How It Happened: America’s production and consumption engine
Dorothy Thompson catalogues factors driving American mass production and demand. She cites vast resources, scientific ingenuity, managerial skill, mass wages, high purchasing power, and policies balancing inflation and deflation to fuel a continental internal market, rapid turnover, and high rewards for exceptional managers. The American factory, farm, and retail outlet stand unrivaled.
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Dorothy Thompson
America
The Newspaper Tops the List
Alfred G. Peterson, president of the National Savings and Loan League, argues advertising should be selective and cost effective. He ranks newspapers as the top medium for local reach and targeted audiences, emphasizing their ability to reach the exact local market.
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Alfred G. Peterson
National Savings and Loan League
Peterson
States Alone Should Fund Local Schools, Warns Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States argues that states and local communities can better provide for school needs than the federal government. It cites a debt burden on Washington and cites state cash holdings and debt levels to urge reductions in federal handouts and a revival of local control.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Retailing’s Great Story From Chicago Convention
A Chicago convention of dry goods and variety stores urged better planning and selling. Secretary Benson noted lower retail food prices vs two years ago. A food maker executive praised distributors’ and retailers’ performance and slim profits, highlighting fast turnover. Retailing remains highly competitive, lowering costs for consumers and boosting purchasing power.
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Chicago
Benson
The Family Farm Is Stronger
John Bird argues in a Reader's Digest piece that mechanization is transforming U S farm life. He describes tractors as labor savers and power packages that hoist, push, dig, and carry, making farm work faster and more productive.
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John Bird
Better Farming
Reader’s Digest
U. S
Where's the Discrimination in U.S. Maritime Policy
A commentary defends the 50-50 law requiring half of U.S. overseas cargo paid by the government to travel on American flag vessels. It argues foreign criticism is unfounded, notes past and present ship-use statistics, and says U.S. policy is liberal compared with other nations while supporting national security and economics.
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U. S
Congress
New York Journal of Commerce
Edwards Family Reunion Held at Garland Lake
Mrs. Ethel Thornton reports the Edwards reunion for the late Joseph and Anna Edwards at Garland Lake with 135 attendees. The immediate family and relatives enjoyed a picnic lunch before a storm caused cancellation of the afternoon program.
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Edwards
Garland Lake
Joseph and
Anna Edwards
Reunion plans set for 1956
Frederick C. Jarrell completes four years in the U S Air Force including two overseas years and returns to parents Mr and Mrs Charlies Jarrell Sr from Randolph Field Texas. Dozens of relatives neighbors and visitors from Wilmington Denton Rehoboth Beach and Harrisburg gather for weekend visits and family news across Kent General Hospital Camp Cann-Kedi-Kon and local beaches.
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Frederick C. Jarrell
U. S. Air Force
Charlies Jarrell Sr
Randolph Field Air Base
Texas
Chet Yount and Sons
DuBois, Pa
W. H. Spicher
Denton
Preston Spicher
Howard Jackson
Kent General Hospital
Dover
Robert Baker
Linwood Hubbard
Wilmington
John Wickler
Susie Wright
Town
Wickler
Whitall Laramore
John Burger Jr
Lewes
Del
Davis Bishop
Baltimore
Diane
Judy Taylor
Nona Kindleberger
Camp Cann-Kedi-Kon
Harrisburg
T. Irving Morris
New York
Clinton Morris
Vernon Jones
C. C. Williamson Jr
Connie Monroe
Clarence Marvel
Harry Berry
Harry Russell
Newport
John Jarvis
Helen Connor
Rehoboth Beach
John Quinn
Clayton Wyatt
Ella Walls
Homer Benton
Sadlersville
Lucy Walters
Barclay
Irving Ober
Oscar Nichols
Sadie Ash
Frank Hobbs Sr
Barbara Butler
Jean Harris
Joyce Ann Nichols
Myron Smith
Pocomoke City
Harry Karcher
Cheryl
Lewis C. Jones
Philadelphia
Samuel Carrow
Clarence Russ
Easton
Oscar Spence
Greenwood
Merrel Spence
Merrel E. Spence
Va PB. I
Blacksburg
Wilson Jump
Roland Blades
Ridgely
West Virginia
Francis Harrington
Nelson Bishop
Memorial Hospital
Milford
Alan Thornton
Garland Lake
Smith Simpkins
South River
Katie Webber
Layton Mackey
William Newundorf
Jesse Mackey
Francis Karcher
Charlotte
N. C
E. T. Parrish
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Maryland
Caroline County
Association Y JU JO
Greensboro
Ethel Thornton
Gare
Paul Biggers
Linda
David
New England States
Winder Brockway
Westminster
Noble Sipple Jr
Gary
Katherine Rudolph
Chester
Noble Sipple
Frank Asilton
Shirley Sipple
Rockville, Md
Bowen & King, Inc
Guild OF Prescription Opticians OF America, Inc
Harrison Street
The
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve Systems
Lancaster
U. S. Gov't
LOS
Calif
Bartlett
Seabrook Farms
Seabrook Farm
Ideal Frozen
Pkas
Glenwood
Ideal Orange Pekoe
Ona
Princess
Peg
Virginia Lee Bakery
Supreme Square
Richland Creamery Butter
Ideal O. Perce
IDEAL
Farmdale
Popular Mechanics
International Silver Co
Acme
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
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