Government Experts Cheer For This Year's Christmas Buyers
Government economists said Christmas shoppers will find lower prices better merchandise and more competition this year than since pre Pearl Harbor. They cited $2.8 billion veterans dividends boosting credit buys and durable goods. forecasters expect slightly higher sales, lower profits, and cautious storemanship needed amid strikes and devaluation effects.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Girl Killed Sister Hurt In Fall From Trestle
A 12 year old girl and her sister fell from a 100 foot railroad trestle near Philadelphia. The younger girl Elsie Jeanne Henry, 11, died at the scene while Jannie Betty, 12, was seriously ill with shock and exposure at Chester Hospital. Local search parties and five boys aided the rescue. The sisters, daughters of James F. Henry of Rutledge, had been missing since Wednesday afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Elsie Jeanne Henry
Jannie Betty
James F. Henry
Rutledge
Henrys
Chester
J. H. W. Hinkson
Hinkson
George Rinehart
Betty
Chester Hospital
Waltzing Mouse of Japan Stricken by Cerebral Disease
The National Geographic Society reports that a waltzing mouse bred in Japan as a curiosity is afflicted with a cerebral disease. The finding notes the unusual animal’s condition and the role of the society in documenting such specimens.
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Japan
National Geographic Society
Too Many Parental Caresses May Irrite Children
Dr. Helen Wolf at the Denver meeting warned that babies and young children may not want or welcome caresses. She advised offering activity with caresses and noting sleepiness as a time when affection is more readily accepted.
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Garry C. Myers
American Psychological Association
Denver
Helen Wolf
Thehild
Fire Station Opens West Phoenix Service Center
A new fire station at 3520 West Van Buren Street serves west and southwest Phoenix. The Rural Fire Protection Company opened it this week to cover an area bounded by Grand Avenue Camelback Road Lateral 20 and the Salt River, using a high pressure fog type fire truck.
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van Buren Street
Phoenix
Rural Fire Protection Company
Grand Avenue
Camelback Road
Lateral 20
Salt River
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