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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
6
The page notes a bean jackpot of $1.60 won by Charles Christensen. It also previews Know Your Sophomores with profiles of Valeria Nelson Ruth Elp DeGraw and others, plus a Mineral Demonstration by Mrs. Coates and a "Who Am I" feature by several students.
A 1947 price chart highlights four key business levers wages materials costs prices and profits. The piece invites readers to map futures using Bureau of Labor Statistics baselines with 1947 =100 and notes postwar price shifts through 1945 while acknowledging 1948 increases not yet captured.
Harvester faces a wage demand after a strike began January 21 in ten plants halting farm machinery output. A government board proposes 18 cents an hour raise to average earnings around $1.334 an hour, with weekly pay about $53.40, while steel and material costs rise and prices remain frozen. Management warns profits and continuation depend on higher prices to cover wage costs, delaying production until a price settlement is reached.
A collection of feline and animal verses attributed to multiple authors. The recital features animals with traits and actions: a rabbit able to catch rabbits and drive cows, a long-eared creature with a short tail and rapid hops, a mountable animal offering rides, a white animal liking hay and green grass, and a white wide flat diver liking worms.
Public health note urges cover coughs and sneezes with a handkerchief to prevent spray of disease germs. Advises staying away from people who do not cover and promotes subscribing to this paper.
The University of Wyoming releases an updated 1946 grid lineup headed by a home game with Minnesota on October 19. New coach Clipper Smith arrives with prior success at Santa Clara and Villanova, as UW lists Colorado, Denver, Colorado Mines, and Utah pairings along with a San Francisco finale.
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