Delphi Columnist Reflects On Local Economy And National Trends
L. D. reviews three years as a Delphi Citizen columnist explaining his views on local and national economics. He cites the effects of absentee ownership and outside buying while praising farmers and area businesses as stabilizing forces. He urges readers to study U S economic history with open minds and to think for themselves.
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L. D
Delphi Citizen
House
Senate
United States
Metropolitan Press
Partizan
Peace It's Wonderful Plan for Europe Probe
A. B. argues Sumner Welles may travel to Europe as a peace dove. He cautions few understand the motive and warns public opinion pressured Allies to war. He criticizes a potential U.S. concession to Hitler as a dangerous irony amid wartime diplomacy.
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Sumner Welles
Europe
U. S
Roosevelt
Hitler
Germany
U.S
Roosevelt Pushes Bill For 50 Small Rural Hospitals
President Roosevelt asks Congress to appropriate 7.5 to 10 million dollars to begin a program building 50 small rural hospitals, saying the plan will save lives and improve health in underserved areas. The note cites budget discipline and mentions Jenner supporters and a surge in December youth employment through the National Youth Administration.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Youth Administration
Rooster's Spurs by Walter Shead
Paul Speicher of Insurance Research and Review rebutts Republican claims that Social Security curbs initiative. He notes life insurance in force at 133.8 billion dollars, up 10 billion from 1929 peak, and says Social Security reforms and pensions push Americans to use insurance for future income and dependents. Speicher criticizes tariff policy as harmful.
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Paul Speicher
The
Insurance Research and Review
Indianapolis Association of Life Underwriters
Speicher
America
Farm Management School Highlights for 1940 Planning
The February 9 session by J. Bottom and S A Wickard outlined five key factors for profitable farming: crop-soil combinations, livestock use, efficient labor and machinery, sound management practices, and effects of domestic and foreign influences on 1940 planning. An option to attend a one day farm record meeting at year end was announced for farmers completing the Indiana Farm Account Book. Committeemen noted include Walter Barnhart J Ben Metzger Dwight Beard and others.
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S.A. Wickard
Carroll County
Bottum
Indiana
Nienees School
Walter Barnhart
J . Ben Metzger
Dwight Beard
Aere Fisher
Oren Eikenberry
Robert Bowman
Miles Martin
January’s weather eases fears of flood along Wabasa River
The piece notes no immediate flood danger as mild thaws and gentle freezes continue over two weeks. It predicts January fears may ease into March while cautioning a future cold spell could alter the outlook. It highlights the value of reader-supplied copy versus editorial directions. Rev. Harry Parker of Delphi is invited to speak in Michigan City on February 20 as state Legion chaplain.
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Roosevelt
Wabasa
Harry Parker
Delphi
Michigan City
Parker
The
Legion
Winter sports draw visitors to Pokagon park
Skiing tobogganing and other winter sports attract hundreds of tourists from Michigan Ohio and Illinois to Pokagon state park. Virgil M Simmons commissioner of the Department of Conservation made the remark about enjoying what we have. The piece ends with a humorous quip about a windy day revealing a proverb.
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Pokagon State Park
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Good Thoughts On Achievement And Perseverance
A collection of quotes emphasizes purpose, patient energy, and resoluteness as foundations of character and success. Writings from Punshon Montaigne Munger and Addison stress perseverance, planning, and cautious hope as keys to attaining goals.
McCray Bankruptcy Reported By U S Attorney
Warren T McCray governor of Indiana is bankrupt and insolvent according to Harry Sheridan U S attorney in bankruptcy Sheridan found that McCray had committed many acts of bankruptcy. The item also notes local notices including a comedy play at the high school auditorium and a Woodrow Wilson tribute.
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Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Harry Sheridan
Frankfort
U. S
Sheridan
McCray
The
American Legion
Gretta Robinson
Perry Fraser
Charlies Bowen
Mary Ives
Maury Mason
Dean Smith
Charles Wilson
Martha Grimm
Charles Wood
Joseph Clarke
Lorene Hinkle
Paul Quick
Hogan McCormick
Verne Brown
John H. Mount
Notable voices from history on war and politics
A mosaic of quotations reflects interwar and wartime views. Victor Sassoon criticizes Japan’s bargaining power, Eve Curie forecasts protracted conflict, Whelm von Hoehenzollern urges Franco-Bolshevik unity against Bolshevism, David Dubinsky predicts pro Roosevelt labor backing, and Das Schwarze Korps claims closer Latin ties than Germanic kin.
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Japan
British Isles
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
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Delphi Times
Carroll CO. Citizen
Carroll CO. Citizen-Times
Democratic
Body Works
Globe Valve Factory
A. B
Jenner
Sisterhood of States
Rooster
Walter Shead
London Street Scene
Cheerio
Jackson
Moscow
Red Square
New York City
Montaigne
Munger
Sir Philip Sidney
Addison
Legion Comedy
Woodrow Wilson
New Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Bradshaw
E. O. Grimm
C. E R. Shaffer
L. M. Pletcher
Charles Wilkinson
Joseph Ives
Ilinois
Mary Louise
Wason
Oberlin
Katherine Wilson
Neva Keen
Purdue
Esther Shirk
Wisconsin
Hubert Gros
Meredith Carney
Martha Landis
Isabelle Smock
Helen Wagoner
Charles Wise
Roger
Ralph Hanna
Leona Holsinger
Edna Replogle
North Manchester
Gordon Julien
Indianapolis Dental College
James Obear
Joyce Wilbur
Ruth Wason
George Smock
DePauw
Harriet Cowdin
Mrs
Finland
Roxay
Victor Sassoon
Shanghai
Eve Curie
Marie Curie
Mr. Lewis
David Dubinsky
S.t.huntley
Elbert
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