1952 Outlook for Main Streets Says Normal Profits Expected
Washington experts project 1952 business on Main Streets will be near prewar norms rather than boom profits. Personal income rose to 257 billion annual rate in December with 1951 at 251 billion. wages 166 billion in 1951. Prices mostly down slightly. Congress to maintain controls. wool price support shifts to loan program. Paint, varnish sales rise. synthetic fabrics replace cottons. wool and worsted fabric output increases in Q4 1952. Prepared by the Washington Bureau.
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Office of Business Economics of Commerce Department
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Dated Home Hacks for Kitchen and Storage Tasks
Simple tips cover dish cleaning with a mop, quick cheese chili on Melba rounds, baking soda paste for metal cleaning, using an old blanket as a mat or bed pad, refilling ice trays without spills, and adding narrow shelves in the linen closet for easy access to small items.
Windmill Pattern Guides Build Simple Wood Turbine
Pattern 202 offers actual-size guides for a hand powered windmill. The item, priced at 25 cents, appeals to craftspeople who enjoy saw work and simple mechanism projects. Drawer 10 Bedford Wills New York supplies the workshop pattern service.
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Bedford Wills
New York
Question Box explains tax free VA benefits and GI bill FAQs
VA rules tax free payments such as subsistence, disability pensions, and GI bill benefits. Readers ask about losing discharge papers, pension aid for blinded veterans, GI bill summer breaks, farm training earnings reports, and related VA procedures. Answers advise certificates in lieu of discharge papers, no need to prove aid for pension, summer breaks allowed if school permits, and timely earnings reports to VA to avoid suspension of GI subsistence.
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Veterans Administration
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Ag.h
Hardin
Kentucky
J.H
Joplin
T.t.ry
A.S.P
Dalton
Georgia
Air Force Cuts Civilians Into Training Time
The Air Force slashed processing for civilians entering flying training from four months to four weeks, allowing cadets to begin training in three to five months after applying. Past delays of seven to ten months are cited as resolved. The Veterans Affairs guidance explains VA protections for veterans selling homes and having buyers assume 4 percent loans. It advises cash deals or loans in the veteran’s name to safeguard interests, and notes remaining GI loan debt when foreclosure proceeds fall short.
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