Inflation and government spending lesson from past and present
L A C reviews inflation's erosion of money since 1941 with case histories of seized funds for Japanese Americans and Italian deposits under fascist era and wartime regimes. The column argues inflation now runs at about 12 percent locally and blames growing government spending for the rise. It notes a cancelled bond proposition and critiques policy effects on savers and buyers.
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Pearl Harbor
California
Yokohama Specie Bank Ltd
U. S
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Rome
Excelsior
Italy
Let's Take Back Beards From Burns
George Robeson reflects in a Mac Epley column style piece on growing beards. He recounts a mountain trip that led to a beard, the social quirks it invites, and a pushback against shaving. He notes historical shifts in beard culture, gender norms, and a supposed male backlash. He jokes about shaving when it itches and contemplates future grooming decisions.
White House Brides by Marie Smith and Louise Durbin
A brisk look at presidential marriages in the Executive Mansion through history. It notes Luci Barnes Johnson as the eighth White House bride and the first daughter of a president to wed in a church, plus details of early nuptials and the social context, with 21 presidential offspring featured.
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White House
Marie Smith
Louise Durbin
Acropolis
Luci Barnes Johnson
Executive Mansion
Lucy
Lucy Payne Washington
George
Supreme Court
Thomas Todd
Dolley Madison
Maria Hester Monroe
Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur
St. John’s Church
Diplomatic Corps
Fliza
Nat Honig
Peptic ulcers tied to child headaches and emotional strain
Dr. Margaret Prouty reports that peptic ulcers affect children and are linked to frequent headaches, usually frontal and intense. Emotional issues, school problems, broken homes, and parental difficulties appear as background factors. many victims are bright students despite sensitivity and perfectionism. A separate note mentions a diet called No Diet for small weight loss.
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Wisconsin Medical Journal
Diet Advice Warns Weighing In Morning For Diets
Developers of the diet advise weighing each morning after waking. They state if a weight increases by ty pounds, skip a meal that day. The guidance appears in a report in Industrial Medicine and Surgery.
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Industrial Medicine & Surgery
We are our own fates and deeds doom us all
A compact quotation card reflecting on moral cause and effect. It asserts that each person receives according to their works and that life is shaped by actions rather than beliefs. The lines evoke responsibility and self-determination through Rome 2:6 and Owen Meredith.
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Owen Meredith
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