Postal Savings System Ends Its Run Under Congress Action
The Postal Savings System ends April 27 after a House Senate act and FDIC backing. FDIC deposits up to $10,000 make postal banks redundant as private banks offer higher rates. Once serving millions since 1910, the system peaked in 1947 with 4 million depositors. now it exits as government returns to noncore business.
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Federal Postal Savings System
Postal Savings
Congress
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Postal
Secretary of the Treasury
Grant
Arthur
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Freedman’s Bureau
Dominican election mood shifts amid U.S. hopes for stability
Ambassador Bennett reports in mid April a calmer Dominican public and rising interest in the June 1 presidential vote. Balaguer is favored, Bosch hardening as a reformer, and security forces withdraw from politics, signaling a possible peaceful outcome despite risks of riots and an assassination threat.
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Washington
Santo Domingo
W. Tapley Bennett
Bennett
U.S
U. S
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
PRD
Bosch
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillo
Secret Ly Pes
Francisco Mar
Hector Garcia - Godoy
Organization of American States Peace Force
Garcia - Godoy
Enrique Perez Y Perez
Communist Party
Havana
United States
Uncle Sam
Balaguer
Raphael Bonnelly
Bonnelly
Dominican Republic
Johnson
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Double Taxation in Meat Inspection Policy Debate
The article traces meat inspection from 1906 as a federal health service to current proposals to charge the industry for inspection costs. It cites Congress in 1947 and 1948 moves, the rationale stressing public welfare and wholesomeness, and voices concern from business leaders like Robert Gerholtz of the U S Chamber of Commerce about subsidies and bureaucratic expansion.
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Congress
Robert Gerholtz
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
SPEAR Blue Chips Fall as Glamor Stocks Dominate Market
A reader laments poor performance of blue chips like C E I R and Great Western Financial amid a market shift toward glamour and speculative issues. The advisor suggests selling the two, maintaining chip holdings for long term gains, and endorses Consolidated Foods as a strong growth buy. Inflation risk shown for savings accounts versus growth stocks is noted, with growth stocks offering long-term hedges but short-term volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Financial
Consolidated Foods
Gen
Fea. Corp
Carbon monoxide anoxia dangers and remedies outlined
Dr William Brady warns about chronic carbon monoxide anoxia from odorless polluted air. Symptoms include headache vertigo memory issues and pallor. Immediate artificial respiration and a 7 percent CO2 mix followed by oxygen are advised, with postal replies for health letters to Dr William Brady in Beverly Hills.
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Canaries
Mr. Brady
William Brady
el Camino
Beverly Hills
California
The Worry Clinic and Dr Gatlin Promote Home Mission Work
Dr G Weldon Gatlin director of Family Evangelism for the Methodist Church outlines methods to energize church families as home missionaries. He proposes block surveys, rival teams, greeters, newcomer recognition, and targeted invitations to unchurched neighbors to revitalize participation and membership.
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G. Weldon Gatlin
The
Methodist Church
Crane
General Board of Evangelism of
Department of
Family Evangelism
Gatlin
St .Paul
Jesus
Folklore Quiz Sparks Classic Riddles and Wit
An Anderson man shares a puzzle at an informal gathering asking for an animal with eyes but cannot see and legs that cannot walk yet can jump as high as the courthouse. The crowd jokes the courthouse cannot jump and the wooden horse is the answer.
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Anderson
UN authorizes force against Beira bound shipping to Rhodesia
The Security Council, after a prolonged sit-in by Ambassador Goldberg and Lord Caradon, approves a Chapter 7 measure to stop or sink ships bound for Rhodesia. The piece argues the move is hypocritical, harms the rule of law, and foreshadows similar actions against South Africa while warning of broader geopolitical consequences.
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Rhodesia
Security Council of the
United Nations
Great Britain
Beira
Security Council
Goldberg
Lord Caradon
Moussa L. Keira
Mali
India
Goa
Indonesia
Dutch New Guinea
Malaysia
Cuba
Katanga
South Africa
Western Europe
Orwell
Secretary who built naval aviation era in 1913 to 1942
Franklin D. Roosevelt served as acting Secretary of the Navy and appointed a Board of Aeronautics led by Captain Washington Irving Chambers. The board proposed plans, purchased planes, and created training bases including the first Naval Aviation Training Station at Pensacola in 1914, which grew into a world class air school. the narrative notes a Rost former friend was killed there.
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Secretary of the Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Board of Aeronautics
Washington Ilving Chambers
Ely
Pensacola
Navy Yard
Annapolis of Naval Aviation
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Robert E. Jackson
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Jane Toner
Scott Charles W. Laughlin
Edwin A. Bailey
Indiana
Madison
Associated Press
Ase
Bradys Health Service
R. Willia
George W. Crane
Dr. Gatlin
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