Taxes from utilities fund California public schools
The piece argues that utility taxes, especially railroad taxes in California in 1945 totaling 13,475,805 dollars, largely finance primary education. It contends this pattern holds nationally and warns against federal takeover of utilities, which would erase such tax flows and threaten funding for schools. It weaves in reflections on liberty, labor unions, Christmas memories, and postwar aid to Europe.
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California
Mary Jones
Bobby Browns
Mel
Kravenskey
District Meat Cutters Union
AFL
Meat Cutters Union
Spain
Britain
America
France
Italy
China
Duke MecCale Guarding a Wedding Presents Mystery
Private detective Duke McCale rises to a challenge when Miss Ada Longworth Bigelow hires him to guard presents at her niece's wedding. He suspects fear drives the request and vows to stay alert for any theft or incident during the festive period.
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Duke MecCale
Boston
Miss Adelaide Bigelow
McCale
Miss Bigelow
MecCale
Veronica Bigelow
Sunday Herald
Ann
Duke
Rocky
Vallaincourt
Adelaide
Stooge
Mystery Tangles Around Vinegart Bigelow Wedding
In Boston's Beacon Hill, Adelaide Bigelow hires a private team to guard wedding gifts for Veronica Vallaincourt. McCale learns the bride’s fortune comes from Lowell mills and clipper ships while a staged model house deed links to Curt Vallaincourt. A tense tea unfolds as a fashionable crowd gathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Vallaincourt
Ann Marriot
Duke
Rocky
McCale
Bigelow
Ann
Curt Vallaincourt
Lowell
Bigelows
Adelaide Bigelow
Joel
Adelaide
Sybil
Russia's Economic Plight and Communist Movement Decried
Western Union reports a deteriorating Russian economy and a sprawling global Communist movement exposed as a fraud. Details describe shoe shortages, purges in science, limited press access, and widespread discontent with the secret police suppressing revolt while Moscow concentrates on war-capable industry and heavy bomber production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
Molotov
New York
Ukraine
Kremlins
American Broadcasting Companies
Moscow
Turkey
Dardanelles
Siberia
Volga
Aoyone
War Surplus Bargains Offer Wide Range of Gear
Fargo Iron & Metal Co War Surplus Department in Jamestown ND advertises nylon stockings overshoes wool blankets leather dress mitts wool socks and mackinaws with price points from 69 cents to 11.95 plus sizes and mail order options. Purchases by money order. includes 15 cents postage and North Dakota sales tax.
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O. D
DuPont
N. Dak
Fargo Iron & Metal CO
Jamestown, North Dakota
Tenant Farmers Rent Nearly One Third Of U S Farms
The article notes that about 30 percent of U S farms are rented and operated by tenant farmers, highlighting a widespread practice among farming households and its impact on agricultural operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Oldest Domestic Fowls Traced To Ancient China
The article notes that domesticated fowls are among the oldest amestic animals and suggests they were introduced into China around 1400. It presents a concise historical claim about early poultry origins and spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niae
China
Keep Coffeemaker Clean and Efficient Use
Keep the coffeemaker scrupulously clean with hot suds and scalding after each use. It stresses waste reduction by not brewing large pots for few servings and suggests proper cleaning to ensure quality coffee.
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Wright A Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Iowa
Minnesota
Canada
UNRRA
Europe
Balkan
State Department
Bel
Ysse Jy Geradey Brown
W.N.A
New York City
Harvard
Blue Book
Riverway
Victoria
Bennett
Veronica
Stephen
Groton
St. Louis
Karen Cristofen
Dr McCale
Crystal Cove
Nahant
Christopher Storm
Massachusetts
Curtin Vallaincourt
Tony
Cares de
Sues Mont
Miket
Billings, Mont
Poland
Mitchell
South Dakota
Legga Fat
Fischer
North Sth
Billings
Montana
Alabama
Amarillo
BIG Horn Airways
Sheridan
Wye
Chrysler
West ‘Side
Butte
Mont
Chisholm
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Umberb Sr
Ponderosa
Chisholm Hie % CO
Kobe
Lesters
Broadway - Farge
North Dakotas
Ioneer Hox
Pasadena
Calif
Aberdeen
Scholls Music Studi
2Nd Ave
Great Falls
John Deere Combine
Chester
B.D. Coll
Cut Bank
Nylon Sales & Repair Service
Greybull
Wyoming
Pie & Invest
Oppor
Oliver Grady
Jersey St
Quincy
RE. C. Anderson
N. Lamon
Chicago
Hitness
Baushier
Moses Lake
Bedford
Meses Lake
Harrison Bt
Oregon
Frice
Forbes
Benker
Narre Ave
Bend
Columbia Basin
Macfadden-Erson, Inc
Mohawk
Farm Machinery & Equip
Nat T Ganache Winifred
Shirley ‘Penninger Laurel
Ee Et
Snc
Geo. H. Stevens
Lakeview
Kohler
Kohler Electric
Kohler di
Farm Light & Service
Montane Avenue
Moat
Armstrong Tires
Armstrong Rubber Co
West Haven
Conn
Wally S
Billings Butte
Carter
Thermopolis, Wyoming
Masseur
Army Air Forces
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