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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1949
Page
2
The piece urges turning housework into light exercise and adopting safer efficient methods. It promotes sitting while tasks, using a high stool, keeping a basket for supplies, and pocketting small items. It advises using both hands for most tasks but warns against using two hands with electrical appliances due to shock risk.
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 to uphold a conviction under Trenton New Jersey’s ban on soundtracks and loudspeakers. Justices affirmed the police court conviction of Charles Kovacs arrested in 1946 for using a loudspeaker during a strike amid broader free speech questions.
Paul Schnur was re-elected secretary treasurer and Richard Lynden was re-elected president of the San Francisco CIO Council. Both ran unopposed after delegates nominated opponents declined to run.
CIO-PAC director Jack Kroll announced the 1949 voluntary contributions drive starts February 15 in Washington with receipts handled by affiliated unions. The effort follows the Portland convention authorization and targets 535 city elections plus key state races to support President Truman's fair deal.
Consumer prices in Cincinnati edged down 0.9 percent from mid November to mid December led by lower food and apparel costs. The CPI reached 172.2 percent of the 1935-39 average with rents up 0.9 percent and house furnishings up amid new quotes for goods like sewing machines and vacuum cleaners.
The Labor Department releases Women's Occupations through Seven Decades detailing how the share of women in the U.S. labor force rose from 15% to 25% from 1870 to 1940, with shifts into professional and office roles and declines in farm, seamstress, and laundress work. Copies are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office for 45 cents.
Pattern 8405 available in sizes 14 to 46 invites readers to mail 30c, name, address, pattern number and size to Fed erated Pattern Service New York. Additional 25c buys the Spring Summer FASHION edition with style forecasts and a free pattern.
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