Five Million Public Employees In United States
Washington report shows total public employment in the 48 states and DC rising to 5.416 million by July 1942. Federal payroll reached 2.289 million, while state and local employment fell 109 thousand to 2.996 million. DC led Federal counts with 283 thousand. New York, Pennsylvania, California near one half to a third of a million each.
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Washington
Texas
District of Columbia
D. C
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
California
Illinois
Ohio
Massachusetts
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continental
United States
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Washington State
Nevada
Interior Department
Wartime economy trims American shop frills and services
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Office of Price Administration orders will curb many retail services. Purchases on approval may end, returns can be refused, gift wrapping and packing become domestic chores, and free offerings such as style shows and concerts may be blacklisted. The piece notes Americans’ spoiled appetite for convenience.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Christian Science Monitor
Dominican Republic a four century tale of independence and growth
The piece traces Hispaniola’s history from Columbus naming it to modern Dominican Republics rise. It notes independence battled against Spain France and Haiti, the division of the island into Dominican Republic and Haiti, and growth through agriculture led by sugar with cocoa coffee and tobacco expanding. The land is praised for its geography, wealth, and rising role in the Americas.
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Dominican Republic
New World
Christopher Columbus
Hispaniola
Spain
Columbus
Dominica
Earth
Haiti
Simon Bolivar
South America
Jose Marti
Cuba
France
Florida
Antilles
Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
Ony
Santo Domingo
Cordillera
Monte Trujillo
West Indies
Eggs By the Pound Increases Profit for Producers and Consumers
COLLEGE STATION A trend to sell eggs by the pound instead of by the dozen is growing in parts of the country. Myrtle Murray of the A and M College Extension Service says current pricing gives no advantage to larger eggs and buyers pay the same per dozen for small eggs. Producers must offer high quality infertile eggs prepared for market to gain premiums until the public accepts the pound basis.
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Myrtle Murray
Home Industries
A. and M. College Extension Service
Miss Murray
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U.S
England
Research Aids Defense
Insurance Service
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Cardus
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