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The Butler County Press
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
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Illinois jobless benefits increased 7% in June to $755,921 for 11,259 workers, up from May but down 25% from last year, due to layoffs from war contract cancellations in southern counties, per Director Francis B. Murphy.
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Chicago (ILNS).-While jobless insurance benefits in June were 25 per cent below payments in the same month last year, they increased 7 per cent over May figures, State Director of Labor Francis B. Murphy stated.
June's total payments to 11,259 workers were $755,921, compared with $705,588 during May to 10,524 eligible claimants.
"The increase was uniform for Chicago and downstate areas," Murphy said. "The areas most affected by current unemployment include Montgomery and Macoupin counties and the territory south of the Kentucky border. Analysis of the causes of unemployment show a marked increase in layoffs due to cutbacks and cancellation of war contracts."
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Illinois
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June
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june payments totaled $755,921 to 11,259 workers, up 7% from $705,588 to 10,524 in may; 25% below last year's june; increase due to layoffs from cutbacks and war contract cancellations in montgomery and macoupin counties and south of kentucky border
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Jobless insurance benefits in Illinois increased 7% in June over May but were 25% below last year's June, with uniform rise in Chicago and downstate areas, attributed to unemployment from war contract issues