Variety stores face trading up and trading down shifts
In the wake of wartime gains, variety and five and dime chains push upscale lines while watching signs of consumer trading down. Stores expand into suburbs and malls, with examples from A Z Newberry in Manhasset and McCrory in Brooklyn, amid cautious purchase trends and Easter demand.
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New York
Hardy Perennial
Varity Chain
Asl
Jess
J. Newberry i
Manhasset
Long Island
McCrory
Brooklyn
Grant
Minneapolis
Variety Stores Association
Woolworth
Variety Store Mer
Variety
James T. Leftwich
Savs
Two Escapees Nabbed After Jail Break in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio two prisoners escaped a Montgomery County jail defense but were quickly subdued as jail staff and trustees restrained them. The pair known as the Black Panty robbers had attacked jailer Tom Blakeman with a sock filled with snap and a soap carved pistol before guardians intervened.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County
Tom Blakeman
Blakeman
Eric Whitacre
Leonard Crowalls
Bakeman
Christopher Hoerner
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