Dream crushes and a Whippany letter from Billy Rose era
A Whippany reader writes to Billy Rose recalling a high school crush seen in Collier’s. The letter recounts a long obsession with a glamorous girl, the slide into collecting magazines, and how a present wife spurs confessional memory. The piece ends with the author admitting Eleanor Holm still stirs him.
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Whippany
Jersey
Eleanor Holm
Cammar
Greta Garbo
Eleanor
Breakers
Palm Beach
Greta
Billy Rose Ziegfeld
New York
N. Y
Billy
Bronx
Collier's
Billy Rose
Illinois sales taxes boosted state treasury last year
Chicago report shows three sales taxes channeled 232.4 million dollars into the state treasury in the previous year. General sales tax contributed 152.65 million, motor fuel tax 25.95 million, and a certain other levy added to revenue. At year end 1947 the revenue fund balance stood at 174.61 million.
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Chicago
Japan Eyes Nationalization of Hot Springs Tourism Asset
Tokyo reports the Welfare Ministry is considering nationalizing Japan's famed hot springs to ensure public benefit. The move follows existing state control over horse racing and aims to protect tourism assets for citizens.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyodo
Siam rice output rises to 2.92 million tons in 1947
Siam reported 2,919,598 tons of rice produced in 1947, up from 2,613,000 tons in 1946, according to Prince Sithiporn Kridakorn minister of agriculture. Cultivation covered 8,555,600 acres last year.
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Bangkok
Siam
Sithiporn Kridakorn
Postman Advocate Seeks Change In Smoking Rules
Ken Fead Cleveland reports on a self-styled friend of all carriers who campaigns for allowing postmen to smoke. Ruth notes mail delivery continues despite weather, yet carriers forfeit tobacco. The postman’s campaign writes to Postmaster General Donaldson, who replies it is up to local postmasters.
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Collier's
Ken Fead Cleveland
Ruth
Jesse H. Donaldson
Donaldson
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