Word: costs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were other signs of economic exhaustion. Government statistical reports were months late, as if functionaries were afraid to let the world know the score. Though the last cost-of-living index appeared in March, labor argued that living costs had doubled in a year, and was out for higher wages. The last reliable official reports on foreign trade were for April...
Next unit after Koror will probably be on Saipan, whose capture cost 3,040 U.S. lives. The Navy, which rules Saipan, has set aside as Memorial Reservations two areas, one a lake, the other a mountain peak still covered with virgin forest. When enough money has been raised, the Pacific War Memorial will have stations manned with scientists all over the U.S. Pacific, and a headquarters in Honolulu to organize the information that is gathered...
...some cases (notably soft goods and furs) retail prices had fallen close to wholesale levels. The reason was that the cost of materials had fallen but manufacturers and wholesalers, loaded with goods made at higher costs, were still trying to get the old prices. Retailers wanted new stock at prices reflecting present costs. To move old stock they were trimming price tags to that level. Nevertheless, Lazarus felt that price cuts and better quality goods would boost December sales enough to take up November's slack, and more...
Under terms of the program, which takes effect when 75 percent sign up, life insurance will go to all staff members at the cost of 60 cents a month with the University paying the balance. Insurance stops with retirement...
...catch undergraduate trade before the December 19 rush decimates the cash-bearing population. To set the pace, the city of Cambridge has already decorated its lamp posts. Yesterday workers finished wrapping the poles with strands of laurel and aluminum, and hung the final pine wreath on top. The cost of this decoration is met by the city with the help of the Harvard Square Business Men's Association...