Debated Wagner bill and Beveridge plan for America
The article argues the new social security package proposed by Congress, the Wagner bill, would expand federal coverage, raise payroll taxes, and centralize programs. It questions health insurance, veteran benefits, and state matching, while noting industry profits and war-era economic tensions.
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Christian Science Monitor
Congress
Beveridge
America
National Board
Wagner
Washington
Reader letter questions the true value of soldier earnings
A Washington boy in the service voices anger at a published estimate that buck privates earn 1700 dollars annually. He notes the breakdowns for income, food, shelter and savings and doubts the figures boost morale. The letter also shares quips about wishes and milk bottle notes.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Haiti's Cloth Weaving Ties To Columbus Discovery
The piece notes Haiti's long cloth weaving history and claims Christopher Columbus brought back the first Western Hemisphere cloth from Hispaniola, stating it was hand woven by the island’s Indians on his first voyage to the New World.
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Haiti
Christopher Columbus
Western Hemisphere
Hispaniola
New World
Refrigerator car fleet declines with rise of motor transport
A historical note shows refrigerator cars shrinking from about 173000 in 1928 to around 143000 in 1942 as motor shipments reduced demand for refrigerated freight cars.
Crawfordsville Alumni Banquet Puts 84 Attendees on Hand
The 18th annual Crawfordsville High School alumni banquet drew 84 attendees in the Methodist church social rooms. Officers and guests spoke as members recalled service through the years and sang patriotic songs, with class members from ’42 and ’43 highlighted.
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Crawfordsville
Methodist Church
Joseph Jones
Myrtle Brown
Myral Smith
Donald Blankenhorn
Verena Bitling
Herbert Riel
Teasurer
Marie Lowe
Jane Maxwell
Robert Darbyshire
Max Mitchel
Tonyn Davis
Violet Fletcher
Dorothy Rees
Ian
Maude Murphy
Betty
Wanda Jean Huston
Maurice Rose
Hi Poston
East Highland Society Notes and Local Visits
East Highland reports social visits and farm work. Earl Marshall entertains daughter in law Mrs Harold Marshall of Des Moines. Noah Wieland welcomes a son at a hospital in Iowa City. The Stolley grandparents host grandchildren visiting from Riv erside and other local families share errands and business across town.
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Frank Mineer
East Highland
Earl Marshall
Harold Marshall
Des Moines
Orville Evans
Mane
Gordon Draper
Frank Skala
Cole Farm
Pearl Rummelhart
Clementine
Noah Wieland
Iowa City
Jean
Dave
Geneva Wieland
Rudolph A. Stolley
Allies County Mercy
Warren Forbes
Rath
Edd Lewis
Verg Jean
Riverside
James Swailes
Everette
First Concrete Ship Launched An Oil Barge
The first concrete vessel in the current shipbuilding program is an oil barge 375 feet long with a capacity of 8,000 tons, the initial unit of 100 concrete ships ordered by the Maritime Commission.
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Collier’s
Army, Navy
Maritime Commission
Treasury Department
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Elder, Shannon & CO
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Publishers News
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Armstrong Cork
Bendix Aviation
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Pullman
RCA
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Western Electric
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Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Pearl Harbor
Burlington
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Imperial
UMW
John L. Lewis
International
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Cramp's
Philadelphia
Mary Manners
Latimer Davis
Carl Atkinson
Merwyn Jones
Williamsburg
Rex Beauchamp
Alice Drinkall
Walter Keck
Winfield
Nemeth Wilpatrick
Marie Welch
West Chester
Ina Mae Walker
Davenport
Marion Stevens
Ainsworth
Willis Johnson
California
Robert Martin
Madison
I. J. Whiting
Ames
Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Cocklin
St. Paul, Minn
Robert Gordon
Ada McFarland
Waldo Wells
Robert Whiting
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Navy Pier
Chicago
Florida
Pittsburgh
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Duplite
Sorrell
Auto Parts
West Madison
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Leemy
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Skeeter
Dixie Dugan
Dugan
Miss Wild
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