Installment payments dominated new car purchases in 1951
Of all new automobiles bought in 1951, 52 percent were paid for on the installment plan. This indicates a strong consumer preference for financing new car buys during that year.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1952
Page
14
Of all new automobiles bought in 1951, 52 percent were paid for on the installment plan. This indicates a strong consumer preference for financing new car buys during that year.
A detailed station by station schedule lists daily programs from WNEW Channel 4 WTTG Channel 5 WMAL Channel 3 and WTOP Channel 3. Time slots include news cartoons dramas movies and variety shows with featured titles such as Three Mesquiteers Captain Video Lone Star Lawmen The Goldbergs and Cavalcade of Stars.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Jane Ferrell 59 of Chambersville were held yesterday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Zetterburg officiating. Burial followed in the Catholic Cemetery in this city.
Friday April 4 evening schedule lists multiple radio programs across networks. Entries include sport discussions, news, commentary, dramas, and variety shows with hosts such as Jack Smith, Gracie, Mario Lanza, Ozzie and Harriet, and Paul Weston.
Hollywood column notes Eddie Cantor’s dynamic TV rehearsal with a cast of players as he jokes about aging, ratings, and his career. He says he enjoys nothing to excess, calls show business the energizing force behind his life, and outlines his ongoing work including a weekly radio show and a forthcoming Eddie Cantor Story biopic.
The Winchester Lodge No. 867 BPOE selected Maurice Pifer as Exalted Ruler with Lee Ebert Esquire and Charles Ebert as Chaplain. Board members include Beverley Bailey Sam Reaves Arthur Gilkey Perry Wright Joseph Butler Carl Campbell Jack Brandon and Robert Newlin. They planned to enter a float in the Apple Blossom Festival parade.
Reported efforts include selling Israel bonds to back overseas relief and coordinating United Jewish Appeal support. In Houston discussions with wine dealers touched on opening a supermarket as part of fundraising activity. Eddie appeared confident, calling himself a Jewish eagle.
The Market Street and Braddock Street Methodist Churches announce a joint Holy Week series starting Sunday evening with the cantata Man of Sorrows at Braddock Street. All services begin at 7 30 p m with choir singing nightly.
The article notes that on Friday evening each church will conduct its own service to welcome new members as part of a planned reception across congregations.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling placing the holdings of William G in receivership to protect the government's multi million dollar tax claim.
Officials at Langley Air Force Base report no chance of recovering the bodies of three B 45 crewmen presumed drowned after a jet bomber went down in Chesapeake Bay last Friday night.
J Thomas Boyd chief of police announced additions to one way streets. Indian Alley now runs northbound from Cork to Fairfax Lane. Baker Street becomes westbound from Cameron to Loudoun and North Avenue also runs westbound from Cameron to Loudoun Street.
The first 2,000 cherry trees, forming a famed spring blossom display in Washington, D.C., were donated by Tokyo in 1912.
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