Labor and business clash over cost of living index
The article contrasts labor and business groups on how the cost of living index should be calculated. Labor argues for including taxes and postwar price rises, while the National Industrial Conference Board contends the official index is too high, highlighting differing methods among groups. It notes U S production of raw materials for synthetic vitamins for allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Industrial Conference Board
New York Research Agency
Business and Labor
Associated Press
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Laval
Germany
Gestapo
Eisenhower
Frehchmen
French Committee of National Liberation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
War Labor Board
WLB
Get Hep stage show charms Amarillo with two nights
Amarillo Lions Club sponsors Get Hep a Dixie Dice musical at Amarillo High School auditorium May 15 16. Roy Cloninger says tickets 75 cents and selling fast with 75 starlets in new costumes songs and dances. Tickets from Lions cast or local drug stores.
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Roy Cloninger
Amarillo Lions Club
The
Lions
Lion
Cretney
Maxor
Galloway Drug Stores
Buffalo Lake Dance Reservations Heavy This Weekend
Reservations for the Buffalo Lake dance and entertainment show are exceptionally heavy with attendees from Hereford Clovis Tulsa Happy Canyon and Amarillo. The season opens with Hattie Bell Coleman and her orchestra performing at 9 30 PM every Saturday in the lake recreation building through the season.
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Buffalo Lake
Jim Golding
Hereford
Clovis
Tulsa
Happy
Canyon
Amarillo
Lake
Sorority To Study Post War Trends
Delta Kappa Gamma meets at the First Christian Church at 7:30 PM Saturday with a round table led by Mrs. Joe Coffee on postwar trends in economy politics education religion and society. Participants include Rex Baxter Dr Roy Snodgrass Dr Stuart Condon Supt Charles M Rogers Wes Ingard Mrs Gervis Taylor Mrs W N Stokes and Mary Lou Strueber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Kappa Gamma
First Christian Church
Joe Coffee
Rex Baxter
Roy Snodgrass
Stuart Condon
Charles M. Rogers
Wes Ingard
Gervis Taylor
W. N. Stokes
Mary Lou Strueber
Mademoiselle of Armentieres Won't Know the Changed MP's
The piece portrays military police as a trusted combat unit in modern warfare. It emphasizes MP roles behind the front lines in directing traffic, maintaining communications, and guiding attack waves, while noting the harsh realities of crossroads under shell fire. It ends by mentioning Veselsinki as the northernmost capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mademoiselle of
Armentieres
Joe
Genus
First Order
Billy
Some Would Sigh Some Would Scream
Congressional debate centers on renewing the wartime price and wage controls set to expire June 30. Labor pushes for continued controls and higher wages, arguing the living cost index overstates true rises while business fears price hikes. The index covers 34 cities and faces criticism from labor for its methodology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Congress
Labor
Senate Banking Committee
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Lions Club
Globe News
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Peter W. Rainier
Polk
Miracle
Ultra Aia Rashanaig
Nichols Paint & Wallpaper Store
Tyler St
Buffalo Lake Dance Reservations
Nazi Germany
First National Bank
Bologna
Swift
Houck's
Chiang
Kwangsi Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Mrs
Philadelphia
U.P
Marne
Veselsinki
Finland
Capital City
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Thorobred
Fas
Mon
KGKO
Puot Bare
Iealstaff Brewing Corporat
Louis
Omaha
New Orleans
Longines
John Furbach
Dr. Edwards
Cro
Nein
National Bureau of Standards
Kelly Tire Service
Texaco Products
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