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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1947
Page
8
The article notes expanding control by those who run programs and a growing payroll reliance on federal, state, county, and local systems. It cites 1946 data: federal spending about 44.95 billion to run the government, while citizens spent about 42.905 million for food to stay alive. Including state and local expenditures widens the gap between government costs and food outlays.
Public buildings without urgent need should be deferred to save money and keep labor and materials available for private housing needs, especially for veterans. The move prioritizes addressing the housing crisis over immediate construction when costs may drop and resources are scarce.
In 1946 federal spending exceeded food costs despite peacetime conditions and taxpayers bore heavier burdens via the 100 percent assessment program enacted in 1945. Property values in DuPage County were boosted sevenfold, inflating bonding capacity for local taxing units. House bills by J Ward Smith and Paul Powell proposed halving bonding power with safeguards for high ratio counties as they moved through the Senate.
The piece warns taxpayers that local governments must prove bond need to avoid years of repayment for excess taxes. It cites Senator Lon Mann and a September bulletin noting steel, lumber, and millwork price hikes in 1947. It highlights tight lumber stocks, long delivery times, and potential steel price boosts impacting school plant construction.
Overview of Czechoslovakia's cooperative movement from 1938 with about 15 000 coops and four million members across 50 federations, half in credit coops. Loss of territory in 1939 cut numbers to three-fifths and membership to about half. After 1945 liberation both totals rose. Try a classified.
Chadwick briefs George Knoess is spending time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Becker near Shannon helping with farm work. Mr. and Mrs. A Frommelt of Sterling were guests Sunday night in the Roy Queckboerner home.
Mrs. Arthur Deets spent Monday in Milledgeville visiting her daughter Mrs. Lyle Nicholas. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Etnyre and Jerry Bundy were weekend guests in the home of Mrs. Etnyre's mother, Effie Slifer, in Freeport.
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