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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1950
Page
8
Washington reports a nationwide hog survey to gauge next year’s production plans and potential meat supply. Government spending boosts consumer buying power and meat demand, with experts debating if production will rise enough to lift consumption beyond this year’s 145 pounds per person.
Mrs. Ralph Williams Jr. saw a train bearing down on her stalled car in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. She leaped clear and the car apparently jumped the track by itself, rolling 200 feet to safety after she kicked the starter and fled.
In a five foot square cubby hole at Fresno's post office building the U S Internal Revenue Bureau houses stamps with a value near $20,000,000. Daily sales average $125,000 as tax stamps on wines and grape products from the San Joaquin Valley fund government revenue for the nation’s grape industry. Vintners must affix stamps to every bottle jug barrel or railroad tank car leaving the valley for world markets.
A House Beautiful report traces Christmas bell ringing to the old English Devil’s Knell. It says the custom tolled bells for one hour before midnight on Christmas Eve to announce the death of the devil.
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