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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
3
A quiz item lists 20 questions and provided answers covering world population doubling, U S Presidents from western states, geography and language, law of wedding gifts, fur-bearing animals, the Jazz Singer, Ecuador, Webster, naval salutes, memory experts, Civil War states, water weight, middle initials MP, neck vertebrae, Pyrrhic victory, repealing amendments, hair growth, parabola versus parable, U S territories, flies, and related facts.
The column recalls Puerto Rican soldiers who trained in the Canal Zone for jungle fighting but instead joined the 7th Army in the invasion of France and wintered in the Bavarian Alps. The piece criticizes high Army officers for the misallocation of units and resources.
The item notes a gathering of the smart set at Perkin's Blu Room, located at 430 West Fifth Street. It highlights a social scene in the Bar Of Mirrors venue with a fashionable crowd and fashionable ambience.
A New York meeting urged repeal or deep cuts of wartime excise taxes on alcoholic beverages cosmetics gasoline and more arguing the taxes burden the poor and hinder business. Bearsley Ruml and progressive Congressmen back the idea as a postwar economic relief measure.
A daily caller A J Gary recounts Bill Robinson life at Foster's office in Los Angeles while Ted Malone dedicates a Sunday night segment on WJZ. The piece notes Robinson's legend status and praises peace panel work by UN peacemakers including Bunche Ethridge Graham Cochran and Jessup.
Advice urges shoppers to begin early to secure better stock and avoid lines and delays. Postal hints push mailing gifts by December 10 coast points and December 18 for local delivery, with bundles and insured packages to speed handling. New card rates list 2 cents for unsealed and 3 cents for unusual sizes.
A fragment notes goods or letters will not arrive by Christmas unless documents are stamped with correct postage or official validation. The brief hints at a scheduling delay and required processing to meet the holiday deadline.
The United Nations General Assembly faces a pivotal vote on former Italian colonies Libya Eritrea and Somaliland. A special sub committee after three weeks of debate recommends binding decisions that could decide whether decolonization advances or colonial domination persists under a new UN guise.
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