Editorial: Economic Boom Provides Time to Plan
The Globe-News discusses postwar spending growth and rising incomes, noting 1940 figures on income, unemployment, housing, and foreign trade. It argues the current expansion is temporary and warns against assuming a permanent solution without strategic planning for a deflationary shock.
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Greene
Gene Howe
John McCarty
the Globe
Jesse Jones
National Industrial Conference Board
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Martin
SEC
Stock Exchange
From Drug Store Clerk to Dairy Chief Tom McInnerney
A Dubuque born boy, Tom McInnerney, rises from humble drug store worker to lead the National Dairy Products Company. After a $10,000 loan and a successful Chicago drug store venture, he paid back the loan in six years and later built a vast dairy empire worth about 350 million dollars in 1940, earning a $150,000 yearly salary.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Thomas H. McInnerney
Tom
Tom McInnerney
Chicago
National Dairy Products Company
Chairoeene
Om MelInnerney
Pontiietics
Londoners shop for air raid shelters in underground dens
A London wartime correspondent describes shelter life from arch rail stations to Soho basements. He notes crowded Double X dorms, private corners in small shelters, and soldiers amid bunks and deck chairs. People travel miles for preferred shelters and bring bedding and belongings daily.
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London
Georgia
Soho
Marble Arch
Shel
East End
Ministry of Health
Savoy
Who Killed Aunt Maggie in the Wisteria Hall Party
At a house party two guests die, Eve Benedict is stabbed with a dart found in the Playroom. Claire Harper admits entering Eve's room and handling the dart as Lt. Gregory questions motive and alibis while guests confront engagement and divorce tensions among Eve, Claire, Alice Dunbar, and Bill Dunbar. The scene hints at multiple suspects amid tense investigations and potential witness manipulation.
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Sally
Bill
Gregory
Maggie
St Claire
Eve Benedict
Eve
Claire
Alice
Mrs. Benedict
Kirk
Lieutenant Gregory
Mr. Dodson
Cwell
Wisteria Hall
Miss Dunbar
Frank Benedict
Motive, Alibi Talk in Eve Benedict Case
In a police interview, Alice Dunbar recalls seeing Bob leaving her room before visiting Eve Benedict’s door and hearing voices in Eve’s room. Lieutenant Gregory urges restraint as she hints at alibi details and possible motives tied to alimony and personal conflict.
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Gregory
Claire
Eve
Alice
Miss Dunbar
Bob
Bill
Todayaniya Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A word puzzle with themed clues asking for hero of a poem, authorship hints, and a grid of cross referenced terms across horizontal and vertical entries. The list includes Odysseus, Ilium, Ithaca, and other classic references, requiring solving through cross letters and common crossword conventions.
Plastics and coal chemistry reshape the Tri State area
United States Bureau of Mines studies in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma highlight a vast coal derived resource for defense and civilian plastics. From celluloid to bakelite, early pioneers Hyatt Spitteler Baekeland created the era of modern plastics, fueling military and industrial plans even as America eyes new uses and lighter aircraft.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Tristate
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Germany
Britain
John Wesley Hyatt
Hyatt
Adolph Spitteler
Leo Baekeland
Yonkers
Spitteler
Baekeland
The Secret of Success and Political Ties
Fragmentary quotations discuss success and democracy with references to Rev. Berg from Syracuse and Thurman Arnold of the Justice Department Anti Trust Division. The snippet appears as a collection of misquoted remarks and names without a clear cohesive event.
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Berg
Syracuse
Thurman W. Arnol
Anti-Trust Division
Justice
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Ernie Pyle
Miss Harper
Aunt Maggie
Bessie
Chapter
Henry
Medora Field
Roberts
Odysseus
Ithaca
Troy
John W. Colt
The
Kansas City Star
Aline
Henry Ford
John Wh
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