Wage and price shifts flagged in Washington economy briefing
Economists foresee another wage rise due to rent increases and higher consumer prices. OPS lifts spare tire ban for new cars as tires sold already. Congress considers removing 15 percent import tax on sisal for binder twine to ease supply and prices. WSB to set area wage ceilings for farm labor with a 10 percent catch-up. OPS conducts national retail pricing survey for community pricing similar to WWII. Safeway protests January price freeze. June retail sales down 1.5 percent from May, total 12.3 billion, with apparel and hardware hardest hit. Prepared by the Washington Bureau of WNU Features.
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National Production Authority
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPS
Safeway Stores
Army Rotations and VA Benefits Q&A Summary
Questions cover Korea rotation rates 30 000 monthly for three months and reservist exams. Answers include GI bill training continuity after summer vacation cut off, VA loan eligibility with other than honorable discharge acceptable, calculating VA pension income with business expenses, and access to home town VA medical care with authorization.
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Far East Command
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Army
S.E.R. Rockville
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T.R.C
Thompson
Iowa
ROTC Uniform Standards Set by Defense Department
Uniform standards for ROTC participation set by Gen George Marshall require institutions to apply for ROTC units, hold proper accreditation, provide adequate facilities, and prove ability to produce at least fifty non technical or twenty five technical commissioned officers annually for all ROTC activities.
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George Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Face lifting pastures Purdue plan for productive grazing
Purdue agronomists recommend a pasture renovation program using lime and commercial fertilizer to boost carrying capacity and forage quality. Start with a soil test, then create a seedbed with a disc harrow, sow Timothy and smooth brome with red clover, ladino clover, and trefoil, and apply 400 pounds per acre of 0-20-10 or 0-20-0 fertilizer at seeding.
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Purdue University Agronomists
Purdue Agronomists
95 Percent of Farm Homes Have Electricity
A study shows nearly 95 percent of farm homes now have electricity up from 50 percent a decade earlier. Electric ranges refrigerators dishwashers and thermostats are common as rural electrification drives home improvement. From 1947 to 1949 over 100000 thermostat heating systems were installed. About 4.9 million of 5.2 million farms and nearly 15.9 million rural dwellings will soon be electrified.
Skid Carrier for Easy Poultry Movement
An efficient skid carrier moves turkey poults and young chickens from brood house to range. Build a crate to fit a hay sled or other carrier, divide into sections, load through sliding top doors, skid to range, where two men lift the top and release the birds.
Loans to Build Grain Houses Will Continue
The Commodity Credit Corporation loan program for farmers to finance construction or purchase of grain storage facilities will continue in 1951 52. Secretary Brannan announced the program, started in June 1949 and set to expire June 30 1951, has been extended for another year and remains extendable annually.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
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