Polk Village to set 1945 tax estimate and salaries
Polk Nebraska village officials adopt an estimate of taxes and expenditures for the year ending April 30, 1945 totaling 16,276.31 with allocations for street, general, library, sinking fund, fire protection, park, and amusement. officers' salaries are set by ordinance and publication is planned in The Polk Progress.
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Polk
Nebraska
Polk Progress
John H. Stohl
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Ordinance fixing salaries of Polk Nebraska village officers
Ordinance No 111 sets annual salaries for Polk Nebraska village officers. It lists the Village Clerk at 24000 dollars per year and proceeds to specify the Village Treasurer and other positions as part of the pay scale established by the chair and board of trustees.
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Polk
Nebraska
Health Education Workshops Held Across four Nebraska Colleges
The Polk County Medical Society sponsors four Health Education Workshops in June and July at Kearney State Teachers College Hastings College Midland College Fremont and Wayne State Teachers College. Topics include control of communicable disease sanitation school and community mental health and guidance of child growth and development. Citizens are invited to attend any session.
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Polk County Medical Society
Kearney State Teachers College
Hastings College
Midland College
Fremont
Wayne State Teachers College
Lincoln Journal Ad: Save Money On Your World-Herald Order
An advertising note invites readers to place an order for the Lincoln Journal of the Omaha World-Herald with a promise of savings. The snippet emphasizes reduced costs for subscribers or purchasers.
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Lincoln Journal
THE
Omaha World-Herald
Farmers Plan Greater Buys In War Bonds
M L Predmore of the Treasury War Finance Division says farmers will buy more bonds in the Seventh War Loan despite a slow season. Bankers will push farmers to convert larger cash reserves into bonds citing agriculture deposits surpassing 4 billion in 1920 and expected over 10 billion now. Personal solicitation will be emphasized after a Sixth Loan survey found 57 percent of solicited farmers purchased bonds.
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M. L. Predmore
War Finance Division
Treasury Department
Predmore
Bamboo Uses Across Asia Highlighted in Historical Texts
The article details bamboo as a versatile material in Asia and the tropics, noting its use in food, weapons, shelter, clothing, furniture, bridges, pipes, paper, and baskets. It cites Bamboo Books with 100000 seal characters and describes a bamboo framework protecting buildings from air raids, showing bamboo’s historical and modern roles.
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China
Washing Care For Woolen Socks
Wool socks shrink naturally so buy a half size larger and wash with care. Do not rub, press suds through at lukewarm temps. Dry on forms or cut shapes, cover forms with towels to speed drying. If not using forms, shape and lay flat or hang with feet half over the line. Some women rinse men’s socks with their own.
Lame Duck Congress Definition and Origin
The term lame duck describes defeated lawmakers who remain in office until a new Congress convenes. After the 20th Amendment, Congress began sessions in January, ending the old December start. The phrase origins trace to stock market bankruptcies and Macaulay's Mirabeau reference.
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Congress
Macaulay
Mirabeau
Stock Exchange
Postwar glow coming to menus and programs by light
After the war, readers will view theater programs and menus by bright luminescent papers activated by black light or allied processes. Manufacturers say this will end fumbling for lighters and enable near reading of posters, signs, labels, and posters in daily life after V day.
Foreign cotton supplies rise, shaping American market limits
Foreign-grown cotton supplies expanded from 16.6 million bales in 1927-33 to 23.8 million in 1934-38 and over 27 million in 1943, lifting world share. Aug 1 stocks climbed from 5.4 million to over 14 million bales, exceeding 55 percent of total, with further increases expected in 1945.
Prints Spark Bond Sales as Women Sew War Gear
Composed shoppers plan spring dress prints in pastels with rosebuds. Women sew outfits and buy extra War Bonds using money saved from patterns at local stores this season.
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