City Business Census to Begin in Panhandle District
Jim Bowen, former city assessor, named census supervisor for the Panhandle. The American business census, funded by the CWA, will cover retail, wholesale, services, and amusements, and will compare 1933 figures to 1929. About 2.25 million establishments will be canvassed nationwide, creating over 2.5 million man-hours of work with eight questions per business. All data will be confidential, and local businesses are urged to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bowen
Panhandle
CWA
Department of Commerce
Bowen
United States
William L. Austin
Amarillo
Austin
Dr. Butler
NRA
Vapor inhalant VAPEX touted for colds in wartime ad
A wartime advertisement promotes VAPEX as a safe, drug free cold remedy with no dosing and a Good Housekeeping seal. It instructs using a folded handkerchief with a small amount placed in the center and inhaled, claiming rapid indoor spread of vapors and lasting through winter.
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Good Housekeeping
Immigration debate and global economics in mixed 1930s tone
The excerpt blends family memory of Regina Hartman’s German hymn links to ancestral ties to Hartman Woodin and Andrew Mellon, with protests against immigration. It shifts to Prohibition-era liquor store sales in Michigan, NRA rhetoric, and Butler’s critique of global banking, then surveys Russia’s five year plan, U.S. centralized control, China’s bombing of rebels, and Western diplomacy signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Negley
Little Jakey
Fort Ligonier
Regina Hartman
William Hartman Woodin
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
United States
China
Johnson
Fukien Province
Voices of Three Little Pigs in Japan Urges China
In a Tokyo stance, Japan warns China it will protect twenty thousand Japanese and Formosan subjects in Fukien and keep them in their homes. The column recalls John Keats and notes printers altered his grave inscription phrase.
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Japan
China
Pukien
John Keats
Dorothy Compton
Pinto” Colvig
Mary Moder
Connally Confident Of CWA Funds Soon
Senator Connally says funding for 26 Texas projects will be announced soon after talks with public works officials. Listed items include Graham school additions worth 91000, Hidalgo irrigation canal work 490000, Guadalupe County courthouse and jail 202500, Brownsville Emergency Relief Corporation 12600, Harlingen irrigation improvements 404000, and several waterworks, sewer, and drainage projects across the state.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
Graham
Meridian
Mule Shoe
Canyon
Huntsville
Jatl
Gilmer
Gainesville
Colorado County
Hidalgo County
Round Rock
Fort Stockton
Harlingen
Georgetown
Sonora
Caldwell
Guadalupe County
Brownsville
Japanese Government Subsidizes Auto Industry Heavily
The government provides extensive subsidies to all Japanese automobile manufacturers, shaping production incentives and market strategy across the sector. This policy supports major firms and regional suppliers, influencing exports and domestic supply chains.
Boundary dispute hearing between Hutchinson and Carson counties postponed
Civil court case on the boundary line between Carson and Hutchinson counties was postponed to May 30 in Childress Turadey. Potter, Roberts, Gray and Moore were named parties after Potter County Attorney Howard Anderson moved to quash the citation, a motion upheld by Judge H A Pires. Hutchinson seeks to move the line south after losing land.
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Hutchinson
Carson
Potter
Greatly Relieved By Black-Draught Constipation Relief Story
Mrs. J. W. Alver son of Danville Va describes constipation causing fatigue and headache. She found relief using small nightly doses of Black-Draught and reports feeling well and eager to tell others. Children also like the new pleasant tasting Syrup of Black-Draught.
Boundary agreement extends into Hansford County
A pact to define land limits runs along the north boundary into Hansford County, indicating collaborative delineation of jurisdiction and property lines between neighboring areas. The accord highlights cooperative mapping and boundary adjustments affecting local governance and land tenure.
Stubborn Coughs Ended by Home Recipe Pitch
A classic home remedy advertises relief for stubborn coughs using 2 1/4 ounces Pinex and a pint of sugar syrup. The mixture, prepared without cooking, is claimed to soothe inflamed throat membranes, loosen phlegm, ease chest soreness, and taste liked by children, with a money back guarantee.
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Regina
Allein
Detroit
Michigan
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
France
Russia
Pri
Vate Corporation
Moscow
Stalin
Lenin
Polk Street
Connally
COR
Lindbergh Line
Kant Tw
Etraleht
Chicago
St. Leonwtea
Cleveland
New York
Los Aneles
San Francisco
AND
Western Air, Tnc
Hansford County
Travel
VIA
Missouri Pacific Lines
West
Southwest
New Orleans
Memphis
Kansas City
St. Louis
A. B. Waldron
Texas & Pacific Bidg
Ft. Worth
American Tobacoo Company
Metropolitan Opera House
NBC
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