Britain shifts away from socialism amid rising private gains
A U S News & World Report feature, cited by experts and committees, argues Britain's 13 year socialist experiment is failing. Nationalized industries show higher costs and lower efficiency, while private enterprise thrives. Coal deficits mount, while steel, rail, and airlines lose less or profit under private hands. The piece notes labor discord and rising taxes, with political lines shifting toward capitalism as the lasting effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
U. S
Labor Party
Commission
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Cable
England
Lew
Community Concert Guests At Easton High School
Grace Vernon Smith reports a community concert at Easton High School with Bernard Izzio baritone and David Burk on piano. The item lists numerous local residents visiting, hosting, and attending events, noting hospital remains, club meetings, visits, and social gatherings around Easton and nearby towns. The closing line hints at concerns over citizens needing government support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Fountain
Margaret Swing
Easton High School
Mulford Swing
Bernard Izzio
David Burk
Right to work debate contrasts European unions with U S
A Fortune article notes European nations largely avoid forced union membership and still maintain strong labor movements. Britain shows high union density with freedom to join, while Germany Italy France and England illustrate open shop conditions can co exist with robust unions.
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U. S
Sagazine
England
United States
Britain
Trade Union Congress
Fortune
Germany
Italy
France
Rayburn rails against federal gas tax hike proposal
Speaker Sam Rayburn calls the plan to raise the federal gasoline tax from 3 to 414 cents per gallon unfair and unnecessary. He argues roads funding should come from highway user taxes already collected and directed to road programs, not general taxes. He notes motorists face heavy total taxes on gasoline as a luxury-like burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rayburn
Treasury
General Fund
REA eyes urban service expansion amid tax burden concerns
The Rural Electrification Administration seeks legislative OK to serve towns over 1500, jumping into direct competition with private power firms. Advocates warn expansion would shift costs to taxpayers, citing Texas co ops paying far less tax per revenue than private utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Glenn Martz
Washington News Syndicate
Martz
Texas
Henderson Family Visit Spends Time With Evans and Palmer Kin
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Evans hosted last Tuesday in Philadelphia with Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Palmer and sons from near Dover visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Montague.
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Charles Turner
Plainfield
N. J
John Ebling
Louis Townsend
Easton
Norman Godwin
Leon Baker
Vernon Baker
Millsboro
Wm. Cannon
George Humphries
Swarthmore
Bernard Connolly
Beatrice Bower
Ross Simons
Dorothy
Helen Messenger
Wilma Woodhall
Washington, D. C
Emmett Messenger
Ulric Towers
Harvey Fleetwood
Denton
Frank Flounders
Ruth Garey
Jane
Josh Davis
Ingleside
Davises
Mary Jane
Myra Jan
Georgia Colgain
Tuckahoe Homemakers Club
Ed. Sparks
Eddie
Rose Morris
William
A. O. Saulsbury, Jr
Sol Hoke
Brookside
Del
John Saulsbury
Rehoboth
Lloyd Holland
Wyoming
Betty Briscoe
Thomas Lynch
Joseph Leonard
Salisbury
C. W. Guthrie
James Reed
Woodside
Aldine Bullard
Richard Blackburn
Ennis Ferrick
Lewis Baker
Vienna
Calvin Covington
Elkton
Millard Jamison
Aaron Palmatory
Edna Palmatory
Phillip
Wilmington
Roland Cartwright
Goldsboro
Win. E. Palmatory
Lemuel Robinson
William Lynch
Farm Bureau
No. 6
Charles R. Walls and Sons
Dover
Dora B. Melvin
S. S. James
Ralph Biddle
Bill Kusmaul
Memorial Hospital
Harold Overfield
Pearl Jones
Edward Robb
John Raughley
Walter Wessell
Ralph Lane
Downes’ Chapel
C. A. Shenton
Mary S. Pippin
Clayton Stubbs
Henry Rash
Charles Nichols
Greensboro
Wm. Phillips
James Carlisle
Felton
Harry Purnell
James Thomas
Charles
Wm. Heverin
Ann
Ernestine Milligan
Franklin
Hurlock
Dorothy Wooleyhand
John Kendall
Henderson Grange
Eden Hall
Lorraine Thompson
Roy Marvel
Sadlersville
Norman Griffith
W. F. Clark
Annabel
Fred A. Evans
Benjamin Evans
Philadelphia
Wm. A. Palmer and Sons
Near
T. A. Montague
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Maryland
Caroline County
Ghuoman
Thailand
U. S. News & World Report
Grace Vernon Smith
J. J. Williams
Lansdowne, Pa
Sarah Mitchell
Belair
Arthur Benjamin
Carolyn
John Benjamin, Jr
Rising Sun
Julia Gerth
Louis Antal, Sr
Near Town
Henderson
Catherine Melvin
Lancaster
Sunbeam
Wolverine
Cohee’s Store
J. Wilson
Winnie Cohee
Denton, MD
Adverti
Caroline
By Makol
Georgia Bank
Denton National Bank Commercial, Savings, Trusts
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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