Government Debt Burden Highlighted by Chamber Program
The Chamber of Commerce urges cutting government costs to reduce a per family debt of about 1500 now and a national total near 6000. It calls for eliminating waste, shrinking bureaucracy, and delaying nonessential spending under defense needs to ease tax pressure on workers. It notes middle income strain from dollar devaluation and rising required income for equivalent purchasing power.
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U. S Chamber
Wealth gap critique of socialism and presidential perks
An Idaho column blasts socialism by citing upper-class rulers in various states and contrasts their luxury with U S presidential perks. It discusses Truman Hoover Roosevelt and Coolidge, noting high living standards and cabinet staff costs and urges Americans to rebel next November.
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Russia
Hungary
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Romania
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Idaho
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United States
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Hoover
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Decline in Money Value Hits American Savings
The piece notes the 1939 public savings around $64 billion and argues inflation reduces buying power. It claims Congress plans $500 million yearly pay increases for military personnel, remarking on generals' salaries and critiquing commanders like Dodd and Colson.
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Congress
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Colson
GMC trucking pitch highlights 302 engine feature
A GMC advertisement extols trucks as the expert choice for hauling and touts the new GMC 302 engine as a key sound reason for reliability and power in tougher jobs.
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GMC
Moral Polio in National Life and Public Ethics
An editor's note cites Alfred P. Haake and warns that moral decay now threatens the nation more than physical polio. It argues debt as asset, inflationary policy, political deceit, and decline of religious morals signal a drift from principle to expediency.
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Laymen’s National Committee
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United States
Washington
Chicago
God
Questioning Moral Leadership and National Decline
A speaker contrasts belief in divine transformation with pragmatic religious leadership. He warns that deserting principle for expediency and substituting government for God erodes moral foundations, risking sudden national collapse.
Thrift Basis of the American Economy debated at Minnesota college
A Minnesota college held a forum titled Thrift Basis of the American Economy with economists bankers and a philanthropy trustee on the panel. The discussion revealed students showed little concern for personal thrift.
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Minnesota
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Students learn thrift in New Orleans schools
The article contrasts student dependence with thrift as a national asset. It highlights Minnesota college students and reports that over 75,000 children in 135 New Orleans public schools opened personal bank accounts totaling more than $1,000,000, teaching early financial responsibility and moral character.
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New
Orleans
Mass Schedule on Sundays
The schedule lists Masses on the first and third Sundays at 8:00 am and on the second and fifth Sundays at 12:30 p.m., indicating alternating times across Sundays.
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Speedie & Benson Pddue
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Duke
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United States Brewers Foundation
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Martin
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