Wage study warns big raise demands may hit profits
A government wage and price study warns that a 30 percent wage rise next year could strain profitability across industries, though overall employment may stay solid. It analyzes the auto industry and notes a 15 percent wage increase could cut profits by one third versus 1941 while higher profits still lie ahead in earlier years if inflation and costs are managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureal
Torsa
States
Department of Gomm
United. Automobile
Why They Did It The Home Front Victory Garden Record
The National Victory Garden Institute notes 42,500,000 vegetable plots tended across four growing seasons from 1942 to 1945. Gardens produced 24,009,000 tons of harvests valued at $3,360,000,000, reflecting government goals, community support, and media guidance that spurred widespread patriotic participation despite hard work and scarce goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Victory Garden Institute
Victory
Luf's Stuf You Know What I Is I An
A brief piece by N. A. Lufburrow contrasts helpful shopkeepers with rude vendors. It notes some people treat buyers like dogs, while others treat customers as people, and suggests each group bears the consequences of their chosen conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Lufburrow
Washington News Notebook Highlights Labor and Policy Notes
Washington correspondent Peter Edson notes Senate越 Overton and a Missouri Valley Authority critique blend Shakespearean rhetoric with policy criticism. He covers Treasury bond redemptions surpassing new sales, labor conference chair choice, and four-week average to new peacetime jobs, with unemployment trends and strikes shaping early postwar labor outlook.
Tobery Brother in Japan Serves His Country
Pic Russell Wm. (Bud) Tobery Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tobery of 29 Winchester Street, is stationed in Japan after about one month there, has served 19 months, and previously served in New Guinea and the Philippines. His address is Pix Russell Tobery Jr. AS.N. 93844290 158Q M. Bakery APO 35 PM San Francisco. His brother Norman also serves in the army.
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Japan
Pic
Russell Wm
Bud) Tobery, Jr
Russell Tobery
Winchester Street
New Gainea
Philippines
Pix
Russell Tobery,Jr
As.n
M. Bakery
Ap.o
P.M
San Francisco
Calif
Norman
Fossil tracks found near Emmitsburg by Dr James A Mitchell
Fifty years ago The News reports natural science professor Dr James A Mitchell of Alt St Marys College Emmitsburg discovered reptilian footprints in a red sandstone quarry. Johns Hopkins Geological Museum sent a slab of the stone for study. Also noted are a local eighth grade quarterly exercise with essays by several students, and a scene at the courthouse with Clerk John L Jordan wearing a Democratic badge. A local boy found a Spanish silver coin dated 1786 on his father's farm. Prices on market show dressed chickens at 29 cents each, pumpkins five cents, eggs eighteen cents a dozen.
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James A. Mitchell
Alt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Geological Museum
Johns Hopkins University
John Summers
Harry Kefauver
R. Lee Reich
Ralph Lorentz
Edmund Moberly
Ieter Ramsburg
H. Clay Hull
George A. Dean
Jacob Gorman
John L. Jordan
Wilbur Ahalt
M.S. Abalt
Middletown
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News
Twenty years ago on November 9 1925 local items included a freight train car derailment near Union Bridge delaying early mail, the sale of Chestnut Farm 156 acres near Walkersville to Woodsboro Postmaster William B Catshall for about 60000, a Men s Club supper and talk by C H Gundersdorf of St Paul s Baltimore, and Jesse D Stup with Melissa T Stup selling their Walkersville brick dwelling to Hallie and Bertha Wine Brewer to move in April.
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Western Maryland
Union Bridge
Chestnut Farm
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Laura McDonnell
Boston
Wiliam B. Catshall
Men's Club of
Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. H. Gundersdorf
St. Paul's Church
Baltimore
Jesse D. Stup
Melissa T. Stup
Misses Hallie
Bertha Winebrewer
Today In History and Birthdays Chronicle
A compact history page lists famous births and key historical events with dates, including Josiah Tatnall, Robert Dale Owen, Gail Borden, Frederick Funston, Marie Dressler, Ednas May Oliver, and other notable figures. It recalls milestones from 1776 to 1943 and notes several contemporary birthday entries and notable quotes.
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Josiah Tatnall
England
China
Savannah
Robert Dale Owen
Sales Tetters Svorker
Glasgow
Scotland
Gail Borden
Texas
Galveston
Norwich
Frederick Funston
New Carlisle
Ohio
Marie Dressler
Heaven
Ontario
Canada
May Oliver
Boston
Ligation of Ductus Arteriosus a Historic Heart Operation
Doctor outlines the first ligation of the ductus arteriosus to prevent heart overwork and infection. Describes how the opening may remain or fail to close, its detection in exams, and the role of sulfa drugs post operation. notes surgical limits for other congenital heart diseases.
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R. E. Gross
M. BD
I P. Hubbard
M. D
Bart
Dear Miss Dix on a repentant wife and a broken marriage
Dorothy Dix argues that a wife who betrayed her husband and a husband who cheats face symmetric moral costs. She says there is no justified demand for the wife to be forgiven, noting double standards and social consequences, and that a husband unlikely to take back a philanderer should not expect leniency.
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Miss Dix
U. S
Veterans Administration
L. E., Turley
Okla
Military training clash blocks universal draft plan
The War Department loses a push for universal military training as Congress rejects its extreme proposal. Veterans leaders favor a flexible program similar to a three month three month split or student guard model, stressing education continuity and local training sites over a yearlong course.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Ui Te Department
War Plans Division
Peyton M. March
Army
General March
General Marshall
Baker- March
General Staff
Marshall
Senate Miliary Affairs Committee
Albert L. Cox
Special House Committee
Serretary Stimson
National Guard
Geeral Peyton March
Middle’West
Far West
Dear Dorothy Dix Warns Husbands on Inlaw Visits
A husband laments his wife’s large family dominating holidays and Sundays while his own relatives are shut out. Dorothy Dix replies that wives often claim the home as theirs and suggest some backbone may be needed to renegotiate guest rules without harming the marriage.
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Dorothy Dix
the Bell Syndicate Inc.d
Lesson on Correct Word Usage and Pronunciation
A compact note highlighting proper terms for farm work and common errors. It explains shuck versus husk with corn, outlines pronunciation hints for decrerit and related words, and points out common misspellings such as Adolescenen and Observe the scence, urging careful spelling and speech.
Dogmatic Describes Assertive Speech In Readers Notice
A literacy note offers a daily vocabulary challenge urging readers to learn a word each day. Today's term dogmatic is defined as asserting a thing positively and authoritatively. Mrs Ira F Haines of Middletown recuperates after a Monday Fred erick City Hospital operation and is progressing as expected.
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Ira F. Haines
Middletown
Frederick City Hospital
Veterans Guide clarifies GI Bill in ASTP NCTP cases
Washington reports explain how time spent in Army Specialized Training Program or Navy College Training Program affects GI Bill education benefits. Veterans Administration interpretations vary, with letters indicating many are being denied. Major Thomas outlines VA stance and future column notes.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Social Situations for Planning a Child Birthday Party
The text discusses choosing guest age groups for a birthday party. It argues for a small, age-similar guest list to prevent overstimulation and avoid overshadowing younger children by older ones. It advises against inviting many children of varying ages from the same social circle.
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Jamal
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Washington News Notebook
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L. R. Groves
Treasury
Fred M.vinson
Pearl Harbor
James Bryant Conant
Harvard
National Defense Research Committee
Baruch
Walter P. Stacy
Wilmington
N. C
Coolidge
Chaice
Census
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the News
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Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Algeria
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Patton
Germany
Charles G. Rags
Independence, Co
Leonard Carmichael
Tufts College
Mass
Philadelphia
Edward P. Warner
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pittsburgh
Florence R. Sabin
Denver
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Central City
Colo
Burton Stevenson
Chillicothe
Albert F. Blakeslee
Northampton
Genesee, N
Ed Wynn
William A. O'Brien, M.D
NEA Service
Dr. O'Brien
Bill
David Lawrence
March
Veterans’ Guide
Major
Thomas A NT
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Newark
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