Budget shifts and costs in postwar consumer outlays
The text lists varied budget items rising from 985 a year in 441 to 202 G3 in 1947, with Parisian frocks and bets excluded. It details September SF price scales for personal care 66.16, savings 85, recreation 117.92, carefare 68.17, gifts 16.91, stationery 3.43, charity and church 1450, incidentals 19.24, and notes gasoline and fuel oil output aided by antiseptics in refinery cooling water to prevent slime.
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Inflation Fight Faces Steel Allocation Challenge
John C. Virden, head of the Office of Industry Co-Operation, says the postwar price-control program will not end inflation but aims to blunt it by directing scarce steel to freight cars, oil well and farm machinery. He expects criticism and cheaters, but believes the plan yields useful know-how for wartime style economic management.
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Rising Living Costs Hit Working Girls
In Berkeley, a UC study shows an unmarried working girl in San Francisco needed $180.40 monthly for basic living costs in September 1947. The Heller Committee compares to 1941 pricing, with total yearly costs rising from $1,127.47 to $2,164.84, driven by hikes in income tax and housing and clothing expenses.
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Relief At Last For Your Cough
An old newspaper ad promises relief from coughs bronchitis and chest colds with Creomulsion a non narcotic remedy that goes to the source loosens phlegm and soothes inflamed bronchial membranes. The ad urges readers to buy a bottle and assures quick relief aiding sleep and recovery.
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