6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 18, 1955
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'56 GI INSURANCE DIVIDEND
Approximately 5,500,000 World
War I and World War II veterans
will split about $219 billion m
Government life insurance divi
dends in 1956, according to an an
nouncement by the Veterans Ad
ministration The nearly 5,000,000
veterans of World War II will re
ceive a total of $195 million in re
gular annual dividands on nation
al service life insurance, while
about 370,000 holders of World
War I US. Government life in
surance -will collect a total ot
about $24 million
MAIL EARLY
The Post CfUce Department,
has begun its annual “Shop early-
"No man is an Island —"
Mail early” plea for the coming
Christmas season. Postal officials
expect the largest Christmas mail
load m histoiy this year and an
nounced that the nation’s rail
roads are joining the department
in its drive for early mailings to
promote speedier deliveries-
LIVING COSTS
-Gabriel Hauge, President Eisem
hower’s economic advisor, recent
ly predicted that the cost of liv
ing may creep up m Ore months
ahcirdr while the boom in indus
trial output cbuld taper off. He
recommended that the Govern
ment keep a sharp eye out for
any danger signals and be ready
to use its powers “in a flexible
manner" to combat any downw’ard
trend in the economy.
FARM DOLLAR
The farmer's share of what the
housewife spends for food is ex-
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The really important moments of a lifetime
are moments shared with your family.
They are the ones which linger longest in
the memory of your children.
Surely one of the greatest gifts within
your power to give a child is your belief
in God. And what more natural way to
do it than by worshiping with your family
GIV6 them 3 Ruth to live hy with them this week
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These are the hours you remember
pcctcd to be shaved farther next
year, according to an Agriculture
Department estimate, which said
the farmer’s portion of the con
sumer’s food dollar in 1956 will
be around 40 cents, compared
with 41 cents this year and 43
cents in 1954. But, because of
higher marketing charges up
3 per cent in the third quarter of
1955 from a year ago only a
fraction of the farm price drop
was passed along to consumers.
FEWER JOBHOLDERS
The number of .Federal job
holders dropped 18,968 in Sep
tember for the'tirst monthly net
decrease since January, according
to Senator Harry F. Byrd, head
of the Joint Committee on Re
duction of'Non-essential Federal
Expenditures Civilian employ
ment on the Government payroll
stood at 2,366,075 in September.
FACTORY SALES
Manufacturers’ sales . totaled
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each week at your church or synagogue. A?
they find God,, so will your own faith grow
Joining together in worship is more than
an act of faith. It's a link with the future
... a point upon which you and your family
can. build a better tomorrow.
$27,700,000,000 In September,
slightly higher than in August
and,s4 billion higher than Sep
tember 1954, according to the
Commerce Department. New
orders placed with manufactur
ers during the month totaled $28,-
500.000. some what lower
than in August after adjustment
for seasonal differences, but $4,-
500.000. higher than in Sep
tember, 1954» ‘ .j
U.s. BIG LAND-HOLDER
A total of 161,500,000 acres in
the United States and Alaska'are
undei the, control of the Bureau
of Land’Management of the De
partment of Interior. This land,
consisting mostly of woodlands, is'
estimated to contain 2660 million
board feet of saw timber and
another 212 billion board feet of
non-commercial timber.
FARM INCOME
The Agriculture Department
recently reported that farm net
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together—with Faith
Income for the third quarter of
this year reached an annual rate
of $10,300,0000,000, about 5 per
cent below the previous quarter
and ten per cent below the third
quarter rate in 1954. The decline
is attributed mainly to lower
prices of farm products accom
panied by- only small reduction
in expense.
PERSONAL INTEREST "
The American people paid a
new high of three billion dollars,
for personal interest on loans in
1954, according to a recent repoi t
by the Commerce Department
DRY HANDS
•Be sure your are chy
when handf 1 mg any electric equip,
mient and th it /the floor on iwih cti
you are standing is drtf, too, cau
tions Dons L .Shook, Penn State
extension home management
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