Bread price mystery baffles Washington committee
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee probes why bread stayed near peak prices after wheat fell 30 percent in 1948. The Agriculture Department cites the marketing margin—costs and profits of millers bakers and retailers—as keeping bread pricey. Expert says wage and cost declines needed for margins to drop. farmers gain little from wheat price swings. bread now around 145 cents.
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New Agency To Direct Balto City Hospitals
Mayor Thomas D Alesandro announced plans to create a new Department of Hospitals to run Baltimore City Hospitals, moving governance from the Department of Public Welfare after studying a highly critical report on the institution serving the indigent and aged.
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