From Sharecropper to Packing Magnate, Americans Work Hard for Their Living
A 1940 study summarized by HOPE CHAMBERLIN shows wide gaps between income and living costs in America. It contrasts a Mississippi sharecropper family earning 26 dollars with a Chicago packing magnate, analyzes home ownership hurdles, and highlights priorities such as food, housing, and fashion amid thrifty, clocked daily duties by women.
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Hope Chamberlin
Western Newspaper Union
Chicago
Mississippi
America
Henry Holt Publishing House
Ladies’ Home Journal
Henry Bracey
Thomas Wilson
Wilson Packing Company
Chio Aec
U. S
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Government Defines Proper Use of Flag in Commerce
Washington reports the Commerce Department released a handbook The Flag of the United States Its Use in Commerce to explain legal limits on displaying the flag for advertising and other commercial purposes. It notes states and territories regulate such use and many violations occur unintentionally.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Fieg
The
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Samoa
Boom Town Rises Near Holly Ridge Army Camp
In Holly Ridge North Carolina four months ago land sold cheap but now 20 foot plots fetch serious money as the army builds an anti aircraft training camp. The plan aims to place about 20 000 troops here with temporary trailer camps along the highway and shops popping up to serve the influx.
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Holly Ridge
N. C
U. S. Army
Onslow Bay
U. S. Highway No. 17
Ocean
U S Official Denies Plan For Censorship of Press
Washington column reports Lowell Mellett, head of the National Emergency Council, denies any plan to censor the press. He argues for efficient information bureaus and suggests journalists and officials should jointly handle emergency news without a central propaganda drive.
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Mellett
Washington
Third House of Congress
National Press Club
Lowell Mellett
Fourth Estate
New Deal
The
Washington Daily News
National Emergency Council
Fac
Office of Government Reports
Congress
License of Representatives Committee On Appropriations
White House
Army
Navy
War
Creel Committee On
Creel Committee
Washington plane production figure finally released
A reporter secured the total U S airplane production after weeks of secrecy. Officials avoided details to prevent embarrassment of other divisions, but the journalist published the totals while withholding the detailed breakdown to protect his source.
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Cies
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Sis
March Guide To
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Baukhage
WNU Service
National Press
Brig
Washington, D. C
Thrteenth Street
Scott Circle
Winfield Scott
John Russell Young
Young
Harding
Sherril
George Washington
General Jackson
Lafayette Park
Tennessee
Old Hickory Marching Club
Jackson
Daniel F. O’brien
Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock
Cambridge
Harvard Bazar
Edward J. Donahue
Massachusetts Ave
Ola
Carver
Boston
Bogistan
DEV
Mr. Business
Bankhage
National Defense Offices
Defense
Agen
Consult
Joseph F. Higgins Co., Inc
Cmt Ce Yaa Oarianes
Chas. H. Fisher & CO
Brookline Street
J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Clark & Reid CO
Pambridge
A. Anastasia Master Barber
River ST
Central
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