Old Age Need Hold No Terrors Finding Useful Work Is Formula for Happiness
Washington column by Bauerkage argues that postwar population growth will yield a growing old age cohort, but longevity and aging can be managed through meaningful work and avocational pursuits. He cites the pamphlet When You Grow Older by Lawton and Stewart, urging practical engagement to keep life livable and psychologically healthy.
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Baukhage
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Browning
Rabbi Ben Hzra
Cicero
Montaigne
Rome
Farmers Income Soars Amid 1947 Gains Across Farms
An Agriculture Department report shows total farm cash receipts for the first eight months of 1947 at 17.4 billion dollars, up 21 percent from 1946, with average net income around 2,541 dollars in 1946 and rising in 1947 due to strong demand. Prices up 24 percent cited as main driver while costs rose 9 percent in 1946. despite higher expenses, income growth exceeds costs. European distress underpins talk of a potential U.S. congressional special session to plan another economic transfusion to aid the ailing old world.
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Agriculture Department
U. S
Congress
Bonded Vets Cash In Draft Time Across Nation
Veterans rushed to banks to cash terminal leave pay bonds, converting millions into cash. Some saved, bought necessities, or paid debts, while many used funds to reduce 'dire' debts. Isotopes from U S atomic research debuted to aid foreign nations and advance cancer research.
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G.i.s
U. S
Black market for farm gear grows amid prewar shortages
Farmers pay soaring premiums for tractors hay balers and combines as 3000 for tractors and double to triple price for hay gear illustrate rampant black market activity. Dealers cite labor shortages high prices and deteriorating prewar machines as core causes driving demand and illicit sales.
British Blame U S for Plight in Reported Essay
The Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer notes Britain’s plight stems from socialist policies and political crisis. He cites official doubt on mining and production capacity, delays in land seizures, and a shift to blame the United States for food shortages and economic trouble.
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Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
Meyer
Sociailem
Britain
United States
The Play's the Thing in the Barn Farce
A farmer narrates a turn of events after a city visitor leases his barn for a drama production. Cows lie sick, a horse bolts, hens halt laying, and the family jokes Shakespeare’s line about the play being the thing versus farm life. They plan to act in Two Orphans next week.
Lobbyists Lead Cooperative Tax Exemption Fight
A battle over removing tax exemption for farm cooperatives unfolds with multiple lobby groups. The National Tax Equality Association lists three core lobbyists earning up to 10,000 annually, plus state committee lobbyists and top advocates from the National Council of Farm Cooperatives Cooperative League and National Farmers Union, with salaries and expenditures detailed for early 1947.
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National Tax Equality Association
Paul L. Courtney
Joseph F. Leopold
Clare A. Johnson
John H. Davis
William Heckendorn
John J. Riggle
National Council of Farm Cooperatives
Jerry Voorhis
Cooperative League of the United States
R. Wayne Newton
National Association of Cooperatives
Russell Smith
National Farmers Union
Walter Winchell Notes from a 1935 Era
A compact column of remarks by Walter Winchell weaving political quips about President Truman and Republicans with society jibes from a New York club event. Quips touch on Roosevelt, perception of responsibility for war and peace, and a jab at the Pandora yearbook anecdote featuring a jackass caricature of the All-America page. The item references Edith Barber and Herman Talmadge in a playful, gossip-like reporting style.
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Truman
New York
Women's Club
F. D. Roosevelt
Edith Barber
Edith
Theodore Rooosevelt
University of Georgia
Pandora
Herman Tal Madget
The Merry-Go-Round: Economic Telegrams and Political Talks
Drew Pearson notes federal telegraph bills push thousands of words to papers from Congress. He cites lawmakers including Lodge Saltonstall and Baldwin discussing vice presidential promotion. Puerto Rico taxes target Condado Beach hotel amid competition. Labor unity stalls as AFL and CIO clash. Alf Landon faces FCC radio hurdles, withdraws in Inglewood then seeds a Leavenworth station.
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Senate
Congressional Record
Joe Martin
House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Ray Baldwin
Connecticut
P. R
Condado Beach
AFL
Bill Green
CIO
Phil Murray
Alf Landon
Kansas
Inglewood
Colo
Federal Communication's
Commission
FCC
Landon
Leavenworth
Kas
Halsey notes Pearl Harbor blame in memoirs
In Collier’s memoir excerpt Admiral Halsey condemns the sacrifice of Admiral Kimmel and General Short as a Pearl Harbor tragedy. He argues the blame lies with the setup and delays in radar deployment and withholding critical information, not the American people or Congress.
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Dmiral Halsey
Collier's
Admiral Kimmel
General Short
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
Congress
Peaye Harbor
Prices Slash Sunglasses From Consolidated Distribution Co
Prices slash on air corps sunglasses with gold frame pearl brow 4 base pround lens leather cage offered postpaid. Consolidated Distributing Co Omaha Nebr advertises three pairs for $8.75 postpaid. Also mentions wheels rubber tires direct from Walton Wheels Coy Milwaukee Wis and a mail-order filtermous adhents remedy information from Rook's Laboratory Chambersburg Pa.
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AIR Corps
Consolidated Distributing CO. F.O
Omaha
Nebr
Walton Whee Coy
Milwauier
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