WLB limits on wage hikes face labor cost debate
The wartime wage row centers on living costs up 23 percent since January 1941 while the War Labor Board restricts wage hikes to 15 percent. Labor argues costs are higher, while government figures show manufacturing earnings rising 63 percent overall with 41.8 percent hourly gains, excluding overtime. Statisticians estimate real hourly gains would be about 26.9 percent under proportional employment.
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J. Marlowe
G. Zielke
Washington
Grant
Rumbling
War Abor Board
WLB
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Fabor
Car mixup ends with confession and wrecked vehicle
In Minneapolis Ver non C Johnson reported his car stolen after leaving a tavern. Police traced a left car to Dan Carroll who admitted driving his own car away and wrecking it in a ditch. officers then located the wrecked vehicle Johnson owned.
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Minneapolis
Vernon C. Johnson
Dan Carroll
Cartel System May Aid Postwar Trade Problems
J M Roberts Jr argues that an international cartel approach could be a path to equal access to raw materials for all nations. He describes cartels as cooperative price and market-sharing agreements, nations or firms, and envisions an international expert body to manage tariff-free, long-term adjustments amid global trade aims.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
New York
United Nations
Dutch East Indies
America
Africa
Europe
World Affairs
India
Mmix
Free Asthma Trial Offer From Frontier Asthma Co
Readable text urges cold damp sufferers to request a free trial of a method for asthma. It directs readers to Frontier Asthma Co in Buffalo New York with a free trial offer and address.
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High Point
Harllee’s Boys Shop
Boys’ Shop
Jlarilee
Bayon Crepes
Frontier Asthma Co
Niagara Street
M Frontier Bldg
Buffalo
Harllee
Lady Pepperell
North Star
Chatham
Hartlee
Hartlees
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