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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
14
Washington column explains why inexpensive cotton and rayon items are scarce. Officials outline the supply chain from raw material to yarn to cloth, with price ceilings set by OPA for spinners and weavers, and how finishers handle bleaching and dyeing before goods reach shoppers.
The article discusses Doan’s Pills for kidney relief and then shifts to wartime price controls. It explains Doan’s as a remedy used by millions for backache and kidney hints, while detailing OPA's sliding scale for finishers and approved manufacturer pricing to prevent inflation. It notes how controls affect dress pricing and producer margins, highlighting the risk of manufacturers pushing higher prices without caps.
White Township resident Harry Hill crafted a four row corn planter at a total outlay of $30.00. In its fourth year, the device uses improvised 100 pound fertilizer cans as seed hoppers and a tractor plow wheel base. It is said to plant up to twenty acres daily, aided by hoes from a stain drill and other gear, with County Agent J. W Warner noting growing use as a time and labor saver on Indiana County farms.
In 1941 and 1942 manufacturers sold higher priced lines amid tighter finish goods flows. Cheaper items declined as finisher supplies tightened prompting fewer $2 and $3 dresses and more $6 options. Cheaper dresses are fading from markets with fall arrival of more expensive lines as producers adjust to war demands and wood veneer bomber construction.
London dispatch reports Russia has captured Viipuri after a daylong assault, with Soviet forces advancing toward Helsinki as Finnish radio urged nonessential residents to evacuate. Moscow portrayed the victory as breaking the Mannerheim Line and threatening Finland’s ability to resist.
Harrisburg June 22 The justice department ruled the commonwealth cannot provide new uniforms for Pennsylvania State Guard officers yet an allowance of 130 per year may be given to each officer if prescribed by the governor and deemed necessary for uniforms arms and equipment The ruling did not affect equipment and uniforms for earlier men
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