Wage Hikes Must Be Federally Approved Under New Policy
Washington February 18 1946 The wage price policy requires federal approval for wage hikes that qualify as habis to limit price increases. The stabilisation formula lets increases be approved if within the pattern set by industries or regions after the war. In many cases rises ranged 16 to 18 cents. Workers face limited gains and collective bargaining will continue with tighter payment ceilings. Immediate price relief rules demand promptly higher costs for industries facing hardship, with bases tied to prewar earnings and production timelines.
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Askbox
Coffnet
OPA
Wage Stabilization ‘Board
Truman
Chester Bowles
Market Basket Prize And Economic Control Highlights
A Market Basket prize award goes to Mrs. Mary Kien Simmons for a cream pie recipe involving Boston cream pie steps and a grand prize next week for best pancake recipe. The article then shifts to wartime price relief and wage controls under the Truman administration with Chester Bowles granted new stabilization powers to curb certain pay increases.
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Mary Kien Simmons
Tennsesse Strest
Wheat Loss Threatened by Transportation Shortage
West Kansas Senator Hope warned in a congressional record that grain could spoil due to lack of transport to terminals. He cited the shortage as rendering some wheat unfit for human consumption and offered no quantity estimate.
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Hope
Congressional Record
Will Test All Cattle Wilson County After TB Outbreak
Will J. Miller, Kansas livestock sanitary commissioner, ordered tuberculin tests for all cattle in Wilson County after 166 of 259 cattle from the county tested TB reactors at the Kansas City market. State law requires countywide testing when TB prevalence exceeds one half of one percent, with three TB-free tests at 60 day intervals.
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Will J. Miller
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
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Uies
Obituary fragment reveals Kansas life resident survivor trio
Obituary notes a long time Kansas resident at Memorial hospital on January 31. She is survived by three sisters including Mrs Winnie Reser and Mrs.
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Kansas
Winnie Reser
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