Shares in America and public ownership values
A New York Stock Exchange appointment of a Connecticut college head prompts remarks on investing. The piece stresses stock ownership as citizen participation in American enterprise, the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, exchange rules, and market price variability as part of a democratic, non socialist public ownership ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Connecticut
America
Acear
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York
Gingerbread Muffins and Layer Cake from Molasses Recipe
A recipe describes using unsulphured molasses for sweet aromatic gingerbread. It covers muffins, cupcakes, and a 9 by 9 inch layer cake with instructions for creaming shortening and sugar, mixing with flour, eggs, hot water, and spices, then baking at 350 F. for 20 to 45 minutes.
Profit or Loss Margin Close in Retail Chains
The article notes retailers with 700 stores cite mounting overhead and price resistance as key near term problems. It stresses rising costs in wages rents and taxes outpacing prices, and that typical profits are only a few cents per dollar, with department stores averaging 3.7 cents in 1950 and food chains about one cent.
TEAMWORK: Mass production and distribution fuel American economy
A National Association of Manufactures survey predicts ample consumer goods in the next year across durable goods food and clothing. Retailing strength complements farm and factory output, enabling low prices through competition. Mass production and mass distribution form a typical American team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufactures
Chicago
New York
Oregon
Retailers urge source controls over price limits
A representative of two national retailer groups testified before a Senate committee arguing that price controls alone cannot curb inflation. He urged government action at the source: money supply, sound taxes, encouraging savings, and reducing spending. He warned price controls are no easy cure and urged deeper causes be addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
SCREEN FOR SOCIALISM DRAMATICALLY ATTACKS WATER POLICY BLUEPRINT
The National Reclamation Association and other authorities critique the 2023 page report of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission as advocating complete socialization of major river basins and nationalization of the electric power industry. They warn it disregards local irrigation agencies and promote a Washington monopoly over water policy, framing it as a bid for a total super-state.
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Water Resources Policy Commission
National Reclamation Association
Izaak Walton League
Washington
How Government Pressure Squanders Tax Money
A June 9 Saturday Evening Post piece by Charles Stevenson argues government publicity spending wastes taxpayers money. It cites 105 million dollars yearly for 3,400 federal publicity staff and releases, plus vast word counts in The New York Times and Journalism Quarterly. Names agencies like FSA and Bureau of Reclamation are named for promotional efforts and power projects. The piece questions how long such spending will continue.
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Charles Stevenson
Saturday Evening Post
The
Post
Mr. Stevenson
Budget Bureau
Congress
New York Times
Journalism Quarterly
Wr Stevenson
Federal Security Administration
Bureau of Reclamation
West
Farm Bureau Critiques Inflation Controls and Proposes Plan
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged five anti inflation steps including higher production restraint on government spending a pay as you go tax plan strict credit controls and prudent public debt management They argue controls address only symptoms and threaten freedom and future price fixing beyond mere government steps.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Solomons
The
Farm Journal
Chicken of Tomorrow contest showcases industry science progress
The National Chicken of Tomorrow contest on the University of Arkansas campus awarded $5,000 to the winner. Since 1945 poultry leaders and the Agriculture Department pursued faster growing chickens with 25 percent less feed, yielding younger, more tender meat. About 425 million of last year’s 625 million broilers trace to Chicken of Tomorrow stock. The program demonstrates collaborative advancement in meat poultry.
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University of Arkansas
Department of Agriculture
Economic Highlights and the Korea War Debate
The piece surveys postwar Far Eastern policy debates from MacArthur to Wedemeyer, arguing the real enemy is Russia and urging a mix of economic blockade and moral psycho social warfare. It cites Wedemeyer’s 1947 China mission and Lawrence on American intentions, suggesting a shift toward broader moral force in foreign policy.
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Holmes Alexander
Washington
Truman
General MacArthur
Roosevelt
Yalta
China
MacArthur
Marshall
Red China
General Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Korea
Russia
David Lawrence
United States
Free World
America
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Melvin & Johnson
Benjamin FL Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
Screen
Kipling
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Acheson
Police
Hampshires
A. W. Perdue & Son
Ocean City Rd
Salisbury, Md
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve Systema
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