Employment Down Report Shows Steady Decline in 1950 Outlook
State employment service data indicate a general drop in employment across sectors as of December 1, with 365,002 workers employed and 93,720 women. Manufacturing added 248,757 jobs, trading 31,659, while non electrical machinery suffered an 8 percent cut of 6,100 jobs. Milwaukee Racine and Superior hit hardest. outlook predicts further declines in the next 60 days amid steel shortages and soft consumer demand. Local notes show varied regional trends with Eau Claire Kenosha Beloit Manitowoc Wausau Sheboygan posting gains in new hires while other areas report continued cuts.
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Navy overpayment stems from missing $1 appropriation
Honolulu report says Congress failed to appropriate $1 for the Oahu Railway and Lane Company branch serving Pearl Harbor. The Navy must cover a $2,000 territorial tax bill on leased private property, while owned by the government it would be tax free.
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Labor market snapshot across Wisconsin cities
Reports show varied employment trends with mixed gains and losses. Madison declines due to equipment installations while Milwaukee notes strikes cost jobs and a clouded outlook. Racine and Superior report layoffs and reduced hours, with Wausau reflecting a 26 percent rise and tight recalls in a mixed demand environment.
New insulating material foams to 100x volume
A new solid plastic foam is produced by heating a molasses like resin in an oven until it foams up to a hundred times its original volume. Claimed to be the world’s lightest solid, it can float on certain heavy gases.
Monastery Aides Brighten 950 at Southern Colony Christmas
Forty nine aspirants for priesthood at St. Francis monastery near Union Grove lead Santa’s effort to give individually addressed gifts to about 950 patients at the Southern Colony for the mentally deficient. Frater Marvin heads the drive with funds from St. Vincent de Paul Racine, plus donations from Burlington volunteers.
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Southern
Milwaukee
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Burlington
Christmas Tree Becomes Family Fixture At Lahr Home
In Normal Illinois the Christmas tree in the E D Lahr house has stood through 25 holidays since purchase as an artificial tree. It has become a family fixture, now shared with grandchildren.
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E. D. Lahr
Dividend Set For 912 Million
The 6000 savings institutions across the country will distribute dividends totaling 139,621,000 to savers by year end. Chicago chairman Morton Bodfish notes a record 12,141,000,000 entrusted and 278,421,000 in rewards for 1949. Close to three quarters of a million savers receive dividends this year as new accounts reach a historic level in 119 years.
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Navy School Graduate Lieut Harvey Miller Completes Training
Navy Lieutenant Harvey Miller the son of Mr and Mrs Carl W Miller of 705 Pine Street graduated December 16 from the naval general line school at Monterey California as part of the second class of 500 officers. A former naval reserve officer he transferred to the regular navy and completed an intensive ten month course teaching a broad professional education comparable to that at the naval academy.
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Pine Street
Naval General Line School
Monterey
Calif
Naval Reserve
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Naval Academy
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