Billion Dollar Congress Heads Toward Seven Billion Budgets
A Western Newspaper Union column recalls 1938 budget estimates of about 6.87 billion and forecasts seven billion in future deficits. It notes rising defense and debt costs, growth of new federal agencies, and the need for strict congressional control to curb waste while highlighting a separate court martial case over a $773 expense-padding claim.
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Washington
Associated Press
Uon
Congress
L. C Probert
Robdsevelt
National Defense
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Department of Commerce
United States
Fire Comptroller
R. N. Elliott
General Accounting Office
Legislative Branch
Department of Justice
War and Navy Departments
Harold C Reisinger
General Reisinger
Western Newspaper Union
Butchery by Air and Jokes in Kerrville
A column from San Antonio derides war euphoria as Italy’s rhetoric and pro prohibition zeal, contrasts high speed cars with safety, and recounts a Kerrville hunting prank that ends with a man pinned by another and threatened with a visit to a mental health facility.
True Resignation By Thoreau and Self-Writing Library
The passage notes Thoreau’s early unread status and his reaction to publisher returns. He moved the edition of Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers upstairs to his study and wrote that he owned a library of about 900 volumes, over 700 authored by himself.
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Thoreau
Concord and
Merrimack Rivers
Picture or Pillow Top Embroidery Pattern 5956
Appealing simple embroidery to create a striking pillow or picture. Describes single line-stitch wool or floss on a motif 11 by 13 inches with a color chart key and stitches. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W Fourteenth Street New York NY to obtain pattern 5956 with name and pattern number.
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Household Arts Dept
W. Fourteenth
New York
N. Y. Plesse
Lacking the Heart Says Seton Merriman Philosophy
A compact quotation from Seton Merriman on personal responsibility precedes an advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, a sugar coated laxative that claims to be effective and appealing to children.
See All of It
The line argues that true understanding comes only from viewing the full context rather than parts, citing Ryskin. It underscores the need for comprehensive perspective to discern meaning and avoid partial judgments.
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Ryskin
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