Pittsburgh Plote Gloss Co.
201 lost Sixth St. _ Phone 3-6624
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
PNEUMAFIL CORPORATION
2516 Wilkinson Bird.
charlotte, n. c.
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PURITY MARKET AND GROCERY
MEATS, GROCERIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
202 East Trade St. T«l. 3-97S7
CHARLOTTE, N. C
FROM THE
OLD MILL STREAM
Most ol Um industry in oui
Piedmont Carolines wit
"down toy Um Old Milt
Straws'* when thli century
began Ttoa rains cam*, and
«ometime8 Um UtUa rivemda
plant west out with the flood
Than adventuresome engi
ncera began to turn power
wasting at (alls and shoals into
electricity rhey transmitted
U to sites located a sale dis
tance from the rivers These
sites rapidly grew into towns
Factory toss by flood ended
Such river sites as could be
reached and profitably de
veloped were "used up” Too.
it was found that In time of
drought streams proved In
adequate to power needs In
the awakened Piedmont
Br 19M, (acilitics (or steam generation were begun end have con
tiaued steadily until today they provide most ol the power deliver
ad by the Duke System One plant now under construction, the
third In our present expansion program, will produce snare than
MS sixth as snack power as was aaed laat year la all the territory
served by Ike Daks Power Ceaspaay.
DUKE POWER COMPANY
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Whaddya Buy? U. S. Asks
In Price Index Revision
Washington.—The government is
checking your buying habits.
What do you buy? How much
do you pay?
The collection of this and other
information with wafch to revise
the Consumers’ Price Index issued
by the Department of Labor began
in BalUmore, Birmingham, Boston,
Cincinnati, Detroit, Jacksonville,
Memphis, Minneapol is, Mobile,
Portland, Maine, and St. Louis.
The AFL contends the revision
is long-overdue and should correct
|.he bias which has too lone made
the index operate unfavorably for
labor.
The index, which is issued month
ly by the Labor Department’s Bu
reau of Labor Statistics, is the of
ficial measure of changes in prices
paid by wage earners and low-sal
aried groups for the goods and
services they buy. Under the terms
of an appropriation enacted at the
recent session of Congress, BLS is
directed to review and, as necessary
to revise the index, which at pres
ent is based on buying habits of
city families in the mid-1930s.
The total job will take 3 years,
Ewan Clague, Commissioner of Sta
tistics, said. It requires, he said,
collection of information on char
acteristics of about 500,000 dwell
ings in the United States; detail
ed records of expenditures from
more than 20,000 families; and the
collection of more than 600,000
price quotations from thousands
of retail stores and service estab
lishments.
Essentially the Consumers’ Price
Index measures the changes in the
cost of a market basket of goods
and services commonly bought by
moderate-income famines in large
cities. The market basket used in
the index at present includes goods
and services representative of what
city families were buying in 1934
36. Clague pointed out that low
income families bought iceboxes
then and few mechanical refriger
ators; that women bought' huge
quantities of silk hose where now
adays nylon hose have absorbed
that market. He listed other char
acteristic improvements in the
American standard of living, such
as:
What used to he only seasonal
foods art now on grocers' shelves
all the year around.
Many more families have tele
phones and radios, and some have
television seta.
Frozen foods were practically
unknown; there were no compre
hensive supplies of baby foods,
packaged desserts, nor bulk tee
cream.
Studies of modern housing con
struction will he of particular im-<
porta nee in the revised CPI, Clague
explained. He said that, at present
rents, under control, are not a true
Chicago Chonga
Chicago. — WGN, Mutual
Broadcasting outlet, how car*
ries the AFL Frank Xdwardi
news commentary at 11 p. m.
Chicago time instead of 11:10
p. m. The program is heard also
at 9 p. m. over WCFL, owned
by the Chicago Federation of
Labor.
reflecton of change in the cost of
all housing. Another important ele
ment in housing, he pointed out, is
that a larger percentage of fam
ilies now own, or are buying, their
own homes, and rents may no long
er reflect accurately the changes
in housing costs to these home
owners,
Through February, 1950, BLS
will make surveys of the charac
teristics of representative dwell
ings to adjust the index of rent
New —4 EtronHU—«4
PIANOS
Far dw hart value in NEW or |
reconditioned pinnae, select i
yens from ear stock of nearly I
100 instmnoals. Batin way.
Matbusbek, Winter, Howard, I
and many others. Prices to
suit everyone.
ANDREWS MUSIC CO.
“Onr 55th Tear”
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GREETINGS
CENTRAL
LUMBER CO.
300 So. Brovord St.
Diol 3-5145
CHARLOTTE* N. C
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changes in order to include higher
rents charged to houses and apart
ments built since 1946, the rents
for which are free from rent con
trol. This adjustment to the rent
index will be made before the total
index revision is completed.
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BOGGETT
til K. Park Aveu Phase tlTt
LUMBER CO.
It Pftjrs 1* Tni» With ;
THE COMMERCIAL
NATIONAL BANK
Charlotte, N C
HONOR NORMAN THOMAS.
New York —AFL President Wil
liam Green is among the almost
me dosen AFL rice chairmen for
the testimonial luncheon to Nor
man Thomas here Feb. 4. AFL
Vice Presidents Daniel J.- Tobin,
president of the Teamsters Union,
ind David Dubinsky, president of
the Ladies Garment Workers Un
ion, are others.
Compliments of
Credit Co., Inc.
534 So. Tryon St.„
Telephone 3-7141
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
PREDICTS SHOW SUCCESS.
Washington.—The Union Label
Trade* Department predicts that
the fifth AFL Union Industries
Show in Philadelphia May 8-13
“will again be a gorgeous spectacle
and a sensational success.” The
prediction was made on the basis
of plans and arrangements for ex
hibits and entertainment features
now being completed.
GREETINGS
Confection
Vending Co.
220 W. Sixth St. Tel. 3 -1816
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Favors For Your Christmas
and New Year's Parties
Some of The Things We
Lend Money on
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All Umimtm Strictly CwMwHal. Wkm la Nni
ef Money We Nerer M Yen.
RELIABLE LOAN CO.
Ml EAST TBADB 8TIBR v
Citizens National Bank
South Union
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA
Monitor:
Monitor Fodorol Doposit Insurance Corp.
Monitor Fodorol Reserve Systom
Letter-Press
Letter press printing in the graphic arts
means the direct application of inked type
and engraving* or other type material to
Wer*
It is the simplest of all graphic methods
of reproduction and at the same time the
moet lasting. It was the method employed
by the medieval craftsmen who first ap
plied type to paper and it has persisted
throughout the centuries over all innova
tions, until today, when the best of crafts
manship Is sought in a Job, there is no al
ternative to letter press printing, along
with high grade paper and typographic
good taste.
We suggest that if you have some print
ing in view that you want web done, you
consult us. Simply telephone 5-1776 or
else call at the office, 116 East Sixth St,
Charlotte, N. C.
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