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Inflation Ahead? This time the reason for the boom was plain: "Everybody has too much money." Everybody was also trying to hedge against inflation. A few weeks ago, traders were willing to bet that the line against inflation could be held. But last week, eyeing the boost in steel prices and textile wages-and the threatened cutbacks in civilian production-they sank their cash in common stocks and, in effect, bet that they would keep rising along with any general rise in prices...
...want her to lose running my way." The lone filly in a field of 13, Happy Issue was several lengths behind in the early running, but closed fast-Frenchy's way-to break the mile-and-a-quarter Hollywood Park track record set by Challedon in 1940, and boost her earnings for the year...
...Association also called for approval of the Bretton Woods International Bank, along with an "adequate" currency stabilization plan. To supplement the lending power of the International Bank, the Association would boost the capital of the Export-Import Bank and the RFC, and would open the U.S. door to private loans abroad by dropping the Johnson...
...increases. Thus, the incentive will be to turn out cheap instead of expensive goods. Bowles estimates that this will save consumers $17,000,000 a year on cotton goods, another $21,000,000 on rayon. And it will distribute between the manufacturer, the jobber and the converter the 5% boost in the cost of cotton goods caused by the amendment of cotton-loving Senator John H. Bankhead to the Stabilization Extension Act (TIME, Oct. 9). In addition, OPAster Bowles hopes that most clothing prices will be rolled back 1.5%. But the main goal is to keep them from rising higher...
Washington. In this labor-conscious state, a well-organized P.A.C. helped boost registration. But it was largely a superorganized A. F. of L. which spearheaded the resounding Democratic sweep, ousting even popular Governor Arthur Langlie...