Previously during January, 1946, in Dot's Diary: Dot and Herb Martin (“what a guy”) began the new year by planning to get married in two years, after Herb returns from the Navy (not before, as Herb proposed), which he will be joining in February. In fact, they're planning their “whole lives,” including children. At the same time, however, Herb is ocassionally acting indifferent towards Dot, as tho he doesn't care at all. But Dot is in love, and is very forgiving even tho she's been angry and hurt. The month ends with Dot seeing Blithe Spirit at the Goodman Theater, and thinking about Herb. “Darn it all,” says Dot, “I really wish we were married. We're so much in love and every day it just gets worse and worse when he has to go home.”
Stopped in Parnell twice today. Got home at 10:45.”
Comments:
Dot has finished the first half of her senior year —her “4B” semester— at Englewood High School.
Herb and Dot saw this same double feature at the Stratford on Wednesday, Jan. 30th.
Today's news:
C.& N.W. STATION SENDS OUT 251 TRAINS PER DAY - Handles Huge Streams of Commuters: The Chicago and North Western railway's two level station west of the loop handles 251 trains and 88,850 passengers on a normal day. It is the only Chicago station occupied exclusively by one railroad. Railroad analysts say it is Chicago's busiest terminal.
TOURING IN 1946 CAR GIVES REAL VACATION THRILL - Worries Disappear on Way West: The American public has a great treat in store— driving a new car on the first post-war vacation tour. The new car being used to reach the southwest cruises easily and comfortably between 60 and 65 miles per hour. A gallon of gasoline gives almost 20 miles where in the old car 14 miles per gallon was considered excellent.
[The car's] shiny newness attracts stares, questions, and comments. The tires, altho synthetic, do not worry the driver. Also a new car works wonders for the driver's pride for it excites attention wherever it goes. Every one seems to want to know how the 1946 car handles.
It must be said, however, there is considerable agony involved in driving a new car. For the first time the driver realizes that everyone on the road has an old jalopy and it doesn't matter to them if they crinkle your fender or scrape the shine off your bumper. Suddenly, the highway becomes filled with maniacs who are driving with sheer disregard.
CUB HOPEFULS PARADE TODAY IN CAMP GAME - Sheehan Pledges Every Lad a Chance: Baseball playing veterans of World War II attending the Chicago Cubs' reconditioning camp here will get some game competition tomorrow. The teams have been designated by Head Man Jack Sheehan as the Cubbles and the Cublets.
Birthdays: Boris Yeltsin (15), Clark Gable (45)
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Dot; Dot and Herb Martin; Herb and Miller
Saturday Feb. 2 1946
“Got up at noon and then Herb came over at 1:00. I was in my house coat and my hair was put up. Then Miller dropped in. Herb said he was going to get sworn in Monday.
Later, Sis and I went down 63rd. Herb called and asked me what I was doing tonight. I told him I was going to stay at home, and that he should get drunk and see all his friends. He couldn't believe his ears.
About 9:00 he called and said all the guys went to a party and he wanted to see me and didn't want to get drunk. So in about 10 minutes he came over and stayed till 3:30. Oh-how I love him.”
Today's news:
NAVY RECRUITING PASSES QUOTA - DRAFT UNNEEDED: The navy is getting more volunteer recruits than it needs, without the necessity of advertising, and the threatened end of the draft next May would not affect its man power inflow in the slightest degree [the navy] said today.
RUSSIANS SPLIT URANIUM ATOM, U.S. AIDS REVEAL: The U.S. embassy [reports] that Russian scientists have succeeded in splitting the uranium atom, one of the steps in producing an atomic bomb.
Half Inch Hailstones Fall in London Storm
HUGE NEW PLANE BREAKS RECORD WITHOUT TRYING: Transcontinental and Western Air's new super air liner, the Constellation, cracked the east-west transcontinental commercial air record today without half trying. Leisurely wandering across the nation from New York to Los Angeles with 38 newsmen and a crew of seven, the fish shaped monster clocked a cross country crossing of 10 hours 49 minutes, besting by almost an hour the 11 hour 43 minute commercial mark set in 1940 by another TWA plane, the Stratoliner.
The average speed on the record smashing jaunt was 237 miles an hour, termed “turtle slow” by the plane's crew. The sensation of speed was about like that of rolling along Chicago's Outer drive in an automobile at about 40 miles an hour.
Seating 51... the Constellation's interior is tastefully decorated in maroon and beige. Forward of the main cabin is a small lounge, which can be outfitted into a bar that joins an elaborate galley with grills and refrigerators, where hostesses prepare meals aloft.
Birthdays: Ayn Rand (41), Howard Johnson (49), Aimé Avignon (49; Avignon died in 2007 as France's second-oldest living man, at age 100).
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Herb and Dot; Dot
Sunday Feb. 3 1946
“Stayed home alone with baby Lee and had a swell time taking care of him.
Later, Herb called and said he'd be over at 7:00. He came with a quart of wine. I had on my black cap sleeve dress cause he likes it. We talked about everything imaginable and he told me a lot of things I hadn't known before about fellows and a little about girls, too.
He said he was so nuts about me and that I was terrific, and his friends think so too. He didn't say it in a moronic way either.”
Comments:
I have to say that altho I obviously wouldn't be alive right now if Dot had married Herb rather than my father, I really love that my mother's so happy at this moment in her life, with Herb. At the same time, I feel bad for her because he's leaving, and I know that will make her sad. I feel sorry for Herb, too, because I think he really does care for Dot, and because he doesn't know he's going to lose her.
Today's news:
Hiroshima Bomb Killed 78,150, Japan Tells Allies
Auto Bodies of Plastic Are Held Possible: Extensive use of plastic materials in the manufacture of automobile bodies is a possibility, Egmont Arens, a New York industrial designer, said yesterday.
A Florida Bound Tourist Finds Hotel Accommodations Scarce: Driving to Florida would convince any one that America is a nomad nation and trying to find a place to eat and sleep the major occupation of enough people to populate a metropolis. Even those who, like snails, carry their homes [the trailer] with them.
ABOUT 4,000 VET HOMES WILL BE FINISHED SOON - Lack of Materials, Labor Delay 30,000 More
IF GROUNDHOG IS RIGHT, IT'LL BE LONG WINTER
Birthdays: Norman Rockwell (52), Gertrude Stein (72)
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Herb Martin; Dot and Herb; Herb
Monday Feb. 4 1946
“Herb called at 7:00 today and came over at 7:30; stayed til 7:45 saying goodby. Got out of school at 9:30. Fell asleep for a little while then I went down 63rd with Marge.
Came home, and Herb called and said he was sworn in but doesn't leave till tomorrow, and if he could come over tonight. Of course I said yes.
He came, and we listened to the radio for awhile and both sat on the floor. I was awfully quiet because just the thought of not seeing him made me kind of blue. He had to leave at 12:00.
We were standing in the hall and he kept telling me “Honey, I love you more than anything else in the world.” Then I broke down and cried, and he just hugged me.”
Comments:
At the back of Dot's 1946 diary, on a page she titles, “Songs of My Heart”, she's transcribed the lyrics to “We'll Be Together Again (below),” and writes, “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
“We'll Be Together Again,” by the Pied Pipers, 1945
Today's news:
Charges N. Y. Night Life Lure Rules Site Selection by UNO - Home Owners Protest Plan of UNO Capital: Charges that the proximity of the night clubs of New York and the beaches of Long Island sound guided the united nations' site selecting committee in its choice of a site for a UNO capital reverberated today thruout the area of the proposed international state.
SIAM IS FUSE IN POWDER KEG OF SOUTHEAST ASIA - Once Very Pro-Ally, It Turns Against British: The country which holds the key to whether the troubles threatening Indo-China will enflame all southeast Asia is Siam. Siam sits like a geographical middleman between Indo-China will inflame all southern Malaya on the other.
TOURIST MUST BE EARLY BIRD TO FIND A NEST: It took $25.02 worth of gasoline to drive here from Chicago in a 1946 car covering a little more than 2,000 miles.
The trip has demonstrated that there is only one good way to tour by car these days if you do not have advance hotel reservations. Get on the road early in the morning. It usually takes several hours of hunting in any town to find a room for the night.
Most of the cars headed east were of the jalopy type and piled high with luggage. At a glance they seemed to be war workers from the east coast returning home.
Birthdays: Betty Friedan (25), Rosa Parks (33), Charles Lindbergh (44), Jascha Heifetz (45)
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Dot and Herb, outside Dot's front steps. Herb reported for duty in the Navy today; Sis and Dot
Tuesday Feb. 5 1946
“Herb called at 7:15 and came over ten minutes later with his duffle bag. We hardly said anything.
He just asked me if I was still going to marry him and to write often and to be good, because some guys you meet are pretty fresh.
And last but not least, that he was terribly much in love with me. I looked up at him and he had tears in his eyes... then I said, “Hurry on, you'll be late”, and he walked down the stairs slowly...
My mother doesn't say what her reply was to Herb's question, of whether she was still going to marry him. But my guess is she said yes. Herb was crying. As I said before, I feel bad for him, even tho he was sometimes unkind towards Dot. Also left unanswered is just what prompted Herb to join the Navy, given his feelings about Dot. My assumption again is that the court, in light of the streetcar incident, gave Herb a choice of jail or military service. But it's possible that he was a victim of the draft, too.
In any event, I find this time in my mom's life very sad as well as momentuous. Couples parting during wartime and afterwards was a situation that played out often. It's good to keep in mind that Dot and Herb are still very young, too. My mother is only 17 at this time.
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Dot only mentions Spanish Main, but the Stratford theater was also showing a second feature—Radio Stars on Parade.
A scene from Spanish Main
A scene from Radio Stars on Parade
Today's news:
LINER BREAKS - 449 IN PERIL - 41 WOMEN AND CHILDREN PUT ON U. S. CUTTER: The liner Yukon broke in two tonight, its forward part remaining fast aground in Johnstone bay and the after part “rolling to starboard,” the coast guard cutter Onondaga reported tonight as it fought to rescue the 449 persons apparently still aboard.
SUPREME COURT UPSETS BAN ON VARGAS BEAUTIES: In one of the quickest decisions reached in months, the Supreme court today unanimously ruled in favor of the shapely legs and curvaceous form of the Vargas girl. The jurists rushed to save the lightly-clad ladies of Esquire magazine from a postoffice department attempt to ban them from the second class mails. The objectionable material, the opinion noted, included “jokes, cartoons, pictures, articles, and poems, said to reflect the smoking room type of humor, featuring, in the main, sex.”
Fourth Presbyterian Church to Mark 75th Year Feb. 13: When the Rev. Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church, gives a short talk on the church's future at its 75th anniversary celebration Feb. 13, he surely can give a confident one. [The church, near Chicago's Water Tower, celebrates its 148th year in 2019.]
Birthdays: Charlotte Rampling (born today), Hank Aaron (12), Adlai Stevenson (46)
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Hal Totten; Helen and Viola; Lill, with Sis and Dot; Sis and Dee
Wednesday Feb. 6 1946
“After school, I cleaned the house and then took a bath and washed my hair and put it up.
Later in the evening, Hal dropped in and asked about Herb. Viola and Helen also stopped for a few minutes before going to the show. Lill came over too.
Sis and I sat around doing out homework. Dee called me up tonight, so I talked to her for about 40 minutes.”
Today's news:
215 STILL ON SHIP - SAVE 281 - Navy Reports Rescue of All Seems Certain: A total of 281 survivors had been removed from the broken liner Yukon by 8 p. m. today [Chicago time], the coast guard reported tonight. The message said “operations were continuing with life rafts.”
‘DRIPPY’ CHICAGO IS HOMELIKE TO BRITISH BRIDES - 108 Get Big Welcome on Their Arrival: Bewildered and delighted by the twin wonders of plenty to eat and houses undamaged by war —besides being “quite at home in the drippy weather ”— 108 English war brides arrived in Chicago yesterday. Sixteen will stay here; the others are bound for points in the middle west.
1946 Hosiery Supply Put at 10 Pairs Each: Production of women's stockings this year will approximate 40 million dozen pairs, or 10 pairs for each woman at most, of which about seven pairs will be nylons, Earl Constantine, president of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, predicted yesterday.
Birthdays: Bob Marley (1), Tom Brokaw (6), François Truffaut (14), Ronald Reagan (35), Babe Ruth (51)
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Sis, Sunny, Dot; 63rd street, looking north on Halsted St.
Thursday Feb. 7 1946
“Sunny came over after school. We met Sis in Parnell and went down 63rd shopping. I bought some records and a few odds and ends. We goofed around and really had a silly, gay time.
Stopped in Myrt & Henry's first, and on our way home stopped in Minuet's and laughed at every little thing. Sunny took her street car and Sis and I stopped in Parnell's.
Then we went home and I ironed my gym things and got all my stuff ready for tomorrow. Made delicious beef stew for supper.”
Comments: My aunt Louise (Sis) would have probably said here, ‘It sounds like we had a great time—so who needs the guys?!’
Dot hasn't mentioned Herb since he departed for the Navy on Tuesday morning.
Today's news:
CHOICE OF SITE FOR UNO CALLED POWER POLITICS - Consider All U.S., Australian Asks: A recommendation that the united nations settle permanently in the Stamford-Greenwich area came under a fiery attack tonight by W. R. Hodgson, Australian delegate, who threw the sedate site committee hearing into an uproar.
DECLARE STALIN WILL STEP OUT IN SOVIET SHAKEUP - Report Molotov Slated to Take His Place: Generalissimo Stalin soon will retire as chairman of the council of the peoples' commissars of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, it was reported here tonight by reliable diplomatic sources.
WAR VETERANS DEFY COURT BAN ON DRIVING CABS - Continue Operating - Appeal to Truman: Discharged war veterans announced yesterday that they will fight to a finish for the right to operate taxicabs in Chicago.
ZOO VISITORS TO SEE UNSEEN LIFE OF WORLD - Microcosm Exhibit to Be Ready May 1: Visitors to Brookfield zoo, starting May 1, will be given opportunity to peer into the microcosm of the animal universe, Director Robert Bean disclosed yesterday.
Birthdays: Sinclair Lewis (61)
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Hal Totten; Sis, Sunny and Dot
Friday Feb. 8 1946
“After school I cleaned the house and then Hal dropped in and we had quite a time fooling around.
Esther Schuler (at school) sold me a pair of nylons. I practically got hysterical, I was so happy.
About 4:30, Sunny called me up from Parnell's and asked me to come and have a Coke, so I did. Got home, Sis came home from work, so we went to the Linden and saw Arson Squad and Weekend For Three. Very funny.
Stopped in Minuet's and then came home and went to bed right away.”
Comments: It's the first time Dot's mentioned her schoolmate Esther Schuler in her diary; nylons were still in very short supply several months after the war's end (see news below). Also, I think Dot meant that Weekend for Three was the “very funny” movie, not Arson Squad.
Weekend For Three (trailer)
Today's news:
DODGE-CHICAGO PLANT LEASE IS REPORTED NEAR - Toolmaker Seeks to Build Autos: Negotiations for the leasing of the Dodge-Chicago plant to the Tucker corporation, reportedly for the manufacture of a low priced automobile, are “progressing,” Louis K. Boysen, head of the real estate unit of the War Assets corporation, said yesterday. [Plant area is known today as Chicago's Ford City neighborhood. —D.]
FLORIDA CANAL, 15 MILLIONS OF IT, KILLED IN HOUSE - WPA Era Bill Gets Ax, 103 to 42: Revolting against a proposal termed reminiscent of the free spending New Deal-WPA era, the house today killed, 103 to 42, a 15 million dollar appropriation to start building a barge canal across Florida.
First Navy Blue Spring Attire Comes to Town: The first wave of spring navy blue has come to town! It's the snappy spring navy blue, of endless service, a blue tone ideal for the basic or foundation color for every kind of a well planned wardrobe.
A LADY SELLS HOSE AND GETS INTO OPA JAM: Mrs. Willetta Weisz, owner of a beauty shop at 2126 Michigan av., was arraigned yesterday on a charge of selling nylon hose at prices exceeding office of price administration ceilings. Mrs. Weisz charged $7 a pair for nylons on which the price ceiling is $2.05 a pair. [She] said she bought the hose from customers in the beauty shop. She was released under $500 bond.
Birthdays: John Williams (14), James Dean (15), Jack Lemmon (21)
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Helen Romanelli; Ginny Merigold and Helen; Jim Parks and Dot; Bob Plant (center)
Saturday Feb. 9 1946
“Sis and I stopped in Hal's house to listen to some Chopin records, then we went down 63rd.
Came home, dressed, then Sis, Sunny and I went to Helen's birthday party. Jim Parks, Ginny, Bob, Doris, Carmen, and Jimmy Wise and three other fellows were there.
We danced, played games, and ate. I really had a grand time. Mostly danced with Jim Parks, altho he said a few sarcastic things about Herb. Left there at 1:30 and all of us went to Parnell restaurant and had something to eat.
Met a sailor named Rich Fryer —quite a boy. He was good looking, smoked a pipe, and was 19 years old. He also walked me home and kissed me a couple of times— sort of amateurishly, and I'm kind of sorry I let him.”
Comments: I wonder if those were Hal's Chopin records, and if he may have been learning the piano.
Dot left no further clues about Doris, Carmen, Jimmy, or Rich Fryer the sailor.
Today's news:
Radio of Hand Size: A radio circuit printed in silver and carbon “inks” on a tiny sliver of ceramic plate was taken off the secret list tonight by bureau of standards scientists. The bureau said the tiny circuit made practicable at once the pocket radio set, a desk set with reception equal to present day receivers 20 times as large. [...] A home model with station selector and a loud speaker took up the space of a cigaret package. It worked.
MAYOR HERALDS GIANT FESTIVAL TO ‘SHOW’ WORLD - Wants Harvest Fair to Eclipse Rivals: Mayor Kelly yesterday outlined before a group of Chicago leaders a plan for an annual harvest festival for Chicago that he said would eclipse any similar project in the nation.
TRUMAN URGES NEW HOMES - SETS 2,700,000 UNITS AS GOAL FOR TWO YEARS: President Truman announced tonight a program to build 2,700,000 houses in 1946 and 1947.
CHARGES STATE DEPARTMENT IS A TOOL OF REDS: Rep. Shafer [R., Mich.] told the house today the reported recognition of Premier Groza's pro-soviet government of Romania provides additional proof that Communists are in command at the state department. He renewed demands for an investigation.
Birthdays: Mia Farrow (1), Carole King (4), Bill Veeck (32)
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Dot and Sis; Helen Romanelli and Viola; Dot taped this flower sprig to today's diary page, writing: “I got a red carnation and saved the fern, but lost the carnation.”
Sunday Feb. 10 1946
“Stayed in all afternoon. Then later on dressed and Sis and I went to Vikings and met Helen there. We really had a grand time.
Two discharged fellows came up to us and I danced with one named Bob. He sort of looked like Harry James (he thought).
Also saw Viola's Ray and his boyfriend Vince. I danced with Vince to a few waltzes and jitterbugged to ‘Southern Fry’ and some other really jive tunes. He bought me two Cokes. That Boy kept asking me to go to the bar, and I said ‘I just had a drink’.
Comments: Dot probably was jitterbugging to the tune Southern Fried (see video below)
Southern Fried, played by Charlie Barnett and his Orchestra
Today's news:
Another Real Estate Boom Hits Florida: Everybody in Florida, it seems, is buying a homesite or a strip of palmetto-dotted sand, or a lot on a street. One hears fabulous tales of turnovers in Palm Beach property— a simple bungalow put on the market one day [and] overnight its price was jumped $6,500.
HISTORY PAGES TO TURN BACK 88 YEARS TODAY - Lincoln-Douglas Debates on Society Program: The Lincoln-Douglas debates, which 88 years ago gave impetus to the Abraham Lincoln for President campaign, will be presented in capsule form at 2:45 p. m. today in the Chicago Historical society, Clark st. at North av.
WOMEN TO HEAR OF ENGLEWOOD CLUB'S HISTORY: Englewood Woman's club will commemorate the 50th anniversary of its founding with an all day program tomorrow.
Viola (“How about a cup of tea? —Vi”); Dee Kozack and Dot
Monday Feb. 11 1946
“After school, Viola came over and we had tea. We laughed ourselves sick.
Dee called so we went to her house and really had a keen time looking at her annual and other doodads.
While there, I called Mrs. Martin and she was really very nice. She said she got a letter from Herb and it was sort of short cause his arm was sore. He also mentioned that he missed me. She invited me over some night.
Dee also called Jim Parks and pretended to be ‘Gloria Sheridan’. Got home at 12:15.”
Comments: Mrs. Martin is Herb's mother. No clue as to who Gloria Sheridan might have been, or if she was even a real person.
Today's news:
CHICAGO TO PAY LINCOLN TRIBUTE ON ANNIVERSARY - Meetings Scheduled for Today and Tomorrow: The birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln will be observed officially tomorrow, but thruout Chicago thousands of men, women, and children gathered yesterday at rallies and meetings to celebrate the natal day of the Great Emancipator.
PREDICTS WIDE JET PLANE USE COMMERCIALLY: Big passenger planes “jet-propelled” by powerful gas turbines will dominate commercial skyways within a few years, an engineer who took a prominent part in designing the jet propulsion units used in the Feb. 2 record breaking transcontinental flight said yesterday.
LEGAL WRANGLE HOLDS BACK UNO SITE COMMITTEE - Tie Vote on Proposal Ruled a Defeat: A wrangle over procedure today delayed again a vote on the recommendation to put permanent headquarters of the united nations organization in the Greenwich-Stamford-Westchester area of Connecticut and New York.
Try Gabardine to Offset Sag of Midseason: A super collection of buttersmooth, two piece gabardine suits, promoted under the intriguing name of “butterfly tints” —a range of six colors— is particularly suitable for contrast duty under fur or fabric winter coats. These couldn't have appeared at a better time.
Birthdays: Burt Reynolds (10), Eva Gabor (27)
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Tuesday Feb. 12 1946
“No school today, so I slept late. Then later on went down 63rd and almost bought a dress but changed my mind.
Got out at 10:00 and stopped in Parnell. Dave and some fellows were in there. Got home and Mom said Kenny Seiler called, and somebody called me (fellow), but didn't leave a name.”
Comments: School is closed for Lincoln's birthday; Dave and Kenny Seiler are friends of Dot's and Sis'.
A scene from George White's Scandals, with Joan Davis and Jack Haley
Today's news:
STRITCH HAILED IN PARIS; FLIES TO ROME TODAY - ‘So This Is Paree,’ Prelate Exclaims: Cardinals-Designate Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago and Edward Mooney of Detroit, Mich., this morning prepared to fly from Paris to Rome— the last leg of their trip from Chicago to Vatican City to receive their red hats.
SHUT DOWN BUSINESS IN N. Y. - Mayor Acts in Fuel Crisis Due to Strike: New York City's business and amusement activities, except certain exempted enterprises directly concerned with maintaining life and health, stopped at midnight under a drastic order issued by Mayor William O'Dwyer as the result of a fuel shortage.
54 BRIDES SPEED TO CHICAGO ON ‘STORK SPECIAL’ - British GI Wives Sure They'll Like City: With Dan Cupid at the throttle subbing for Casey Jones, the “Stork Special” was speeding west over the Lackawanna and Nickel Plate railroads tonight carrying 54 British war brides and their GI babies to new homes in Chicago.
HOUSE LEADERS AGREE ON VETS HOUSING PLAN - U.S.Restores Controls Over Industry: Almost complete agreement on legislation to carry out President Truman's vast homes for veterans program was reached today by house Democratic and Republican leaders.
Birthdays: General Omar Bradley (53), Max Beckmann (62)
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Englewood High School; Kelly Library; Herb Martin
Wednesday Feb. 13 1946
“Cut 5th period class today and went home for lunch. Got a letter from that wonderful man of mine, and it was beautiful and sweet. Then I wrote him a four-page letter.
Later washed my hair and went to the library. Had an awful blizzard today and could hardly see where I was going. (22 degrees.) Sat up in bed and listened to the radio.
Martial Law in Calcutta; 14 Slain, 170 Hurt: The British imposed martial law in Calcutta tonight, moving tanks and troops into the city to quell rioting in which 14 persons have been killed and 170 injured, including 18 United States soldiers and 20 policemen in the last two days. The disorders also spread to Bombay and New Delhi.
EXHIBIT SHOWS HOW RADAR PUT A FINGER ON FOE - Museum Unfolds a Top U. S. War Secret: Radar, the secret eye of the navy, aircraft, and gun crews about which no one could even whisper during the war, was placed on exhibit yesterday in the Museum of Science and Industry at 57th st. and the lake in Jackson park.
BRITISH BRIDES HAVE U. S. WORDS FOR TARDY VETS - 100 Arrive, Prove They Know Slang: Broad slices of American slang and occasional flareups of good old feminine temper (brought out by husbands who failed to appear) put a lusty, just-like-home flavor on the otherwise British reserve of more than 100 war brides who arrived here yesterday on their way to new homes.
Birthdays: Jerry Springer (2), Kim Novak (13), Bess Truman (61)
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Englewood High School; Helen Romanelli; A car crashed against a lamp post at State & Hubbard after being hit by a streetcar during Wednesday night's blizzard.
“Hundreds of automobiles were stalled in the Outer dr. from Foster av. to South Shore dr. before police closed off most sections.” —Chgo. Tribune
After school, Helen and I went down 63rd with our boots on, then went to Parnell. Came home and cleaned the house.
Sat around the house all evening listening to the radio. Later I listened to the radio in bed, bundled up, and wrote my honey a letter. They played such lonely songs. Dee, Sunny and Ken Seiler called me. I talked to Ken about 20 minutes.
It was 18 degrees at noon, 3 above at 11 p.m.”
“Cars creeping thru last night's blustery snow on the Outer Dr. near 45th St.”
Today's news:
CHICAGO BATTLES BLIZZARD - 45 Mile Gusts and 3 In. Snow Snarl Traffic: With high winds whipping a heavy snowfall into drifts, transportation companies worked desperately with blizzard fighting equipment last night to keep Chicago traffic lanes open.
GI MARRIAGES ABROAD HIT BY MRS. ROOSEVELT - Urges Ban on All Such Weddings: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt told a press conference here tonight, that she thought all marriages in Europe between American military personnel and Europeans should be prohibited. The present ban, in Germany only, is being protested by the GI's, she added.
PLASTER GROUP RENEWS BATTLE ON WALLBOARD - Housing Issue Decision Expected Today: Contention between promoters of plastered walls and sponsors of wall board, which has resounded in the city hall off and on since World War II was resumed yesterday before the subcommittee on building code revisions.
METRIC SYSTEM ADVOCATES PLAN NATIONAL DRIVE - Increased Interest Noted Since End of War: A flood of inquiries on the metric system of weights and measures which has reached the Metric association since the end of the war has become so great the association's president, Dr. John T. Johnson, said yesterday an aggressive campaign soon will be started.
Hawaii Statehood Bill Introduced in Senate
Birthdays: Gregory Hines (born today), Florence Henderson (12), Jack Benny (52)
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Sis and Dee Kozack; Kelly High School
Friday Feb. 15 1946
“Stayed home from school today. Ironed and washed some clothes. (1 degree below zero.)
Later on Sis and I went to Kelly High's dance with Dee. It was quite corny, and, in fact I was kind of bored.
Stopped in Herman's and had a hamburger. Came back to Dee's house and stayed overnight. Really had a nice time.”
Today's news:
Robot Calculator Knocks Out Figures Like Chain Lightning: “The first all-electronic general purpose computer”… can add, subtract, multiply, divide and compute square root as well as do most complex calculations based on those operations, is called the “ENIAC.”
1948 OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HELD IN LONDON - Committee to Name Dates Later
NEW DEVICE PUTS PLANE IN MAGIC CARPET CLASS - Just Pick Destination and Push Button: The mechanics of “push button flight,” whereby a plane without anyone aboard takes off and lands with the mere press of a button, were described tonight by the air technical service command at Wright field.
4-F's Declared Eligible for Draft - Army Lowers Requirements to Fill Quota: The army today lowered its physical standards for draftees and asked for 125,000 in April.
CHICAGO TO GET CBS TELEVISION COLOR STATION - Transmitter to Be Set Up This Summer: A television station for transmitting in color is to be built in Chicago this summer by the Columbia Broadcasting System, George L. Moskovics, commercial manager of the CBS television station in New York, told members of the Chicago Federated Advertising club.
CHURCH IS NO PLACE FOR ‘CANOODLING,’ AN IRATE VICAR WARNS
Birthdays: Sax Rohmer (63), mathematician Alfred North Whitehead (85)
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Dee Kozack and Dot, in 1944; Jim Parks and Dot
Saturday Feb. 16 1946
“Got up at 10:00 and left Dee's at 2:00. Stopped down 63rd and then came home and fooled around the house.
Later, Miller and Dutz called me up. They asked me about Herb and teased me about him being gone.
Dee came over and Sis, she and I went to the Stratford and saw Confidential Agent, with Lauren Bacall and Charles Boyer. Also saw a very good stage show.
Stopped in Parnell and saw Cecil, and Jim Parks sat with us and was a little sarcastic.”
A scene from Radio Stars on Parade
Today's news:
A-BOMB SECRETS STOLEN! - CANADA HOLDS 22 FOR INQUIRY ON ATOM LEAK: Royal Canadian mounted police detained at least 22 men today as the government started an investigation of disclosure of “secret and confidential information” to members of a foreign mission here.
CHICAGO TO GET 2D TELEVISION COLOR STATION - Zenith Plans to Start Tests in 60 Days: Chicago is to become a center for the development of color television. E. F. McDonald Jr., president of Zenith Radio corporation, announced yesterday that his company expects to be on the air with a new ultrahigh frequency experimental television station W9XZ.
MAYOR SCORNS PROTESTS OVER WAR VET HOMES: Mayor Kelly said yesterday that the city would continue its program of temporary housing for war veterans despite protests by residents of the 41st and 50th wards against the erection of six family, barracks type, portable houses in their neighborhoods.
MECHANICAL COP GOING ON JOB TO CHECK SPEEDING - Police Seek Ways to Cut Traffic Toll: As one of several plans under consideration to halt a mounting toll of traffic accidents and deaths in Chicago, a mechanical ”traffic cop” soon be tested on the city's streets it was disclosed yesterday.
Day's Best Buy: Swishy Dresses in —Yes— Nylon: Here's the biggest fashion news of this season! You can now buy nylon fabric dresses that are the last word in swishy dress parade flavor. There are three basic colors, black, navy and brown; also three different and smart models. This nylon is wrinkleproof.
Birthdays: Kim Jong-il (4), Sonny Bono (11)
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Sunny and Dot; Helen Romanelli
Sunday Feb. 17 1946
“Went to church and Dee went home at about 2:00. Came home and fooled around the house.
Later I met Sunny in Parnell and we went by her mother's house and stayed there till 8:30. We ate and really had a nice time.
Then Sunny and I went to Viking's and man, was it ever crowded. Helen and Carmen were there. Sunny and I danced together and we had a fair time. Nothing special tho.
Stopped in Minuet's and had something to eat. Got in at 12:30.”
Today's news:
TUCKER PLANS TO MAKE 1,000 AUTOS PER DAY - Gives More Details of New Car: Preston Tucker, president of Tucker corporation, yesterday disclosed to Chicago civic leaders and others at a meeting in the Blackstone hotel his company's plans.
Russia Accused of Building Big Spy Service in Canada: High quarters tonight reported that several fairly prominent government employes are involved.
Dinah Shore Winner of Many Popularity Polls
Boulevard Room Unveils New “Sky Hi” Revue Friday - Arthur Blake, Masters' Band Headline Bill: The air age comes to the Boulevard room of the Stevens hotel Friday when Dorothy Dorben unveils her newest revue, “Sky Hi.” Frankie Masters will be the music.
Birthdays: Gene Pitney (5), Hal Holbrook (21), Margaret Truman (22), Arthur Kennedy (32)
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63rd and Halsted street shopping area; Kelly Library; Jim Parks (Jim passed his Navy physical today)
Later, Miller called and teased me about Herb's last night. Later went to the library and then came home and did a little homework and sewed. Got to bed at 2:00.
Jim dropped in to tell me he passed his physical.”
Today's news:
U.S. IS BEST SPOT FOR SITE OF UNO, SAY CHICAGOANS: Altho disappointed in preliminary fumbling of the united nations organization on such questions as Indonesian independence and the part Britain is playing in Greece and Russia in Iran, Chicagoans appear to look upon the UNO as the best hope for a lasting peace in a troubled world.
SEIZE LONDON AID IN ‘LEAK’ OF ATOM SECRETS - FBI Takes Hand in Canadian Probe: Arrest of a Canadian official in London in connection with the “leak” of secret and confidential information concerning Canada's atomic energy knowledge was reported here tonight.
JAP BATTLESHIP TO SAIL FOR DATE WITH ATOM BOMB: In two or three weeks this blasted, rusty, but still surprisingly solid hulk, once the pride of the Japanese navy, will head for the Marshall Islands to keep a date with an atomic bomb.
VETS WILL BEGIN TREK IN CABS TO CAPITAL TODAY - 700 of Group to Make Trip Is Report: Three hundred taxicabs and private automobiles, carrying more than 700 veterans who are seeking licenses as taxicab drivers, will gather in Soldiers' field at 6 o'clock this morning to start a “march” on the nation's capital.
Birthdays: Yoko Ono (13), Milos Forman (14), Toni Morrison (15), George Kennedy (21), Helen Gurley Brown (24), Jack Palance (26)
Got out at 11:15 and stopped in Parnell but no one was in there. Came home and read a little and then went to bed at 1:00.”
Today's news:
NOW CARDINAL, STRITCH SENDS THANKS HOME - Elevated at Rome Amid Pomp: Cardinal Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, head of the Chicago archdiocese, and 28 of his colleagues from America and other lands today received the formal notifications from the sacred college of their elevation to princeliness in the hierarchy of Roman Catholics.
50 Passengers Are Injured in Collision on L: Fifty persons were injured, none seriously, when a North Shore line train plowed into the rear of a Howard st. express last night at the Belmont av. station. Both trains were northbound.
BOSTON'S MAYOR GETS SENTENCE FOR MAIL FRAUD - Bay State Politico, Two Others Will Appeal: Rep. James M. Curley (D. Mass.), whose oratory carried him to political triumphs unequalled in Massachusetts history, was sentenced today.
150 Cabs Limp Thru Ohio on Protest Trip - Veterans' Taxi Caravan Lined Up for Trek to Washington: A motorcade of taxicabs bearing 500 Chicago war veterans to Washington to enlist federal aid in their fight to force Chicago authorities to issue them taxicab operators' licenses arrived here late tonight. Their day was marked by frequent stops.
WHITE SOX HEAD WEST; TRESH FAILS TO SHOW - Catcher Holds Out in Detroit: Traveling in pre-war style, the advance party of the White Sox pulled out of the North Western station aboard the swanky City of Los Angeles last evening for their training camp in sunny (they hope) Pasadena, Cal.
TO PLASTER OR NOT TO PLASTER: The aldermen considering revision of the building code have got themselves in a swivet over the relative merits of wall board and plaster for the interior walls of homes.
Birthdays: Smokey Robinson (6), Lee Marvin (22), Merle Oberon (35)
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Dot; Dot's aunt Marge
Wednesday Feb. 20 1946
“After school I stayed in and cleaned the house and then in the evening watched baby Lee for Marge. Listened to the radio and fooled around. The baby got up a few times so I was busy with him. Went to bed about 12:15.”
Comments: Marge, Lee and the baby were living with Dot's family at this time.
Today's news:
ONLY U. S. KNOWS A-BOMB METHOD, BYRNES ASSERTS - Britain, Canada Weren't Told, He Declares: State Secretary Byrnes asserted at a press conference today that so far as he knows the United States still has exclusive possession of the manufacturing “know how” of the atomic bomb.
110 Vet Cabs Marooned in Drifted Snow - Taxi Caravan Battles Snow: Snowdrifts have blocked 110 veterans' taxicabs of the Chicago to Washington caravan at a filling station 10 miles east of this western entrance to the Pennsylvania turnpike. Irwin is 27 miles from Pittsburgh.
CUBS TO OPEN CATALINA TRAINING TODAY - AVALON PARADE GREETS GRIMM AND AIR PARTY: A converted army transport plane dropped a batch of Cubs on the mountain top air field here this noon and with that bit of travel disposed of, Boss Charley Grimm turned to the little matter of getting his spring camp into operation.
NEWS CROONER IS LATEST DAFFY PROGRAM ON AIR - Wacky Radio Stunts Become Numerous: Day by day radio seems to be growing wackier and daffier. The latest is a singing newscaster, Bob Atcher. Reminiscent of the town criers and troubadours of the middle ages Atcher winds up a program of ballads with a few minutes of news in melody. [Atcher would become mayor of Schaumburg, Ill., in 1959 —D.]
Multi-Colored Creations to Be Right for Spring: This spring any costume with two colors will be newer and smarter than those of one color only. Newer than the two color creations will be the three color combinations. As if to prove that the two colors clicked, the three color affairs should be even more popular.
Birthdays: J. Geils, Sandy Duncan (born today), Sidney Poitier (19), Ibrahim Ferrer (19)
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Sunny, Dot and Sis.
Thursday Feb. 21 1946
“Today after school I got a lettter from Herb and one from Hal.
Later, Sis and I met Sunny and we went to the Stratford and saw What Price Crime and River Gang —real good. On our way to the show, met Ken, but I told him I was in a hurry.
After the show, we went to Minuet's and then to Myrt & Henry's, and then to Parnell. We saw George Patton in an army uniform.
Came home and wrote Herb, Stan and Hal a letter. Then Sis, Sunny and I went to bed at 4:00 a.m.”
Comments: Ken is Ken Seiler, who possibly might have a romantic interest in Dot.
It goes without saying that George Patton isn't the famous one.
No school Friday due to Washington's birthday, which helps to explain the 4 a.m. bedtime.
What Price Crime? (1935; full movie)
Today's news:
CANADA ASSAILED BY REDS - CALL EXPOSE OF ATOM SPYING UNFRIENDLY ACT: Russia tonight acknowledged that Canadian citizens had given “insignificant secret data” to soviet representatives in Canada, but declared that the position taken by the Canadian government was not “compatible with friendly relations between the countries.”
CAB CAVALCADE IN WASHINGTON AND TENTING OUT: Approximately half of the protest taxicab caravan from Chicago was in Washington tonight, but the war veteran drivers were too tired after their arduous three day trip to do anything but “hit the sack” in a near-by army camp.
CITY TO HONOR WASHINGTON IN PATRIOTIC MOOD - Schools, Public Offices, Banks Will Close: Chicago will observe George Washington's birthday tomorrow in a quiet but patriotic mood.
Here's a Movie to Hold You: Streamlined is the word for “Spellbound”.
Birthdays: Alan Rickman, Anthony (Star Wars) Daniels, Tyne Daly (born today), Richard Beymer (7), Nina Simone (13), Hubert de Givenchy (9), Sam Peckinpah (21), Ann Sheridan (31)
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Dot's aunt Dell; Dell's two sons. There was no school due to Washington's birthday—a national holiday.
Friday Feb. 22 1946
“No school today, so I got up at 11:15 and then Dell and her two kids came over. Sis and I went down Halsted, I had my hair in braids. Didn't buy anything.
Came home and later on Sis, Sunny and I went to Parnell and there were a lot of the kids in there. No one in particular tho.
Came home, sketched a little and ate. Listened to all the radio programs. Dee called while I was gone.”
Radio highlights from the February 22, 1946 Chicago Tribune
Today's news:
GI CABBIES OPEN PROTEST BATTLE OF WASHINGTON - Find [Chicago Mayor] Kelly There on Another Matter: Chicago's war veteran taxicab drivers dug in today for what they called “the battle of Washington” after reaching the capital on their protest march.
CARDINAL'S HAT SENT TO STRITCH ON SILVER TRAY - Spellman Gets One Pope Himself Had: The red hat, prized symbol of ecclesiastical regality commonly worn only once, was received late today by Cardinal Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago.
BRITISH TROOPS TURN GUNS ON CAIRO CROWDS - City Is Quiet After Wild Day: An ominous quiet settled over Cairo tonight after a day of the wildest anti-British demonstrations the city has seen in a decade.
Birthdays: Jonathan Demme (2), Edward Kennedy (14), Robert Young (39)
After the show, ate and then went to Parnell. Then in fun, we called up Ralph Davis only to learn that he is now married —oh brother...
Later we took a walk down 63rd and every fellow we passed tried to pick us up. Went to bed at 3:30.”
Comments: Dot and Ralph had dated for awhile in early 1945. (Ralph had a “technique”, but he stood Dot up once or twice.) It's been months since she wrote about him in her diary.
Today's news:
GEN. YAMASHITA EXECUTED - U. S. HANGS JAP FOR ATROCITIES IN PHILIPPINES:Lt. Gen. Yamashita— symbol of Japan's power at the conquest of Singapore and of her maniacal desperation in defeat at Manila— [was hung today].
CHICAGO'S POLES TOLD OF TERROR UNDER RED RULE: Polish-Americans in Chicago and other cities are daily learning of the terrors of life in Poland under Russian domination. Many of them receive letters from relatives or friends who have escaped from Poland into other European countries.
Baby Is Stolen, Left in Crib at Union Station - Missing Baby Found Unharmed: A 4 month old baby girl, kidnaped yesterday afternoon in her perambulator from in front of the Wieboldt department store at 1279 Milwaukee av., was found safe and unharmed seven hours later last night in the nursery of the Union railroad.
Birthdays: Peter Fonda (6), Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets (31), Victor Fleming (57)
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Dot; Dot and Sis
Sunday Feb. 24 1946
“Did my homework in the afternoon. In the evening, dressed to go to Viking's [Ballroom] but didn't feel good, so Sis and I decided to stay in.
I put on a skirt and sweater and just took a walk to Parnell. Came home and fooled around sewing a little. Read also.”
Today's news:
RUSSIA FORBIDS ITS SOLDIERS TO MIX WITH YANKS - Secret Orders Issued to Reds in Austria: Russian officers and enlisted men have been forbidden to fraternize with American or other allied soldiers in Vienna or other occupied Austrian zones unless specifically directed to by orders of the Russian high command.
BRITISH-YANKEE TENSION TERMED HOPE OF RUSSIA: The unofficial Army and Navy Bulletin said editorially today that “Russia, despite the very generous Yalta concessions, has been suspicious, devious, and strangely ungracious.”
U.S. ATOM BOOK POPULAR - Becomes ‘Best Seller’ in Russia, Moscow Report Says: The Exchange Telegraph reported from Moscow today that an American book, “Atomic Energy for Military Purposes,” was becoming a “best-seller” in the Soviet Union. The volume contained a foreward by Maj. Gen Leslie R. Groves, of the U.S. Army, and pictures of atomic plants in Washington and Tennessee.
Among the Authors: Chicago will get a new publishing house this week. The Children's Press, Inc., a subsidiary of the Regensteiner corporation, is to go into action at Throop and Monroe streets. Montrose Newman [is] manager.
Birthday: Honus Wagner (72)
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Sis and Dot; Dot
Monday Feb. 25 1946
“Didn't do anything today. Fooled around the house. After supper, Sis and I went to Parnell and then came right home.
Dragged out my sewing again and put on the radio. Had a cup of coffee before I went to bed. Got some shut eye at about 1:00. Or was it 2:00? I was wide awake all evening.”
Today's news:
BRITISH CRUISER, TROOPS RESTORE QUIET IN BOMBAY - Guards Posted on Indian Navy Vessels - BRITISH RULE IN INDIA NEAR END, LONDONERS TOLD: Reinforced British troops and civil police posted themselves aboard surrendered Indian navy ships and patrolled the streets of Bombay in armored cars today as the city settled into an Uneasy calm.
HIROHITO'S HEIR LEARNS TO SING ‘TWINKLE’ SONG - Crown Prince to Go to Public School: Crown Prince Akihito, 12, next month will smash precedent in a scope considered revolutionary by Japanese educators. [Akihito is the present-day (2008) emperor of Japan. —D.]
USE CONCRETE IN MASS HOME BUILDING PLAN - Little Lumber, Steel Is Required: An improved concrete house constructed under mass production methods but tailored to individual tastes and needs was suggested yesterday by the Portland Cement association as an aid to solving the housing shortage. A minimum of lumber and steel is used.
Birthdays: George Harrison (3), Ron Santo (6), Bobby Riggs (28), Zeppo Marx (45)
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Dot's younger brother Sonny (Louis, Jr.); Helen Romanelli; Herb Martin, now a sailor in the US Navy
Tuesday Feb. 26 1946
“After school, cleaned the house and later on, Sis, Sonny and I went to the library and met Helen in there. So we all went to Parnell and I had a Coke. Donald Moran was there. It was real windy outside and cold, too.
Came home and had the radio on and also did loads of homework. Wrote my baby a four-page letter tonight and really thought a lot about him— even more than usual. Got a letter, too.”
Comments: Donald Moran was probably a school friend, although Dot doesn't say.
Today's news:
Chicago to Get Douglas Port By Tomorrow - New City Airport: With the exception of approximately 200 acres containing the no longer used Douglas aircraft plant and a few hangars, the 1,600 acre airport west of Park Ridge that will form the keystone of the city's proposed new 5,240 acre super-terminal will be formally turned over tomorrow.
HIROSHIMA BUILDS UPON ATOMIC RUINS; Few Reminders of Holocaust - Freakish Damage Is Noted - People Suffer Strangely: Hiroshima today, more than six months after the fall of an atomic bomb on the city, which has shaken off its superstitious fears, has begun to rebuild itself among the ruins. [...]
No bombing patients are still at the Red Cross Hospital. They show no reluctance to display such atom-induced injuries as deep burns and sudden baldness. They seemed rather proud of such distinguished attention— and all these injuries are now apparently curing, according to the hospital staff.
Hiroshima is possibly the only place in Japan that has not set up a legion of souvenir shops selling sleazy kimonos and cheap lacquerware to the American “guests”. Some of the Eighth Army visitors thought they distinguished sullen looks— something rare after six months of the occupation.
CLEAR LAGOON OF CORAL HEADS FOR ATOM TEST: Divers, sometimes menaced by sharks, are blasting out coral heads in the turquoise waters of Bikini lagoon to provide an anchorage for the fleet which will be atom bombed this spring.
MORE SUBURBS LIKELY TO TAP CHICAGO WATER - Failure of Wells Leads to New Shortages: A large potential increase in the number of suburban towns and villages using Chicago water sold to them at the same rate charged consumers within the city limits was forecast yesterday because of recent indications of failure of wells in towns surrounding Chicago.
Birthdays: Johnny Cash (14), Fats Domino (18), Betty Hutton (25), Tony Randall (26), Jackie Gleason (30)
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Viola; February 1945 ad for Royal Crown Cola.
Shirley's Taste-Test showed her that one cola tastes best. She tried leading colas in paper cups. Her winner was Royal Crown Cola, the cola that's grown 80 times in 8 years! (Shirley adds, “Buy War Bonds! They grow by 1/2 in 10 years!”)
Wednesday Feb. 27 1946
“Didn't go to school today. Ironed, and after school Viola dropped in, so we had some tea and cookies. Then Sis and I went down 63rd & Halsted.
Came home and I continued my ironing. Ate and then went upstairs in my bedroom and listened to the radio. Jim Parks called to tell me he got sworn in today. He leaves tomorrow morning.
Got some Royal Crown at the drug store and saw a real cute guy.”
Comments: Jim Parks has joined the Navy.
Today's news:
KOREAN REDS BID FOR CONTROLING POWER IN NATION - Laud Russian Policy in Northern Zone: Korean Communists, publicly asserting themselves today in a bid for controling power in the nation's affairs, issued a statement lauding Russian policy in northern Korea.
CHARGES REDS WANT U. S. CUT TO A 3rd RATE POWER: Rep. Shafer (R., Mich.) charged today that Premier Stalin has ordered the Russian army and heavy industry built up to peak output.
‘BRAIN IN A BOX’ TO GUIDE LINERS NEAR AIRPORTS - United Plans to Use Automatic Pilots: United Air Lines yesterday announced it will begin immediately to equip its new fleet of four engine Mainliner planes with Sperry electronic automatic pilots, which, the company said, will virtually eliminate weather as an obstacle to flight operations.
BUTTER STOCKS IN NATION DROP TO 2 DAY SUPPLY
Do You Want a Good Scare? See This Movie - “THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE”: There is a fine, fearsome feeling all thruout— the rumble and crash of thunder, a constant downpour of rain, tall hare trees making frightening shadows, and a small community in a cold sweat over a series of murders in its midst.
Birthdays: Elizabeth Taylor (14), John Steinbeck (44).
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Dot and Sunny
Thursday Feb. 28 1946
“Came home from school and got a very lovely letter from Herb today.
A little later, Sunny came over and we had a little snack and then went to Parnell. Saw George Patton and he told me he married Joan Graham yesterday and was going to Boston tonite.
Stopped in Minuet's and also Parnell again. Got home at 10:30.”
Comments: It's not the George Patton, as has been noted before; Joan, Vince and Ray are probably friends of Dot and Sunny (here's where I really miss Sis' commentary).
AUTOMATIC CAR SPEED RECORDER TESTED BY CITY - Device Records Traffic Flow on Street: A mechanical device that records the number of automobiles and trucks passing a given point, and the number going faster than a set speed, was placed in operation yesterday at Wacker dr. and Garvey ct. Prior tests on Laramie av., between Van Buren and Congress sts., showed 64 per cent of all vehicles exceeded the 25 mile an hour speed limit.
Sliding Glass Door Cabinets Shown in Post-War Kitchen: Made here in Chicago are some new post-war Kitchen wall cabinets that have a number of practical features to recommend them. First, they are equipped with sliding, translucent glass doors. There is no danger of bumping one's head, as might happen on metal doors.
O.K. NEW BUILDING CODE - Council Gets Rush Housing Plans Today: An emergency building code approving frame dwellings within the fire limits and opening the way for pre-fabricated houses to prove their merits was adopted yesterday by the aldermanic building and zoning committee for submission to the city council today.
STATE ST. TOPIC TONIGHT IN W-G-N CHICAGO STORY - Council's Plans for City Will Be Dramatized: The Chicago Story in its broadcast over W-G-N at 9:30 tonight will tell, thru narrative and drama, what the State Street council means to the city. Its plans for maintaining Chicago's preeminence and the fame of its principal shopping street will be unfolded.
COURTING DUCKS STAGE AIR SHOW ON LAKE FRONT; Gulls and Ducks Gather in Large Numbers on Lake Shore
Birthdays: Frank Gehry (17), Bugsy Siegel (40), Linus Pauling (45)
