Word: carly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...national anti-VD campaign which opened last week in more than 300 cities in 28 states. The U.S. Public Health Service, helping to plan and synchronize the local efforts, had arranged with the Communication Materials Center of New York's Columbia University Press to provide posters, car cards, window displays, pamphlets and match books...
...Next I talked to Mrs. Horn. 'I wanted to buy a $299.95 refrigerator,' she said, 'but it was more than I could pay. I didn't want to buy it on installments. We weathered one depression that caught us paying on two babies, washer, car,, sweeper and furniture. So I said no to the refrigerator salesman and bought a secondhand one for $125.. . . I had a funny feeling that the $299.95 refrigerator would cost $229.95 next fall...
...Manhattan, Rootes Motors, Inc. rented out its British-made Hillman autos for as long as two weeks with gas and oil free (minimum weekly charge: $65) and promised to deduct rental payments if the renter bought the car ($1,795). Like other British automakers, Rootes also offered tourists the chance to pay for a car in the U.S., pick it up and drive it in England this summer, and have it shipped back free of charge...
...Opal E. Caughell told police, that when the burglar who entered her house was assured that she had no money, he settled for a ham sandwich. In Kansas City, Mo., police were looking for a youth who kidnaped 59-year-old Mrs. Sadie Crosner, took her money and car, then kissed her gently on the cheek with the observation that she reminded him of his mother. In Redding, Calif., Dick Farnsworth found a note on the door of his rifled store: "Get a new lock; this one is too easy...
Close to Home. In Cleveland, police investigated an accident involving a Police Accident Investigation car...