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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1946
Page
5
Fragmentary report discusses how voters might learn a congressman’s stance from roll call votes and mentions methods like written inquiries. It references Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal and a departure in Cairo.
Worland Wyoming residents report informal voluntary rationing by local butchers and bakers. They limit sales to families by size and distance from town, with no hoarding or waste and no one forced to go without bread or meat in the 2,700 population community.
William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, becomes the first U.S. leader to die while in office, ending a short tenure and prompting successors to assume the presidency.
The 15 cow herd owned by William J. Figi Argyle route 3 completed a year of production testing with an average butterfat nearly 2 percent above the national average. Average 430 pounds butterfat and 11 766 pounds milk at a 3.7 percent test. The highest producer Spring Valley Katurah Bess De Kol 1845946 yielded 561 pounds butterfat and 15 728 pounds milk in 328 days.
The report highlights her first advanced registry record and mentions several other cows in the Figs herd achieving over 500 pounds of fat in their records.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across several towns. A birthday dinner honored Fred Mohns at the Wm Ludwig farm home, with multiple attendees including Ju da and Dora Luchsinger. Delegates left Monday for a convention at Lomba Wisconsin.
A fragment lists Russell Miller and Catherine Kien with accompanying names Chambers Lois Jean Miller Urban Mil iary Louise Walter Dorothy Jer Juda and Susan Lahr with Racine. The OCR fragment provides several personal names and a location but lacks context or events.
The piece accuses Wisconsin Senator La Follette of opposing labor protection measures and favoring labor leaders over workers. It cites votes against a 60-day strike wage protection and against outlawing certain tributes. It alleges his radio business paid workers less than partner profits in 1944, painting a pattern of failing to aid labor.
Senator La Follette and his wife earned 47339.78 in extra profits from a Milwaukee radio station partnership in 1944 and 1945. The business, licensed by a federal agency, reported 201359.04 profits in 1944 and 152 percent return in 1945 with modest personal effort and low Milwaukee presence. The piece questions wealth rhetoric versus personal income.
In 1944 and 1945 Progressive Party chairman Glenn Roberts and his wife earned 81410.78 from a radio station that paid La Follette 47339.78. The two men and their wives together took 128750.56 in two years, amid Roberts earlier anti wealth rhetoric. Roberts also led as director of W T Evjue’s Madison radio venture, adding further profits.
The piece notes Milwaukee and Ma Bluff contend for state levies described as La Follette's taxes. It remarks the city of Milwaukee collected hundreds of dollars in a recent dispute, casting doubt on his public stance about high incomes and exposing political tension over tax claims.
On March 17 1946 La Follette urged Portage delegates to desert his party to back the Republican primary. The move split the Progressives as La Follette seeks Senate return on the GOP ticket. Thousands of Progressives plan to vote for a true Republican on August 13.
A political party pamphlet argues facts prove hypocrisy by leaders in a family controlled party. It states the information is published by the Republican Party of Wisconsin and features statements backing Republican candidates. The piece asserts it presents facts early in the campaign for La Follette to respond.
Senator La Follette proposed a bill granting high pensions to U S senators. An amendment to cap pensions to civil service levels was offered, and La Follette voted no. He thus favors higher pension rates for senators than for civil service employees.
The article notes that La Follette and his wife earned 47239.78 in 1944 and 1945 from a Milwaukee radio station profits while the workers received far less. It argues that despite public rhetoric for the working man, the couple’s one fourth ownership gives them influence over wages, with 1945 showing only a small improvement for workers.
The column criticizes Senator La Follette for urging regulation of other firms profits while not backing similar limits on his own ventures. It notes his businesses earned 314 percent in 1944 and 152 percent in 1945, urging consistency in his regulatory positions.
The article accuses La Follette of voting against a minimum wage amendment aiding farmers and a bill to curb racketeers who tax farmers hauling to city markets. It claims he protected labor racketeers, opposed farm and labor interests, and supported New Deal policies that reduced cheese cloth for a cheese factory.
University professors publish in the daily press an analysis showing Wisconsin farmers earned about 53 cents per hour in 1943. The piece contrasts earned income with so called unearned income noting Senator La Follette and his brother profited from extra payments without working.
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