Word: fruit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Strange Fruit (adapted from Lillian Smith's novel by the author, with the assistance of Esther Smith; produced by José Ferrer), on the stage, as in book form, pulls no sociological punches. But the play lacks dramatic punch. A fledgling Broadway playwright, Lillian Smith too often wobbles in her storytelling, too often fails to pick up the dramatic scent. An unconverted novelist, she has gamely but unwisely tried to transfer to the stage the whole life of a Georgia town. The result is far less spacious than sprawling...
Sweet Dream. In Monessen, Pa., Sergeant Eddie Hughes's foxhole fantasy became a fact: a banana split consisting of two quarts of ice cream, one quart of fruit salad, ten bananas and proportionate applications of marshmallow, whipped cream, chocolate, pineapple and cherries...
After a quick look at the citrus fruit market, OPA decided that this year's bumper crop was more than enough to meet demand. So last week it removed citrus ceilings until Jan. 13. The effect was like jabbing a grapefruit: instantly citrus prices squirted skyhigh all over the U.S. Example: in Seattle, lemons went up within two hours from the ceiling of $5.76 a crate to $9.50. Grapefruit went up $1.25 a crate. Oranges jumped from $4.63 to $7.50 a crate...
Quickly the trouble spread. In Chicago, irate restaurateurs and hotelmen acidly asked OPA: how could they go on serving fruit and juices at ceiling prices? Indignant housewives went on strike, began serving prunes for breakfast. Moaned one Detroit retailer, watching his fruit rot on the shelves: "It's terrible. The customers...
...Second breakfast with his wife and daughter at 8 a.m. (fruit, toast, bacon, milk and coffee); lunch (soup and salad) with his family; afternoon swim in the White House pool; then the long pull to 7 p.m. and the family dinner (steak and baked potatoes, if possible...