Broadway Electrics Memos of a Midnighter
A collage of 1940s entertainment notes mentions plans to ruin Sinatra’s career, Sally Rand’s Greenwich Village run, Joe Louis nightlife to supermarket shift, Longchamps price, Sonja Henie tax woes, and various showbiz figures with clubs, legal notices, and upcoming media ventures.
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Sinatra
Sally Rand
Greenwich Village Inn
Sally
Joe Louis
125Th Street
Longchamps
Sonja Henie
Oceanside
Calif
Lin Yutang
Yank Sing
Lindberghs
Rogers
Joe Rogers
Draft Truman neetings with Truman at White House
Democratic leaders meet with President Truman in the White House to discuss national issues and a potential Draft Truman drive. The session included Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller proposing a star singer for the 1948 Democratic convention opening and left Democrats optimistic about their political future.
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Truman
Margaret Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Classic Cookies and Cakes From Frugal Pantry
The excerpt offers cookie and cake recipes to satisfy a sweet tooth while conserving resources. Molasses cookies yield about 75 and chocolate frosted cookies about 36, with steps for mixing, chilling, baking at 350 degrees, and options for crisper results. A chocolate frosting and cake glaze are described, plus a sugar substitute idea for 30 cupcakes.
Pleasing Fruit Pies and Simple Strawberry Desserts
LYNN BAYS offers home pie ideas and a basic recipe for several fruit pies. Includes combinations like pineapple with raisin or cherry, two cup flour and sugar measurements, and instructions for Lemon extract and icing. Also covers strawberry pie with cream filling and a French Pear pie with ginger and corn syrup topping. Provides general tips on sugar levels for berries and lattice crust ideas.
Soaring Cost Of Living Taunts Washington Reader
A reader laments inflation under President Truman and Snyder, detailing rising prices for labor, bread, clothes, and rents. He cites bakery price hikes after wheat spikes, surging key costs, and shortages, then notes plans for expensive apartment building and federal employee cuts, doubting relief from wage gains.
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Washington
Chicago Exchange
Chicago
Truman
Greece
Potomac
Byrd
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights and Desserts
The menu features a vegetable platter with asparagus cauliflower tomatoes and corn toasted English muffins deviled eggs a molded grapefruit salad and a strawberry pie with a beverage.
Slim Waister Junior Frock For Graduation In June
This wee-waisted junior frock features two rows of lace at the short sleeves and a full dirndl skirt, a teen wardrobe favorite. Pattern No 8111 offered in sizes 11 to 18, with fabric details for size 12.
Largest Jigsaw Puzzle Auctioned by New York Firm
A New York firm created a record jigsaw puzzle about ten years ago for a wealthy buyer. The puzzle held around 10,000 pieces and sold for 1500, about twenty times the size and 150 times the cost of the average adult puzzle.
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New York
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