Gasoline reel mowers best for large home lawns finds
Consumers Union reports tests on 12 power lawn mowers showing gasoline powered reel types tops for large home lawns. Electric mowers cheaper lighter and quieter suited to small lawns while long cords a nuisance. rotary electric mowers had blade guard issues and sickle-bar mowers were not suitable. Tentative Good ratings given to Pioneer P-20, Toro Homelawn, Jacobsen Lawn Queen. Tentative Fair to Sears Craftsman, Pioneer LMC, Cat 99PM8153. Also notes on towels and Lustron houses and Vel Beauty Bar in Your Dollar summary.
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Consumers Union
Pioneer P
Cu’s
Macy’s
R. H. Macy
New York City
Spiegel’s
Dundee
Sear’s
Harmony House
Look
Look Magazine
Cape Cod
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
Consumer Reports
Consumer Union
E. 1St St
New York
N. Y
Union School for Office Workers Opens July 24
The Summer School for Office Workers will run for two weeks at Ohio State University Columbus starting July 24. It is a White Collar Workshops project with CIO Educational Director Kermit Eby and other CIO leaders along with community and professional educators. The program links workers problems to broader labor, consumer, and political action and includes workshops on union and community organizing, economics and politics. Cincinnatians who...
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Ohio State University
Columbus
Kermit Eby
CIO
Local 256 Reports Gains and New Welfare Plan
Local 256 outlines wage and working condition improvements over recent years. A welfare program starts July 1 covering hospitalization sickness and accident with 1 percent hourly contributions from employers. Maternity care included and cash or direct hospital bill payments. Nancy Lay from the Sun reports on 100 percent subscriptions and CIO information needs. Executive Board recommends two delegates to attend the Plaything Jewelry and Novelty Worker event.
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Blue Cross
Nancy Lay
SUN
CIO
Benefit Per Diem for Members and Dependents Provisions
The provision covers a daily room and board allowance of 5.50 dollars for members and their dependents, calculated over recurring 31 day periods, with an additional limit of up to 82.50 dollars. The text outlines the stipend structure and periodicity.
Weekend session invitation with two week option
Readers unable to attend two weeks only may join a special weekend session starting Friday July 30. The full weekend costs ten dollars and both options include sports and recreation. for applications, tuition and scholarships contact Miss Emma Ferrara at PA 2450 or write c/o Amalgamated Clothing Workers 1015 Vine Street.
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Emma Ferrara
c/o Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Vine Street
Welfare plan details and delegate nomination discussed
The article outlines a welfare program with a twelve dollar per person initial payment and thirteen week sickness benefits, with renewals for ongoing illness. It mentions a dividend fund based on claims and credits the Insurance Committee for its efforts. Edna Denham is invited as a delegate candidate for the August meeting.
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Jie Walfsam
Edna Denham
1947 Corporate Net Income Size Reveals 9.223 BillionTotal
The combined net income of 3 102 major corporations reached 9 223 million in 1947, up 37 percent from the prior year. The Federal Reserve Board warns high living costs will push one in four families to overspend this year.
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Federal Reserve Board
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