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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1946
Page
4
Mrs. Florence Fry of Ottumwa Indiana, first woman on the American Taxi Cab Association board, defends cab drivers at a Chicago convention. She says drivers are courteous, honest workers, critics blame speed on riders and delays and shifts in public manners have unsettled drivers.
Mrs Fry notes cabbies collect hundreds of umbrellas purses gloves and billfolds left by careless passengers but riders act as if it is normal and some do not even say thank you. She argues public appreciation would raise their spirits even more.
United Press reports a record surge in toy purchases across major department stores with demand for paint boxes electric trains and tricycles. Toy prices have risen to new highs with wagons bicycles and metal rollerskates costly and war era items selling well in some areas. Jordon Marsh in Boston sold over 500 aluminum jeeps at 38.50 each as the season nears.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania plans to reestablish chestnut production by planting 100 cross breed seedlings next spring. R Lynn Emerick forest bureau director said blight struck American chestnuts near Logan Forest Huntingdon County and the Nanking hybrid is expected to yield blight resistant chestnut as tasty as the American variety.
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