Social Security plan faces funding and fairness questions
A national social security program will distribute funds to nearly a million people, with early payments seen as insufficient but considered a beginning. The plan relies on payroll taxes, with benefits tied to earnings and years worked, and debate centers on adequacy, funding increases, and the potential for future reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Social Security System
Treasury
Congress
Townsend
Dr. Bigelow
Public pays the difference in transport costs
The piece argues government subsidized waterways and highways benefit private transporters while the general public covers the shortfall. It claims railroads and public infrastructure are funded by taxpayers and that current policies exploit the public, not reflecting true costs.
Birds of a Feather
A wartime commentary notes how the Nazi regime applauds births outside marriage, with Himmler and Rudolf Hess endorsing this policy. The piece warns such views offend moral values and predicts public backlash as the war drains German lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Germany
Nazi Party
Heinrich Himmler
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Irish Leader’s Peace Appeal Coincides with Belfast Riots
Report from Belfast notes rioting spread across northern Ireland tied to the Irish Republican Army on the same day Eamon de Valera broadcast his plea for immediate peace in Europe. The piece questions whether the two initiatives were coordinated or accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eamon de Valera
Europe
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Stalin Reverses Finland Blitz Plans Assertion
The article denounces claims of a quick Soviet blitz against Finland as poppycock. It asserts Stalin has changed his mind and that propaganda is shaping world opinion to suggest a lightning strike was planned but never intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Finland
Red Army
Joe Stalin
Recovery conference urged as unemployment nears nine million
Raymond Clapper argues the nation needs team play to accelerate a recovery. He cites 1939 industrial output near 1929 highs while 9,000,000 remain unemployed, stressing relief costs and the need for a coordinated program led by Roosevelt with leaders like Wendell Willkie and New Dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Bricker
Washington
Roosevelt
A. F. of L
Bruce Catton surveys Washington scene amid tariff fight
Bruce Catton analyzes Congress winter clash over Hull reciprocal trade agreements. He notes the fight centers on tariff policy and broader U S foreign policy, with foes including farm groups western cattlemen copper producers and manufacturers seeking to block renewal and block treaty status, risking Senate ratification delays and program collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Hull
Farm Bureau Federation
Venezuela
Senate
Farm aid plans stir Congress over parity payments and sugar quotas
The article notes disappointment with successive farm aid schemes shifting costs to processors and potential parity payment shifts. Secretary Wallace backs a processing tax to reduce cotton loan exposure, while Senator Bankhead argues parity payments may end as prices rise. Sugar policy faces renewal battles and raw versus refined imports debate as 1940 deadline nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wallace
Federal Treasury
Bankhead
Alabama
Farm Security Administration
Sound-off in an army band and Mars satellites explained
The Q and A column from The Messenger Bureau answers questions on military bugle calls, Mars moons Phobos and Deimos, retirement age rules under Social Security, War Risk Insurance totals, waterfowl hunting stamps, and the surname Van Winkle meaning a Holland Dutch locality indicating living at a corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Phobos
Deimos
van Winkle
Social Notes of Guysville Sees Week of Holiday Visiting
Miss Mary Spear of Washington DC, longtime government employee, visited her father William Spear in New England Road during the holidays. Athens visitors include Mr and Mrs Louie Skinner and others sharing Christmas and New Year greetings with local families across Chillicothe Pomeroy and Waterford communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Mary Spear
Washington, D. C
William Spear
New England Road
Louie Skinner
Mitchel Barnhart
Green Valley
Nora Henry
Athens
Rose Lowery
John Light
R. C. Brickles
Cora Buck
Columbus
Dortha Coen
George Chesser
Billie
Joan
Albert Roe
Betty
Cumberland
Ray Bean
Miss Spear
Gladys Durant Gibson
Mary Cornell Pearcy
Charles Pearcy
Salem
W. Va
Atha White
Pomeroy
Don Christy
Marguerite Rice Campbell
Richard
Louise Finsterwald
Clarence Colmer
Kathleen
Minnie Christy
Haskins
Broadwell
Poet's Corner and Local Social Notes From Athens Ohio
Poet's Corner lines about wind and Calvary appear alongside social notes. Mrs Norad Hesson and James Harkins with family visit Athens residents. Mrs Leta V McLaughlin hosts dinner with daughter Pauleta. L D Robinson family visit from Cairo West Virginia. P G Chapman recovers from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary
Gethsemane
Mrs
James Harkins
Hattie Kincade
Eva Norris
Ed Norris
Mary
Winifred
Henry Geisendorfer
Wellston
Jean
Columbus
Leta V. McLaughlin
Pauleta
L. D. Robinson
Cairo
W. Va
P. G. Chapman
Advances in early ear surgery and other medical innovations
Dr Morris Fishbein reports on surgeries for permanent hearing loss through a window into the inner ear, vocal cord paralysis corrections, and congenital heart blood flow issues. Other notes cover corneal tissue transplants for newborn blindness, cancer freezing experiments, cyclotron neutron therapy, Goldblatt kidney studies, and new blood preservation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
Brien King
Philadelphia
University of California
Goldblatt
Cleveland
Moravia sinking twists fate of Mary Carroll in wartime
Serial story set aboard the torpedoed Moravia follows Mary Carroll presumed dead in headlines, as she fights to survive in a London nursing ward. She plans a desperate escape to reach Vincent Geeggs and uncover a hidden note linking Anna Winters to her fate.
London Hospital Awakening After Air Raid Rescue
Mary Carroll regains consciousness in a crowded London hospital ward among survivors from the Moravia. She learns Dr. Lenox, an American doctor with red hair, cared for her through shock while she recalls rescuers from the blackout. The ward nurse and survivor Mrs. Tully speak of the doctor’s courage and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Carroll
Tully
Moravia
London
Mary
Vincent Gregg
Vincent
Dr. Lenox
Corning Post Office Changes and Local News
Mary Debney becomes assistant postmaster replacing El len Maxwell who resigned. Eleanor Spence to general delivery window with Teresa Karp added as noon hour extra clerk. Star route from Athens to Corning at 8 00 a m speeds Columbus and northern mail. December sales up 15 percent over 1938 with Christmas mailing surge. Several local residents are listed with weekend and holiday visits and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Mary Debney
Ellen Maxwell
Eleanor Spence
Teresa Karp
Miss Maxwell
Post Office Department
Athens
Johnson
Ohio
Columbus Mail
Corning Couple Announce New Daughter Birth
Mr and Mrs John Justice announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Thursday night Mrs Frank Murphy is mentioned in the notice for relation to the family and the local birth announcement context.
First baby of the year born to Mr and Mrs Maurice Cocke
The first baby of the new year in this vicinity arrived at 4 20 a m Monday to Mr and Mrs Maurice Cocke R D Corning a son named George William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Cocke
R. D
Corning
George Wiltliam
Cats Of 75th Generation At Walla Walla Prison
Washington state penitentiary reports 50 cats in its 75th generation descendants of felines first obtained in 1887 to prevent rats. The latest census records show the line of cats persists inside the prison walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Wash
U.P
Washington State Penitentiary
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Raymond Clapper
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Bruce Catton
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By Galbraith
BY Ruth Ayers
Vincent Geegg
Carla Marchetta
Gilbert Lenox
Dearie
New York
Anna Winter
London Nursing Home
NEA Service
ING
Anna Winters
Anna
Chapter
Corning Social Notes
Mt. Vernon
Rolland Coffman
Newark
Roy Coffman
Belle Hopkins
Mary Elizabeth Champlin
Marlene Spence
Rose Mary Murphy
Frank Murphy
Lance Hodgson
Carolyn
John Gaitten
Charlotte Gaitten
Tommy
Neil Gaitten
Eliza Murray
Paul Hackney
C. H. Coffman
Morgan Walters
Congo
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