Prices rise across cities curb building and retail boom noted
An Associated Press survey shows rising costs in 35 cities with large price gaps. Building costs soar in most cities. Bartlesville may ration water next summer, Austin delays municipal projects, and taxes rise elsewhere. Retail sales in Texas are projected to hit a new high in 1946 driven by auto, appliance, and department store gains.
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International City Managers’ Association
Bartlesville
Okla
Austin
Texas
John Robert Stockton
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Stockton
Bureau of Business Research
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Charlotte
N. C
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Jacksonville
Fla
Rochester
N. Y
Washington, D. C
OPA
Price Agency
Kansas City
New Haven
Conn
Albany
Albuquerque
N. M
Denver
Helena
Mont
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Providence
R. I
Oklahoma City
Classifieds Summary No Direct Event Details Found
The fragment shows an old newspaper classifieds section with categories such as Help Wanted Work Wanted Apartments and Houses for Sale Automobiles and Trucks for Sale and Business Opportunities. It notes the compilation lists ad counts and that some ads include multiple vehicles. No specific people events or places are identified.
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Omaha
Milwaukee
Denver
New Orleans
San Francisco
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Providence
R. I
New Haven
al Clark
Globe-News
St Mem Ck
Earchenk
Pibadeled
Cpoesevees
No Waiting Wood or Venetian Blinds Installed
Advertisement notes instant installation of wood or Venetian blinds, claiming a decade of service in Anna S. T. Curti crafts at 313 Van Buren with emphasis on ready availability and quick turnaround.
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Anna
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
Long winter evenings bring families together after chores and time for serious talks. December offers an opportunity to review the past year and make plans for the year ahead with experience know how and plain horse sense guiding plan making. Swift & Company notes that proper planning reveals opportunities and sets a course to be followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Swift Company Returns Less Than Two Cents per Dollar Sold
The article explains the spread between livestock purchase prices and meatpacker prices, noting Swift returns about 2¢ or less per sales dollar after all costs. It highlights the wide range of services Swift provides from producers to markets and questions the profitability relative to other businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
America
Swift & Company Profit Philosophy Emphasizes Efficiency
The firm stresses saving and planning to survive tight margins in a highly competitive meat packing industry. With 3,500 plants and 22,500 slaughterers in livestock purchases and 26,000 opponents in sales, Swift & Company processes over six and a half billion pounds annually, proving small savings per pound drive profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Red Wagon film promotes cattle industry romance
Hollywood produced full color 16 mm sound film runs 45 minutes and requires only express charge one way for rental. No fee beyond express postage. Write to Red Wagon Public Relations Swift & Company Chicago 9 Illinois to request bookings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Wagon
Swift & Company
Chicago 9
Illinois
Housewives Favor One Cent Packaged Veg Price Increase
A national survey finds 78 percent of housewives who prefer packaged vegetables would pay the extra penny while 28 percent oppose the higher price. The firm reports strong support for packaging among consumers.
Potter County Grand Jury Reconvenes Amid Heavy Docket
Potter County grand jurors reconvened this morning with a heavy docket. At least a dozen new cases have been filed at the district attorney’s office since last week’s recess, including a murder case and multiple robbery by assault and burglary matters.
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Potter County
District Attorney's Office
Time to Save Time on Farm Work
Farmers can save 15 to 50 percent of labor by rethinking routines and equipment. Five Indiana farmers cut hog labor to a quarter of the average hours. a Minnesota farmer saved 300 hours and 138 miles walking yearly by barn and milking tweaks. Small changes compound to big time and money gains.
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Indiana
Minnesota
Stuffed Turkey Roasting Schedule and Recipe Fragments
The text outlines roasting a stuffed turkey in a preheated 325 F oven with no water and no cover, giving various time per pound schedules for different stuffed weights. It also lists a sausage egg bread stuffing mixture with onion celery parsley and spices, plus pan frying sausage and mixing with eggs and milk before adding the remaining ingredients.
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Wetalene
Feri
Fairbanks-Morse
Hammer Mills
Sewice & Supply
Amarillo
Fifth Avenue Shop
Vérvez
Blackburn ‘Bros
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
R. C. Unger
River Road
Telephone Company
S. T. Curti
van Buren
Ss CO
McBrides
Grand Jury
Amarillo Venetian Blind Company
911 Taylor
Ffe
Sunny
Schenley
Eye-War Quality Distillers Corp., N.¥.G
John Holmes
L. S. Hardin
Purdue University
Soda Bill Sez
Martha Logan
Union Stock Yards
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