Babson's 1945 Outlook Forecasts Global Trade and War Trends
The piece outlines 1945 expectations across commerce, labor, war, stock markets, and bonds. It predicts major postwar shifts in foreign trade, inflation, and government roles, with Germany and Japan collapsing, Stalin rising, and a volatile but eventual recovery in stocks and real estate. It also foresees tax and bond trends, housing activity, and a rising religious interest as guidance for peace.
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Germany
Japan
Stalin
Pacific
Russia
Italy
Argentina
Sawmill to relocate near bluffs for winter
A town saw mill plans to move closer to the bluffs for the remainder of winter. Arthur Pape became owner of the Benz sandridge farm. Mrs Mildred Holland visited her parents over the weekend. Burlington railway crews and equipment work on the Tehan school viaduct on Route 80. Christmas events and local notices follow with multiple names and small happenings around Mendota and Lanark.
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Bluffs
Arthur Pape
Benz Sandridge
Mildred Holland
George Mort
Jane Lamb
Burlington Railway
Burlington Viaduct
Tehan ‘School
Rachael Switzer
Louie Schick
Frank Switzer
Lanark
Henry Stoner
Rusty” Kenyon
David McWorthy, Jr
Patsy Ann
Calvin Strauch
Thomson
Bott
Mendota
Ruby Doty
Fred Doden
Merle Doden
B. R. Lewis
M. R. Newell
Thomas Cochran
The
Baptist Sunday School
Roy Hellman
Conrad Lillie
Prudence Graharing
Eureka
Robert Groharing
Early English lecturer stranded in hamlet night
A female lecturer from England is left without shelter after a train stops in a small hamlet. A farmer offers no lodging until morning and quips about the station agent. The exchange ends with a humorous food joke about Epsom Salts and a light marital fault question.
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England
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