT '37 SURPLUS TO FINANCE 1940 BURDEN
Coalition Relief Bill Is Void, But '37 Surplus To Finance 1940 Burden Progressive Balances Save GOP in Relief, Too THE Republican administration's $5,000,000 relief bill was ruled unconstitutional...
Paid articleAG BODY HEAD OPPOSES OLEO TAX REPEAL
Ag Body Head Opposes Oleo Tax Repeal Herman Hide, Neenah, president of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture and chairman of the state department of agriculture, said last week the farmers of...
Paid articleFARMER LOSSES IN STATE CITED BY U. S. BUREAU
Farmer Losses in State Cited By U. S. Bureau Income Off$11,000,000 Despite Federal Payments ADDITIONAL evidence that farm income slumped in Wisconsin during 1939. first year of the Republican...
Paid articleBOB TAKES LEAD IN FIGHT AGAINST AGRICULTURAL CUT
Bob Takes Lead in Fight Against Agricultural Cut 'Farmers Are Least Able to Stand Slash in Income' WASHINGTON, D. C—Sen. Robert M. La Follette Jr., Wisconsin Progressive, took a position of a...
Paid articleWISCONSIN IN TRUCK PEACE
Wisconsin In Truck Peace Returning from a week-end conference at Chicago with motor vehicle officials of Indiana and Iowa, Commissioner George W. Rickeman and Homer G. Bell, director of enforcement...
Paid articleDIVERSION MAY WRECK COUNTY WORK PROGRAM
Diversion May Wreck County Work Program Property Taxes May Be Raised $2,000,000 to Foot Bill HEIL administration diversion of state highway funds may wreck Milwaukee's program of work projects for...
Paid articlePOWER TRUST GETS ANOTHER GOP TAX GIFT
Power Trust Gets Another GOP Tax Gift Emergency Board Cuts Charges Against Utilities WISCONSIN'S private util-ity received another bonus from the Republican administration last week when the state...
Paid articleCHARGES GAME BODY SEEKS TO DUCK PUBLICITY
Charges Game Body Seeks to Duck Publicity Mark Catlin Sr.. Appleton. member of the state conservation commission, said last week he would protest to Gov. Heil against holding the next monthly...
Paid articleSTAFFORD BLASTS GOP BETRAYAL OF AGRICULTURE
Stafford Blasts GOP Betrayal of Agriculture MENOMINEE—Harold E. Stafford, who has been mentioned as a candidate for the Progressive gubernatorial nomination, struck out last weekend at the...
Paid articleGEHRMANN HITS SLASH OF FARM APPROPRIATIONS
Gehrmann Hits Slash of Farm Appropriations Says Farmers, Jobless Carrying Entire Burden WASHINGTON. D. C—Ren. Bernard J. Gehrmann, Wisconsin Progressive, struck out last week at the kind of...
Paid articleCONSERVATION BUREAU'S CARP REMOVAL PROGRAM CALLED 'DISMAL FAILURE'
Conservation Bureau's Carp Removal Program Called 'Dismal Failure' U. W. Man, Others Criticize Work at Sportsmen's Meeting The state conservation commission's carp removal program has been a...
Paid articleU. S. RESCINDS WISCONSIN JOB FUND RULING
U. S. Rescinds Wisconsin Job Fund Ruling Paul A. Raushenbush, director ol the unemployment compensation division of the Wisconsin industrial commission, said in Washington last week that the...
Paid articleWISCONSIN FAIR SALES ACT IS RULED VALID
Wisconsin Fair Sales Act Is Ruled Valid Constitutionality Is Upheld ,bv Proctor in 20th Century Case Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor last ! week upheld the constitutionality of the Wisconsin fair...
Paid articleCIVIL SERVICE STATE COUNCIL IS ORGANIZED
Civil Service State Council Is Organized The Wisconsin Council on Civil Service, chartered as an educational, non-political association to maintain, promote and extend civil service In the state...
Paid articleGOP FACTIONAL STRIFE SEN IN DUAL SESSIONS
GOP Factional Strife Seen in Dual Sessions WHEN Wisconsin's regular Republicans have their mid-winter convention in LaCrosse Feb. 19, a rival organization claiming to be "literal Republican" will...
Paid articleU. W. PAPER SUGGESTS HEIL JOIN HAGUE IN JERSEY CITY
U. W Paper Suggests Heil Join Hague In Jersey City Editorial Comments on Heil Admiration for Mayor In an editorial in The Dally Cardinal, university student publication, Sunday It was suggested...
Paid articleRELIEF LIST AT WAUKESHA TO BE PUBLISHED
Relief List at Waukesha to Be Published WAUKESHA, Wis.—In what was described as an attempt to cut relief expenditures in Waukesha, the common council last week voted to publish the names of persons...
Paid articleFREY'S EDICT COSTLY, ADDS TO TAX WORK
Frey's Edict Costly, Adds To Tax Work Orders More Expensive, Less Convenient Liquor Stamps Attempts by August Frey, director of the departmental research bureau, to dictate how the beverage tax...
Paid articleSTATE LOSES AS U. S. HIGH COURT REFUSES PHONE CASE RULING
State Loses as U. S. High Court Refuses Phone Case Ruling Long Battle Over Rates Ended by Action WASHINGTON, D. C—The U. S. supreme court Monday refused to take jurisdiction on the appeal of the...
Paid articleNEW DATE WILL BE NAMED FOR DINNEEN TRIAL
New Date Will Be Named For Dinneen Trial A new date for trial of William M. Dinneen on perjury charges will be set when the March calendar of cases is called in circuit court Mar. II, it was...
Paid articleHEAVY BURDENS FORCE AMERICAN FARMER INTO LOW INCOME GROUP
Heavy Burdens Force American Farmer Into Low Income Group Bad Times on Farms Is Felt By the Cities Lack of Purchasing Power Held Major Issue by Survey By LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FARM problems...
Paid articleEXCERPTS OF NOTE CHARGING NAZIS WITH MASS KILLINGS OF POLES
Excerpts Of Note Charging Nazis With Mass Killings Of Poles ROME, Italy.—Following are excerpts from the text of the memorandum presented to Pope Pius, authorized by August Cardinal Hlond, primate...
Paid articleTHE EDITOR SAYS
Evjue, William T.
The Editor Says By WILLIAM P. EVJUE THE conservative New York Times, the newspaper bible of the economic royalists, calls attention to the big increase in the national income for 1939 in an...
Paid articlePROSECUTION OF MINNEAPOLIS WORKERS ON WPA DROPPED BY DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Levin, Rubin
Prosecution of Minneapolis Workers on WPA Dropped by Dept. of Justice Indictments Dismissed Against 125 of the Defendants By RUBIN LEVIN WASHINGTON, I). C—At last the Department of Justice,...
Paid articleNEW YORK LABOR FEDERATION IN PLAN FOR FEDERAL HOUSING BILL
New York Labor Federation in Plan for Federal Housing Bill Backs Measure to Provide Additional Funds to Authority NEW YORK CITY—The New York State Federation of Labor has opened the barrage on...
Paid articlePOLITICS
Politics /Votes from Here and There About Solons and Citizens [By 'OBSERVER'] COMMUNIST INTOLERANCE ANOTHER incident showing that Communists are all in favor of tolerance and free speech as...
Paid articleLABOR FOES ON WEST COAST IN NEW PLAN TO SHACKLE LABOR WITH 'PEACE' STATUTE
Labor Foes on West Coast in New Plan To Shackle Labor With 'Peace' Statute Proposed Law Really Is Hacked by the Big Industrialists LOS ANGELES, Cal.— Labor foes on the West Coast have launched a...
Paid articleU. S. PEACE, DEMOCRACY LEAGUE DISBANDED; CITE WAR SITUATION
U. S. Peace, Democracy League Disbanded; Cite War Situation Local Unit Probably To Quit Also, Mrs. Son-dergaard Says The American League for Peace and Democracy, which the Dies congressional...
Paid articleMIDDLEWESTERN IN OPEN SHOP DRIVE, IS VIEW
Middlewestern in Open Shop Drive, Is View CHICAGO, 111.—More and more has it become evident that middle west reaction has enlisted for the duration in a fight to the finish with the organized labor...
Paid articleUTILITIES ASSN. ASKED SUBSTITUTIONS IN TEXT BOOKS USED IN SCHOOLS
Holmburg, Charles W.
Utilities Assn. Asked Substitutions in Text Books Used in Schools iTht Wisconsn Utilities association, power trust propaganda agency, recently contributed $20,000 to the University of Wisconsin for...
Paid articlePUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOTS
Public Ownership Notes FIRST PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT IN NORTHWEST GETS HONNEVILLF. "POWKIl SKAMANIA county, Washington, public utility district has begun receiving federally generated power from...
Paid articleMEMBERSHIP, ASSETS AND LOANS OF CREDIT UNIONS SHOW HUGE GROWTH IN 17 YEARS
Parker, Cedric
Membership, Assets and Loans of Credit Unions Show Huge Growth in 17 Years 563 Organizations Now Operating in State By CEDRIC P RKER "LARGE streams from little fountains flow, "Tall oaks from...
Paid articleUTILITY SERVICE FOR THE MOONSHINERS
Utility Service for the Moonshiners MR. WENDELL WILLKIE, president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp. whom General Johnson and Al Smith would like to see as a candidate for president of the...
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 LMERTIES.-MILTON. Rank and...
Paid articleA ROOM OF OUR OWN
Follette, Isabel Bacon La
A Room of Our Own The Census Taker Farmers and City People Food for the Family By ISABEL BACON LA FOLLETTE WHEN the census-taker comes to our door it is usually when the cake is ready to come out...
Paid articleWILLKIE UTILITY FINED FOR SALE TO MOONSHINERS
Willkie Utility Fined For Sale to Moonshiners Consumers Power Co., Detroit, Case May Set Important Precedent DETROIT, Mich.— Fines totalling $7,000 were levied last week against the Consumers...
Paid articleYOUTH GOES TO WASHINGTON TO ATTEND PARLEY
Youth Goes to Washington to Attend Parley WASHINGTON, D. C—If Washington ceiebrities don't learn something about the problems of youth within the next few weeks, it won't be the fault of Mrs....
Paid articleTHE STUDENT UNION CONVENTION
The Student Union Convention [From THE LUTHERAN MESSENGER] (Publication of The Lutheran Free Church) During the last week-end of 1939 the American Student Union (ASU) met at the University of...
Paid articlePRINTERS ASK PEACE TRY IN HEARST STRIKE
Printers Ask Peace Try in Hearst Strike Seek Formula to Prevent Destruction of News Properties CHICAGO, III.—Officials of the American Newspaper Guild 'CIO) probably will meet with International...
Paid articleBESSEMER, ALA., GETS LOW COST T. V. A. CURRENT
Bessemer, Ala., Gets how Cost T.V.A. Current BESSEMER, Ala.—It was a great day for this thriving industrial community, a part of the Birmingham industrial area, when the throwing of a switch...
Paid articleNEWS VIEWS AND REVIEWS
News Views and Reviews Editorial Opinions from the Press of the Nation Cabinet Shake-up? POLITICAL circles in London generally believe that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has designated Lord...
Paid articleWAUKESHA PLACES STIGMA ON RELIEF UNFORTUNATES
Waukesha Places Stigma On Relief Unfortunates THE common council of the city of Waukesha has struck a cowardly olow at the unfortunate victims of economic distress in that city. Tuesday night the...
Paid articleAS THE CROW FLIES
Meyer, Ernest L.
As the Crow Flies By ERNEST L. MEYER NOW it happened In a certain nation that a great Budget Balancer was elected to the presidency, and when the good news was announced there was Jubilation in...
Paid articleWISCONSIN IN THE CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C—Sen. Bob La Follcite returned to the capital this week in time to celebrate his 45th birthday on Feb. 6. He also celebrates his...
Paid articleCONSISTENCY, THOU ART A JEWEL'
Gipple, Bert A.
'Consistency, Thou Art a Jewel' [By BERT A. GIPPLE in the GALESVILLE, WIS. REPUBLICAN] SOME chap in a philosophical mood once wrote, 'Consistency, thou art a jewel," and it has gone down through...
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