These Things You Should Know About Federal Costs
A critical summary of 1940s Hoover report findings on government waste and inefficiency. It highlights duplicative agencies, delays in veterans insurance, high per capita spending, and bloated federal payrolls with examples across agencies and programs.
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Hoover
Missouri
Department of Agricul Banna
Veterans’ Administration
Army
Navy
Air Force
Post Office Department
Panama Canal
Alaska
Seattle
Department of Interior
Woman politician protests skirt trend at fashion show
Dr. Edith Summerskill, Labour minister of national insurance, denounces the move to shorten skirts at a fashion show. She says the new look suits women politicians but insists mothers’ injunctions keep hems down and vows to keep hers modest. Summerskill, 49, is described as handsome and statuesque.
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Condon
Labor
Edith Summerskill
National Insurance
House of Commons
Britain
Edith
Bible School Week Opens at Massena Methodist Church
Vacation Bible school begins Monday at the Massena Methodist church for a weeklong session. Supervisor Miss Vera Wollenhaupt is aided by Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Clifford Follman, and Mrs. Glen Shields with craft and handwork support from Evelyn Madison, Nancy Hollen, and Lorraine Murray.
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Massena
Methodist Church
Vera Wollenhaupt
Alexander
Clifford Follman
Glen Shields
Evelyn Madison
Nancy Hollen
Lorraine Murray
Pedestrians Wear White At Night On Highways
A brief note states pedestrians should wear white to increase visibility while walking along highways after dark.
Atlantic News Telegraph Publishing Rates and Details
Public notice lists publication offices in Atlantic Iowa with editor F D Simpson and rates for carriers and mail subscriptions by region. Pricing covers one month to one year for local, adjoining counties, statewide, U S outside Iowa and Canada with various term options and fees.
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News-Telegraph Pub. Corp
F. D. Simpson
Atlantic
Iowa
Ember Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Press Association and
Nations Editorial Association
Canada
Tax forgiveness for fraudsters stirs bipartisan debate in Congress
Congress weighs income tax amnesty to help balance the budget as some lawmakers warn it would aid criminals like racketeers and war profiteers. Dulles and Johnson clash over Formosa aid while Acheson criticizes sharp-worded rhetoric in London and warns of public neutrality trends.
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Drew Pearsons
GOP
Dulles
Orient
Louis Johnson
Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walter Lynch
New York City
Lynch
Joe Nunan
Internal Revenue
Nunan
Frankie Costello
Herman Eberharter
Pittsburgh
Eberharter
John Carroll
Colorado
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Stephen Young
Ohio
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Louey Johnson
Johnson
Formosa
China
Wall Street
State Department
MacArthur
Joan
Pentagon
United States
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Congress
Acheson
London
Pershing
Haig
Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Marshal Foch
Eisenhower
France
U.S.A
U.ss.r
Europe
No to Overcommitment Says Edgar A Guest
The poem presents Edgar A Guest reflecting on the difficulty of saying no to requests. He recalls family lessons and a doctor’s warning about slowing down. He vows to resist endless duties though temptation to say yes remains strong, recognizing the risk of worsening health.
Government Wins Oil Ladens Right of Coastal Tidelands
The Supreme Court ruled federal control over oil rich tidelands off Texas and Louisiana coasts. Justice Douglas delivered the main opinion. In Texas Justice Reed wrote a dissent joined by Justice Minton with Justice Frankfurter issuing a separate dissent. The Louisiana decision was 7 to 0 with Justices Jackson and Clark not participating.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Douglas
Reed
Minton
Frankfurter
Jackson and Clark
Debate Over Genocide Convention Raises War Powers Questions
George Sokols ky critiques the Genocide Convention as a senate treaty draft that could bind the United States to UN actions and potentially force war without congressional approval. He warns about overreach, cites Article VIII, and questions protections for free speech while urging careful, line by line analysis.
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Senate
New Orleans
Buchenwald
Dachau
Hitler
Stalin
United States
United Nations
Soviet Russia
Congress
State Department
Jiggs
Mag
Counties Get 3 459 Delegates To Iowa GOP Convention
Des Moines Republicans announce that all lowe counties receive a total of 3 459 delegates for the state convention on July 21 in Des Moines, largest ever for the post primary gathering. Polk county leads with 238 delegates. Osceola has 17. Cass 33. If no candidate clears 35 percent, the convention will nominate.
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Des Moines
Robert K. Goodwin
Lowe
Polk County
Linn
Black Hawk
Woodbury
Osceola County
Cass County
NAB COUPLE HUNTED IN CAROLINA WILDS
In North Carolina mountains a heavily armed couple is being sought after escaping a Tennessee highway patrol car last Thursday. The FBI identifies them as Carl Baskin Hensley 34 and Martha Louise Hensley about 35, both with FBI records and aliases. Their associate Edward Cylde McAllister was captured in Spartanburg in a following truck.
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Shelby
N. C
North Carolina
Spartanburg
FBI
Charles Brown
Carl Baskin Hensley
Martha Louise Hill Hensley
Des Moines Man Nabbed After Dressing Room Theft Chase
Edward Prichett, 32, of Des Moines, was arrested after a pursuit from the players dressing room onto the ballfield and through the stands during a Western league game between Des Moines and Pueblo. Pitcher Bill Adkins startled the thief in the dressing room. Detective Tom White made the arrest.
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Des Moines
Edward Prichett
Bill Adkins
Pueblo
Adkins
Tom White
Parsons College Receives $40 000 Gift on Diamond Anniversary
Fairfield announcement by Tom E. Shearer details a $40,000 endowment from Hubert E. Howard, Parson s College alumnus and munitions board chair, in honor of the institution s 75th year and the diamond anniversary development program.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Tom E. Shearer
Colege
Hubert E. Howard
Munitions Board
Sister of Anita resident dies in Mitchell South Dakota
Anita-Raymond Reed of Anita learns his half sister Zeda Limbaugh of Mitchell South Dakota has died after a heart attack and fall into a well at her home. Raymond Reed and other Anitans plan to travel to Mitchell Tuesday for the services.
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Anita
Raymond Reed
Zeda Limbaugh
Mitchell, S.D
Limbaugh
Zeda Reed
Dave Reed
Mitchell
Catch slots not fish in Des Moines lagoon
A group of boys fishing in Birdland Park found two rusted slot machines in the lagoon. Police Lt. Steve Sewant said the machines were likely dumped after becoming too hot for the owners to handle.
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Des Moines
Birdland Park
Steve Sewant
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Henry Heimann
National Association of Credit Men
California
Federal Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
National Forest
Oregon
Government Printing Office
Arizona
Delaware
Nevada
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Bible School
Atlantic. News-telegraph
Merry
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Gov’t
George £. Sokolsky
Cohen
Paul Robeson
Poughkeepsie
Mao Tze- Tung
Mme
Sun Yat-Sen
Soviet China
East Side
West Side
LaVista Place
Highland Addn
Carolina Wilds
BALL
Thief
Parsons
Rex Pharmacy
DR. Anthony
Anitan
Dakota
Sam
Gempemene
Saerchas Willows
Gregersen
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