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Show SNOW INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT Department of Labor Reports Re-ports U. S. on Way to Prosperity WASHINGTON July 10 The United States i "striding vigorously toward industrial prosperity," accord-lng accord-lng to the economic summary for the .month of June. Issued Sunday by the I United States employment service, of I the .! ipartment of labor, i employment la lnrr.ttsin)f, the survey sur-vey said, despite unsettled conditions in the coal fields, cotton textile Industry Indus-try and the railroad controversies. Of the sixty-five leading cities of the Country, fifty-two reported Increased employment, While thirteen reported decreased employment during June I A noteworthy fe ature of the survey I the department said, was that all in-1 dutrles but the stone, clay and glass products indicated Increases In em-, ployment. SHORT H KY KST HEIP The hot weather was reported to have hastened wheat cutting in Kansas and Nebraska, which, "coupled with the transportation difficulties, has caused a temporary shortage of Help In harvest fl-lds of the middle-west." Many ,ilf flcultlefl, the department further stated, beset tho handling of the labor supplv for tho harvest season jin the big wheat belt In Texas. Oklahoma. Okla-homa. North und South Dakota The advance of cutting dates occasioned by I ripening of wheat through excessive heat, shortage of men. and many other j obstacles, it was said, has made tho Itask of the t'nite.l States farm labor Jbureau, In handling the employment I situation, one of the most difficult In In its history Through transportation transporta-tion difficulties, the north and north-; north-; west sections of Kansas had found It difficult to obtain sufficient men. tho Idl partmeril said, adding that "It is not so much a rjuostlou of shortage as of 'uneven distribution." I The bureau was said to be receiving dally messages from Lincoln, Hastings and Syracuse. Nebraska, asking for j hundreds of men. |