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{{Information |Description=Governor of Wisconsin, 1939-43. Image from the 1940 Wisconsin Blue Book (published by the state as a public document; no copyright notice). |Source=[http://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254108864/ Julius P. Heil ...