World Film Industry Shows Huge Global Capital Investment
Geneva Jan 16 The International Labor Bureau reports a monumental worldwide investment in the moving picture industry totaling billions. The study cites American leadership with about half the investment and 57 000 cinema cases worldwide, including 25 000 in the United States and 8 000 000 seats across 25 000 American houses.
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United Press
Geneva
Sture
Interational Labor Bureau
Inernational Labor Organization
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
United States
England
France I
Spain
Italy
Sovietussia
Sweden
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium
Court Reverses More Cases Than Affirmed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed nine and affirmed eleven cases, remanding some for new trials. The court closed the Marshall Ratliff case, known as the Santa Maus robber, whose death sentence from a Cisco bank robbery two years earlier was upheld before the lynching. Ratliff fled a sanity affidavit and wounded a jailer during an attempted jail break. two officers were killed in the robbery. Also noted is J C Penney Company declaring a nearly 000,000 cash dividend at $2.50 per share payable January 30 to stockholders of record January 1. Max K. Watson and family moved from 1207 West Tenth Street to 120 Western Avenue last week.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Marshall Ratliff
Santa Maus
Lastland
Taylor County
Cisco
Atliff
Ratliff
Eastnd
Ratta
Twoolicemen
Max K. Watson
West Tenth Street
Western Avenue
Labor Unions Elect Leaders in Amarillo Meeting
Nineteen delegates from Amarillo labor unions met the Central Labor Union. C. P. Fischer was elected president, A. A. Holcombe vice president, Sam Norton secretary treasurer, and W. Finch installed as installation officer. Carpenters and Switchmen unions reported on conditions and transfers. Ed Tull’s sick recovery noted.
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Amarillo
Central Labor Union
Harve Oliver
Sam Norton
C. P. Fischer
A. A. Holcombe
Vetez
The
Butchers Union
Reading
McDonald
Paul McNeil
Rex Teed
Ted McGovern
W. W. Finch
Harve Cliver
World movie production by country and labor figures
The 1927 global film output totaled 1,859 titles with the United States producing 473, Japan 407, Germany 278, Soviet Russia 151, England 106, France 74, China 57, Austria 15 and Denmark 10. US studio expenses run about 1000 dollars per hour and one hour of studio work yields six seconds of shown film. US employment reaches 225,000 workers plus 30,000 supervisors and several thousand artists. International regulation is lacking. the International Labor Bureau plans to address hours health safety and child employment later.
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United States
Japan
Germany
Soviet Russia
England
France
China
Austria
Denmark
International Labor Bureau
Unemployment Bill Aims at Planned Public Works Program
A New York Senator introduces the unemployment stabilization bill creating a planning board of treasury commerce agriculture and labor secretaries to detail and accelerate public projects including river and harbor works flood control and highways with up to 150 million dollars yearly. The move follows a nationwide drive to remove highway advertising as a separate effort led by Postmaster General Walter F. Brown. The 1930 census is expected to show more married women employed, while New York District Council No 9 Brotherhood of Painters has 10 000 members across 18 locals.
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Wagner
New York
Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture and Labor
Walter F. Brown
United States
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers
Capudine Relieves Rheumatic Pains
Capudine provides quick relief from rheumatic pains neuralgia and aches. As a liquid it acts instantly without opiates and without upsetting the stomach. Sold by druggists in 30¢ and 60¢ sizes. (adv.)
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Capudine
Capuchine
Capucine
Navigable Canadian river questions steamboat freight rates
A fragmentary item notes discussion of navigability of the Canadian river and requests steamboat freight rates. It mentions a Whittle and Spit Club meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the county courthouse lower lobby and urges attendance. It also includes broader remarks on effort and kindness.
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the Whittle and Spit Club
Dallas Lady Believes In Nature's Remedy For Indigestion
Mrs. Arthur Brown of Dallas testifies that Nature's Remedy tablets have kept away constipation and indigestion for ten years. The ad claims NR tablets soothe stomach and bowels, preventing acid buildup and pain, priced at 25 cents per box with over three million doses used daily.
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Mother Nature
Arthur Brown
Reiger St
Dallas
Economic Outlook and Public Debt Highlight 1930 Yearstart
The piece notes slow business ahead for early 1930 with gradual recovery by year end. It cites 1561 airports in operation in the United States and a public debt of 16 300 921 501 dollars. It marks the American Federation of Labor golden jubilee and 3 000 000 members. Chicago politics lead to mass dismissals of 1 100 city workers and 1 000 more.
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Ing
United States
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Job Cuts Hit Police Health Fire Departments
The article notes mass firings including 473 policemen and 179 health department staff. Attempts were made to spare 240 firemen, but they were discharged. The move may trigger higher insurance rates, with further details referenced to J. M. Wiley for Inc. C. Roberts Shoes, at 218 East Tenth Street.
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Mote
Health Department
J. M. Wiley
Inc. C. Roberts Shoes
East Tenth Street
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Ceser Co
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C. A. Chessir
G. T. Enoth
J. B. Parr
Dick Stover
C. F. Doty
Borger
B. S. Johnson
Pampa
Ed Tull
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Switchmen's Hall
North Amarillo
E. E. Crawford
Globe News
Canyon News
Canyon
Joe Hess
Bob Babb
News-Globe
Carpenters
el Paso
H. V. Robertson & Company Accountants and Auditors
Industrial and Petroleum Engineers
Cinderella Slipper Shop
Polk and
5Th St
Grandma
Department of Commerce
Army
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Wilmar’s
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