New Cotton Wage Ceiling In San Joaquin Valley
The USDA revision sets a picking wage ceiling at three dollars per hundredweight in the San Joaquin Valley with the snap ping cotton ceiling at 1.50 per hundred pounds. The new rate takes effect now and ends May 31 next year, aiming to allow larger fields and better incentives as urged in Fresno on August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
United States Department of Agriculture
John E. Cooter
California
Usda Wage Board
Fresno
Cooter
Enlistment terms for 18 to 34 year olds with reenlistment options
Policies allow enlistment from 18 to 34 with parental consent for 17 year olds. Reenlistment bonus of 50 dollars if within three months after last honorable discharge. Furloughs for reenlistees and privileges on discharge. Retirement at half pay after 20 years with prior service counted. Branch choice and overseas theater available on 3 year enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armes Ao Rina
Pay Increases for Overseas Service and Crew Members
The text outlines a 20 percent pay rise for overseas service, 50 percent for members of flying or glider crews, and an additional 5 percent pay increase for each three years of service, to be added to base pay.
County Dairy Industry Booms in Kern County
Kern County sustains a three million dollar dairy industry expansion under the California Dairy Industry Advisory Board. A. B. Tieck, Kern dairyman and board member, will chair a four-county Dairy Day meeting in Tulare on Tuesday October 1 at Memorial Hall. Richard J. Werner, W. B. Woodburn and Franklin C. Wheeler will present the board’s advertising research and education program with films showing progress during the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
California Dairy Industry Advisory Board
A. B. Tieck
Tieck
Tulare
Memorial Hall
Richard J. Werner
W. B. Woodburn
Bureau of Milk Control
State Department of Agriculture
Franklin C. Wheeler
San Francisco
Dairy Industry Board
Merchant Marine Cadet Examinations Set for November 6 1946
Final plans for the semi annual scholastic tests are announced by the U S Civil Service Commission for November 6 1946. Applicants may seek cadet midshipman posts in the U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps with a four year program combining academics and sea training. Cadets study at San Mateo California or Pass Christian Mississippi before a year at sea and two years at Kings Point New York. Cadet midshipmen receive 65 dollars monthly while at school and academy with room and board provided at Cadet School, Academy, and aboard ship.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
U. S. Merchant Marine
San Mateo
California
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Annapolis
Merchant Marine
Kings Point
New York
Farm Operators Put in Long Hours Amid Wartime Demands
A nationwide survey shows American farm operators averaged 75.4 hours per week over 1939 1944. West North Central led with 83.2 hours, East North Central 82.5, Middle Atlantic 79.9, Pacific states 72.3. Six million farm operators spent about 4 000 hours yearly per man plus mechanized aid to meet wartime needs.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
West North Central
East North Central
Middle Atlantic
Pacific States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Francis R. Kerr
Army Exchange Service
Army Service Forces Special Services
Special Services
General Kerr
W. C. Young
Retiraenit
Warriors of Peace
Voice of the Army
U.S. Army
Post Office
Bill Barter
Dan DeVries
Santy Ieaeens
B.f.goodrich
Shafter
Tire Shop
Ralph Lachenmaier
E. Lerdo
Willie Woo
Central Avenue
G.I. Senator
W. F
Knowland
Bank of America
Bank of America National Tiving? Association
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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