Inflation Pushes Vacation Costs Up Since 1940
Inflation and taxes have raised 1948 vacation costs 20 to 100 percent over 1940 across travel modes. A 12 day cruise from New York to Nassau Havana and Miami costs 218.50 now vs 120 in 1940. Rail tours, airline fares and motor trips all show sizable price hikes with taxes contributing significantly.
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Minneapolis
Family Economics Bureau
New York City
Nassau
Havana
Miami
Great Lakes
Detroit
Duluth
California
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Bureau of Statistics
Crab and Spaghetti Dinner Like Fisherman’s Wharf
Classic crab and spaghetti recipe inspired by Fisherman’s Grotto. Sauté onions garlic parsley and celery in olive oil, add tomatoes tomato sauce water salt pepper paprika. simmer. Stir in crab and sherry, simmer briefly. Cook spaghetti, drain, combine with sauce, top with cheese, serve.
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Fisherman’s Grotto
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco
Gay summertime aprons with embroidery transfers
Pattern No. 044 offers pansy or rose trimmed aprons requiring a small fabric yardage. A bride’s gift, pattern includes transfer and cutting charts. Send pattern number and ten days for delivery by mail only. 15 cents per pattern to The Kansas City Needlework dept Brooklyn 26 N Y.
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Kansas City
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Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Discusses European Aid and Trust in Postwar Rehabilitation
Eleanor Roosevelt argues six months may not reveal tangible ERP results. She urges patience, field reports, and sincere acts over words to persuade Europe’s governments. She notes wartime strain, skepticism toward aid, and the need to prove democracy’s value through deeds and the long run. She also notes finishing a Lake Success human rights commission session.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Yde Park
Europe
Uncle Sam
Tri Delta Sixtieth Anniversary Convention Delegates Named
Mrs Harold Kottman of 1221 West Sixty first street is official delegate of the Kansas City Alliance to the Delta Delta Delta sixtieth anniversary convention June 24 to 29 at Banff Springs hotel in the Canadian Rockies. Local alumnae attending include Mrs R L Falkenberg district president at Kansas University Mrs Ira J Layton district president Baker Missouri and Kansas State universities Mrs E J Rogers Mrs James C Share Jr Miss Mary Katherine Kottman Miss Shirley Grigsby and Miss Eileen O'Brien.
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Harold Kottman
West Sixty-first Street
Kansas City Alliance
Delta Delta Delta
Banff Springs
Canadian Rockies
Tri Delta
R. L. Falkenberg
Kansas University
Ira J. Layton
Baker
Missouri
Kansas State
E. J. Rogers
James C. Share, Jr
Mary Katherine Kottman
Shirley Grigsby
Eileen O'Brien
Mother should curb quarrels to shield children from distress
Dorothy Dix urges mothers to avoid daily parental battles, especially with a drunken father, noting constant fighting harms children’s nerves and outlook. She argues the mother can and should reduce conflicts to protect the daughters’ future happiness.
Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae elects officers and delegate
Mrs Lawrence Witham presides as president of Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae on West Fiftieth Street terrace. Officers include Mrs William F. Foley vice president and Miss Diane Allard historian. Laura Frances Cottingham international camp chair plans programs for camps aiding disadvantaged children. Delegates attend the Gamma Phi Beta International convention June 28 to July 2 at the Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis.
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West Fiftieth Street Terrace
Hotel Jefferson
St. Louis
Kansas City
National Organization
Laura Frances Cottingham
William F. Foley
J. MacTinklepaugh
Mission
Eas
Gerald R. Gordon, Jr
Kansas
John Crough
Lydia
Charles C. Shafer
Crescent
Bob Crow
G. William Noel
Clifford V. Abbott
Lenexa
Kas
Sigma
Roger K. Garver
Wilmont E. Day
Alpha Delta
Diane Allard
Charles M. Yager, Jr
Tussah Silk Fabric Described in Natural Tones
Fashion dictionary entry notes tussah silk comes from an undomesticated Asiatic silkworm producing a strong coarse fiber. The woven cloth appears in natural dark fawn color with matching bra, bolero, and pedal pushers in natural tone.
Kansas City women named to W N A A offices in Salt Lake
Two Kansas Citians were named to offices in the Women's National Aeronautical Association at the recent convention in Salt Lake City. Mrs Marion Jenkins was elected first vice president and Mrs Eileen Connell Caraway second vice president. Mrs Leland IB Read of St Louis was elected president succeeding Mrs Arlene Porter of Los Angeles. Promotion of aviation through awards scholarships and other means will be a goal for the W N A A in the coming year. Delegates voted two annual trophies for outstanding woman pilot and outstanding W N A A member.
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Kansas
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Gamma Phi Beta
Lawrence R. Witham
Gamma Pht Beta
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Fashion’s Dictionary
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DR Price
National Air Posts
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Silhoualle
Erie Seind
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U. S. Department of Labor
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