Silk Stocking Era Nearing Its End
PHENOMENAL RUSH ON NEW YORK STORES
Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 6,
The New York Sun’s financial editor says shouting by Washington officials on the prospect of inflation and the sharp spur given by embargoes on silk is in all truth kindling inflation.
It is reported that the phenomenal rush to all store counters for silk stockings is now' spreading to other goods. In New York enormous queues are forming at all the stores throughout the day all this week, necessitating limiting sales to three pairs per person. Already prices have risen steeply. Experts are freely predicting that the stocking era is nearing its end.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 187, 8 August 1941, Page 4
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