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...boom was even higher elsewhere. In South Carolina and Kentucky, land prices had more than doubled. In Montana they were up 82%. Farmers did most of the buying to cash in on skyhigh food prices, but everybody seemed to be nudging the new boom...
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...
Until now UNRRA has had plenty of money but has been short on supplies (TIME, July 23). But meeting the Russian request, plus a whopping $945 million order for China, would kick UNRRA's 1945 budget skyhigh...
...last week, Graham stock hovered at 75. So Frazer and friends now have an investment in Graham of $1,068,750. Some $540.000 belongs to Joe Frazer and family. And if he decides to sell out, he pays not a skyhigh income tax, but only a moderate capital gains...
...Benevento, the precious, 1,100-year-old Cathedral (three stars) was blown skyhigh, along with its famed 12th-century bronze-sculptured doors...