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The Skyland Post
West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina
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The U.S. government launched a campaign this week to reduce living costs by rolling back prices of food and other items to September 15, 1942 levels by July 1. Initial order sets ceilings on 20 food items in 130 cities serving nearly 45 million people, including poultry, milk, bread, eggs, and others.
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Washington—The government's ambitious campaign to cut the cost of things Americans eat and use got underway this week, and officials predicted that all cost-of-living items will be rolled back to their Sept. 15, 1942, price levels by July 1.
The first step, to be followed by others at regular intervals, is an order which affects some 20 food items in approximately 130 cities with a total population of nearly 45,000,000.
It sets community-wide dollars and cents ceilings in the smaller independent stores, effective on poultry, fluid milk, bread, eggs, butter, soap, packaged cheese, sugar, cereals, evaporated and condensed milk, coffee, macaroni, noodles, shortening, cooking and salad oils, flour and a number of other items, including canned fruits and vegetables, will be added to the list.
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Washington
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This Week; Sept. 15, 1942; By July 1
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prices rolled back to sept. 15, 1942 levels by july 1; affects 20 food items in 130 cities with 45,000,000 population
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Government's campaign to cut cost of living items got underway this week with an order setting dollars and cents ceilings on poultry, fluid milk, bread, eggs, butter, soap, packaged cheese, sugar, cereals, evaporated and condensed milk, coffee, macaroni, noodles, shortening, cooking and salad oils, flour and other items including canned fruits and vegetables in smaller independent stores in approximately 130 cities.