Where the Money Goes in the 1939 40 Budget
The piece argues that the 13 billion dollar 1939 40 appropriation is unprecedented for peacetime and that major increases occur in hard to cut areas. It notes higher interest on the public debt and the need for a larger national income to raise taxes. It highlights 1.755 billion for relief, about a billion for social security, and 300 million for the CCC as new or expanded items.
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Congress
CCC
National Association of Security Dealers
Investment Bankers Conference
Securities and Exchange
Hercules
Robert E. Healy
Healy
Association
How to reduce a billion dollar debt charge in 10 years
The article argues defense and agriculture spending will surge without world stability. It notes defense appropriations of 1.523 billion vs 698 million in 1930 and agriculture at 1.272 billion, 338 million above Roosevelt’s request. It links recovery to jobs, higher consumption, and tax gains enabling debt relief. Disagreement arises on how to achieve it.
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Defense
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
World leaders sing Sweet Adeline in ideal harmony
Walter Blaufuss of Chicago suggests a world group of Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain Roosevelt and Stalin sing Sweet Adeline as a world theme song to unite nations in one key. The idea sounds great but would falter as voices reveal imperfections and rivalries break the chorus.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Stalin
Walter
Blaufuss
Chicago
Nebraska gas tax funds pension schemes not roads
Nebraska claims no sales tax yet imposes a four cent gasoline tax, with proceeds not used for road maintenance. Observers note 15 cents from a 30 gallon purchase aids an old age pension fund, arguing raiding pension funds is no better than a sales tax and may mislead taxpayers.
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Nebraska
New Farm Peril Wheat That Looks Like Barley
An Iowa man has developed a wheat variant that resembles barley in appearance and tastes like oats. The judge notes the crop could tempt farmers to overproduce, adding another risk to farming.
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Iowa
Eskimos warned against crossing pole toward civilization
The Canadian government reports Eskimos are migrating northward. They must avoid passing the pole, or they risk moving closer to civilization rather than farther away.
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Pole
Civilization
Waterloo
Muscatine Almanac Notes From Yester Decades
As You Were recalls W H Snyder buying bay carriage horses from Samuel Littrell of Letts for 400 dollars for his livery stable. Twenty five years ago a major sawdust fire damaged Charles Doty’s Doty Button Co and a lumber pile. Ten years ago Kinney shoe store opened at 115 East Second Street with H W Johansen as local manager. E A Lichty of Missouri University was elected math and social science instructor at Muscatine High School.
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Samuel Littrell
South Muscatine
Charles Doty
Doty Button Company
Kinney Shoe
East Second Street
H. W. Johansen
E. A. Lichty
Missouri University
Muscatine High School
Agitation on British Interests in North China Cited by Chamberlain
Prime Minister Chamberlain warns the house of commons that unchecked agitation and attacks on British interests in North China threaten serious government action. The speaker notes the public leans toward fear and hatred rather than resilience and hope, according to Rev Ralph W Sockman of New York's Christ Methodist Church.
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North
China
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Ralph W. Sockman
New York
Christ Methodist Church
Social Security Board Tightens Merit Rule Sweep
A conference drafted clause forces state social security plans to apply merit based hiring where feasible, with the board exempting cases where merit standards are not used. Washington officials expect wholesale non merit state hires to be replaced, improving administration and aiding the needy and aged under old age and related programs.
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Congress
S. S
Washington
Armchair of a Seafaring Retiree From Nickerson Tragedy
A mute record tragedy at sea inspires an armchair built by Gilbert Nickerson of Shag Harbour N C a retired fisherman. Wood from nearly forty shipwrecks including a French warship sunk in 1758 and a Danish warship captured in 1812. The piece reflects speeds from Bluebird 1938 to the 1905 Pennsylvania Special. Tomorrow The Island That Went Astray.
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Gilbert Nickerson
Shag Harbor
N. C
Louisburg Harbor
Nelson
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Lake Harwil
Switzerland
Solar and stellar terms crossword clues
A compact list of across and down crossword clues covering solar body and celestial terms plus related everyday words including coin, animal groups, kava, loan, and sea terms. Answers likely include solar orb planet earth and various Latin and English word pairs.
Quillen sketches pained by parental guidance and sister’s tale
Aunt Het laments medical advice from Pa while facing his pouting. Nan recounts a dramatic tale of four doctors giving up on her, and Ma contemplates they were beauty doctors.
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Nan
Banking group furious over housing bill defeat
A New York banking group that labored for almost a year to float a large bond issue halted by Congress failed to anticipate a veto of the housing bill. They now face wasted preparations and strong disappointment as the Roosevelt administration faces setback.
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Roosevelt
New York
U. S. Housing Administration
Congress
Intelligent compromise cited as tactic in disordered civilization
Dr. Edwin S. Burdell, director of Cooper University, argues that intelligent compromise is the only effective tactic in coping with a disordered civilization. He emphasizes measured diplomacy and balanced policy as essential for progress.
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Edwin S. Burdell
Cooper Uniom
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