We, the Consumers, Tax Burden by Corporate Prices
A condensed opinion page argues that consumers pay most taxes via higher prices set by corporations. It cites a 1940 survey of 165 companies showing $2.57 trillion in taxes passed to shoppers, with workers and stockholders receiving comparably smaller shares. It condemns indirect taxation and urges direct tax reform. It also promotes rural advertising, farm-product growth, and national investment in American industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toms, Dicks and Harrys of America
American Federation of Investors
United States
Woolknits Jerseys and Plaids Lead Campus Wardrobe
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas surveys fall college apparel from woolknits and handknits to jerseys and gay plaids. She advises practical buys like a two-piece woolknit, a plaid suit, and a chic jersey dress with new shoulder and yoke lines, emphasizing versatile sweaters and machine-knit details for a 1941 campus wardrobe.
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Miss Collegiate
Jersey
Western Newspaper Union
Plaid Ensemble for Girls Inspires Scottish School Fashion
A plaid ensemble for fall and winter appeals to mothers seeking a smart outfit for daughters. The design features a Stuart plaid kilt and matching tam o'shanter, plus a jumper blouse combo to stay fresh and picturesque each morning.
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Scotland
Brown Dominates Autumn Wardrobe Fashion Lead
Fall fashion centers on brown as the key color with brown suits dresses and fur trims. The milliner jeweler and glove maker join the brown color crusade alongside beige and biscuit schemes and accessories in topaz and amber jewelry. Brown leather buttons belts and gloves pair with suede trims on sports hats.
Sweaters Spark Modern School Girl Fashion
Enthusiasts praise knitted sweaters for schoolgirls noting six as a practical minimum. Season offers utilitarian charms and social flair with fanciful wool fringe, dangling yarn balls, quilted effects, plaid patterns, bright color yokes and decollete embroideries for formal wear.
Grand Coulee Dam Powers Big Irrigation and Power
Grand Coulee in Washington state reaches full operation on the Columbia River with a 0.75 mile long barrier and 500 foot height. The lake will stretch 151 miles, irrigate 1.2 million acres, and provide power for areas five times England. Boulder Dam across the Colorado River forms a 115 mile lake in Black Canyon, filling in three years and prompting geologists to warn of possible crustal bending.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
England
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Black Canyon
Habits of Salmon in Pacific Waters
A Pathfinder description notes king salmon in the Northern Pacific die after breeding, roughly July to December, and never return to the sea. Other salmon migrate back to sea after spawning and stay there until the next breeding season. All salmon live partly in sea and fresh water, breeding in fresh water. They ascend rivers to spawn.
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Pacific
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Johnson
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Rae New Safti-Sured
Ricur
Firestone
Liberal
Speedway
MR. Extra
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
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