Small firms thrive as 1950 gains outpace 1949 decline
A Commerce Department survey finds conditions very favorable to small firms, with about 50,000 new businesses added in 1950 and a 10 percent rise in income for unincorporated and partnership firms. Closings stay well below 1949, but labor and material uncertainties may slow new firm formation. Cash resources in 1951 total 145.6 billion, with potential tax impacts. An OPS margin regulation shifts control to retailers, affecting some 200,000 stores and permitting normal markups amid high wholesale prices.
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Office of Business Economics
Department of Commerce
Congress
America
Office of
Washington
WNN Features
Military service questions answered by Walter Shead column
Readers submit questions to the Armed Services Question Box on pension, insurance, drafts and VA benefits. Omar Bradley, George C. Marshall and congress debates universal military training while echelons differ on ages and terms. Answers cover continued insurance after civilian status, VA disability, GI loans, changing beneficiaries, dividend payments, and draft extension.
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Walter Shead
Armed Services
National Press Building
Washington
D.C
Omar Bradley
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
Congress
House
Fostoria
Ohia
Senate
Veterans Administration
Ames
Iowa
VA Cuts Operating Cost by One Third Since 1947
The Veterans Administration reports a drop in general administrative expenses from 428,009,750 in 1947 to 285,928,158 in 1950, a about 33 percent reduction, with budget estimates for 1952 showing further cuts to 22,552,000. Personnel in these offices declined from 101,060 in 1947 to 64,800 by end of 1950 despite ongoing criticism from Hoover Report committees alleging waste, including a claim of 200,000,000 in overpayments.
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Veterans’ Administration
Hoover
Veterans' Administration
Robert L. Johnston
Citizens Committee
Make Your Own Wardrobe As Prices Rise
Housewives urged to sew and refashion to beat rising clothing costs. Government price controls loom as 26.5 million women stretch budgets by making their own garments and furnishings. Spring fabrics, patterns, and trims flood shops, with wool jersey, prints, ribbons, and drapes touted for home sewers.
Larger Number Of Small Town Students Urged
Dr. Harold S. Diehl urged increasing medical students from rural areas to boost physicians in small towns. At the 47th annual congress on medical education, he cited a Minnesota study showing graduates from small towns more likely to practice there, supporting preferential admissions or aid for rural applicants.
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Chicago
Harold S. Diehl
Minneapolia
University of Minnesota
Diehl
University of Minnesota Medical School
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Recollections of early Cubs and Giants stars and spring talk
The piece celebrates historic ball clubs led by Joe Tinker Johnny Evers Eddie Stanky Alvin Dark and Pee Wee Reese and ends with notes on Ted Williams power. It recalls the 1910 Athletics the 1922 Giants with Frisch Bancroft and the 1951 pennant chase in the National League while outlining the skills of Stanky Dark Robinson and Williams and their teams.
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Chicago Cubs
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Cubs
Connie Mack
Athletics
Eddie Collins
Jack Barry
Giants
McGraw
Frisch
Bancroft
Florida
Leo Durocher
Chuck Dressen
Dodgers
Eddie Stanky
Alvin Derk
Jack Robinson
Pee Wer Reese
Stanky
Eddie
Alvin Dark
Gianta
Eddie the Flame
Dark
Jackie Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Robinson
Reese
Stan Musials
Larry Lajoie
Frank Frisch
Rogers Hornsby
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Phillies
Granny Flammer
Mike Gollat
Gollat
Warner
Cardinals
Marty Marion Land
Red Schoendienst
Marty
Don’t Put Off Finding Relief From Ailments
An advertisement recounts Mr. Mather Harris of Bowling Green Kentucky praising HADACOL for relief from nervous distress aches and fatigue after using the product. It claims HADACOL treats the underlying deficiencies rather than just symptoms and offers mail order options from The LaBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana with a money back guarantee.
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Harris
Chestnut
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Hadacol
LaBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
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