Shanghai Prices Rise 400 Percent Amid War Market Chaos
Shanghai prices soar as supply collapses. Army Post Exchange sales center, under Captain Kate, struggles to curb the flood of exotic goods like silk, jade, and mink coats. With no new manufacture and skyrocketing costs, silk yardage jumps from 25 cents to 70 cents, then to four to five dollars.Demand from American servicemen keeps prices soaring as labor and coal costs rise and factories stay closed.
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Kulz
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Army Post Exchanga
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Shanghai
Buch Howl
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Post
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Gelaber
Post Exchange
Shanghai's Far East Market Tests GIs Bargain Sense
Calau Bima and a Philippine crew find Shanghai a gold mine for souvenirs while fending off shabby goods and inflated prices. They push clear labeling, rayon over silk, and bids below Shanghai averages, aiming for honest pricing amid heavy American service presence and a brisk daily turnover.
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Calau
Bima
Shanghai
Kate
Fiest Families of GIs Reach Germany
First batch of weary American soldiers wives and children arrived at Bremerhaven. The group, led by Thomas Razig, traveled from Munich and Plankfurt with plans to settle temporarily while awaiting destinations. Twenty wives and 120 children were aboard the vessel when it docked, marking a transitional moment for families joining servicemen in postwar Germany.
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Bremerhaven
Tans Park
Thomas
Plankfurt Berling
Munich
Vienne
Jobless Pay Claims By Veterans Decline
Washington reports a continued drop in veterans drawing unemployment pay for a second straight week in April. New admissions fell to a four month low of 161,757 with 104,000 to 1542,380 drawing benefits in the two week period ending April 0. Amounts paid declined from 37,386,013 to 4,65R786. Nearly one hundred million has been paid out under the G I Bill program.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Ehls
East Side Gump Fire Girls Annual Canny Run at Vanderheyden Hall
East Side Gump Fire Girls held their annual canny run at Vanderheyden Hall on Saturday with snag slats refreshments and singing led by Miss Moro Fendieton of the Woa. A pantomime titled A Typical Day at Crimp Kiwanig was presented by Tantkuta Cano Fue Group. Motion pictures were shown during the Council Pie event at Knickerbocker Junim Hielt School. Miss Egilh Kempinornen was guest speaker. Registration for samp may be made at the royal Camp Mire head atiels 207 River Street Camp will open. Camp Kuvanis work to stimulate interest citywide with a friendship circle singing Taps. Postponed Midweek prayer tomorrow in Second Baptist Church Tipun, followed by rehearsal. Mrs Gruen Kombat organist and Waren Gibson boy director. Ant Judson Calld meeting postponed one week. Phin Banquet a mother and girl banquet will be held May 14 at Third Presbyterian Church Hall with Women’s Guild merii. Mrs Richard Perkett president rearivations. contact Mrs lather Penvise or board members for tickets.
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Egilh Kempinornen
Mike Jean Hodge
Misa Deii Tanquary
Minemnece
Royal Camp Mire Head
Atiels
River Street
Sss Harge
Guill Mogting
Second Baptist
Tipun
Gruen Kombat
Waren
Gibson
Ant Judson
Phin
Die
Third Presbyterian Chnerh
Women's Guild
Richard Perkett
Xeawaal
Atm
Lather Penvise
Troops and War Brides Reach U S Ports From Overseas
AP dispatch notes over 600 servicemen landed at New York San Francisco and San Diego aboard six renamely equipped ships. Some 1 620 war brides and children also docked in New York while others arrived at San Francisco and San Diego. Units include 388th Army Artillery Battalion and 93rd Ordnance, with Navy crews and Marine detachments from Pearl Harbor and Le Havre.
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San Diego
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Ook
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John Ditleeson
Trbin
Southampton
New York -Mhie Ridge View
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Ratha
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Australia
Punred Anti-Nasi Philosopher Dead Vienna Report
Vienna dispatch reports Punred anti Nazi philosopher Keyserling died at age 63. Hungarian German writer Rita spoke of bitterness as he joined Germany in 1981 after the Nagls rose to power. The obituary notes his linkage to the German spirit and his involvement with works critiquing Nazism's rise.
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Vienna
Hermann Keyserling
Rita
Keyserling
Germany
Suery
Limehouse Night Scene In The 1930s Sailor District
Fragmentary travelogue recounts Limehouse surroundings with gritty detail. The narrator describes offshore ships, a near-deserted street, The Anchor saloon, and a bleak mood as he observes sailors, garish entertainments, and a troubling urban undercurrent. The piece closes noting an uneasy anticipation for tomorrow.
Charge Dismissed Against E P Murray
A charge of living while an nominated against Robert Murray 22 Fifteenth Street was dismissed by Judge Thomas Connors in Tray Police Court yesterday morning Murray was arrested presumably in Broadway The matter was dismissed because no insufficient evidence Names and offices involved relate to a chamber of commerce nomination in New York State with Peter Grimm chairing and Leroy Janenln nearing term limits
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Fifteenth Street
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Connor
Murray
Broadway
Namen Vo Ead Cleamder
New York
Peter Grimm
Witliam A White & Sons
Chamber of Commerce of
State of New York
Leroy A Janenln
Ans Nemmred Nda
Peaceful Goods Roll Off Nazi Assembly Lines Under Reds
Berlin dispatches describe industrial rehabilitation in the Soviet occupied zone. Factories like B M W in Bean uch and Zeiss optical works resume production for reparations and domestic use, with workers organized under local party lines and wages set in marks.
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Berlin
Nias
Germany
Russia
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Lhasa
Riesin Tor
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Beanuch
Turner
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Italy
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Saciat Cement Park
Communist Party
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Ely
Ension
Gould
U.S. Army
Savhanye
Olympia ‘Typewriter
Are Kum Business Men Balthcore WT Ik Thefts
A damaged report notes a burglary leaving two chisels a large pinehhyr washlight and a 12 foot length of rope as items left behind. The text mentions Ube hueglas and whisky but is garbled and unclear. Names and specifics are uncertain.
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Balthcore
Ube Hueglas
Ube
Vitamin K Stalls Tooth Decay and Church Supper Postponed
A Northwestern University study led by Dr Leonard Fosillelc shows vitamin K in chewing gum may significantly reduce new tooth cavities by up to 80 percent in a ten month trial with groups receiving calcium carbonate and controls. Results vary by formulation. A separate notice says the Trinity Lutheran post supper for Young People’s Society has been postponed indefinitely.
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Action Usld
Tental School
Leonard
Fosillelc
Hull
Youn
Moadlek
Young People's Society of the Trinity
Lutheran Church of
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