Singapore and Malaya Plan Premium Bonds to Curb Inflation
The government of this British crown colony seeks to issue 50 million dollars in premium bonds free of income tax with a 10 year repayment. The Federation of Malaya also announced plans to issue 10 million dollars in premium bonds to curb inflation.
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Singapore
Crown Colony
Federation of Malaya
Hal Boyle translates daffynitions for wartime jargon
A KoreanWar air force officer drafts a field guide to military phraseology to help the public grasp common phrases. Gordon Gammack passes along the list of phrases and their plain language translations for readers.
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Air Force
Korea
Gordon Gammack
Des Moines Tribune
Folies and Fragments from a Satirical Dispatch
A collage of short humorous items and translations from a Russian report spoofing wartime cliches. Includes jokes about professions a tramp, a bank book, a bikini, and phrases mocking political and military rhetoric. Ends with a tongue in cheek note about air force clichés.
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Erazislay Dneprovsk
Stalin Oksk
P. S
Air Force
Births and stray anecdotes in a 1920s community note
The passage records a baptism by a minister who helps a stranger and notes a street encounter involving a frightened woman. It also reports the birth of O Jack Gray on October 20, 1921 and Louella Wolfe Gray on October 20, 1922 with grandparents and doctors present in Tunnelton West Virginia.
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O. Jack Gray
B. S. Pankin
Louella (Wolfe) Gray
Dr. Rankin
Gail Gray
Tunnelton
W. Va
Wealth Through Frugality Or Riches By Austerity
The quote asserts that lack of frugality prevents wealth while extreme thrift keeps most people poor. It highlights frugality as a path to prosperity and warns against excessive austerity as a barrier to improvement.
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