Pre Holiday Toy and Game Exhibit Sparks Early Shopping
Cedar Rapids retailers report surging demand as Christmas 43 shopping days away prompts early buying. Metal toys return to prominence as supply expands and prices edge up slightly. layaway remains popular and parents seek higher quality, durable products for a holiday season shaped by postwar reconversion.
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Cedar Rapids
Junior
Susie
Little Red Riding Hood
Santa
Inter
Hordes of Japs Move to Chicago
William J. Conway reports Chicago hosts a large and rapidly growing Nisei community after Pearl Harbor with an estimated 15,000+ residents likely to stay. Leaders cite economic opportunity and investment surpassing 2 million dollars as neighborhoods on the South and Near North Side integrate amid some prejudice but increasing civic engagement.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Thomas Matsuda
Seattle
South Side
Clark Street
Lincoln Park
U.S
Dog Chats and the Bronx Dachshund
A Bronx elevator man nearly collapsed when Sabine the dachshund growled from a car and demanded attention. The dog, from Denver, has amused the family for 12 years with phrases like I want a bath and I’m hungry, and even learned to mimic speak during lessons.
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TEW
York
Bronx
Sabine
Denver
Lost Choppers and a Fishing Vacation Fallout
Harold Brown, planning a Minnesota fishing trip from Danville Illinois, shattered his store teeth while luncheon the day before departure leaving him unable to eat or fish on his planned vacation.
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Danville
Ill
Harold Brown
Minnesota
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