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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
36
News reports on shortages and quirky sales schemes for nylon stockings shift to Christmas. Stores employ secret time devices and staged lines to ration scarce stock while customers wait and compete for limited supplies. Some plans backfire amid chaos as others suspend promises or pause deliveries.
More than 30 000 personnel were expected Wednesday at east and west coast ports. Ships and units arrive from Le Havre Marseilles Naples Naples Newport News Boston Portland San Francisco Los Angeles with troops, cargo and support detachments including M P battalions ordnance depots and field artillery units.
In Springfield a grocery window displays a sign beside a rapidly shrinking banana stalk reading We expect people to buy other things besides bananas. The note captures a moment of light humor reflecting consumer mood in grocery aisles.
President Truman in a personal message told police chiefs at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Miami Beach to organize a countrywide crime prevention effort aimed at roots of juvenile delinquency. He called the rise in youth crime the most alarming issue for law enforcement and urged active action.
The President calls for immediate action and unity among welfare, religious, social agencies, civic leaders, businessmen, and citizens to combat crime at its roots. Frank J. Wilson reads the message and proposes a national crime prevention and juvenile delinquency council with the slogan Keep the good boy good.
An old advertisement urges buyers to choose St Joseph aspirin claiming high quality fast action and real economy. It touts St Joseph as the world's largest seller with 10 cent pricing and 35 cent for 100 tablets.
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