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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1921
Page
2
The piece surveys thrift worldwide, noting deposits rose over nine percent in 1929 with Ohio leading midwest gains while Americans lag in savings. It contrasts global savers, cites Tunis as thriftiest, and warns taxes and postwar prices shape buying power and bodily caution about finances and diplomacy.
The piece questions who controls war profits after inflation and deflation. It notes depreciation eroding wealth of corporations and individuals and ponders whether taxes or government spending will reclaim profits. It warns fortunes may return to the public over decades in a shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves cycle.
The Kenyon Fess Bill, already passed by the Senate, would provide federal supervised vocational training for about 28,000 Americans including 12,000 women and 12,000 widows or 6,000 orphans, with eligibility tied to wartime service and death or disability. It covers widows, orphans, and veterans from Allied forces, sets age and training rules, provides medical care while training, and offers monthly stipends up to $100 for individuals or $120 with dependents, plus child allowances up to $50.
The report notes efforts to place applicants where they can learn proficiency in their best suited occupation and that military organizations nationwide support the bill. Representative Fess expresses optimism it will be among the first measures passed when Congress reconvenes.
A reader inquiry service notes that in the prewar period about 30 percent of U S Navy men re enlisted. The Daily Mail Information Bureau explains the program asking questions be asked plainly with name address and two cents for return postage.
A distinguished man warns against forced cheerful optimism and the idea that sorrowful faces should vanish with jazz. The speaker finds grounds for hope in human kindness and moral impulses, noting world troubles are real yet not all powerful. From grim realities, he urges faith and courage, quoting grandmothers who sang resisting Satan’s rage. E. Barton
A series of quick Q A items covers air pressure at altitude, Dechen, song publication, U S per capita money, Pilgrim prayer, nutria fur, professional athlete rule, and dollar values. Debates include air pressure as 11 to 12 psi at 6000 feet and Dechen as a large city in Czecho Slovakia with a customs house.
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