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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
4
A criticism of the mounting federal and public debt citing Senator Byrd. The piece warns debt will burden every family, notes billions in interest, unemployment rising, and calls for sound financial policy to avoid disaster. It argues spending cannot lead to prosperity and urges action.
A reflective piece recalls past social sins once deemed unacceptable such as carpets, wall paper, books, and modern clothing. It traces shifts in taste from strict, inherited norms to present ease, noting that later generations inherit fewer prohibitions. The piece ends by celebrating that many ancestral sins are no longer visited on descendants.
In Cadillac an elderly resident seeks aid amid pension and government help debates. The piece contrasts broad state and federal programs with the day's local concern for senior support.
In 1930 unemployed and past typical work age, Lafier created his own job salvaging old logs from lake bottoms. Now 75, he has retrieved hundreds of thousands of feet of logs over 50 years old, embodying the spirit of a bygone lumberjack while earning a living without pension.
A 19th century quote from Daniel Webster is used to defend the American system. It argues against agrarian cries and anti capitalist rhetoric. The speaker says democracy outperforms socialism fascism nazism and communism and notes Americans enjoy high living standards.
An editorial urges a comprehensive spring cleaning plan to reduce fire risk. It stresses inspecting fireplaces and chimneys, clearing debris from yards, avoiding outdoor burning on windy days, and disposing of junk and inflammables from attic to cellar to lessen potential fire danger.
An official census shows unemployment is highest in the least mechanized jobs with agriculture leading at about 680000 unemployed. Personal and domestic service and building occupations follow, while textile and miscellaneous manufacturing jobs are far smaller. The piece argues that technological progress expands jobs and goods under the patent system.
Miss Lydia Johnson and Karl F Schweers wed at the Johnson home in Mountain Michigan on March 13 with Rev Koenig officiating. It marks the bride’s parents 55th anniversary. A reception followed at a local hotel with 24 relatives and friends present.
The Shawano Woman's club Art club closed its season Friday at Mrs M J Wallrichs home. Led by Mrs Eivereit Thomas, nine meetings featured sixteenth and seventeenth century art with Dutch and Flemish topics. An opaque projector aided enlarged miniature reproductions for clearer study.
Harold P. McCarty WHA Madison program director will speak to Shawano Woman's Club Friday afternoon March 17 on Is Radio Keeping Its Promise Pupils from St James school will provide a music program Afternoon tea hosted by Mrs Oscar Ramlow and Mrs Lyndal Peterson with assistance from several others. social events noted include birthday party for Orville Gaedtke and a series of club meetings and bridge games across the week.
Wisconsin farmers supply a green and white themed party with sauerkraut juice cocktails shamrock rolls and mint ice cream. Recipes include Lenten casserole and mint dessert items using kraut peas lima beans cheese and dairy products set on green cloth with white tapers and shamrock cut place cards.
Applications for emergency crop and feed loans for 1939 are being received at Shawano court house each Friday by Paul A. Thatcher of the Farm Credit Administration. Loans aid small cash needs for 1939 crops or livestock feed, limited to farmers lacking other credit sources. Eligible only if no other credit is available and not for standard rehabilitation clients. Loan security requires a first lien on the financed crop or a first lien on livestock. Landlords with interests must waive claims in favor of the loan, and payments will be mailed from the regional office in St Paul, Minnesota.
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