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Show I CIO (XAIMS COST OF ' I.IVINO SHOWS BKJ INCKKASK J Figures released by the Federal I Administration and the OPA. main- I tabling that the cost of living has I ilncrensed only a very small percent during the present war, do not agree with figures compiled by the CIO and released this week. j I Oovernment figures show an ln- crease in the cost of living of only ' 23.44 percent, while the CIO figures' I show an Increase of 45.3 per cent. I Tlie new laior union report con-1 j tended that the cost of food has! . risen 719 per cent; clothing. 7gV I per cent; house furnishings, 63.5 cr cent; rent, 15 per cent; fael,' I etc., 144.8 per cent, and inlscellan-j i eous costs, 228 per cent. Mr. Preston Gledhill of the U.A.C. faculty was guest entertainer at the Round Table Cub memb.xs and CO of their friends when they met ut the .second ward chuuli Friday evening to hear the play "If I were King", which Mr. Cilid-hill Cilid-hill did In a masterly way. Refreshments Re-freshments were served in the iv- creation hall following the program Hostesses for ;th evening were Mrs. Martha Jones Chairman. Mrs. Alice Knell. Mrs. Thressa Foster. Mrs. Grace MeMullen and Mis Hannah Foster. |