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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
8
Washington talk turns to trimming federal outlays as 1940-41 measures loom. Officials foresee deficits near 3.0 to 3.8 billion, with defense spending debated and debt limits under review. Politicians warn election pressure may curb bold reductions.
Des Moines welfare officials sent a renewal notice for a $22 a month old age pension. The recipient replied with I have been ill, I can not be bothered with this. An investigator would likely deliver the news in person if she would not read it.
The forthcoming Congress must face the facts and decide if it will sustain vast spending or revive long term private investment. Causes of investment collapse include past real estate losses, money value uncertainty, war, and policy-induced instability. A decisive dollar stabilization and an end to discretionary currency policy are urged, alongside honest railroad debt wipeout, federal utility reform, and a strong SEC program to accelerate utility holding company reorganization.
Lindquist leaves Christmas night for New York City to join conferences under the joint Indian committee of the National Home Missions Council. He will report on New York Indians and on reservations in Nebraska Oklahoma and New Mexico as part of Yale University race relations study.
Roth argues advertising benefits the public by making products clear and accessible. He asserts openness boosts trust, lowers prices, improves quality and service, and profits workers and consumers without added cost. He frames advertising as a shared public endeavor improving living standards.
The text states that another survey volume is expected to be published after two years to sum up the results of the current study.
A Pittsburgh man who planned to end his life at midnight on Christmas Eve instead receives help from ministers and a job offering. He, age under 30, describes himself as a disheartened American and explains he aimed to support his ailing wife and baby with the newfound employment at 385 dollars per week.
In Ludington Michigan on December 26 Pi John Slavickas 54 killed his wife Josephine 45 wounded their daughter Christine Hirley 28 in Hammond Indiana then killed himself. Christine was in critical condition from a shotgun wound as officers found the bodies near a Christmas tree in the farm home. Chalmers Hirley husband of the wounded woman fled with furniture and carried Christine to a neighbor’s house.
James Jacques ten and Claire Betty five children of Mr and Mrs Frederick Jacques flew 11000 feet to test if high altitude eases whooping cough in a Christmas experiment. The parents report no cough since, while Dr Ovide Pomerleau awaits more time for a firm opinion amid Holland based studies.
Military sources disclosed official figures showing three British soldiers killed on the western front since the war began, with 2,070 naval deaths and 438 air force deaths. The total 2,511 compares with a French death toll of 1,434.
Hollywood December 26 reports Claire Trevor enfeebled by influenza still recovering at home with husband Clark Andrews by her side. Lola Lane bruised in a car crash shows improvement. Miriam Hopkins nursing a hip injury from a dance scene. Binnie Barnes flaunts a diamond gift from Mike Frankovich and plans September wedding. Reynolds custody dispute over Richard Reynolds Jr continues. Pasadena selects Bobs Watson as grand marshal with Queen Joyce Rickson. a jewelry theft at a resort premiere prompts a $5 000 diamond and $250 ring loss notice. Leavenworth WPA workers face a payless Christmas as $9 000 in checks arrive late. Bloomington imposes 10 30 curfew enforced by a fire truck siren due to juvenile crime wave.
Asheville NC December 26 James J Britt former Republican representative for North Carolina eleventh district and former chief counsel of the federal prohibition bureau in Washington died at his home at age seventy nine.
Former Polish president Ignace Moscicki departed Bucharest for a Swiss sanatorium seeking heart treatment. He fled Poland during the Soviet and German invasions and was granted permission to leave after doctors advised it. He travels with his wife and daughter.
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