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...apartment houses. Even so, prices ran up as high as $300,000, with many owners collecting more than the original construction costs. Because the Army prohibits civilians from taking pictures of its military installations, some hotels still leased to the Army are being sold sight unseen to out-of-town buyers...
...Manhattan the Metropolitan Opera Co., while enjoying a boom season, passed the hat for $300,000 "to keep the institution going." Reasons: the Met's profitable out-of-town tours had been curtailed by the war; there was a $145,000 tax bill on the Opera House. The Met's taxes, though rescinded by a recent act of the New York Legislature (TIME, May 10) may not actually be erased until October...
...Higher first-class postal rates (3? for local mail, 4? for out-of-town, 8/?for air mail...
...West. A business that often smacked of the medicine show has skidded into the circus ring. In New York, the backlog of cars, stored by owners who now ride subways, is still great. There, cars are bought on sight, over the phone, by mail. In big splashy ads, out-of-town dealers scream of amazing prices. One dealer even tooted his horn in Chinese...
...decision to limit its participation in intercollegiate sports, the stickmen will attempt to arrange matches with M.I.T., Tufts, and anyone else within reach who can field ten players. The team's usual spring trip has been cancelled, naturally, as have proposed trips to New Hampshire and Springfield. Only out-of-town game definitely on the books is the Yale contest in New Haven...