Price Rule for Inflation and Wages Control Discussed
An editorial outlines inflation as a dizzy spiral and favors seven brakes including wage and price stabilization, heavy taxation, rationing, savings through war bonds, and limited salaries. It argues wages cannot freely rise and promotes a controlled, fair distribution of scarce goods to support the war effort. It urges public sacrifice and saving to curb rising costs.
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Brown County
Guernsey
John Brown
Brown
John Browns
United States
Ebt
America
Nation to Have Textiles for Its Needs This Year
WPB Textile division reports enough textiles to meet national needs despite a 10 percent production drop. Conservation measures will cover military and foreign requirements, last year consuming about one third of production. Civilian supply dips around 11 percent from 1939, with a further 10 percent decline expected this year. Still, supply and quality should yield durable apparel and economical styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Boson Ag
Henderson reflecting on price control tenure at OPA
Leon Henderson summarized his term as price administrator in a congress report marking his retirement. He said directives to stabilize prices rents and fair distribution of scarce goods were obeyed and warned that a tougher policy would be needed as costs rise and the honeymoon of postwar profits ends.
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Leon Henderson
Congress
Henderson
Modern Low Coffee Table From Ply Wood
Readers learn to build a simple low coffee table from a 3 by 4 foot half inch plywood. No hardware is needed just cut three sections and slot the pieces to assemble with the top. Also note the release of BOOK 9 in a series by Mrs. Spears with 32 thrift home ideas.
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Spears
First Aid to the Ailing House Advice Column
Home care tips from Roger B. Whitman on improving a worn house. Readers learn how to hide wallpaper marks around switch plates with transparent sheets, patch damaged wallpaper, and choices for bathroom wall finishes.
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Roger B. Whitman
Household Tips for Everyday Repairs and Care
Practical advice on reusing water from boiled rice to scent and prep items, refreshing waste baskets with wallpaper motifs and shellac, patching leaks in aluminum pans, matching patches to prints, brightening glass and woodwork with baking soda solution, treating tools with used crank case oil to prevent rust, and drying wooden bowls away from direct heat to avoid warping.
Burglar Watcher Spotted Near Home After Break In
Mrs. Blank recounts a burglary incident as a neighbor reports seeing a small man in shabby clothes inside the gate around eleven. She accuses her husband Mr. Blank of being the watcher, adding a tense family twist to the crime phase of the event.
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Mrs. Blank
Mr. Blank
Noble Nature in Attracting Noble Companions
A reflection on character drawing worthy people through virtue and integrity, suggesting a noble nature retains and attracts the esteemed. The aphorism emphasizes moral conduct as the key to forming enduring associations and elevating social circles.
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James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes Price Czar
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
WIN Features
Pontiac
Mich
B. PF. Goodrich Co
Bfgoodrich
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