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Show News In Brief Advance in retail prices of foodstuffs are bound to occur in the next few months, but the rues 'will be moderate and occur in an orderly manner, officials -i t.ie Nat.onal Association of iie.a.i Grocers said at the as-.i-.moling for the opening June 16, of the association's 44th annual an-nual convention ui Chicago. Di-lectors Di-lectors of the independent retailers' re-tailers' group also pledged full cooperation with federal author-t.es author-t.es in seeing that price spiral-ng spiral-ng and runaway markets do not occur dur:,ng the defense emergency. emerg-ency. Employment on farms through out tne Un.ted States increased a little more than usual during May, Agr.cultural Marketing srv.ee reports. But the total number oi parsons so employed --'.- th. last cf June was nearly i quarter of a m.liion fewer than on June 1 last year. Unusual weather contributed to this situ--. u.i, t.. 'oager nours and .n-creased .n-creased efficiency also playing a role in the distribution and util-..a-.or. oi agricultural workers ihioughout tne country. Reports nd.cated that 11,649,000 persons a ere woik-ng on farms on June I, 1941, an increase of 890,000 farm workers over a montn . a: liar but 247,000 less than a year ago. |