Excise Taxes Net Big Sums In Christmas Spending
Wartime excise taxes boost holiday purchases as Santa and Uncle Sam share the bill. Liquor, jewelry, furs, luggage, perfume, and long distance tolls add 20 to 25 percent in some items. Congress debates cuts postwar with automatic reductions possible but not guaranteed.
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Francis M.-Le- May
James Marlow
Washington
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Santa
Gage Aeree
Federal Treasury
Sam
Congress
Capitol Hill
Christmas Toys and Santa Claus Myths in Town
A Christmas vignette contrasts toys in downtown windows with questions about Santa Claus and who buys gifts. A Bright Little Boy asks if Santa brings everything while a mother confirms it, and a New Minister provokes a chuckle about belief in Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
Mother Ear
Tce
Bingo Night Delights an Elderly Pocketed Prize Hope
A tiny, fond scene unfolds as a widow in a crowded room buys a bingo board while a stage host calls numbers from a wire cage. She nears the $300 prize with one number left before a bingo is cried out, then smiles despite the loss and heads to rejoin her husband.
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Dian
Gron
New Clubs Entice Women Gamblers
Across the river from Cincinnati are illegal gambling dens in Northern Kentucky appealing to women. The piece describes a little old lady in a black hat at a dim night club amid large crowds, showcases lavish entertainment, and notes mobsters from Detroit Chicago and Kansas City profit from the crime driven market.
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Hal Boyle
Cincinnati
Black Hat
Kyards
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Detroit
Chicago
Kansas City
Sugar stamp 53 to be good for five pounds starting January
OPA announced spare stamp No 53 will cover five pounds of sugar from Jan 1 with a possible additional ration within four months and a 1947 crop outlook may allow another five pounds per person. Tuberculosis poses a major public health risk due to its latent contagious stage.
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Washington
OPA
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