Ten Years of Tech Progress Boosts GM Wages and Value
Alfred P Sloan Jr reports General Motors technical efficiency rose over the decade, enabling higher wages and absorbing government costs. In 1937 workers earned $80 million more for the same work, GM wages were 41 percent above the industry, and government costs rose by $32 million. About $112 million funded higher wages and government expenses.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
United States
Few Borrowers Change Mortgagees in FHA Records
Federal Housing Administration records show relatively few insured mortgage borrowers switch mortgage obligations. In the six months ended June 30 1938 FHA advised 387 cases of new insured mortgages on properties previously covered, and a spot check of 150 cases found only 17 where the superseding insured mortgages were written by new mortgagees.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promotes Health and Vitality
An advice voice extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a tonic for women urging readers to try the product via druggists. It claims many women report benefits in bone and general well‑being and links fame to vitality with promotional language.
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Lydia Em
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
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