Clothing Prices Set to Rise Across Nation
A 1933 Helm dispatch reports wholesale clothing and textile prices up nearly 10 percent in four weeks to July 8. Amarillo shoppers faced about 1250 extra dollars daily in purchases, with further hikes expected as wage gains, shorter hours, and a 42 cent a pound processing tax push costs higher in August and beyond.
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Amarillo
United States
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Wallace
William P. Helm
Never Felt Better After Losing 39 Pounds with Kruschen
Mrs B C Terry of Tampa reports losing 39 pounds in three months by taking Kruschen Salts, claiming improved health and vitality. The ad promises a 4 week jar and a money back guarantee from City Drug Stores and drugstores worldwide.
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B. C. Terry
Tampa
Snake’s Two Heads Lead Tail On A Merry Chase
Fort Worth report on a two headed corn snake owned by two brothers. The left head often wins food disputes while the heads generally cooperate, though quarrels can lash the tail. They found the snake on a pecan hunt last fall and experts predicted it would not survive.
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Fort Worth
Motion Picture Use Reignites Rented Property Question
A property rented for motion picture purposes remains in the owner’s hands after a period exceeding three months. The arrangement shows the lessee keeping possession during filming, raising questions about ongoing occupancy and rights under the rental agreement.
Hydro foil motorboat tested near Swarthmore
Dr. Oskar G. Tietjens perfects a new hydro foil boat that "files" over water. The craft uses a steel bellyband under the hull. at speed the hull lifts clear, leaving only the band and a small rear fin on the water.
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Swarthmore
U.P
Oskar G. Tietjens
Flying Dr Tietjens Foresees Hydrofoil Yachts
A flying Dr Tietjens, graduate of Goetingen University and now a research engineer for Westinghouse, asserts the hydrofoil can be installed on all types of yachts and motor cruisers.
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Tietjens
Goetingen University
Westinghouse Company
Movies to Testify in Compensation Suit
In Bridgeport Connecticut on August 10, testimony from motion pictures is used to challenge Paul Duska of Stretford receiving $21 weekly compensation from Globe Indemnity after a five year period. Duska was injured while employed by the insurer's client.
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Paul Duska
Stretford
Globe Indemnity Company
Duska
Purification for Health with Calotabs
Physicians tout Calotabs as a path to perfect health by purifying the system. The ad urges a thorough course, claiming Calotabs cleanse blood by stimulating the liver kidneys stomach and bowels with trials priced at 10 cents and 35 cents for a family package.
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Ady
Insured Worker Duska Seeks Back Payments After Job Observation
Duska alleged permanent injury and won weekly compensation. The Globe Insurance Co later stopped payments after agents filmed him working on an estate and using a crosscut saw. He appealed to compensation commissioner E. T. Buckingham for review as the case remains under advisement.
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Globe Company
Duska
E. T. Buckingham
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