Wichita banker urges self sustaining social security plan
J. C. Wilson of Wichita Kansas testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee urging a self funded social security system. He represents the Wichita Independent Business Men's Association and argues rates must cover costs without taxpayer aid and relief should deter dependency.
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J. ©. Wilson
Wichita
Kans
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Wichita Independent Business Men's Association
Congressional Committee
Wilson
Congress
Farm Subsidy Plan Sparks Debate On Market Prices
The administration proposes shifting to a government set price for perishables with subsidies covering the gap to a minimum, aiming to reduce waste from buyouts while preserving a free market element. Critics warn it could aid speculators and spur more crop planning by policy.
Blessings in Disguise Strength Through Adversity
An obituary notes a one legged man who left over a million dollars. A stranger recalls his rise from a poor clerk to a successful dealer in autos and real estate, saying hardship sharpened character. Calamities test souls but forge strength with resolve.
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Earl L. Douglass
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Drove Blazing Car Dies Of His Burns
Roy V. Platz, 57, engineering at Fort Logan Veterans Hospital, drove a burning car through downtown Denver yesterday. Neighbors and bystanders pulled him from the vehicle after bystanders failed to halt him. He died at Denver General Hospital about four hours later, reportedly despondent since his mother’s death. He was not married.
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Denver
Roy V. Platz
Dan Levering
Platz
Fort Logan Veterans Hospital
Even Wage Cut Would Not Keep Mill Open
In Douglasville Georgia mill workers offered a 15 percent wage cut to save the Doulas Cotton Mills from closing. Manager M T McDearmid said even that reduction could not make the operation profitable amid low cloth prices. The mill, employing about 500, sustains roughly 3,500 people in the area, and workers have already accepted a 10 percent cut.
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Allanta
Georgia
M. T. McDearmid
Doulas
Douglasville
Fifty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
In 1899 April 18 entry Mac Phoebus, a well known fisherman, injures his face with cat claws after a customer dislodges a cat from a store box. A blanket in a store box owned by Edward Burck is found to be his property. a night watchman had surprised a man sleeping on it. Two recruits, W. C. Stauffer and Edward D. Dettford, pass exams and enlist for three years at Fort Meade. Frank H. Cushing of the Smithsonian will be the commencement orator at Woman’s College. The Colored Mandolin and Guitar Club led by Dorsey Robinson will give a concert on Court Street Tuesday evening.
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the News
Mac Phoebus
Prank Schroeder
East Paterick Street
Tno
Phoebus
Edward Burck
Adam Brachey
Messrs
W. C. Stauffer
Edward D. Dettford
Frederick
Fort Meade
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Frank H. Cushing
American Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institute
Woman's College
Apple
Colored Mandolin and Guitar Club
Dorsey Robinson
Court Street
Twenty Years Ago Of The News April 18 1929
Rising waters of the Potomac river overflowed into the bed of the C&O canal at Point of Rocks blocking the Maryland side bridge road. Mrs Richard P Ross Frederick escaped injury when a Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed in New Jersey. Amos A Remsberg near Middletown died suddenly of a heart attack at age 56. A bond issue of 250000 for public improvements was authorized by the Board of Aldermen with 115000 for water system. bids open May 15.
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the News
Potomac River
C, and O. Canal
Point of Rocks
Maryland
Richard P. Ross
Frederick
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
New Jersey
Amos A. Remsberg
Middletown
Board of Aldermen
Washington Daybook notes on railway expense probe and Ole Tawm Connally
TRIS COFFIN reports on the Post Office investigation into a potential 110 million dollar railway expense rise, detailing railroad unions supplying questionnaires while rails expect obstruction. The column also profiles Senator Tom Connally, nicknamed Ole Tawm, highlighting his steadfast stance on foreign policy and Atlantic Pact during Senate debates. It also mentions Argentinean Fascist figures like Dino Grand and Vittorio Mussolini.
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Tris Coffin
Washington
Post Office
Committee On
Post Office Department
Southern Railroad
Carrier fleets as safeguard against bases and war risks
In a defense argument, proponents say Navy carriers can deliver atomic bombs from the deck with air cover from cruisers and destroyers. They warn bases signed under the Atlantic pact may not stay allied and stress carriers provide crucial insurance against European political shifts and potential Soviet expansion.
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Washington
House
United States
Navy
Cannon
Europe
Representative Cannon
Ministry of War
America
England
North Atlantic Ocean
Japan
Philippines
Russia
New York
Boston
Dorothy Dix Advice on Women and Boundaries
Dorothy Dix offers witty counsel on understanding women and the limits of patience in marriage. She urges readers to recognize the unpredictable nature of wives, then advises a married reader with seven children to enforce boundaries by charging neighbors for child care, turning a weakness into a profit.
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Dorothy Dix
Two are slain in Easter weekend killings in West Virginia
At least five West Virginians died violently over Easter weekend. Eugene Adkins, 22, of Witcher's Creek in Kanawha County, and Edgar Stevens, 44, of Philippi, were shot by shotgun blasts Sunday.
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Charleston
W. Va
West
Peoples Court Cases and Local Notices in Frederick area
Not guilty verdicts for Roy Baugher on reckless driving. James Summers jailed for drunken driving and license violation after arrest near Frederick. Fredericktown Savings Institution re elected officers. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports higher revenue from freight. Salary increases for Potter's Union officers denied. Sunspots show a decadal cycle shift in 1947.
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Peoples Court
Roy Edward Baugher
Middletown
Manuel M. Weinberg
Walter K. May
Aston Y. Bennett
James Walter Summers
Charles Town
W. Va
Summers
Frederick
R. A. Myers
Q And A on Voting Rights And Trees
A quiz format notes Argentina’s compulsory voting and women’s suffrage, James Madison’s height, freezing temperatures, and the American elm as a favored tree. It also reports John L. Lewis aides predicting coal export slump won’t derail wage talks, and American Radiator plants closing with layoffs in Pittsburgh Baltimore and Louisville.
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Walter Hunt
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China
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Arthur Vandenberg
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Benito Mussolini
Dino Grand
Maly
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Vittorio Mussolini
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Phil Nwatkie
Wendell Willkie
Indiana
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Frank Keefer
Joan Reeson
Frances Drayton
Helen Kamp
Saddle River
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Havertown
Anne Grabill
Mount Airy
Barbara Holsberg
Harrisburg Pa
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Drexel Hill
Virginia O'Connor
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Staten Island
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Philadelphia
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Dorothy McDonald
Upper Montclair
Mary Elizabeth Hilton
Margaret Crook
Catonsville
Barbara Young
Mary Ellen Wood
West Chester
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Westfield
Madeline Taylor
Uniontown
Mary Hendershot
Northumberland
Betsy McCain
Henry
Big City
Ohio
Owen Wagner
East Liverpool
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Times Square
Fredericktown Savings Institution
F. Ross Myers
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Joseph T. Griffin
Howard M. Alban
Gerald G. Remsberg
W. Meredith S. Young
Teller
R. Monroe Feaga
Helen B. Young
M. Margaret Gardner
Virginia C. Derr
Barbara Fout Cramer
Anna Mary K. Willard
Helen H. Beard
Gerald L. Grabill
Robert E. Gearinger
Holden
Felton
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