Stand or Fall: Profits Build Jobs, Says AFL-CIO Chief
George Meany argues profits fuel job growth and investment, warning a profit squeeze reduces capital, tax receipts, and investor risk appetite, which chills expansion and unemployment improves only with strong profits. He cites 1956–62 figures showing rising sales but falling pre tax earnings and margins.
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Research Institute of America
Western
Europe
Japan
Times-Mirror
Frances Cooners and the Shop She Built
Frances Cooners, a poor girl who loved luxury fashion, runs a tiny uptown accessory shop after buying it from the previous owner. She toils 12 to 14 hours daily six days a week while planning to marry a handsome broker who urges her to quit the business, yet no prosperous months arrive before their romance fades.
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Frances Cooners
Frances
Bargain Windows Turn 45 Year Old Frances Rich
Frances, a 45 year old shop owner, gains wealth after a stranger cousin dies leaving her half a million dollars. She closes her shop, remodels, and spends on high quality items, then keeps her display windows packed with unbelievable bargains. She travels to source goods, updates displays weekly, and watches customers react to her pricing.
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Frances
Coonters
Los Angeles
Europe
India
The Capture of New Orleans by Farragut’s Fleet
In April 1862 Admiral Farragut led 17 Union ships up the Mississippi to seize New Orleans. The bold assault included mortar boats and a successful run past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, with the Varuna sunk and Confederate defenses decimated. But the battle cost Union losses and shaped the city’s fall as Butler and Porter moved in.
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Varuna
Moore
Kennon
Kennan
Chalmete
Andrew Jackson
George Washington Cable
Slaughterhouse Point
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Cmdr
David Porter
Benjamin F. Butler
Mansfield Lovell
New York City
Cotton Festival Plans Set With Queen Contest
Reynolds will introduce directors and guests as committees to be named later. The Greenbelt Bowl group reports trouble securing players while Christmas decorations aim to buy lights and 30 more figures. The Cotton Festival runs September 9 to 15 with a Farmers-Raghers-Merchants barbecue on September 11 hosted by Charles Jones and Sim Vaughn, and a new boll weevil division for preschoolers.
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Farmers-Raghers-Merchants
Phil Originals
Charles Jones
Sim Vaughn
Odessa’s backyard bash ends with beans and praise
DeBolt guides reporters through a clockwork cooking operation at a feed and shows how to host a party for 10,000. A stray container of barbequed beans splashed sauce on the floor but caused no delay or injury as the event began. The Chuck Wagon gang is recommended for a large backyard feast.
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