Japan After Six Months Of Occupation Quiet Yet Shifting
Six months of American occupation leave Japan floundering yet peaceful as General MacArthur steers a radical reform program. The overhaul abolishes the army and navy, dissolves the zaibatsu, weakens the emperor system, purges wartime leaders, and legalizes unions while promoting agrarian reform and freedom. Japan faces unemployment, rising prices, and housing shortages as it adapts to a democratic framework, with a March 31 election shaping the country’s future.
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Commodities Of Farm May Come Higher
Senator Bankhead warned that a revised national economic policy could raise farm prices as wage increases flow through to goods. Other farm-state lawmakers argued price shifts should not hit farming without broader relief, amid new wage-allowance provisions. Bankhead said it is probable lawmakers will act to shield farmers from burdens and may permit lump sum payments.
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Senatornkhead
D-Ala
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Veterans Using Employment Unit in North Carolina
Raleigh state director Ernest C. McCracken announced that in January more than half of the 184 844 visits to North Carolina's 84 local U S employment service offices were by war veterans. The report shows 34 824 jobs applied for, including 15 256 new applications, with 9 089 local placements and 207 placements of handicapped workers.
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U. S. Employment Service
North Carolina
Ernest C. McCracken
McCracken
Electrical Rates Of State Are Cut By $100 000
RALEIGH Feb 16 Four new rate schedules of the Virginia Electric and Power company approved by the North Carolina Utilities commission will save residential and commercial consumers in this state about 100 000 a year. The new rates, approved yesterday, take effect April 1. The company serves 12 000 residential and 3 000 commercial customers in northeastern North Carolina.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
North Carolina Utilities Commission
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Commission
North Carolina
Siberia Vastly Larger Than Continental United States
A claim states Siberia is nearly twice the size of the continental United States. The assertion suggests a vast expanse comparing two immense landmasses, though exact figures and measurement conventions are not provided.
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