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Newspaper
Manitowoc Times
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1928
Page
4
The New Times Publishing Co announces Manitowoc’s leading daily publication The Manitowoc Times at 717 York Street with telephone numbers 292 and 293. The paper is entered as second class matter January 8, 1920, at the Manitowoc Post Office under the 1870 act. This issue is dated Saturday December 1, 1928.
The Fort Atkinson Journal argues against taxing thrift and endorses taxing loafing behavior as a theoretical, unjust but impractical ideal. It claims current taxes punish effort while discouraging idleness, and proposes income-based taxation to ensure a fair, fully productive system. The piece notes idle land issues in Wisconsin and supports shifting to taxes on income to remove discouragements on individual progress.
In a New York address, Herbert Hoover argues that government control in commercial life erodes citizen independence. He warns bureaucracy fosters submission and timid acceptance of power, urging Americans to uphold foundational ideals in daily life.
A jumble of sensational notes reports on film stars and theater figures. Mentions include Al Smith as president, Verlaine Candy Shop purchases, Barrymore Costello affairs, Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland abroad, and industry gossip about studios, lawsuits, and fashion editors.
Readers hear a string of wry vignettes on modern life including a joke about manicurists and a tongue in cheek prep, then a bold defense of liberalism. The piece argues true liberalism guards political and economic freedom, warns against bureaucracy, and urges resistance to state overreach to preserve equality and progress.
Washington dispatch notes seven women will form a notable bloc in the next congress yet show split along party lines. Democrats Norton Owen and Rogers among the group. Republicans Kahn Langley McCormick Sears Baker Pratt. Wet and dry camps eye Pratt and Kahn as key pro prohibition forces.
Frederick M. Kerby of the Manitowoc Times invites readers to send questions to the Washington Bureau the full address and two cents for a reply. Medical or legal advice and extended research are not offered. unsigned requests are not answered. letters are confidential.
A Q and A style summary covers whether electors must follow their voters, Hoover’s 1920 primary votes but not presidential votes, sulphuric acid's wide uses, why football fields are called gridsiron, blue seal on US money, and admission rules under the 1924 Immigration Act, with notes on government service.
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