Previously during July, 1946, in Dot's Diary:Dot's been spending her summer at fairs, carnivals, movies, the beach, and picking blackberries... She and Sis found jobs, but got fed up after one day and quit. Dot's boyfriend, Herb Martin, is away in the Navy, and will be for the next couple of years. Meanwhile, Dot is having fun with Miller, who seems to have taken the place of her good nextdoor neighbor friend, Hal Totten, who also became a sailor recently. Although Dot's received a few letters from Herb, she hasn't always been happy about their frequency and what he's said, or the fact that he's been “stepping out” with other women, according to Miller. She's gone out with Don Trotta a few times, but has been put off by his pushy behavior. Amongst all this, another fellow, Dave, has entered the picture, and now things will never be the same…
“Sunny came over, and we went down 63rd & Halsted for food for our beach party.
Got home and Miller called, and said he'd meet us at 63rd. We got there at 8:45 and met Sunny and Bob. He was acting really goony.
They closed the beach at 9:30, so we went to the 69th Street Beach, and it was lovely there. Sunny and Bob were necking like mad.
Miller and I took a late swim, while Sis and Lill roasted the hot dogs. Then we layed on the blanket gabbing and laughing. Left at 2:00. Home at 3:00.”
Comments:
There is presently, in 2019, a 71st Street Beach, but none at 69th.
Sunny and Bob would later get married.
Today's news:
RUSSIA REJECTS INSPECTION OF ATOM FACILITIES - Gromyko Rips U. S. Plan as ‘Superficial’: Soviet Russia tonight rang down her iron curtain to prevent any penetration of Russia by international inspections guarding against illegal development of atomic energy for war.
TREND ON RADIO IS IDEA INSTEAD OF STAR SHOWS - Asserts Move Will Boom Chicago Programs: The current radio trend is away from personality shows toward idea shows, said Kenneth B. Craig of the radio McCann-Erickson advertising agency, in an interview the other evening on WGNB's World of Tomorrow program.
FIRST FARES O. K. TWO-WAY RADIO TAXICAB SERVICE - It's a Great Improvement, Says Alderman Young: The first two way radio service in Chicago taxicabs was put into operation yesterday by the Veterans Flash Cab company. Ald. Young (46th), chairman of the council's transportation committee, was the first fare.
DOLLARS STILL CAN BUY A GOOD BUDAPEST MEAL - Bill for One's Dinner May Hit $15: Altho Hungarian currency has become almost worthless in terms of food and consumer goods, one can buy food, and good food, if one has dollars, sterling, Swiss francs, or other stable money.
CUBS WIN; CARDS CUT DODGERS' LEAD TO 2-1/2; 14-HIT CHICAGO ATTACK ROUTS GIANTS, 8 TO 1: The Cubs stepped out in style and elegance as hitters tonight, the display forcing the Giants to resume their role as cousins of the league champions [at the] Polo grounds, much to the discomfiture of 25,288 of their constituents.
Birthday: Jerry Garcia (4)
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Dot, Sis and Sunny saw a double feature this evening at the Stratford theatre:
In The Spider Woman Strikes Back, a young secretary discovers that her employer, a wealthy rancher, is using the blood of prior employees to feed her carnivorous plants. The movie was preceded in 1943 by The Spider Woman.
In The Phantom Thief, a reformed criminal attempts to stop a murderous blackmailer.
Friday August 2 1946
“Sis and Sunny went to the beach and I stayed home and cleaned the house and finished my ironing.
Got out at 8:30, so walked to Western and walked around St. Rita's carnival. Sort of dead, so came home at 10:00.
Mom said Vi, Danny and a guy called for Sunny. At 10:30, Dick called about tomorrow.”
Comments:
“Spider Woman Returns” was really The Spider Woman Strikes Back.
St. Rita Catholic church is located at 6243 S. Fairfield Avenue. The high schoolis about two miles south, at was located at 63rd and Claremont (about two miles from Dot's) in 1946. The school moved to its present location— at 7740 S. Western— in 1990. (h/t John)
“Vi” might be Dot's friend Viola Fick; no further info on Danny and Dick.
Today's news:
POLIO STRIKES 15 NEW VICTIMS, A DAY'S RECORD - Warns Epidemic May Be Near: Fifteen new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Chicago yesterday, the greatest number ever reported for a 24 hour period in July. The new cases brought the total for the month to 77 —all reported after July 8— compared with 11 for the month last year.
GERMANS SHOW PRODUCTS THEY COULD SELL U. S. - Fair Speakers Tell of Need for Exports: Germans and Americans in speeches opening the export exhibition here today agreed to mutual interest in revival of trade between their countries. They further agreed that this revival is dependent upon German industry being encouraged to produce manufactured goods for export.
2 New World Routes Given U. S. Air Lines: Commercial round-the-world flying is authorized for the first time in a civil aeronautics board ruling today which also opens up the “northwest passage” to the orient.
AN AIR TERMINAL NOW: While a do-nothing policy continues to hold back development of Chicago's new Douglas airport, New York is contemplating a huge expansion in present facilities. Plans of the Port of New York authority call for enlargement of Newark airport so that the field will be capable at accommodating 32,000 passengers a day.
Cubs, Braves Open 3 Game Series Tonight: Charley Grimm and his Cubs brought their barely alive pennant back here from New York this afternoon but it will not be put on exhibition until tomorrow night in the first of three jousts with the Braves. Only one of these will be a daylight spectacle.
SOX DEFEAT A'S 7-6, WITH PAIR OF BIG INNINGS - Score Four in 1st, Three in 6th: The White Sox yesterday concentrated all their hitting and all their scoring in two innings —the first and sixth— to beat the tail-end Philadelphia Athletics in the final of the three game series in Comiskey park, 7 to 6.
Birthday: Peter O'Toole (14), Carroll O'Connor (22)
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Halsted St. looking north towards 63rd St.; Helen Romanelli and Viola Fick
Saturday August 3 1946
“Went down 63rd in the afternoon (92 degrees). About 5:30, Miller called up and asked me to go to the Stratford with him, and I said okay.
He came at 8:00, and we waited for awhile. Saw Bowery Bombshell and vaudeville. Real good.
Came home and Helen and Vi were in front, so we had a gay time goofin' around. Miller and I walked them to 59th [St.], then we came home and had coffee.
I really had a grand time. Bed at 3:15.”
Comments:
In Bowery Bombshell, the boys— Slip Mahoney, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck —decide to sell their dilapidated car for enough money to save Louie's malt shop. Later, they tackle gangsters in order to clear one of their own from a bogus robbery charge.
Until today, Dot hadn't mentioned Helen in a long while.
Today's news:
Elimination of War Is Vital, Bikini Appraisers Declare; Board Tells Truman atom Bomb Threatens Upheaval: President Truman's special evaluation commission for study of the atomic bomb tests in Bikini Lagoon soberly reported its unanimous conclusion.
Atomic Plan Sells a Speck To Help Find Cancer Cause; Many By-Products Planned: OAK RIDGE, Tenn.— Science passed a momentous milestone here today in this birthplace of the atomic bomb. Out of the substance which creates atomic death, newly manufactured by-products-radioactive isotopes, will be used to prolong life.
Armed Veterans Run Town After Tennessee Bloodshed; Fighting Flares in Streets During Primary Election: War veterans who backed up their ballots with bullets and won in a raging six-hour battle that left eighteen wounded and the county jail in a shambles patrolled strife-torn McMinn County with rifles tonight to maintain order.
SENATORS AND NEWSOM ROUT WHITE SOX, 6-0; South Siders Held to Seven Hits: Buck Newsom, who had been scouting the White Sox since last Monday, must have discovered some new weaknesses for he shut out our boys last night 6 to 0, before 20,791 in Comiskey park.
Birthdays: Martha Stewart (5), Tony Bennett (20)
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Sis; Dot
Sunday August 4 1946
“Got up at 11:00, ate, and then washed my hair.
Later on, I dressed, and Sis and I went down 63rd for a walk. It was real nice and cool out. Fellows were awfully flirty, and got on my nerves.
We got back at 10:00, so just sat around the rest of the evening. Went to bed at 2:00 after eating a hearty good nite snack.”
Today's news:
FULL POWERS USED; President Goes Beyond Predecessors in Call for Specific Slashes : President Truman announced today the most vigorous Federal economy program since the Hoover Administration, and demonstrated that he meant business by an unprecedented resort to his personal power over Cabinet members.
MOSCOW HOLDS U.S. BENT ON OFFENSIVE; Broadcast Says Military Caste Arises to Impose American Will: Moscow radio said today that a military caste was being established in the United States. For the first time in history the United States is maintaining large military forces “for offensive purposes,” the broadcast charged.
IRANIAN CRITICIZES NEW BRITISH MOVE; Premier Ghavam Assails Shift of Troops Near Frontier: Premier Ahmad Ghavam tonight sharply criticized Great Britain for having ordered the dispatch of troops from India to Basra, Iraq, just across the river from Abadan, Iran, center of disturbances affecting the British.
‘NEGRO DEAL’ SURVEYED: The majority of white persons in the U.S. think the Negroes are treated fairly, but most Negroes think they are not. 66 per cent of the white people believe that Negroes in America were getting a “square deal.”
Air Cooling and Prices Chief Theater Complaints - Reviewer Hits Advertising of ‘Cheap Seats’: There's nothing like the dog days to give theatergoers things to complain about and this season is no exception. Last week's two bitterest complaints concerned matters which probably are no more peculiar to the Broadway theater than they are [to movie theatres].
BOSTON COOLS CUB HOPES, 3 TO 1; Southpaw Spahn Again Foils Champions; Braves Defeat Hank Borowy and Cubs, 3-1: Charley Grimm's Cubs, who keep on hoping for the best in the pennant race, did nothing about it again tonight when confronted by a chance to close in by a full game on the top place Dodgers.
Birthday: Louis Armstrong (45)
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Sunny; intersection of 63rd & Halsted streets; Miller
Monday August 5 1946
“Got up and went downtown with Sis. Came home at 2:30. Just fooled around.
Sunny called, so I met her down 63rd. I bought Sis a slip. Then Sunny and I bought an ice cream sandwich. Came home and ate.
Miller called and said he'd be over at 7:00. Then Dick called and planned a beach party for Thursday. Miller came and we had a lot of fun doing card tricks, etc. He left at 1:00, Sunny left at 2:00.
Russians Test Super Rockets in Arctic Wilds - Where Russians Test Rockets: Reports from Stockholm of flying bombs and giant rockets passing over Sweden toward Arctic targets have smoked out the fact that the Russians are carrying on experiments with superlong-range weapons invented by the Germans.
IKE FLIES DOWN TO RIO; RECEIVES 21-GUN SALUTE - Brazil Gives Ovation to U. S. Commander: Gen. Eisenhower flew into Rio today and received a 21-gun salute and other honors customarily reserved for chiefs of state.
IRAQ SUPPORTS BRITISH TROOP SHIFT IN OIL AREA - Movement in Accord with Treaty, Says Baghdad: The Iraq government announced today that Great Britain had notified Iraq of its intention of replacing the present garrison at Shiaba, near Basra, with fresh troops, and that Iraq agreed to the move as being in accord with terms.
BRITAIN SENDING QUEEN ON ROAD AS ROYAL MODEL: For the royal family's South African tour next February, Queen Elizabeth will leave behind her plain, matronly dresses and simple off-the-face hats which have set the humdrum fashion styles for millions of British women.
SOX TAKE PAIR; BRAVES DEFEAT CUBS TWICE
LATE RALLIES ROUT SCHMITZ, WYSE, 6-5, 6-4: The pennant minded Cubs twice had victory on their fingertips today but in each instance were swept aside by the disturbing Braves in a double bill before 18,661. In the first game the locals waited until the ninth before touching off a three run episode.
Hitler's Yacht to Become Movie Theater, Dance Hall
Birthday: astronaut Neil Armstrong (16)
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The Ace theatre (highlighted area of photo at top) was just to the north of Sears, on the east side of Halsted St.
Originally opened in 1904 as a vaudeville theatre known as the Avenue Theatre and this continued until 1906. From 1908 it was converted into a movie theatre and was re-named National Theatre. [...] When it first opened, it seated over 1,100 (later reduced). It closed around the early 1930s.
In 1935, it reopened after a Streamline Moderne remodel, as the Ace Theatre. In 1950, the theatre underwent a final name change, as the Kim Theatre. The Kim remained in operation until 1966. It has since been demolished.
Tuesday August 6 1946
“Got up at 10:15 and sat around. Then Sis and I went down 63rd. She bought a lovely black dress. Met Doty and Dutz down Halsted. Came home and cleaned the house real good.
Later, dressed and went to Parnell for a Coke, then went to the Ace. Saw Fear and Exciting Week. Real good. Got out at 11:30. Nice and cool out.
At the Ace theatre: a medical student becomes involved in a murder, in the B-movie Fear. In One Exciting Week, radio comedian Al Pearce plays a wartime hero who awakens with amnesia, convinced that he's a wanted criminal. Shemp Howard and Pinky Lee co-star.
“The Ace was the pits. We didn't go here too often, for it wasn't run too well. The ushers let kids in by the exit door. Every so often a shaft of sunlight came in and the door closed. Very seldom did we see a manager around. The audience spoke a lot to the screen, a la Rocky Horror style. Sometimes they came up with some pretty funny lines. I remember leaving once because of some unsavory characters. Cheap, cheap admission.”
Today's news:
ATOMIC BOMB IS POISON WARFARE, BLANDY ASSERTS - Ships Are ‘Hot’ 11 Days After Blast: Vice Adm. Blandy, eyeing target ships still deadly with radioactivity 11 days after the atomic underwater blast, asserted today, “This is a form of poison warfare.”
Auditorium Is Bought by College - Pays $400,000 and Taxes for Old Landmark: The historic Auditorium hotel and theater, long a landmark in Chicago, was sold yesterday.
KELLY CONFIRMS NEED FOR LOOP PARKING PLAN - Problem to Become Worse in Future, He Says: Mayor Kelly, returning to his office yesterday from a vacation at his Eagle River, Wis., summer home, said he recognized the seriousness of the lack of parking facilities in the downtown district, and that "some action on parking cars is probably in the offing.
END SPORT SHOW TELEVISION AS GLARE IRKS FANS - To Be Resumed Later with New Camera: The lights now used for television at Rainbo gardens are too bright for customers, so television station WBKB is discontinuing telecasts of wrestling and boxing from the arena until it can get an “image orthicon” camera —probably some time late this month.
DODGERS GO 2-1/2 GAMES AHEAD ON 7-4 VICTORY - Score Five in Fifth Against Braves: Two home runs, one by Peewee Reese with two on and the other good for two scores by Dixie Walker, accounted for five runs tonight as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 7 to 4, before 41,645.
Braves Clip Wings of Cub Pennant Bee: This was blue Monday in the life of the Cubs and they observed it in fitting fashion by wearing long faces. Three setbacks in a row at the hands of the Braves was the immediate cause of the funeral atmosphere.
Birthday: Andy Warhol (18), Edith Roosevelt-former First Lady (85)
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The Sherman hotel; Menu from Liggett's Biltmore Grill, at State and Madison
Dot, Sis and Sunny were celebrating Sis' 17th birthday.
The McVickers theatre —built in 1922 and demolished in 1985— was at 25 W. Madison St., between State and Dearborn. An office tower now occupies the site.
Liggett's Drug Stores was a nationwide chain affiliated with Rexall Drugs. At one time it had 300 stores in the US.
A scene from Tomorrow Is Forever
A scene from Heartbeat
Walgreens drug store at State and Madison streets, near the McVickers theatre
Today's news:
Heirens Tells How He Strangled Suzanne Degnan, 6, and Carried Her Body from Home Down Ladder; CHILD AWAKES WHEN KIDNAPER ENTERS ROOM
Hundreds Follow as Slayer Revisits Death Areas - Heirens Confesses Slaying Degnan Girl and Two Women —Acts Out Crimes at the Scenes: William Heirens, most brutal murderer in Chicago's history, yesterday entered each of the three death apartments as calmly and unemotionally as if he were dropping in to pay a social call and showed police how he slew a little girl and two women.
FIRST RUN MADE BY NEW TRAIN ON MICHIGAN ROUTE - Streamliners' Regular Trips Start Saturday: The Pere Marquette, one of a pair of streamliners that are among the first complete trains to be built since the war, made its first run from Grand Rapids to Detroit today.
Bombers Fly Hawaii-U. S.; None Aboard: The army wrote another page in the rapidly unfolding history of remote control aviation today [with] two, drone B-17 bombers.
Cubs Defeat Reds; Lopat, Sox Rout Indians, 11-1; PASSEAU HURLS 3 TO 0 VICTORY IN CINCINNATI: The Cubs turned loose something different in the way of a lineup tonight and, while it accomplished nothing in the way of a sensation, it at least got some good out of the Reds by breaking the three game losing streak picked up over the weekend.
Birthday: Garrison Keillor (4), Stan Freberg (20), director Nicholas Ray (35)
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Dot, Sunny, and Sis
Thursday August 8 1946
“Got up at 10:00 and had some coffee. Cleaned the house and then dressed.
The boys —Danny, Dick and Bob— came for us at 7:10, and we drove out to 67th St. beach. Dick, Danny and I went in the water, which was lovely. Had an innertube, too.
Got out and sat around the sand playing records, then we roasted the hot dogs and ate cookies. Then Bob told me to lay my head on his chest. This I did, and he also held my hands while we sang loads of songs.
Sat in the rumble seat, and he held me real tight, ummm.”
Comments:
If Sis were here, she'd be able to give me some information about the boys —Dick, Danny and Bob. I'm assuming that Sis and Sunny were there also.
There presently (2019) is no beach at 67th St.
Today's news:
Drouth Sears Midwest; Fear 50% Corn Loss - Where Drouth Parches Middle West: Little hope is in sight for relief of the drouth which has held large areas of the middle west in its grip since July 1, Forecaster G. E. Dunn said yesterday. A few scattered showers predicted for today, the forecaster said, will do little but lay the dust.
1,000 AFL BAKERS PLAN STRIKE IN 800 CITY SHOPS - May Cut Off 60% of Bread and Pastries: More than 1,000 AFL bakers, employed in 800 Chicago retail, bakeries, are scheduled to go on strike at 3 p. m. Saturday.
New Elegance Is Displayed in Raccoon Coats: Expert furriers have launched a fascinating new fashion —coats of natural sheared raccoon. These new coats of varying length look incredibly luxurious because of the fluffy, silky pelts and the stunning taupe brown shade. They are warm [and] universally becoming.
Movie Is Based on Problems of Returned Gl's - “TILL THE END OF TIME”: ‘The Marine Hymn’ fades, then blends imperceptibly into the strains of ‘Home, Sweet Home,” and that, my friends, is the keynote of this film which is concerned with the problems of the returned veterans. It is an adaptation of Niven Busch's novel.
CUBS AND REDS ENGAGE IN FINAL OF SERIES TODAY - Champions Meet Pirates Before Returning Home: Due to the strange fashion in which the big league schedules are drawn up, the Cubs, after putting on a successful showing here last night, had nothing to do today except sit around and wait for the final of the series with the Reds tomorrow afternoon.
On this day: First flight of the Convair B-36, largest mass-produced piston engined aircraft ever made.
Birthday: Dustin Hoffman (9)
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Gerald Mohr (at right, in Notorious Lone Wolf) played the Lone Wolf in a series of nine films during the 1930s and 40s. The character was a reformed jewel thief who would always sacrifice his own ambitions to help a lady in distress. Eric Blore played Jamison, his light-fingered valet.
Friday August 9 1946
“Miller came over in the afternoon. Sunny was still here. We goofed around. Fried some hamburgers for lunch and also made lemonade. The four of us ate. Miller left at 3:30, and at 4:00 Sunny left.
Got out at 7:15, came home, ate, went for a walk. The evening was cool compared to afternoon (87 degrees). Had a Coke and came right home. Went to sleep at 11:30.”
Comments:
Although Dot doesn't mention it, she, Sis and Sunny saw Phantom Thief one week ago, August 2, at the Stratford.
Today's news:
BRITAIN BARS REDS' GRAB OF GERMAN GOODS - Rejects 10 Billions for Reparations: The British government has rejected Russia's claim for 10 billion dollars in reparations from Germany, and called upon the soviet government to agree to administration of Germany as an economic whole during the allied occupation.
MAILS FLOODED BY A TORRENT OF RED PROPAGANDA - Myriad Committees Emit Smears, Fund Pleas: A flood of pro-soviet propaganda jams the mails daily under the letter heads of scores of organizations, most of them with interlocking directorates, indicating a unified management.
REDS SAY U. S., BRITAIN STEAL NAZIS' SECRETS: The communist office here has prepared a document charging America and Britain with having seized German scientific knowledge to the exclusion of Russia and France. It says the captured laboratory and research records are the biggest war booty ever.
REPORT A-BOMB MAKES PANAMA CANAL OBSOLETE - Engineers Consider 19 Different Routes: Atomic warfare virtually has nullified the military value of the 32 year old Panama canal with its vulnerable lock system, military officials said today.
ILLINOIS' FAIR, FIRST SINCE '41, TO OPEN TODAY - Record Attendance Is Expected: The triumphant story of Illinois, stressing its supremacy in diversified agriculture, will be told in exhibits when the gates of the state fair ground are opened to the public tomorrow for the first time since 1941.
ALLEYS CLEANER IN FORTY WARDS, RESIDENTS FIND - Effect of Tribune Drive Shown in Survey: Residents in 40 of the city's 50 wards have observed improvement in the cleanliness of their alleys and in the frequency of city garbage collections since June 17 when The Tribune started its campaign to clean up the alleys and eliminate 2-1/2 million rats.
McKinney-Crosby Group Buys Pirates - FRANKIE FRISCH TO FINISH OUT YEAR AS PILOT: A four man syndicate in which Bing Crosby, singer and movie actor, gained top billing with Frank E. McKinney, Indianapolis banker, purchased the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club today for an unannounced price.
FELLER HOLDS SOX TO ONE HIT; CUBS WIN; INDIANS SCORE 5 TO 0 DECISION BEHIND BOBBY; CUBS BEAT REDS IN TENTH, 2 TO 1 - Borowy Victor on Walk, 2 Errors, and Fly: The White Sox, yesterday afternoon accepted a one hit, 5 to 0 licking at the hands of Bob Feller in the first game of a double header as a matter of course. But, their five game winning streak thus ended, they roared right back in the second contest. The Cubs were in one of those be-kind-to-enemy-pitchers moods again this afternoon, but their charity wasn't extensive enough to prevent them from making an entry in the victory column.
The guys— clowning for the camera in Dot and Sis' front room. Left to right: Bob K., Pete Martin, Miller (“Babe”), Johnny, Tony and, in Navy whites, Herb Martin.
“At 5 to 9 the phone rang, and it was my honey. Gosh, it was good to hear him. Then I helped Mom clean and I also went down Halsted. Met Earl and Dave*.
Came home, took a bath, and dressed. Bob and Sunny came first. Then Miller, Pete Martin, and my Herb. Gee, he looked wonderful.
We sat and chewed the fat, then went out in front. Miller was playing ‘Whispering’ on the accordion.
Herb kissed me just like before —I was so happy all nite. (Bob also kissed me twice— some nerve...) I love my honey as much as ever.”
Comments:
This was a party for Sis' 17th birthday.
* “Dave” is not to be confused with the other Dave.
Herb is home on leave from the Navy.
Pete Martin is Herb's twin brother.
Today's news:
2 BOMBERS COLLIDE; 6 DIE - 20,000 at Fair See Flaming Plane Crash: A spectacular tragedy of the skies occurred with unexpected suddenness today over the heads of 20,000 spectators at the North Montana State fair when two army bombers collided over the bleachers.
REVEAL RUSSIA LEADS U. S. IN WAR ROCKETS - Improve Germany's Best with Experts' Aid: Russia has outpaced the United States in the race for military supremacy in the development of long range guided rocket weapons, it was learned today on high authority.
WHOLE VILLAGE OF LYONS WILL GET DDT SPRAY - Polio Feared; Plan to Act Next Week: As new cases of infantile paralysis in Chicago and Cook county continued to mount, the village of Lyons yesterday made plans to spray its entire area with DDT next week in a step to prevent the disease from entering the village. No cases of polio yet have been reported.
ANOTHER FIRST FOR CHICAGO IN RELIGIOUS FIELD - Area Leads in Number of Independent Churches: Metropolitan Chicago is distinguished for having more independent, interdenominational churches than any similar area in the country, Dr. Orvis F. Jordan, minister of Park Ridge Community church, yesterday asserted. Previously, the city was named the greatest Lutheran community.
COMEDY STARS WILL RECORD THEIR SHOWS - Design ‘Repeaters’ for Home Use: Radio listeners long have clamored for repeat performances of outstanding shows, but rarely are they duplicated. Last spring Fred Allen repeated his show featuring Leo (Lippy) Durocher and himself in a Gilbert and Sullivan special that had been given earlier in the season.
New Lingerie Combination: Blouse and Slip: A new item of lingerie designed to lead a double life of neat duty, plus decorative contrast, is the expertly designed “blou-slip.” It is just what it sounds, a combination of a blouse with a slip. The lower half is the well-fitting skirt of a regulation costume slip.
SOX LOSE; CUBS' 15 HITS WHIP PIRATES, 9-3; MERULLO GETS THREE DOUBLES AND A SINGLE: The Cubs revelled in extra base luxury tonight and discovered it was a simple way to take care of the Pirates, who were playing their first game in 47 years under owners other than the Dreyfuss family.
Birthday: Herbert Hoover (72)
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Dot and Herb Martin; Herb (left), Miller, and Herb's twin brother Pete.
Sunday August 11 1946
“Herbie left at 6:15 a.m. I went to bed at 7:00 and got up at 11:30.
At 3:30, Miller, Herb and Pete came over. We played cards, and a lot of games. We had 6 half-gallons of beer and 5 of wine.
I found out all about the girl Herb's been going around with in Washington. For awhile I was a little sore, but I could never stay sore at him.
I love Herb more than ever and gosh— I sure wish I was married to him. It's 100% L.O.V.E. He told me to be nice to Miller, cause he has a crush on me.”
Today's news:
U.S. Strengthens Naval Forces In Europe to Discourage Coups: United States naval forces in European waters have been quietly strengthened in recent months, it was learned yesterday. A cruiser and two destroyers have just arrived in Trieste, and the giant aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt.
NEGROES MOBBED IN ALABAMA TOWN; Are Driven From Streets at Athens in Race Rioting: A fist fight between two white war veterans and a Negro touched off here today race rioting in which fifty to 100 Negroes were estimated to have been injured, some of them knocked down and trampled.
90 NEW POLIO CASES STRIKE MINNESOTA; Total for State Reaches 965, With 70 Dead--Canadian Border Closes: Reports of ninety more cases of infantile paralysis sent Minnesota's 1946 total to 965 today. There have been seventy deaths
AIRBORNE RADIO RUNS PLANE-TO-LAND PHONE: Development of airplane-to-land telephone using airborne radio was disclosed today by Bendix Aviation Corporation's radio division.
ERROR, NAP AND A WALK HELP PIRATES DEFEAT CUBS, 3 TO 2: The Cubs continued to shower themselves with base hits today but despite a grand total of 11, including a homer by Marvin Rickert, couldn't match runs with the Pirates who accumulated only six, four of them for extra bases.
NAME WEST NINE FOR 14TH NEGRO ALL-STAR GAME: Selection of the Negro American league's West squad to face the East's from the Negro National league in the 14th annual Negro all-star baseball game in Comiskey park next Sunday afternoon was announced last night.
Birthday:FedEx founder Fred Smith (2)
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Dot and Herb
Monday August 12 1946
“Got up at 10:00 and put on my red dress. Herb came over in his blues at 12:15.
He had a cup of coffee with me, and as we were sitting around talking they played ‘We'll Be Together Again’ on the radio.
Then he took me into the hall, and kissed me good bye. I love him more than I ever did before.
Came home and ate. Miller called. Got a letter from Jim.”
Comments:
We'll Be Together Again was a hit for the Pied Pipers (see below) and other artists.
In the back of her 1946 diary, my mother wrote this about the tune: “I cry every time I hear it, 'cause it seems like it's Herb's and my song.”
No tears, no fears,
remember there's always tomorrow
So what if we have to part,
we'll be together again
Your kiss, your smile,
are memories I'll treasure forever
So try thinking with your heart,
we'll be together again
Times when I know you'll be lonesome,
times when I know you'll be sad
Don't let temptation surround you,
don't let the blues make you bad
Someday, someway,
we both have a lifetime before us
For parting is not good-bye,
we'll be together again
At the Linden theatre: in England, a bitter, impoverished woman plots to take away everything that belongs to her friend Clarissa, in The Man in Gray; in A Night In Paradise, Grecian princess Merle Oberon is sought by a disguised Aesop.
A scene from Tomorrow Is Forever
Today's news:
FIND SEA BOMB MORE DAMAGING THAN AIR BLAST - Sank Four Times Tonnage in Shipping: The underwater atomic bomb at Bikini sank more than four times the ship tonnage destroyed by the aerial burst, but only prolonged study will determine which would have killed or maimed more personnel, Vice. Adm. Blandy said.
BAKERS' STRIKE TO CUT SUPPLY OF BREAD TODAY - Workers in 360 Shops Seek More Pay: Production of bread and pastries in Chicago will drop substantially today as the result of a strike of bakers in approximately 360 bakeries. Housewives will still be able to obtain bread, however, at groceries and at more than 600 bakeries not affected by the strike.
DOUGLAS PORT DELAYS START ON EXPRESSWAY - Decision Is Awaited on Terminal Boundaries: State and county highway officials said yesterday that they could complete planning of the suburban portion of the northwest super-highway just as soon as a final decision is reached on the boundaries of the Douglas airport. Higgins rd. is one of the suburban arteries.
W-G-N LINES UP 3 NEW SHOWS FOR THIS FALL - One Is for School Set, 2 of Dance Music: Three new shows for the fall season have been scheduled by W-G-N. Designed for the high school set is High Time, to be aired from 9:30 to 10 a. m. Saturdays, starting Sept. 14. The show will feature Russ Ledger as singing master of ceremonies and June Marlowe.
CUBS LOSE, TIE; SOX WHIP TIGERS, 3-0 AND 4-3; TWO VICTORIES PRESENT LYONS WITH 6TH PLACE: The valiant White Sox soared into sixth place yesterday in a Comiskey park double header, their loftiest elevation since Manager Ted Lyons took over on May 26.
Birthday: director Cecil B. DeMille (65)
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Miller; Larry Amato; Dave
Tuesday August 13 1946
“Miller came over in the afternoon, and tried to make me disgusted with Herb. He left, and so did Sunny.
Then Larry called and said he'd be over at 8:00. He came over, but didn't look good. He wanted to go out, but I said I couldn't. I also told him I was going steady. He said if he had known that he wouldn't have come over. He left at 9:00.
Then Sis and I took a walk to 63rd and met Doty in Parnell. Coming out of Parnell we saw Dave and Chuck. Dave said ‘Gee, you get prettier every day’.
They walked us home and we sat on the front steps. Dave kept throwing digs at me in a sweet way. I like him an awfully lot.”
Today's news:
RED 5TH COLUMN BLOCKING PEACE, HOOVER CHARGES - Communists' Expansion Told by Ex-President: Russian “fifth column” workers are spreading confusion thruout the world in order to allow the soviet union to consolidate her position in world affairs, former President Herbert Hoover said today.
DESPAIR GROWS IN GERMANY AS ALLIES WRANGLE - Fear Completely Broken Nation as Result: The Paris peace conference, with the French, Russians and even the British at complete loggerheads concerning policy, has given new impetus to German apathy, pessimism and despair.
DODGERS WIN, 3-2; CARDS WHIP CUBS, 5-0; BRAZLE HURLS THREE-HITTER AT CHAMPIONS: The Cardinals, who are kicking the heels of the pace setting Dodgers, swept the Cubs farther into the pennant discard yesterday in Wrigley field with an attack so bruising that it put Claude Passeau back on the ailing list with a back injury.
Birthdays: Fidel Castro (20), Alfred Hitchcock (47)
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Sis and Dot
Wednesday August 14 1946
“Sat around, and then cleaned the house real good.
Got out at 9:30 and came straight home. Didn't see a soul.”
Comments:
Dot and Sis have seen Phantom Thief three times this month.
A scene from Ziegfeld Follies
Today's news:
H. G. WELLS, 79, FAMED AUTHOR, DIES AT LONDON - His Pen Made Science and History Popular: H. G. Wells, world famous author, died today at his home in London.
U. S. POPULATION NOW IN EXCESS OF 141 MILLION
POLIO CASES RISE DESPITE COOL WEATHER HERE
‘ALUMNI’ OF NAZI HORROR CAMPS HOLD REUNION - Association Formed; Pole Is President: Poland's capital, once a great Nazi distributing point for people being sent to concentration camps in many sections of the nation, is the birthplace of a new kind of alumni organization —formed of thousands of Europeans who survived Nazi tortures and persecutions.
Tokyo Yanks Celebrate V-J Day Modestly: While Japan remained officially silent but unofficially amiable, Gen MacArthur and his men celebrated the first anniversary ol the great American-won Pacific victory today.
RADIO TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF JAPAN'S DEFEAT - Leahy, Arnold, King to Be Heard: All major networks will mark the first anniversary of Japan's surrender with special broadcasts tonight. Adm. Leahy, Gen. Arnold, and Adm. King will report on the significance of the occasion over W-G-N-Mutual.
SOX WIN 2; SCHMITZ, CUBS BLANK CARDS, 1-0; SMITH, GROVE DEAL BROWNS 3-2, 2-1 DEFEATS: The rampaging White Sox tonight won a double header from the St. Louis Browns, 3 to 2 and 2 to 1, for a magnificent record of 10 victories in their last dozen games. The lads have swept four double bills this season.
Birthdays: Susan Saint James (born today), Steve Martin (2), David Crosby (5)
Came home, and Miller called and asked if he could come over with Pete Martin and Bernie Mangan.
They came, and we sat in the frontroom. They kept talking about Herb and this other girl.
Finally, when Miller and I went for a walk, he told me how Herb told the guys to make me forget him, and to try and discourage me cause he likes this girl (Dorothy) in Washington an awful lot.
I was stunned— and tried to laugh it off, but it really wasn't very funny, and I don't know what to do.”
Comments:
Pete is Herb's twin brother; Bernie was dating Sis for a while. Herb's leave ended yesterday, and he is now back in Washington.
Regarding “Dorothy” in Washington, DC: She's Dorothy Babbington, and would eventually become Mrs. Herb Martin.
Today's news:
Mrs. Roosevelt ‘Dozes Off,’ Is Hurt in Triple Car Crash: In a momentary driving lapse, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt allowed her automobile to go over the white line separating the north and south lanes on the Saw Mill River Parkway this afternoon and was in a collision.
UNITED NATIONS BODY NARROWS CHOICE OF SITES; Will Shun Connecticut; Keeps 5 Westchester Sites: The permanent home of the United Nations will be situated entirely within New York State's Westchester County [...] it was announced yesterday. Sentiment in both New York and Connecticut was divided.
ATOMIC INSPECTION DECLARED ESSENTIAL: The United States plan for control of atomic energy represents the minimum needed to prevent its misuse for war and make possible its use for peace, according to John M. Hancock, member of the American delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
McCARTHY'S RECORD LIKE ALGER STORY; Wisconsin Farm Boy Set Out to Conquer the World and Became a Judge at 29: This ‘Joe’ is Joseph McCarthy of Appleton, a confident young man of 36. He made the headlines this afternoon by beating ‘Young Bob’ La Follette for the Republican senatorial nomination in Wisconsin. The general idea seems to be that the Marine captain is ... conservative on domestic affairs and a supporter of an active American foreign policy, but, as he says, he is young yet, and the Senate will find out more about that later.
POLLET BEATS CUBS FOR CARDS, 6 TO 4; Steadies After Johnson Hits 2-Run Homer in 1st: Lefty Howie Pollet kept the St. Louis Cardinals in the thick of the National League pennant fight today when he pitched the second placers to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
TRUMAN SIGNS BILL FOR 5 Cent AIRMAIL RATE
Birthdays: Jimmy Webb (born today), Oscar Peterson (21), Paul Rand (32), Leon Theremin (50), Elizabeth Bolden (56; died in 2006 at age 116)
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Sunny, Dot and Sis
Friday August 16 1946
“Got up at 11:00. Called up Sunny, and then Sis and I met her at 12:30 and we looked around.
Bought some records, and then went to Parnell, where I told them all about my love problem. I nearly had them both crying...
Came home, ate, played records, and then Sunny went home. I cleaned the house.
To recap: Dot's love problem is due to her friends (Bernie, Miller and Pete Martin) discouraging her about Herb, at Herb's request.
A scene from Kitty
Today's news:
Truman Will Sail on Yacht Today For 18-Day New England Cruise: President Truman will leave the White House tomorrow afternoon and board the yacht Williamsburg for his first extended vacation since entering the Executive Mansion more than fifteen months ago.
To Test Armor for GI's in Jungle : The new bullet-repelling armor [is] identified as ‘doron’. Eighteen of the new armored jackets have been supplied to an American-operated oil company, many of whose employes have been recently attacked by savages.
FAIL TO SELECT JURY FOR TENNESSEE TRIAL: The first day in the selection of a jury for the trial of twentyfive Negroes facing charges arising from the Columbia (Tenn.) racial troubles of last February failed to produce the first member for the trial panel.
COFFEE WILL STAY AT 5 CENTS A CUP; Eating Places Not to Raise Prices Now Despite the Increase: Despite authorized increases by the Office of Price Administration in the price of coffee, New Yorkers will still be able to buy a cup of coffee for a nickel at most of the city's eating places. At least that was the prediction made yesterday.
N.Y. BOSTON FLIGHT TAKES 21 MIN., 50 SEC.: The fastest flight between New York and Boston in aviation history was made today when a P-80 jet-propelled “Shooting Star” covered the 175 air miles in 21 minutes and 50 seconds.
SINGLE GAME TICKETS IN WORLD SERIES SET: The Red Sox, bombarded by applications for world series tickets, announced today they would make known a policy "within a day or two" and that for the first time in the history of the classic, tickets may be bought for a single game.
Birthday: Univ. of Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (84)
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Dot; Sis and Chuck; Sunny and Bob
Saturday August 17 1946
“Didn't do anything all day. Sat around listening to records. Sis went to the Music Festival with Chuck, and Sunny went out with Bob.
I took a walk down Halsted and then to Parnell. Got home, read the jokes and listened to the radio. In bed at 3:00.
Planned a beach party for Sunday with Chuck, Dave, Sunny, Bob, Sis and I.”
Comments:
The Music Festival was scheduled to feature 1,000 accordions playing ‘The Sharpshooter's March,’ hundreds of gaily constumed baton twirlers, the Hallelujah Chorus of 3,000 voices, a tulip pageant, wooden shoe dancers, the American Legion drum and bugle corps in Indian regalia, the Elastic Four barber shop quartet, a “Dutch Wedding Fantasy,” Met Opera star Helen Traubel, a blindfolded marimba player, a balloon release, and a fireworks display.
Front page Chicago Tribune story about the festival Sis and Chuck attended on this evening
Today's news:
FOG BLANKETS CHICAGO AREA; FORECAST RAIN
REVEAL TRAFFIC PLANS FOR HUGE FESTIVAL CROWD: Traffic arrangements have been completed by the park district for the convenience of the gigantic crowd that will swarm to Soldiers' field tonight in automobiles, trains, buses, and street cars for the Chicagoland Music Festival.
FUN, FORMALITY MARK FESTIVAL LUNCHEON FARE - Dr. Edgar Nelson Feted by 1,700 Guests: Magnificent crystal chandeliers flickered gold and rose and purple lights over 1,700 men and women in the grand ballroom of the Stevens hotel yesterday. It was one of the largest and most entertaining of the Chicagoland Music Festival luncheons.
CALCUTTA RIOTING - MOSLEMS FIGHT HINDUS; STONE, BURN, AND LOOT; Raid Offices of the Congress Party: Curfew was clamped on Calcutta tonight after a day of rioting by Moslems against Hindus in which scores of houses and shops were stoned and fired, 90 persons were killed and 900 injured.
Make Today's Meat Eatable by Using Wine: There's more beef available today than any other kind of meat, and much of it is the grass fed utility beef which isn't tender until it has been braised gently for a long time. It isn't well marbled with fat, like better quality beef, and the fat is a little yellowish in color.
LOST TWO OF MY FRONT TEETH IN CRASH: ELEANOR: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who got so “drowsy” while driving her car Wednesday that she damaged three automobiles and put three persons in a hospital, wrote today in her syndicated column that she is looking forward to some new teeth.
Reds Stop Cubs' Rally in 9th; Win, 3-2, and Take Series, 2-1 - REDS BEAT CUBS AGAIN, 3-2; STOP RALLY IN NINTH: The Cubs' not uncommon malady— base hit deficiency —caught up with them again yesterday, so the docile Cincinnati Reds, who aren't supposed to manhandle the champions, accomplished a 3 to 2 success for themselves to carry off the series, two games to one.
Birthdays: Robert De Niro (3), Mae West (53)
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Sunny, Dot and Sis; Dave; Sis and Chuck
Sunday August 18 1946
“Miller came over in the afternoon and we sat around talking over our beach plans. Miller left at 4:00, and Sunny, Sis and I went to the store and bought hot dogs, etc.
We left at 7:30 and, by coincidence, met Chuck, Dave and Bob on the 69th St. [street] car. Dave looked terrific. He had on blue gaberdine pants and a lighter blue shirt. Chuck had a portable radio, 2-1/2 gals. of beer and 2 qts. of soda.
Dave was real sweet to me. We layed on the blanket talking about childhood days, etc. Took a walk and went wading. He called me ‘prodigal woman’ and ‘mermaid’— real cute names. I like him an awful lot.
Got in at 1:00, bed at 3:00.”
Today's news:
ALASKA WINS AT LEAST ONE VOTE FOR STATEHOOD
95,000 AT MUSIC FESTIVAL! - ‘America Sings’ Theme of Big Pageant: It was America singing at the 17th annual Chicagoland Music Festival last night in Soldiers' field— America with a year of peace behind it and hope in its heart.
FIGHT POLLUTION OF CHICAGO AREA STREAMS AGAIN - Six New Surveys Tackle Old Problem: Spearheading the postwar attack against stream pollution are six new surveys in the Chicago area. World War II virtually halted the battle for clean waterways.
230,000 HOMES NEEDED BY '48, STATE ADVISED - Report Says Vets Alone Will Require 184,000: Illinois must produce at least 230,000 homes by the end of 1947 to meet minimum emergency housing requirements, according to a report by the Illinois state housing board and the national housing agency released yesterday.
Viet Nam Appeal to U.N.: The Viet Nam press published today a letter addressed to the United Nations by five Viet Nam political parties charging the French with “repeated violations” of the French-Viet Nam accord and asking for U.N. intervention.
Birthdays: Robert Redford (10), Roman Polanski (13), Rosalynn Carter (19)
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Dave; Bud Boyt
Monday August 19 1946
“Got up at 11:15. Dressed, ate, and then Sunny, Sis and I went to Halsted [St.]. Messed around, then I came home and cleaned the house.
Dave called at 2:30 and we talked till nearly 3:00. It was his lunch hour. He wants me to go to Indiana over Labor Day, with Bud Boyt and Bud's girl. We'd stay at Dave's sister's overnight. To go fishing, etc.
Later, Sis and I dressed and went to the Stratford. We saw Heartbeat again, and Freddie Steps Out (good). Got out at 10:30. 75 degrees today; real cool out.”
Comments:
Dot ran into Bud Boyt on June 3 at a carnival, a month before she and Dave met.
Dave's sister lives in Winamac, Indiana— a small town about 75 miles from Chicago.
Dot, Sis and Sunny did see Heartbeat once before— Wednesday, August 7, at the McVickers theatre downtown.
In the B-movie Freddie Steps Out, a high school student is mistaken for a missing radio singing star. The Stratford theatre's newspaper ad (at left) doesn't list it, for some reason.
Today's news:
1,000 DIE IN CALCUTTA RIOT - POLICE FIRE ON HINDU-MOSLEM BATTLING MOBS: Police fought today to clear mobs from the streets and gain control of the riot-ridden sections of Calcutta as the casualty toll in the Moslem-Hindu battling was estimated at more than 1,000 killed and 2,000 wounded.
BERLIN REDS HIT U. S. AND BRITISH - ‘WARMONGERS’ - Call on Germans to Look to Moscow: The soviet licensed Berlin newspaper, Tagliche Rundschau, charged editorially today that capitalistic circles of America and Britain are fostering propaganda for war against the soviet union. The article calls on the Germans and central Europeans to rally.
CHICAGO'S NEED AS AIR HUB: FULL PORT OF ENTRY - Limited Classification Hampers Expansion: Investigation yesterday showed that altho Chicago is already an important world air terminal, and destined to become even greater, it is not yet a full port of entry for international air traffic.
ILLINOIS PLANTS TURN POLLUTION INTO NET PROFIT - How Industries Solved Problem of Waste: Transmuting pollution into profit is the ideal solution for the industrial waste problem, and it has been employed by ingenious manufacturers determined to stop the fouling of Illinois rivers and streams.
PUBLIC ART IN CHICAGO: Officers of Chicago Kiwanis clubs have decided to remove the statue of the World War I doughboy at Briar pl. and Lake Shore dr., which was severely damaged by vandals. On behalf of Chicago Beautiful, we congratulate them. We do so with full appreciation of both the public spirit of the Klwanians and the valor of the doughboys they undertook to honor.
SOX DIVIDE; CUBS WIN ONE HIT GAME, 8-0; PIRATE SINGLE IN 7TH SPOILS ERICKSON BID: The Cubs passed the million mark yesterday in Wrigley field attendance and while so doing just about wrecked Frankie Frisch's Pirates. The 1915 National league champions fixed themselves comfortably with a five run first inning.
Birthdays: Bill Clinton (born today), Orville Wright (75)
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The Chute-the-Chutes (water slide) at Riverview
Sunny, Dot and Sis at Riverview; some of the park's arcade booths.
Tuesday August 20 1946
“Got up at 11:30 and cleaned the house. Sunny called. I dressed, and then Sis and I took an L and met Sunny at Riverview at 8:00. We had a swell time looking around and gambling. A fellow gave me a sailor doll. I found a dime.
We left the place at 11:10, and Sis and I got down 63rd at 12:15. We went to Minuet's and had a hamburger and some coffee.
There were no phone calls or mail today.”
Comments:
Dot's “gambling” would have been on things like the penny chance games at Riverview's arcade booths.
Riverview Park was at Western and Belmont— 12 miles north from Dot's. The park was demolished in 1967.
A dime would have helped cover transportation back home— a ride on the L was 12 cents.
Today's news:
MISSISSIPPI POSSE SEIZES 8 NEGROES; U.S. Attorney General Warns Sheriff to Keep ‘Orderly Processes of Law’: Eight Negroes had been seized tonight as a posse pressed the search for a group wanted in connection with the alleged wounding from ambush of four white men. Bloodhounds led the posse into Sullivan's Hollow, a swampy, wooded area, and the scene of old-time feuds.
CHARGES RUSSIA IS GETTING TOP SECRETS OF U. S.: Russia has access to America's top secrets thru Communist infiltration of government departments, [says] Sen. Stanfill [R., Ky.]
GEN. IKE TELLS GLARING ERRORS OF THE ENEMY - His Report Shows Course of Allied Victory: The success of the allied invasion of the European continent and the subsequent overwhelming build-up of allied forces leading to victory can now be attributed largely to the mistaken falth of the German high command in fixed defenses.
Women Take Over a Whole Japanese City: Weary of the red tape on which the average Japanese official dotes, the United States navy, by encouraging and utilizing feminism, gets things done fast in this former enemy base. The result is the Yokosuka Women's club has grown from 11,000 to 80,000 in four months.
NEW STUNT SHOW TO BE ON RADIO THURSDAY NIGHT: Take It From There, a radio stunt show that has entertained Pacific coast listeners for the last few weeks, will be heard over WENRABC starting this Thursday at 8:30 p. m. The program is an audience participation affair which presents contestants' efforts.
Cubs Battle Phils in Two Games Today: The Cubs, who of late have been seriously battered both by the opposition and the black cat, will go back to work this afternoon with the best tools Manager Charley Grimm can scrape together without reaching into the infirmary. And the program calls for a large order.
Birthdays: congressman Ron Paul (11), Isaac Hayes (4)
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Miller; Dot's mom, Pauline
Wednesday August 21 1946
“Got up at 11:30 and Miller called. At 12:30, Dave called and said he'd be over at 2:00 to get his towel.
Miller came at 1:00 and we sat around blabbing and just goofing around. Dave came with Doty then, and was complimentary as ever. He kept flattering me.
Dave left at 2:45 and called again at 3:30, just to chew the rag. We talked about going to Indiana, even tho Mom doesn't approve.
PLAN TO SPRAY 5 SQUARE MILES OF CITY WITH DDT - Refuse to Call Work an Anti-Polio Measure: Plans to use an airplane tomorrow in spraying five square miles of the city, including six garbage dumps, with DDT to “improve general sanitary conditions” were disclosed yesterday by Public Works Commissioner Hewitt.
LEGION ADVISES ITS WAR II VETS: GET EXPERIENCE - Wants Them to Rule When They're Prepared: [The] newly elected commander of the state American Legion, said yesterday that the organization wants World War II veterans to take over responsible positions as soon as they are prepared in knowledge and experience to do so.
All-Star Fans to Spend $1,000,000 in Chicago; 95,000 THRONG WILL INCLUDE 25,000 VISITORS: Chicago's business executives dug in their football cleats last night and made final preparations to greet the biggest spending offensive ever hurled by out of town visitors to the All-Star football game.
ALL-STARS TRY STADIUM'S NEW LIGHTS TONIGHT - It's Soldiers' Field Dress Rehearsal: This is the night the College All-Stars put on their glad rags. Just to get the feel of their star-spangled uniforms and become accustomed to the new lights in Soldiers' field, they will race up and down the turf in a dress rehearsal for Friday evening's contest.
CUBS WIN FROM PHILS, 5-2, 10-2; Pitched Ball Fractures Johnson's Hand: The Cubs refreshed themselves yesterday by taking charge of the occasionally annoying Phillies in both portions of a double header. Thanks to Henry Borowy, who specializes on Ben Chapman's boys, and to some comical fielding endeavor by the latter, the champions succeeded.
Birthdays: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (16), Count Basie (42)
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Lee and Marge; Lill; Dot and Sis
Thursday August 22 1946
“Got up at 11:45, dressed, and Lee drove us out to 78th and Kostner to their new, 3-1/2 room home. It looks just like an army camp and really darling. I sure wish I was just married and it was all mine.
Later in the evening, we went down 63rd with Marge and priced parlor sets. On the way home we stopped in Parnell and Marge bought us a Coke. Lill and Jule were over.
Sis and I then washed up and took another walk, and went window shopping. A lot of wolves were howling. Stayed up all night.”
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Comments:
Lee and Marge (Dot's uncle and aunt) and their son, Whitey, had been living with Dot's family until this time.
The 78th St. & Kostner Ave. area on the far southwest side was home to a new, government-sponsored G.I. housing project. Basic and temporary, the houses and duplexes were replaced in the 1950s and 60s with permanent structures. My mother's wish will eventually come true. After I was born, we would move to this neighborhood and into a house like the one she describes.
I don't know who “Jule” was.
Today's news:
AVERAGE INCOME HITS $1,150 IN '45; A NEW RECORD
POLIO STRIKES 21 MORE IN AREA; 2 DIE IN CITY - Plane to Spray DDT in Chicago Today: Twenty-one additional cases of infantile paralysis and two additional deaths from the disease were reported yesterday to Chicago and Cook county health authorities. Meanwhile, arrangements were completed to spray five square miles of Chicago with a DDT solution by air.
JET AIR LINERS OF 500 MI. SPEED ‘POSSIBLE NOW’ - Commodore Whittle Tells of Power in Planes: Development of high powered jet type aircraft engines has reached the point where long range commercial air liners capable of sustained 500 mile an hour cruising speed are possible.
LOOP'S PARKING SPACES DROP AS USERS INCREASE: There are fewer off the street storage spaces for automobiles in the loop and three adjacent business zones today than existed in 1939.
CHARGE RUSSIA WRITERS POISON MIND OF YOUTHS: A decree by the central committee of the Communist party denouncing several soviet writers and two Leningrad magazines was spread over half the front page of the Moscow newspaper Pravda today.
LOSER, JAPAN, AIDED MOST BY YEAR OF PEACE - Other Areas of Pacific Still Unsettled: By Tokyo time, it was one year ago today that the Japs laid down their arms. A backward glance, by one completing a year's tour of the Pacific, prompts the observation that the abrupt cessation created more problems [for other areas].
BETTER SUBURB TRAIN SERVICE SOUGHT BY RAIL - Orders Plan Drawn for Modern Unit: The Rock Island road is having plans drawn for an ultra-modern suburban train which would serve as a guinea pig for studying means for improving suburban access.
Birthday: Dorothy Parker (53)
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Dave, outside the Southtown theater, 1946.
Friday August 23 1946
“At 5:00 a.m., Sis and I had some coffee. At 9:00, we went down 63rd. Looked around, then came home, ate and took a short nap.
Dave called and 2:00 and asked me if he could come over and meet the folks, and also take in a show. He came at 7:00. Mom and Dad said I could go with him to Indiana.
I made some coffee, and Dave and I sat in the kitchen until 2:00, talking about our vacation and about humanity.
I went to the door, and then he put his arm around me and said, ‘I've wanted to do this for an awful long time’, and he kissed me sweetly.”
Comments:
Dot and Sis had been up all night, hence the 5:00 a.m. coffee.
Dave and Dot are planning a trip to Winamac, Indiana.
Today's news:
TRUMAN HALTS IN BERMUDA TO FINISH VACATION - British Colony Found 'Ideal Setup’: President Truman, seeking a vacation spot to his liking, arrived in the British colony of Bermuda today. The beautiful waters and the greenery of these mid-Atlantic Islands apparently pleased him.
ALDERMEN WAKE UP TO RAT PERIL, SPEED NEW LAW - Deadline for Enactment Set in October: The city council, which has been sleeping on a rat proofing ordinance for seven years, yesterday set its sights on the middle of October as a deadline for enactment of a rat control ordinance patterned after the recommendations of the United States public health service.
PREDICTS LOW BUTTER SUPPLY DURING WINTER - Storage Holdings Are Small: A shortage of butter this winter as a result of drastically reduced cold storage holdings was predicted yesterday.
Old Favorites, Velveteen and Jersey, Return: Two tested-by-time favorites are back in the fashion spotlight as smart fall fabrics for suits, dresses, evening and dinner clothes, and even negligees and tea gowns. Soft fluid, easy-to-drape wool jersey, almost as thin as silk, and velveteen are the two new arrivals.
Boston Beats Skidding Cubs, Schmitz, 3-2: The Cubs, who have been concentrating without much success on the problem of how to catch up with the National league pacemakers, were brought face to face yesterday with the fact that they themselves are being pursued. They were trimmed in the series opener.
TONIGHT! 95,000 SEE ALL-STARS MEET RAMS - BATTLE LOOMS AS GREATEST IN 13 YEAR SERIES: Los Angeles' famed Rams, champions of the National Football league, and the College All-Stars, the greatest group of players in the history of this star-studded series!
Birthdays: Keith Moon (born today), Gene Kelly (34)
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Dee (left) with a friend, in 1946; Dot
Saturday August 24 1946
“Cleaned the attic and really got dirty doing it.
At 4:00, Dee called and asked Sis and I to come over. We cleaned up and dressed. Sunny, Sis and I went there at 8:30. Sat around chewing the rag. Had some soda and pretzels.
Left at 11:00 and got home at 11:30. Sat around and went to bed kind of early.”
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Today's news:
16 INDICTED IN RACE RIOT; Alabamans Accused in Beating of Score of Negroes Aug. 10: Ten indictments against sixteen persons were returned today by a Limestone County grand jury upon completion of its special hearing on the Athens (Ala.) race riot, when a score of Negroes were beaten.
FOOD AND CLOTHING AMONG ITEMS RAISED IN PRICE BY THE OPA; Trucks, Tires, Household Goods Also: Price increases touching consumer expenditures for food, clothing, house furnishings and transportation were issued by the Office of Price Administration today.
Cubs' 2 Singles Are Enough to Beat Braves, Sain, 3 to 1 - Cubs Make 2 Hits and Beat Boston, 3 to 1: There was another marked scarcity of Cub hits yesterday, but the receding champions found a way to avoid undue embarrassment before 20,763 of their constituents, 8,595 of whom were women guests. The Chicagoans came thru with a grand total of two safeties.
ALL-STARS BEAT RAMS, 16-0, BEFORE 97,380: Crazy Legs Hirsch he's called. Well, last night in Soldiers' field 97,380 persons, who occupied all seats in the huge lake front stadium and overflowed to the open spaces at the north end of the gridiron, learned the reason for the nickname.
Birthday: Yasser Arafat (17)
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Dot and Sis; Lill and Vertus
Sunday August 25 1946
“Stayed in all day and cleaned our bedrooms.
Later on, we dressed and went toward 63rd. Met Lill and her sister, and Vertus. Stopped and talked for a half-hour. Then went by the Stratford but it was too crowded.
Came home and, about 9:30, went to Parnell and then to Halsted [St.]. Saw Chuck and Dave but they didn't see us. Got in at 11:30.”
Today's news:
REALTORS CHARGE BIG LAG IN HOUSING; Only 15.9% of Housing Units, Begun After Jan. 1 Are Ready: The National Association of Real Estate Boards reported today that only 15.9 per cent of the housing units started during the first six months of this year were completed during that period.
C M.I.T. Will Study Cosmic Rays In Army Plane 40,000 Feet Aloft: Almost any day now, a small group of nuclear physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will board an Army B-29 at the Bedford (Mass.) Airport, for a flight 40,000 feet up where they will begin to delve into the mystery of cosmic rays.
SOVIET CENSORSHIP HELD GRAVE BLUNDER : Assuming that Russia truly wants peace, her “greatest psychological mistake” in the current international crisis is the restriction of information from within her sphere of influence.
Greta Garbo Sails for U.S.: Dockside roofs and windows were crowded with spectators when Greta Garbo, under a heavy police escort, boarded the liner Gripsholm which sailed for New York tonight. Also on board were Lillian and Dorothy Gish, American actresses.
CUBS WIN, 8-2; PASSEAU HURT; Pitcher Hits Home Run, Then Leaves Game: The Cubs gave additional brushoff yesterday to the Braves' ambitions to crowd them for third place honors, but the effort returned Claude Passeau to Charley Grimm's ailing squad. The veteran, who had been under treatment since Aug. 12, suffered a recurrence of his back injury.
Birthdays: Sean Connery (16), Leonard Bernstein (28), Michael Rennie (37)
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Sis and Dot; Miller; Dave
Monday August 26 1946
“In the afternoon, Sis and I worked like dogs. Miller called and then came over at 7:30. He told us he passed his physical and was leaving Wednesday.
We took a walk to 63rd & Eggleston to a store and saw Chuck and Dave, and waved. Miller bought Sis and I a Coke in Parnell. Came back to our house and sat around.
Miller seems jealous of Dave, and keeps telling me that he wished he could tell me something.”
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Comments:
It's the first time Dot's mentioned that Miller was going into the service. It's a mystery as to what Miller wished he could say to Dot. She suspected Miller might have a crush on her. That could be it.
Eggleston Ave. and 63rd St. is just a few blocks south of Dot's home at 61st & Normal Blvd.
Today's news:
EGYPT ALARMED AS NILE RISES; A-BOMB BLAMED - Engineer Asserts Blasts Speed Rain Winds: The flood situation now overshadows all other newsin Egypt, negotiations with Britain included.
Fall's Fabrics Blazing with Hillside Color: Fall fabric collections blaze with high color, equal to the glory of autumn hills and mountains. Distinctive new textures with pre-war luxury depth of fabric have returned along with a lot of materials that were not available during the lean years.
Fair Supply of Pre-War Type Toys to Come on Market Soon: Despite shortages of materials, a fair supply of the heavier type of metal toys which disappeared from retail counters during the war will be back on the market for this Christmas season, but many toys will not be available for at least another year or two.
WHITE SOX BEAT A'S, 4-2; LOSE 2nd GAME, 6 TO 5; Philadelphia Tallies 4 in 5th to Gain Even Break: The White Sox, by what should have been the simple process of beating the tail end Philadelphia Athletics in both games of a double header this afternoon, could have gone into a tie for fifth place.
CUBS WIN IN 9TH AGAINST GIANTS; Borowy Yields 7 Hits in 3-2 Triumph: The Giants, who have worked diligently all season in the Cubs' behalf, revealed the same strain of generosity yesterday, but varied their act slightly before 37,038 Wrigley held patrons.
Birthdays: Mother Teresa (36), Lee De Forest (73)
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Miller
Tuesday August 27 1946
“Got up at 11:45. Miller came over at 1:15, and we goofed around up in the attic. He kept telling me he'd miss me, etc.
Came home, ate and at 11:00, Miller called. He said he was going to kiss me goodbye, but had a very good reason for not doing same... He also wants a pic, and said to write often. Sis, Sunny and I stayed up until 3:30 gabbing.
Such is life.”
Comments:
Miller is going into the military tomorrow. He'll be joining other recent enlistees Hal, Jim, Larry and of course Herb. Dave was discharged from the army in December.
Today's news:
Cuba Bans Visas to All Foreigners but Americans
DRAFT CALLS FOR 19-29 AGE GROUP IN MALES
BUGS MORAN FOUND GUILTY - Faces 10 to 25 Years With 2 Companions: The 36 year career in crime of George (Bugs) Moran, 54, got what well may be a finishing touch tonight from a jury of 11 women and one man which needed only one hour and 32 minutes of actual deliberation to find him and two others guilty.
3 EX-DEPUTIES CHARGED WITH BEATING NEGRO - Made to Run Gauntlet, Says Prisoner: Three of Madison county's night riding deputies, who resigned their jobs Saturday after a Negro prisoner accused them of making him run a blackjack and bare knuckle gauntlet Friday morning, today were named in warrants charging assault with a deadly weapon.
Kelly Favors Building of Lake Airport: Mayor Kelly yesterday asserted he favors immediate creation of the long proposed auxiliary flight strip on Northerly Island. His blessing assures quick action to provide Chicago with a downtown air passenger terminal at the doorway to the loop.
HOPE OF PEACE SEEN IN A WORLD LINKED BY AIR: William A. M. Burden, assistant secretary of commerce, told an aviation conference of 21 nations today that international air transportation can break down barriers which have in the past blocked world peace.
3 CUB HITS IN EIGHTH DEFEAT NEW YORK, 1-0; Pafko's Single Wins for Hank Wyse: Mel Ott's New York Giants continued yesterday with their pet project, which is to keep the Cubs in a state of happiness.
Birthday: Lyndon B. Johnson (38)
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Dave; Dot; Sis
Wednesday August 28 1946
“Today it rained and was real dark outside. Got up at 8:30, and Sunny, Sis and I had some coffee. Put my light blue dress on.
Dave called at 1:15 and then came over at 1:30. We sat in the frontroom playing records and teasing each other. He had on jeans and a khaki shirt, looked keen.
I made some coffee and Sis joined us. He has 11 brothers and sisters; mom's been married 2wice. We again planned our journey to Indiana— I like him a lot, altho Herb still rates first.
BIG DRIVE ORDERED FOR EX-GI HOUSING: Start of “drastic measures” designed to bring about the completion of “a great volume of houses and apartments before winter sets in” was announced.
Study of Peace Is Set for Japan's Heir; American Woman Tutor Happy Over Job: The Crown Prince of Japan is going to learn about Washington and Longfellow, and something about American thoughts and ideals, with emphasis on a world at peace.
INDO-CHINA ISSUES NOT YET RESOLVED; France and Viet Nam Agree Upon Minor Matters: An agreement between France and the Viet Nam Republic of Indo-China on minor points at issue between the two countries will probably be signed within a few days, it was learned, today.
MEN VOTERS TRAIL WOMEN BY 1,171,948; Census Bureau Says Sharp Rise in Trend Since '40 Increases Female Vote: “Women seem destined to be increasingly influential in elections,” the Census Bureau said today, then backed up its statement with figures showing that more women than men were attaining voting age.
SILHOUETTE LEADS IN NEW FASHIONS; STRESSING ELEGANCE AND THE ROUNDED SILHOUETTE: The collection with which Hattie Carnegie opened New York's season of couture collections yesterday afternoon placed the accent on the silhouette and hailed the return of beautiful fabrics to the fashion picture.
Birthday: Cubs manager Charlie Grimm (48)
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Dot; Dot and Herb in December 1945.
Thursday August 29 1946
“Got up at 11:00 and Sis and I went down 63rd. Got home and cleaned the house. Sis went to [aunt] Ceil's to watch the baby (overnite). Later, I made supper.
Then I went down 63rd again. It was cool outside, just like last fall, and it reminded me of the times Herb and I used to go to the show together...
It was real jammed down there and loads of wolves were howling. I stopped in Parnell and had a Coke. Earl was in there. Coming out, I met Bud, Doty and Chuck— no Dave. Got in at 9:30 and sat around.”
Halsted Street, looking north towards 63rd St.
Today's news:
We Must Push Atom Bombs If Peace Fails, U.N. Is Told; ATOMIC BOMB TIED TO PEACE OUTCOME: The United States has informed the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission that unless war itself can be abolished, the only successful counter-measure against the use of atomic bombs by aggressor nations is the development of superior bombs.
JAPANESE TO FACE CANNIBALISM TRIAL; High Ranking Officers Among 14 Who Are to Go Before U.S. Tribun: Charges of cannibalism, murder and other crimes in which the victims were United States prisoners of war will be brought against a Japanese vice admiral and a lieutenant.
MEMBERSHIP IN U.N.: Eight states are knocking at the door for admission to U.N. [including] Afghanistan, Albania, Iceland, Ireland, Mongolia, and Portugal.
21,000 PLANES BRING $6,582,156 AS SCRAP; Disposed of at Surplus Sale by WAA: The sale of nearly 21,000 surplus war planes for scrap and salvage for a total of $6,582,156, was announced today by Robert M. Littlejohn, War Assets Administrator.
Dodgers Lose, Fall to 2d Place; Cards Trip Giants Twice; Yanks Beat Indians: Late-inning doldrums and Bruin base hits enveloped the Dodgers at Wrigley Field in the midst of rain, wind and cold-today as they fell back to second place once more from a tie with the Cardinals for the National League lead.
Birthday: John McCain (10)
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Dot made a list of items to pack for this weekend's trip to Indiana with Dave. Among the items were a shirt, 2 blouses, toothbrush, kleenex, cold cream, slacks, 2 sweaters and a plaid shirt.
Below: Sis and Dot
Friday August 30 1946
“It was real cool out. Dressed in my light blue sweater.
Dave brought me a suitcase and left shortly for work. Sis and I went down 63rd.
Later in the evening, Lill came over and I packed. Then Sis, Lill and I went to Parnell and had a Coke. Laughed ourselves silly.
In bed at 1:30.”
Today's news:
CITY MUST HAVE MORE REVENUE, MAYOR ASSERTS - Assails State Surplus in Sales Tax Plea: Mayor Kelly put in a plug yesterday for Chicago's 1947 operating budget, which he declared would have to be increased by five to six million dollars over the 1946 figure of 70 millions. At the same time, he advocated legislation to cut the state sales tax from the current two cents.
MAYOR TO CARRY ISLAND AIRPORT PLEA TO COUNCIL: Mayor Kelly said yesterday he will appear at the city council finance committee meeting next Wednesday to urge approval of the proposed lake front landing strip and air passenger terminal on Northerly Island.
SPEED DEMONS OF AIR SET TO BREAK RECORDS - Two Race Qualifiers Over 400 M.P.H.: A group of former military service and test pilots flying specially “hopped up” lighter airplanes today served notice that all the pre-war National Air Race speed records will go by the boards during the four days of the meeting commencing here tomorrow.
Disney's Latest —“MAKE MINE MUSIC”— Is Colorful and Varied Movie: Walt Disney has wooed, and in varying degrees won, many differing audience groups. Among them are the kids, who squeal with glee at the precocious animals, and the intelligentsia, whose great brains are refreshed and filled with unaccustomed wonder.
Resort-Like Weather Is Boon to Chicago: Chicago's brilliant August weather brought more sunshine, pleasanter temperatures, and general comfort to its citizens than was enjoyed in any other city of comparable size east of Denver and north of St. Louis.
Birthdays: Peggy Lipton (born today), Ted Williams (28)
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Dot at the water pump. At right is Bill and Ruth's house.
Dave's sister Ruth with her son, Mickey.
Dot saved this postcard of the Winamac Library
Saturday August 31 1946
“Got up at 7:00 and dressed. Met Dave at 8:00 by Tasty's. He told me he had the time schedule confused and we didn't leave until 10:50.
So we had some coffee in Tasty's, and then went to his place and looked at picture albums.
Left his house and took our train on 63rd and Wentworth. A modern one. It was crowded so we had to sit on our suitcases. Had a lot of fun tho.
The train got to Winamac at 4:15, and we almost missed the stop. So we had to run thru the train, yelling ‘Stop!!’.
His brother-in-law, Bill, met us at the station and drove us to their place. They have a cute, 3-room house, 1-1/2 miles from town. Bill's wife, Ruth, is Dave's sister. They also have 2 kids: Mick, 5-1/2, and Red, 2. Real cute.
I changed into my slacks, and we drove to the town, shopping and looking around. Then we came home and picked some watermelons and peaches. We had fried chicken, potatoes, sweet corn, rolls and coffee for supper.
Then Bill and Dave asked me if I would like to go ‘snipe hunting’, and I said ‘Sure’.
They gave me a flashlite, and a bat, and told me to stand in the middle of the woods, and when I saw a snipe, hit it.
Then they left me alone for a half-hour. I practically cried, etc., but found out it was a trick.
We went for a ride, and then got some ice cream. Came home, goofed around and played poker. In bed at 1:30.”
Comments:
Winamac is about 77 miles from Chicago.
Dot and Dave may have taken a Pennsylvania Railroad train. At one time, there was a station in Winamac that appears to have served that line.
Dot and Dave may have boarded this type of “modern” train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad at the time. (A film about the PRR T-1 and other PRR locomotives is viewable here.)
Englewood station and a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train
A PRR train at the Plymouth, Indiana station
PRR passenger car
The train station in Winamac, Indiana
Today's news:
BRITISH TROOPS STILL NUMEROUS IN EGYPT, IRAQ
GOATS RECOVER FROM A-BOMB BLAST AT BIKINI
Korea to Be Free, U.S. Warns Reds - DECLARES OPPOSITION TO RULE BY ‘MINORITY’: Acting State Secretary Acheson warned soviet Russia today that the United States will keep its occupation forces in Korea until it fulfills its commitment for independence of the Korean people.
HOUSING CHIEFS DISAGREE ON VET BUILDING STATUS - Financing Lack May Cancel 827 Units: While thousands of Chicago veterans were searching in vain for a place to live, local and federal housing officials yesterday confessed almost complete confusion and disagreement on the future status of the city's veteran temporary housing program.
U. S. FALLS SHORT ON PROMISED HOUSING AT U. I.: University of Illinois officials today redoubled their efforts to find housing and academic accommodations for a veteran-swollen student body of 23,000 students.
Less Necking Creates More Fun on Dates: You've heard a lot of pro and con talk about this business of necking. Some gals say that you have to neck if you want to hit the bright lights with a date on a regular basis.
Knit Headgear Draws a Cheer from the Co-Ed: College and career girls have gone all-out for the clever new knitted and crocheted headgear. They're showing their usual appreciation for something that looks snappy and fits snugly. These new models are far from the amateurish looking purled and fancy stitched gear.
Cole Porter's Life Lavishly Done in “NIGHT AND DAY”: The picture industry knows how charmed the public is when dozens of ladies, becomingly but not stufilly dressed, leap about in front of the camera in big production numbers. Film people also understand the appeal which biografies of famous persons exert.
Cubs Bid for 8th Straight Against Reds: Charley Grimm and his Cubs don't know any more than the next guy about what they may or may not do in the waning days of the National league race, but there is one certainty and that is the now fading champions aren't going to derive much comfort from their hometown fans.
