OPA Stamp Validity and Price Ceiling Campaign Update
The OPA announces a new super stamp valid for five pounds of sugar from November 4 and indefinitely thereafter. A Grocer-Consumer anti-inflation drive gains momentum as retailers promote ceiling prices to curb inflation. Cost of living index stands at 128, with wage war comparisons noted. Retailers will post fresh produce price lists from the Cleveland district center. some stores conduct shell prize lotteries under OPA rules.
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Cleveland
Ethel Barrymore Improves After Night At Flower Hospital
Actress Ethel Barrymore, ill with influenza and congestion, rests at Flower Hospital in New York as doctors report her temperature steady at 101 degrees and cough less troublesome. Joint bulletin by Louis Rene Kaufman and Thomas McGavach notes improvement.
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Flower Hospital
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Louis Rene Kaufman
Thomas McGavach
Anti-Cigaret Alliance Sees Shortage As A Golden Opportunity
In a 1947 Washington report the Anti Cigaret Alliance praised cigarette shortages as a golden opportunity for smokers to quit. It urged quitting via gentian root chewing and Turkish baths, with executive secretary William V. Mahoney noting the shortage has created a psychological moment to quit.
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Winter meeting and wedding notices from Columbia WS.C.S.
The Columbia Women’s Society of Christian Service held a November meeting at Mrs. Herman Leach’s home with 25 attending, featuring a devotional and singing. Arthur Crocker and Miss Alberta Wright wed Nov. 10 at the bride’s Elgria home, with many relatives and friends present. Friday’s events included a buffet and gifts. Ensign Louis Odor on leave, Floyd W. Busch reported safe arrival in England, and several Crocker and Dengler family members were noted in attendance and travel details.
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Columbia
W.S.C.S
Herman Leach
Dorothy Dengler
A. D. Crocker
Herman Dengler
Arthur Crocker
Alberta Wright
Atherta Wright
Anna Busch
England
A. D Crocker
Lyman Subins
Winter Florida trip and local notices
Saturday morning to spend the Winter in Florida, Mrs Lorena Crocker returns to Columbia to recuperate. Birth announced for Ralph E Pontius and Phylis Ann Bartter’s daughter at Aultiman hospital Canton on Nov 1. Baptist Women party December 6 at John and Edith Longbon home. Mrs John Snell attends Baptist Women’s Council meeting in Cleve. Gordon Bartter hosts Ralph W Cole’s family in North Elyria. Albert Fernandes is seriously ill in Medina hospital. Baptist pulpit committee meets led by Ernest Dunford. Funeral held for Mrs Harvey Kloor in Valley City with burial at Mysthe Hill cemetery on Friday Nov 14. Mrs Harry Cartwright staying in Royalton with sister-in-law Mrs Hiram Dunning who is seriously ill.
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Florida
Lorena Crocker
Columbia
Ralph E. Pontius
Phylis Ann Bartter
Greentown
Aultiman Hospital
Canton
Baptist Women's Society
John Longbon
Edith Longbon
Home Road
John Snell
Baptist Women's Council
Harvey Kloor
Inee Murnay ‘Tomes
Valley City Reday
Mysthe Hill Cemetery
Harry Cartwright
Royalton
Hiram Dunning
South Ridge Church Notes and Community Meeting
South Ridge Sunday School at nine a.m. and Thank Offering service at one a.m. Mrs. No A. Baus and Mrs. Alton Preston lead the program. Rev. AL EL McVey conducts County Home Service Sunday at 2 p.m. The Community Club meets Friday at the schoolhouse with Mrs. Wayne Oldfield and Mrs. Ceorge Dunlee in charge. refreshments provided.
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South Ridge
No OA. Baus
Alton Preston
County Home Service
AL EL McVey
Wayne Oldfield
Ceorge Dunlee
Delicous mating and health claims in odd ad phrase
Unclear ad copy touts a tonic claiming to relieve stomach and urinary issues with three weed ingredients. It promises better sleep and “genuine reliable” relief from acid and digestive discomfort. Offered for 25 cents with a money-back guarantee.
Oberlin Professor to Attend Joint Mathematical Meeting
Professor C. V. Newsom of Oberlin College will join the joint meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society in Chicago. The report notes events around November 23 with Brazil's salt plant and a plan to produce 700000 tons of salt this year, involving group discussions on structure and role.
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Wolfgang Stechow
Oberlin College
Cleveland Museum of Arto
Stechow
Washington,d. C
American Council of Learned Societies
Wit.t
C. V. Newsom
Mathematica
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