Christmas Buying Sets New Record in Retail Peak
New York shoppers drive a strong holiday rally with high end demand. Macy’s set a Dec 6 record of 1,121,821 in sales and a third million day last week, while Gimbel’s topped 2,035,000 as luxury items like mink coats and evening gowns draw buyers. High end bags, jewelry, fur, and vacation wear led the surge, with shoppers prioritizing the best while funds allow.
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New York
Retell
Macy's
Gimbel Bros. Inc
Bernard F. Gimbel
We Gimbel
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Suks
Mars and Saturn Move Across January Sky
Amid a 1946 celestial overview Mars nears Saturn during January, with Mars at 59,463,000 miles on Jan 10 in Gemini and a near pass on Jan 22. The piece maps bright stars Procyon, Sirius, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebaran and Capella, notes Jupiter near Spica, and provides a timetable of celestial events and full moon and eclipses through January.
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James Stokley
Science Service
Mars
Earth
Gemini
Pellux
Saturn
Sirius
Orion
Betelgeuse
Rigel
Taurus
Aldebaran
Auriga
Capella
Pollux
Procyo
Regulus
Leo
Ion
Deneb
Cygnus
Jupiter
Spica
Virgo
Jan
South Pacific
Fana
Antarctica
San
Western Union strike looms as unions set Jan 7 walkout
The Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL plans a strike starting January 7 affecting about 18 workers at Western Union. They seek a 23 percent wage increase plus 12 other issues, including an extra annual holiday. The strike follows a December 1 National Labor Relations Board vote.
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The
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Schuylerville Arts Event Noted at Cambridge Meeting
Charles Benson of Grangerville and Mrs Walsh attended the I M P A milk meeting in Cambridge Monday evening. Francis Walsh was called to Lakewood North Dakota for the weekend due to his mother’s illness. Mildred Walsh has been transferred from Guantánamo to Honolulu by transport plane per word to her parents.
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Garland Parker
Albany
Richard Bund
Methodist Church
Round Lake
Stewart Martin Hag
Rochester
State Grange
Auguatus Roerig
Isabelle Antalo Karl Lang, Jr
Karl Lang
West Milton
Ray Parker
Nancy
Paul
Mr Parker
William M. Parker
Maple Avenue
Ballston Spa
Matta Home Bureau
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Gerald Lowe
Gerald XK
Lowe
Richard H. Goreline
Donald
Goreline
United States
Womean's Society of Christian Service
Lillian Lavery
Henn Flannagan
Jessie Appleman
Georges K. Turpit
John W. Morris
Firs
Rodney O. Winans
Waller M. Goddard
George
Trost
J. Winans
H. Beecher ‘Williams
Lillian Thompson
Robert Koppe
Harry Ruhte
William M. Lighthall
Eva Bennett
Grace
Carlton
Florence B. Turner
Charles Benson
Grangereville St
Francis Walsh
Janes Burke
I. M.P
Cambridge
Lakewood
N.d
Alresa
Bridget Walsh
Mildred KL Walsh
Guant
Hono
Tiettenant
Paper Shortage Delays Rensselaer County Clerk Discharges
The Rensselaer County clerk’s office faces a printing paper delay for the photostat system delaying copies of Servicemen’s discharges. County Clerk Lawrence J. Collins said the needed paper is not expected until Wednesday, postponing retrieval of jeepies for servicemen who filed or will file discharge papers in the coming days.
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Rensselaer County
Lawrence J. Collins
Collins
New Yorkers Oppose Britain Loan stance in Congress debate
In a Washington dispute over a proposed 4.4 billion dollar loan to Great Britain, New York lawmakers split. Reps Reed Dupklek and Emonick Cellar oppose the measure firmly while Joseph Goldwin supports it, calling a loan necessary to keep the game going. Proposals to fund from bonds or offset with prior debts are debated as critics label the loan a gift.
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Jim Munn Washington
Congress
Great Britain
Dan Reed
Dupklek
Emonick Cellar
Brooklyn
Bell
Empire State
Joseph Clark Goldwin
New York City
Joan
Uncle Sama
Reed
Lye Loan
DH Gamble
Canvass and Debate Over Tax Plan From Congress to Britain
The piece records mixed opinions on a proposed loan and tax plan. Bernard W. Kerrey and Ralph Gamble express hesitancy, while Gamble predicts Congress may approve. Readers note calls for Britain and the United States to manage the loan implications and potential tax effects.
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Congress
Bernard W. Kerrey
Gloversville
New Yorker
Kearney
U. S
Britain
Ralph Gamble
Larchmont
Ilowas
Fanking and Currency Committee
Unen
War Time Employment Rise Aligned With Postwar Labor Surge
The passage notes a wartime labor peak in 1944 with about 1.5 million employed in the United States, a 60 percent increase from before the conflict. It reflects the rapid mobilization and expanded wartime economy that followed the capitol dome imagery and mentions Bard and the sky as figurative framing of the era.
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