Social Security features and postwar funding concerns
The article discusses potential postwar Social Security funding effects on purchasing power, including possible higher payments funded by a Murray-Dingell bill. It notes public resistance to socialism while detailing proposed tax changes, benefit boosts, and coverage, with mentions of Beveridge plan comparisons and quoted figures. A separate note from New York discusses a draft board screening 1400 inmates on Rikers Island for military service, with exceptions for non-criminals.
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New York
New York City
Riker’s Island
Penetro Claim Marked By Aging Colds Relief
An old advertising note touts Penetro as a remedy for misery from colds and body aches. It claims a mutton suet base with added medicine and promotes a 35 cent size for topical relief.
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Forte
War tax fight and social security debates in wartime
The article discusses Van denberg’s stance on social security tax levels and the Wagner bill’s proposed coverage. It notes estimates of old workers and postwar funding needs, employer fears of a six percent tax, and comparisons to Beveridge and other plans. It also covers medical care provisions, veteran concerns, and broader wartime fiscal considerations.
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Ngton
Vandenberg
Robert Wagner
Social Security Board
Paco
Arthur Altmeyer
Altmeyer
Senate
Ers
National Physicians Committee For Extension of Medical Service
Chicago
American Medical Association
Wagner
Committee Officians For the
Medical Care, Inc
New Haven
Conn
Federal Treasury
Beveridge
England
CIO Claims Wage Boost Will Not Inflationary
The CIO United Steelworkers demand a 17 cent hourly increase before a war labor board panel and deny it would trigger inflation. Union secretary David J. McDonald says the claim rests on two grounds: need for steel pipe increases and that the wage rise is not in the national interest because it is inflationary.
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CIO
Washington
United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
David J. McDonald
Union
Secre
First dwelling in the United States sunk in 1859
A fragment reports that the first dwelling in the United States was sunk in 1859 on Creek, Pa. The incomplete text notes a historic home landmark and location in Pennsylvania.
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Creek
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