Farm Debt Careful, Worries Rise Over Postwar Speculation
A Washington report notes farmers are paying debts and strengthening rural finances but warns of potential speculative trends after the war. Forecasters cite rising land values, new lenders in Iowa, and risk of debt buildup if price controls fail. The department of commerce records show substantial farm mortgage repayment and broad farm wealth, urging caution to prevent a repeat of WWI-era speculation.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
America
Farmers of America
Washington
Frank Wilson
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Middle West
Federal Land Banks
Farm Credit Administration
Hank
Land Bank
Drouth
Kansas
United States
Iowa
GROVE
Two Way Attack On Beveridge Plan
The Beveridge social security plan faced a two way fight as Congress aimed to pigeonhole it amid right wing opposition and a quieter yet fierce left wing challenge led by the People’s Lobby in Washington which denounces the plan as not socialist enough and critiques ownership of resources and key industries.
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Beveridge
Congress
Washington
People’s Lobby
Washington Geometric City and Human Geometry Lessons
A reader reflects on Washington as a city of geometric forms like Dupont Circle and Lafayette Square, then notes a postwar shift to human shapes. The piece describes two table companions with looping noses and bulging cheeks, satire on social form and a broader joke about urban geometry.
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Washington
Dupont Circle
Lafayette Square
George Washington
American Institute of Architects
Pentagon
Army
Mr. Bulge
Army Builds Military Government School for Occupied Territories
The Army runs a school of military government at the University of Virginia to train officers and select civilians for future rule of occupied lands. The program covers 16 weeks with lectures and practical projects, preparing officers as top administrators and liaison personnel under the theater commander.
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Army of the
United States
Officers Reserve Corps
United States Army
War Department
School of Military Government
United Nations
Tain
Tach
C. W Wickersham
General Wickersham
G-2
First Army
School of Mili
Provost Marshal General's Training Center
Fort Custer
Mich
Corps of Military Police
Army
State Department
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments
Board of Economic Warfare
Laws of etiquette prepared for occupied Manchuria officials
The Japanese ministry of commerce prepared etiquette laws for officials in occupied Manchuria covering posture salute and address at meals and in telephoning. The wartime simplification program saved vast quantities of steel copper cloth lumber leather pulp tungsten leather and hours, enabling the construction of 23 Liberty ships.
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Ministry of Commerce
Manchuria
WPB
Remembering the Bataan Stand and Surrender
One year ago on April 9 1942 Maj Gen E B King and Col E P Williams announced the surrender of 35000 American and Filipino troops after four months of fierce jungle fighting. The piece recalls Lt Norman Reyes on Corregidor and quotes Manuel Quezon praising Filipino and American resolve.
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Bataan
E. B. King
Col
E. P. Williams
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Australasia
Corregidor
Norman Reyes
Philippines
America
Manuel Quezon
United States
Quezon
Marine Corps Cooks Adapt to Guadalcanal Hardships
Articles describe Guadalcanal cooks facing no power or gas, relying on wood stoves and kerosene, using canned foods due to heat and storage limits. Meals vary with troop movements, and cooks improvise with hash, stew, beans, pastry disguises, and attempts at meat and vegetable pies and bean soup.
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Marine Corps
Congressional Jokes and the House's Witful Repartee
A bygone column recounts congressional humor with sharp retorts and demagogic quips. Notables like Huey Long Tom Reed and Uncle Joe Cannon emerge in brisk anecdotes, while legends of a Senate lion and Cloakroom club satire illuminate legislative life.
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House
Congress
Tom Reed
Henry Clay
Reed
Quotations on Government and Poise, Budgeting in Pith
A collection of witty lines noting that much government work relies on amateurs and that money flies away, while a woman's poise suffers when she worries about her appearance and finances. The remarks blend humor on public service and personal finance.
Unknown fragments of a reflective column headline
Fragmentary text hints at a reflective column about selling experience and the idea that a dark horse succeeds by drawing public interest. No clear event or names are readable to specify a real-world item.
Voices From The Past Unearth Nightingale Twain Echoes
A university collection presents archival ph records featuring voices attributed to Florence Nightingale and Mark Twain like figures, exploring historical commentary and literary persona amid a broader archival showcase.
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Voices
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C. W. Wickersham
Bankhage
Roosevelt
Philippine Republic
Guadalcanal
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Hooey
Jim
Senate
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House of Representatives
Thomas D. Schall
Champ Clark
Clark
Wen
Brin
Carlyle
Hitler
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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