Overseas Shipments Not Sufficient To Account For Living Cost Advance
The piece explains that higher prices are not fully explained by exports. Americans eat more and spend more postwar, wages rose, and veterans draw benefits. It cites Marshall Plan effects, export shifts, and the need for market-balanced goods to curb inflation while Europe seeks food, steel, coal and fertilizers under postwar aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IFF
LA Crosse Tribune
Council of Economic Advisers
OPA
Europe
Wisconsin housing authority tests constitutionality of act
The Wisconsin housing authority announced a $1,000 grant to Port Washington to test if a 1947 law creating a state housing division constitutes an internal improvement. If the voucher is collected, the case will go to the state supreme court. Separately Paris hosts Gerard Sekoto, a 30 year old South African artist funded by the Bantu Welfare Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Housing Authority
Portashington Housing Authority
Port Washington
Gerard Sekoto
Bantu Welfare Trust
France
Sekoto
Transvaal
Middleburg
Books As Gifts For Christmas Suggested By Library Exhibit
Library exhibit promotes Give Books as Christmas gifts. Featured titles include Harold E. Stassen’s Where I Stand and Mauldin’s Back Home. Also listed are autobiographies by Joseph Fort Nelson and Edward Flynn, Stewart Holbrook’s Story of American Railroads, and humor volumes by Alexander Wiley and H Allen Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Bill Mauldin
Mauldin
Joseph Fort Nelson
City Temple
London
St. Lukes
Philadelphia
Stewart Holbrook
Holbrook
New York Herald
Portland
Oregonian
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Congress
H. Allen Smith
Romans Ban Private Vehicles From City Streets
Ancient officials restrict traffic in the city by allowing only government and ceremonial transport. The ban targets crowded thoroughfares to preserve order and safety, reducing private car use and limiting nonofficial travel within the capital.
Peasants Batter U S Tractors in Poland
Wroclaw Poland farmers damage a large share of UNRRA tractors in Lower Silesia harsh handling and poor repairs. An agricultural expert estimates 40 to 60 percent of UNRRA tractors are out of operation due to inefficient operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wroclaw
Poland
Lower Silesia
UNRRA
Eskimo Eye Charts Used in Far North Vision Study
Eskimo language symbols appear on eye charts as studies of eyesight progress in the far north. About half of those examined showed faulty vision.
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By Sigrid Arne
Washington
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Fed
U. S
Burma
India
Puddin
IGA
Alc
Jiffy
Thompson Choice
Snider's
Hiawatha
Brazil
Sockryxe
Dalmon
Utsrann Sardines
Norpac
Xmas
City Stores
IGA Stores
Ucupone
Brownsville
Minn
Caledonia
Chaseburg
Coon Valley
Holmen
Houston
LA Farge
Stoddard
Tomah, Wis
Warrens, Wis
H. J
States Centennial
Oto Graves
State Supreme Court
Edward Flynn
Edward J. Flynn
Flynn
New York Bronx
Loin End
Boston Butt
B. DE
Tiny Super Market
Procter & Gamble
Aaa
Ananti
Ars Tide
Tide
Parkling
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