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The Nome nugget., 1960-11-16
Has No International
Monetary Significance

WASHINGTON, R-The US.
Treasury said Russia's move to
increase the gold content of the
ruble appears to have no inter
national monetary significance in
the free world"
In response to inquiries, the de-
partment issued statement
which said the Soviet move "can
have little or no international i'm
portance in the trade of Russia
with the free world which is con-
Quoted in the currencies of other
countries" the dollar and the
pound sterling.
Noting that the ruble is neither
convertible into other currencies
nor traded internationally, the
Treasury said "its gold content
may be important only in the in
ternal operations and admins
tration of the Soviet system and
possibly in some of the trade ar
engagements with the Soviet satel-
lite countries"
Treasury officials said they
saw nothing in the move to in
dictate that Russia plans to make
the ruble convertible. They also
said they would hesitate to char
acterize the Soviet action as a
devaluation of the ruble.
The Nome nugget., 1960-11-16
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEET
IN ANCHORAGE THURSDAY

ANCHORAGE, R-A two-day
public hearing to receive recon-
mendations for legislation will be
opened here Thursday by the AL
aska Legislative Council, a group
of 10 lawmakers.
Recommendations received dur
ing the two-day meeting will be
referred to the full legislature
when it meets in Juneau next
Jan. 30.
The Nome nugget., 1960-11-16
Pioneer Women Meet Friday

Pioneer Women will hold their
monthly meeting Friday evening
at the Pioneer Igloo at o'clock.
A good time is planned for all.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-04-22

IT'S A MATTER OF RECORD
ROsenwad Grant Made Possible the Inauguration of
Pilot Placement Project to Place SO Negroes Per Year in
New Jobs.
Interstate Bus Drivers Hired Greyhound Bus Lines.
City Fathers in Omaha Persuaded to ntegrate Fire De-
partment. Assure Merit Hiring in City Civil Service
Evening star., 1960-06-17

Big value can save on sew
erol gallons, stock up at this
saving. Famous Atco make,
chalk resistont,' miIdew and
stain proof. A first grade prod
uct!
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-24
CAVEL NOTEBOOK

Young Republicans will
host their monthly "get-
acquainted" party in the
Aviation Room of the Hotel
Adams at 8:3 pm. Friday
June "a.
knights and Daughters of
Tabor will hold grand session
July Ills. Banquet will be
held at the Elks Lodge, 1907
S. Seventh Ave. on Monday
July II.
4
VIM. H. Patterson Elks
Lodge ATT WILL present the
annual bathing beauty and
talent show. All young la
dies (16-25 yrs.) who have
talent are asked to call the
office AL 4-0072. The win
ner will compete with the
winners from Yuma, Tucson
and Flagstaff on Aug. IL for
the state title. State winner
will go to national finals in
Chicago, Illinois.
Yep, too many trains of
thought are flats or emptieS.
Yep, most o. these key-hole
columniStS burn TIL scandal at
both ends.
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-24

CARL w. SIMS SR 1921 W. Madison, the only Negro
Arizona Legislature and of the few to
consecutive his candidacy for
reelection the Democratic representative from District
Mr. Sims painting contractor has been resident of the
city for forty has worked and lived among the
people he represents.
oath Legislature he led the fight for public
daons relations commission supported increases
welfare program and construction for the industries
for the blind
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-24
Arizona Tribune Friday June "a, 1860 page
WANT
ADS

Cesspool pumping. Sewers
cIeoned electrically.
RII's SEWER SERVICE
BR 6-6312
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-24

LADIES!! Use Lucky Heort Cos
metic Bleach, Skin Cream. Lip
stick, Nail Polish light to
dorkest shades. Coll AL 2-6212
73o W. Pima
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-24

HOUSE FOR SALE
Clean 3 bedroom, side drive
cor port, fenced yard, etc. Near
24th Ave. and Adams. 5000 down
Payments SIS q mo. Coll owner
at AM 6-2188
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
Caldwell Route J

CALDWELL ROUTE 3 - Alta
Spear spent few days recently
with her son, Ivan Iams, of Can
ton, and attended the wedding
of her granddaughter, Betty
IamS.
Edna Boyd and Madge Keyser
visited Monday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Clair, of
Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clem Garvin
spent Monday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. James Garvin.
Mrs. Fred Zimmerman and
Sherida and Karen spent Tues
day and Wednesday helping Mrs.
John Boney.
Mrs. Glenn Garvin called Tues
day on Mrs. Fred Zimmerman
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hendershot
and family visited Tuesday even
ing with Edna Boyd and Virgie
Gardner.
Ray Hendershot called Tues
day evening on Clem Garvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronnie Parcell,
and Mrs. Homer Parcell visited
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Clem Garvin.
Edna Boyd and Ray Hender-
shot called Wednesday on Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Woodford.
Mrs. Glenn Garvin, Mrs. James
Garvin, Mrs. John Garvin, Mrs.
Willard Garvin and Mrs. Ernest
Barnhart and son were business
shoppers in Marietta Thursday
afternoon.
Edna Boyd attended the Ladies
Aid meeting at Sharon, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Garvin
spent Thursday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. John Garvin.
Fred Peddicord spent the
weekend with Edna Boyd and
Virgie Gardner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Smith
and sons, John, Gary and Dana,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Zimmerman
and George, Sherida and Karen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Garvin, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Marshall and
John, Mr.. and Mrs. Ronnie Par
cell, all visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boney, Irvil and Ancil, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wells,
Dicky, Christy and Donna spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Alva
Garvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gard
ner, Mrs. Bessie Harper and son,
Dwight, visited Sunday with
Virgie Gardner and Edna Boyd.
Mrs. Alva Garvin, Mrs. Dick
Wells and family visited Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Phillis.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
OBITUARY
WALTER w. MARSH

Walter w. Marsh, the last sur
viving SON of Samuel and Dorcas
Murrey Marsh, was born Dec.
27, 1871 and passed away April
2S, 1860, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs Neil Ullman, of
Stafford, where he had made his
home after the death of his wife,
Clara, who passed away in 1851.
He had attained the age of 88
years, four months and two days.
Mr.. Marsh was united in mar
riage to Clara Smith in Sept.
1900. To this union was born
three daughters, Madge, Florence
and Katheryn. He lived in the
Stafford community practically
all his life and was stock buyer
and farmer. He was a member of
the Mt. Tabor Methodist church
and served as steward for many
years. He was a member of the
Stafford Masonic lodge FRAN.
No. 800 for fifty-two years.
In addition to his daughter,
Mrs. Madge Ullman, two other
daughters survive Mrs. Clifford
Mobberly of Reynoldsburg and
Mrs. Leo Foulton of New Mata-
moras. Two grandsons, Max Ull-
man and Marsh Mobberly and
one great-grandson, David Ull-
man, one nephew, Mckinley Jer-
les and three nieces, Miss Beulah
Jerles, Mayme Adams, and Dor
cas- Wayt. A brother, Truman
Marsh and a sister, Lizzie Jerles
preceded him in death.
Mr.. Marsh had been in declin-
ing health for several years, but
he was always cheerful and en-
joyed the visits of his pastor and
friends.
He will be sadly missed in the
home and by his many friends.
Why should we weep for
those VINO sleep!
Our dead are blest, from toll
and rest,
Beyond all pain and care;
No tear, no sigh, no wailing
cry,
Can touch thei., spirits there.
In safe retreat, in JOY replete,
They dwell in peace at home;
They always wait at heavens
gate,
The hour that we shall come,
Up in the air, some place up
there,
Well all be gathered home;
With Christ to dwell, where
all is well,
Where death can never come.
46 The Marsh Family.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12

the high school gym with tht
grades and the high school tax.
ing part in the program.
Among those taking the schol.
arship test at Marietta, Saturday
were Carol Reed, Janice Ouch
Mary Crawford, Lorena Clucus
Julie Long, Bobbie Hastings
Danny Starr, Joe MCGEE anc
John Ouch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mercer
and daughter, Renee, were busi-
ness callers in Columbus, Friday
Mrs. Stella Griggin and Rob
ert Deal, of Columbus, were
weekend visitors of the Herman
Deal and ROLAND Erwin fam
lilies. Mrs. Loretta Roe, of Quak-
er City route, was also a caller
on Thursday a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McPeek
of Salesville, called on Mrs. Shir-
ley McPeek, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Deal
Jr. of Georgia, and Mrs. Jessie
Bailey, of Ashland, visited with
their father, William Deal and
wife on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Laber and
Steven, of East Palestine, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gilmore and Kay.
Mrs. Clara House, of Barnes
vile and Miss Susia Helm, OF
Canton, visited during the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. H. B,
House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Giesey,
Mrs Garnet Spence and Nal
com and Mrs. Jennie Jefferies,
of Barnesville, visited with their
daughter, Evelyn Giesey, OF
Columbus, Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Douglass was a din
ner guests of her daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Douglass OF
Quaker City route, Sunday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
BATESyILLE News HAPPENINGS

BATESVILLE - The Friend
ship class will sponsor a social
at the church, Saturday evening,
May IA, beginning at 500 p. m.
The public is invited to attend.
In Columbus Hospital
John Flood underwent major
surgery last week at st. Anthony
hospital, Columbus. He returned
to his home Tuesday.
Family Night
Family night was held Friday
evening at the Methodist church
with a covered dish dinner at
$50 p. m. followed by pro-
gram.
Completes Course
Linda Montgomery, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Mont
gomery, has completed her
course at Columbus Business
University and is now employed
by DR.. Dwight M. Palmer, assis-
tant of medicine at Ohio State
University health center, Colum-
bus.
Personals
Mrs. Dean Bets, of Columbus,
visited with Mrs. Don Belts
and family on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Major and
daughters, Mary 10 and Debbie
of Scion, spent the weekend with
their mothers, Mrs. Pearl House
and Mrs. Paul Major, Lafferty.
Mrs. Della Watson, of Barnes
vile, visited with Mrs. Shirley
McPeek the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wiley and
Kathleen and Jaul, Jr., of Cleve-
land, were weekend visitors of
the latter's mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Goodhart.
Julie Long and Carol House
attended the Rainbow for girls
at GAINESVILLE, Wednesday even
ing.
A minstrel will be held on
Wednesday evening, May 18 at
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
MACk5BURG news NOTES

urday at the hospital in Wash
ington, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Bridgeman
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Schoep-
pner and son, Jimmy were Sat
urday night supper guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Schoeppner.
Mrs. Don Bridgman, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Schoeppner and Judy
Schoeppner were shopping in
Parkersburg on Wednesday.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Lewis and fam
lily were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Pennock, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Pennock, Donna, Rodney, Eliza
beth and Patricia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Pennock, Danny, Deb
bic, Donnie and Diane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Pennock, Brenda,
Kathy, Michael and Kristie and
Bobby and Cheryl Pennock, all
of near Beverly.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Lewis were
Mrs. Norma Leget of Watertown,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Combs,
Ruth, Gladys, Debbie and Char
iene of Dexter City.
Mrs. nellie Kean who is con-
velscing from a broken hip, is
now able to spend part of each
day in a wheel chair. Her ad-
dress is Mrs. nellie Kean, Ward
40-A, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital,
Oakland, California.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12

MACKSBURG - Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Wharton, of Burgettstown,
Pa, called Sunday at the Mary
Hesson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wheel
er and family, of Marietta, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Hill and children,
of Lowell, were Mothers day
callers at the Ella Walters home.
Mrs. Stella Hunter is visiting
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs Helen Inboden at Logan.
Mrs. Minnie Carpenter, Mrs.
Eileen Jeffers visited Sunday,
Mothers day, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Schwendeman
and family at Lowell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray L. Curtis and
Brian called recently at the home
of their uncle, Mr.. John Beatty
of Mt. Ephraim.
E. E. Finch and Dan Shook
were business callers in Cald-
well, Monday. Other callers were
Mrs. Ella Walters and Irene Nc
Kee, c. w. Farley and Sarah
Rihl.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bates, Jr.,
and Jackie, of Madison, w. Va,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mckee, of
Canton, were Mothers day call
ers at the John Bates, Sr., home.
Mrs. Lille Kyle remains i'll
at the Kathary home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Farley and
Clyde Dobbins called Tuesday
on Mrs. Farely's brother, Gilbert
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
AreIler's Ridqe
ARCHER'S RIDGE - M

ARCHER'S RIDGE - Mr.. AND
Mrs. Jack Hines, of Canton
spent Saturday with the form
er's mother, Bertha Lahue.
Mrs. Eva Gerst was honored
with dinner Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Wiley and Kathryn Ann of Sun
set Hill. Other guests were Mr.,
and Mrs. Dallas Paisley.
Marvin Ripple attended an
important meeting at Belle Val
ley, Wednesday evening.
Anna Paisley called on Mrs.
Olivia Archer, of Fulda one even
ing last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Craft
spent Sunday evening with the
Ripple family.
Mrs. Helen Crum called on
Sophia Ripple, Thursday.
Among those attending grange
meeting at Fulda Wednesday
evening were Sophia Ripple,
Mildred Craft, Bertha Lahue and
Anna Paisley. A lunch of ice
cream and cherry pie were SER
we'd.
Mrs. Bertha Lahue was hon
ored Mothers day with dinner
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Blaney and family at
GAINESVILLE. Other guests includ-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hines of
Canton.
We are glad to hear that Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Ripple have
moved in their new home on
rolIfa
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
KENN0N5BURG News items

children spent Mothers Day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bagent
entertained Sunday with birth
day dinner honoring Mrs. c. E
Corbett's birthday. T h e table
decorations were of spring flow
ers in keeping with the season
and beautiful decorated cake
The following guests were pres
ent: Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Corbett,
locally, Mr.. and Mrs F. E. Van
Horn, Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Budner
of Canton, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Mccormick of st. Clairsville,
Miss Charlene Bagent and Harry
ShoWalter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bearl Harding
and children of Charlottesville,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Doris Wells.
Mrs. Blanche Long and Mrs.
Elizabeth Dollison were in Wheel
ing Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wells
and children of Malaga were Wis
iting Mrs. Josie Wells, Sunday.
Harmon Moore is visiting rel
atives in Akron this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lashley
and daughter Lu Ann, sons Den
mis- and Gary spent Mothers Day
with Mr.. and Mrs. James Thomp-
son at Olivet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wilson of
GAINESVILLE were calling on Mrs.
Josie Wells, Friday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12

KENNONSBURG - Children's
Day services were held here Sun
day morning at church by the
children, in charge of their teach
er, Mrs. Ester Lashley in honor
of Mothers Day.
Grange Meeting
The next meeting of Grange
will be Monday evening, May
18th. The first and second de-
grees will be conferred and there
will be a covered dish lunch.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Warner
and daughters, of near Caldwell,
spent Mothers Day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Williams.
Mrs. Bob Sell, son Brian,
daughter Donna of Canton, and
Sue Lashley of Batesville, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. R. Lashley.
Mrs. Emma Massie was visiting
her sister, { Mrs. Blanche McCune
in Akron last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Purdum,
of Massillon, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fin
ley and Donald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Carpenter
and children, of Barnesville, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Wyscarver and
children, spent Mothers Day with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
Long.
Mrs. Pat Bartoletta of Belle
Valley was visiting Mrs. Nettie
Magis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Long and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-05-12
Crooked Tree
CROOKED TREE =

CROOKED TREE - Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Brown and family
have returned home after spend
ing the winter in Arizona.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Arnold
spent the weekend with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Way Wickens.
Mrs. Howard Smith and Connie
were in Cambridge shopping Sat
urday.
Mrs. Anna Wilson was a Sun
day dinner guest at the home
of her son Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Arnold and
family spent a few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. William
Thesis.
Mr.. James Haines spent Friday
and Saturday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haines. Per-
ry Wagner visited with the
Haines Sunday afternoon, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Thesis visited them
Sunday evening, and Delmar
Mcfarland was a caller Monday
morning. People were very glad
to see Elmer able to be in church
Sunday after a seige of illness
and operations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hasmer Farson
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Far
son Sunday evening.
Wayne Rogers is spending a
few days with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Rogers at Ravenna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Way, Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Way and family,
visited Doris Way at New Con-
cord Sunday afternoon.
Evening star., 1960-07-26
D. G. Transit
Declares
Dividend

The D. C. Transit System
last month declared a second
quarterly dividend of $125,0O0,
according to the company'S
monthly financial statement
submitted yesterday to the Dis
rtict's Public Utility Commits
sion.
The report also showed that
the transit firms operating rev.
enues increased $513,628, or 81
per cent for the first four
months of this year compared
to the same period for 1859. The
total figure reached last month
was $14,583,886. However, net
operating income dropped $121.-
Ola, or 20.1 per cent, below that
of the first four months OF
1859. Net operating income was
$480,854 from January to June.
Net income over the same
period declined $192,272 or 38
per cent for total of $313,933
earned from January through
June.
j. William Falk, chief ac-
countant for the PUG, said
the firms net operating income
so far is a reasonable return
and is close to estimates made
by the PUG. staff when it re-
commended the current fare
schedule for D. c. Transit.
Mr.. Falk explained that the
drop, as compared to the fl
Evening star., 1960-07-26
Federal Debt
To BeCut by
STA Billion
BY the Associated Press

The Treasury will whittle a
81 billion slice off the $3.50
billion Federal debt in a major
financing operation next month.
Payment in cash will be made
for $40 billion of Government
notes maturing in August, the
Treasury announced last night,
but only SO billion will be re-
borrowed by the offering of
new securities.
The improved budget posi-
ton" Of the Government -
which resulted in last weeks
announcement of a 81 billion
surplus in the 1860 fiscal year
which ended June 30-helps
to make possible the debt re-
tirement. officials said.
The Treasury has not yet in
dicated what kind of securities
it will offer in the SO billion
f1otation soon to be announced.
But it gave notice that holders
of the maturing issues will have
no pre-emptive right to ex-
change their old securities for
the new.
The maturing issues are a
500 billion issue of 434 per
cent Treasury notes maturing
August is and an $500 million
issue Of 3ss per cent notes of
the Federal National Mortgage
Association maturing August %.
Evening star., 1960-07-26

airborne. In that case, the
Stewardess will accept a check.
I'VE have handled more than
10000 passengers on those
flights" Mr.. Barnes declared,
land we have only had two bad
checks
The airline's equipment in
cludes 10 DC-3s, IL Martin Ex-
ecutives, eight Convair 440s and
five jet-powered convair 540S
Jets Faster Planes
Mr.. Barnes said the COM
pany has made "a gradual
transition" from the older
smaller DC-3s to newer, faster
aircraft, and expects to have
only seven of the former in op-
Grafton by the end of the year
Mr.. Barnes, who started his
airline career with American
in 1887, believes that the major
carriers have helped the local
service lines by concentrating
more and more on long dis
tance hauls.
They have left the short to
medium schedules wider open, u
he remarked. and that's where
we come in"
A one-time air mail carrier
established in 1939) which
went into the passenger busi-
ness in 1949, Allegheny employs
more than 1925 persons-475
in the Washington area-ano
has an annual payroll Of 81
million.
Evening star., 1960-07-26

general economy-the index
rose to a pre-steel strike peak
of 1888 in July, 1859, dropped
during the steel strike, then re-
covered sharply to a top of lI0.1
in February, 1860. 8
Since the peak in Febraury,
the index has been dropping. To
1854 in March 1908 in
April 997 in May 99.4
IN June -.
A slide of four months IN a
row is not conclusive, of course.
No serious student is going to
seize on this as indicating an
imminent recession and no one
is. But as DR.. Terleckyj himself
admitted, 1T isn't cheerful"
1t isn't-and a declining help
wanted index has a special i'm
plication that no one. particu-
larly presidential candidates,
should dare Shrug of.
Distributed 1860, BY The Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All rights reserved.
Evening star., 1960-07-26
j YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
New HeIp-Wonfed. Index
~ SYLVIA PORTER

when workers are hard to get
than when the labor market is
slack.
And while the logic also is
that the volume of help-wanted
ads won't start rising until en-
ployment itself is on a rise.
studies show that the volume of
ads will start falling before en-
ployment starts to recede. With
a slowing in the rate of growth
in employment, the need for ad-
vertising available jobs will
drop. The quit rate" will
decline. The classified help
wanted sections will get thinner
Illustration Offered
Just as one illustration, the
help-wanted index reached a
peak in october, 1856, at 1905
(the index considers 1857 as
1907. The peak in employment
and the economy didn't come
until mid-1957.
Now what does the index
show? From a bottom of IS in
April, 1958-alSo the recession
low in employment and in the
Evening star., 1960-07-26

If you've ever been out Of
work, you know well that the
volume of classified help-want-
ed ads in newspapers is an in
dicator of whether times are
good or bad. whether it's going
to be easy or tough for you to
get a job.
If. for instance, the number
of help-wanted ads is rising
and the classified sections are
fat with offers, times are get
ting better and chances are
you'll be located without trou-
BILE. If, though, the classified
help-wanted sections are
shrinking, conditions are not
so hot and chances are you'll
find it harder to get your job.
This seems fairly obvious.
doesn't it? 1t has seemed OBJ
vious to me. since 1 tried to
find a job opening in the pitt
fully skinny help-wanted Sec
tionS of the depression '30s.
Now, as of this day. for the
first time in history the Nation
has a new index of the state
of the economy based on fiuc-
tuations in the volume of help
wanted ads.
New Index
The index was developed by
Nestor E. Terleckyj of the Ma
tional Industrial Conference
Board, a leading non-profit
economic fact-finding institu-
ton. 1t covers help-wanted ads
published in 33 cities which
represent So per cent of en-
ployment in the country's met
ropolitan labor market areas
and A per cent of total non-
farm employment in the United
States. 1t is, in short, compre-
hensive.
The current index doesn't
show a too encouraging trend
The index shows the trend
of help-wanted ads has been
sliding since February.
It's not a simple index. 1t is
carefully adjusted to iron out
the seasonal element which is
so conspicuous in help-wanted
ads. 1t is adjusted to eliminate
distortions that can be caused
by the varying number of Sun
days in a month.
AS for it's fundamental value
as a clue to trends in employ
ment and the state of the econ
omy, it is clearly logical that
the level of help-wanted ads al
any given time will reflect en-
ployerS' demands for workers
and thus, as DR.. Terleckyj puts
it, provide "a fast indicator OF
trends in employment" More
ads will be placed for more days