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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
11
SHENANDOAH I A UP a plan to boost the business district with an egg buying mart collapsed as egg prices fluctuated. Dealers paid 60 cents a dozen for the first eggs then cut to 40 cents amid a rush of farmers flocking to the city.
A historical note explains that the term clerk today used for salesmen and minor clerks originally referred to a man who had taken religious orders. The evolution shows language shifting from sacred to secular roles across time.
In Soviet occupied Eastern Germany residents avoid direct resistance and counter with daily anti-Russian jokes. The latest joke features an East Zone policeman patrolling as a young girl stands before a large cardboard portrait.
A girl extends a handful of grass to Generalissimo Stalin as a policeman questions her. She explains her father says things won’t improve until Stalin bites the grass, a German expression for meeting misfortune.
Carol Farquharson scored 84 points as her Chi Sigma basketball team defeated Sigma 100 to 2 in Memphis. The dominant performance highlighted Farquharson as the standout player in the game.
Detroit report shows more American families own autos and more own multiple vehicles. Crowell-Collier figures from a mid-1950 study list 1,725,000 families owning about 33,670,000 autos.
The record notes 3 522 000 families owning 7 465 620 cars and states the multicar family share and its change from the prior year, but unreadable details limit precise interpretation. The passage indicates a near doubling of multicar family percentages year over year.
Roy Morrow says the rooster dodged a couple of shotgun blasts and led his son in law on a 13 lap chase around the barn before it finally ended up on the dinner table in Piggoty Arkansas.
Washington officials say the Federal Civil Defense Administration has asked Congress for a large appropriation to build communal tomb shelters but cannot describe their design yet. The agency is studying the best shelter type before final plans.
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