Postwar debt growth and loan risk signal future trouble
After World War II debt levels rise as personal indebtedness expands through Rome and farm mortgages consumer credit and life insurance loans totaling 45 billion dollars. Despite higher farm incomes urban mortgages rise 38 percent while consumer credit doubles since 1944. If dollar buying power falls to 75 cents repayment becomes harder, suggesting potential downturn yet a hope for no more depressions.
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Rome
A Word to the Wise for Farmers Facing Hard Times
Farmers enjoy record prosperity with 24.5 billion income but Capper warns of rough roads ahead. He urges planning now to weather a future shock by reinvesting earnings into farms. Invest in buildings equipment fencing livestock and soil conservation to stay ahead.
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Capper
Neith
Return to Vegetables and Meat Shortages Forecast
Experts forecast a coming shift toward vegetarianism as European steel troubles and corn shortages tighten the market. Meat supplies may fall by 10 to 30 cents in 1948 with a big drop expected in 1949 prompting housewives to favor beans tomatoes corn beets and succotash over meat and gravy.
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Europe
Debate on Vegetable Diet Prompts Fair Test of Benefits
The passage discusses evaluating the vegetable diet to confirm vegetarian claims of benefits. It notes some people may resist, blaming politicians and administration actions for food shifts and shortages.
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Bur
Virginians Face Budget Strains for Commonwealth Services
Current Opinion notes Virginians must decide if improved services are affordable as the General Assembly faces higher costs and potential tax reform. Rising living costs press institutions, mental hospitals, and industries for expansion while revenue trends and public demands complicate funding without resorting to a general sales tax. The 1948 session will demand hard decisions and tougher choices for lawmakers in Richmond.
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Commonwealth
General Assembly
Richmond
Stephens City Considers Siren Patrol Car Use
Stephens City council votes to outfit a patrol car with a siren in the sergeant's vehicle for police use. Other notes mention a rural mail carrier receiving a directive to feed hogs and follow directions.
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Stephens
Sargeant
Public sales in front of Court House. county court in session
In 1897 three public sales were conducted before the Court House as the county court met inside. Four Winchester ministers rode bicycles down Main Street yesterday. Local Democrats supported E C Jordan for House of Delegates membership, stated today.
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Winchester
Main Street
E. ¢. Jordan
House of Delegates
Ring of Essex Buried With Queen in Westminster
A reminiscent piece recalls Lord Essex’s ring buried with Queen Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey. It notes their love, his death after a failed plea, and the ring’s fate stolen by enemies, symbolizing unresolved longing and the ache of missed possibilities. The text shifts to reflections on pain building character and a Q A about snake eggs, stating they are uniformly white or cream.
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Elizabeth
Westminister Abbey
Lord Essex
Essex
Ring of
Word of God
Virginia Restaurant Association elects officers in Richmond
Virginia State Restaurant Assn. members closed their annual convention after electing L. E. Cooley of Charlottesville as president and naming L. F. Holsinger of Harrisonburg as a director. The Edgar Allan Poe Shrine is at 1916 E Main St in Richmond, exhibiting manuscripts and Poe memorabilia.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Restaurant Assn
L. E. Cooley
Charlottesville
L. F. Holsinger
Harrisonbure
Edgar Allen Poe
E. Main Street
Poe
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