Prices Fall Across Foods And Household Goods In Survey
The Northwestern National Life Insurance survey shows rising supplies and weak demand cutting prices for poultry eggs potatoes oranges canned goods and appliances since 1946. It notes grain and livestock prices rose sharply while retail cereals bakery prices lagged, and warns of inflation pressures amid strong deposits and slower production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Ancient Egypt Girls Adorned Upper Lips With Sparkling Stones
To display wealth and status, Egyptian women enhanced their upper lips with precious stones. The practice highlighted social rank and aesthetic ideals in ancient culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient
Egypt
Gilda Gray Seeks Suitor From Mountain Ranch
Gilda Gray the famed shimmy star now hides on a Colorado ranch near Larkspur with a 252 population. She weighs 109 pounds and bakes pies while fielding a flood of marriage proposals from men of all ages and types, saying she would marry a sturdy, affectionate partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilda
Larkspur
Idaho Potato Shipments Lag Behind Maine and 1946
Idaho fall shipments of the 1947 crop lag Maine and 1946 crop movement. Through Thursday 22 509 cars of Idaho potatoes had shipped versus 32 854 cars for Maine. A year ago Idaho sent 29 192 cars to Maine 30 196. Idaho continues shipping 50 to 100 cars daily, mainly from the upper valley and south central sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Maine
Upper Valley
South Central
World Faith Unit Meeting Promotes Peace Talk
Mrs Ona Ault of Boise will discuss This Earth One Country at a Ba hai World Faith meeting in the Syringa room of Hotel Bannock at 3 p m Sunday. Mrs Jene Pace of Boise will chair the gathering open to the public. The faith, founded over a century ago, spans 89 countries with writings in 44 languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona Ault
Boise
Hotel Bannock
Jene’ Pace
Syringa Room
Pace
Actor Discovers Back Broken Eight Years Ago
Hollywood scene notes Sonny Tufts learned he had a compressed fracture in his spine from an old skiing accident eight years earlier. Doctors at Cedars of Lebanon hospital say fusion has occurred and heat therapy and massage will retrain surrounding muscles. Tufts plans a cautious return to films including The Wranglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Sonny Tufts
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Tufts
Sonny
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Mr. T
Samuel Herzikoff
the Wranglers
Stairway to the Stars at Sixth Ward Queen Ball
Alice Aldous crowned queen of the Sixth Ward Gold and Green ball themed Stairway to the Stars. The event featured pink and blue gowns, corsages, a grand march, Johnny Putnam orchestra, floor show, and a reception with ornate decor including sky blue streamers and silver stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Aldous
Sixth Ward
Ted Smith
Maxine Thompson
Accom
Jeanie Kent
Norma Johnson
Peggy Romig
Richard Murrie
Johnny Putnam
Wallace Rhodes
C. G. Jensen
Who's Who Says Odds Against Your Name In Blue Book
Editors announce the 50th anniversary Who's Who in America edition with a comforting note that most readers will not see their names listed. About 5,000 individuals made the 1948 49 edition including Sinatra Goddard Rogers and Mrs Nussbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Sinatra
Paulette Goddard
Roy Rogers
Mrs. Nussbaum
Wheeler Sammons
Who's Who
Calvin F. Adams
Massachusetts
Margaret O’brien
Hollywood
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machine Company
Truman
Maude Adams
Gertrude Atherton
Howard Chandler Christy
Walter Damrosch
Vyacheslav Molotov
Andrei Y. Vyshinsky
WCTU Spring Institute Held in Blackfoot
The Idaho Sixth District WCTUSpring Institute will meet at Blackfoot Methodist Church from 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday March 2. Bethel Day state president from Gooding will be principal speaker. A pot luck lunch at 12 o'clock and special music are planned with attendance open to members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Spring Institute
Idaho
Methodist Church
Blackfoot
Bethele Day
Gooding
Durin Rogram
Sam Nate Heen
Nealey
Ford Music Named as RCA Victor Dealer in Pocatello
Spencer Ford announces Glen Earl Inc. has appointed Ford Music Co. as exclusive Pocatello dealers for RCA Victor instruments. Ira Meredith will manage the RCA Victor department with Cliff Green in charge of the record department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Ford
Ford Music Co
Glen Earl Inc
RCA Victor Intermountaini’ Distributors
Pocatello
RCA Victor Instruments
Ford
Ira Meredith
RCA Victor
Cliff Green
Young Florida boy meets Truman in Cuba visit
In Guantanamo Bay a 12 year old Navy family, Bill Barrett, tries to present a school scrapbook to President Truman. He falters twice as the president quietly reassures him and suggests starting again. The moment ends with Barrett handing over the scrapbook and the president saluting the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Cuba
Bill Barrett
U. S. Navy
Bill
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Mr. Truman
Preston Barrett
Washington, D.C
America
United States
Panama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milwaukee
Wisc
Shimmy Star
Colo
Gilda Gray
Theres
Peaus
Terrell
Kane Building
Terrell Shoe
World Faith Unit Meeting
E. E. Aldous
South Third Ave
Evelyn Kent
South Fifth Avenue
Dorothy Mickelson
Eva Mickelson
South Fourth Avenue
Joe Marie Drake
Earl Drake
Hilma Johnson
South Third Avenue
Army
By Sheldon Garber
United Press Staff
WCTU
Ford Music
Glen Earl, Inc
Salt Lake City
Ford Music Company
Colder Shwat
Diwas
Victrola Radio
West Center
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!