Texas Factory Growth Surges Since 1933
The Texas State Manufacturers Association reports a sharp industrial expansion with factory employment rising from 91,374 in 1933 to 176,379 in 1935. Manufactured product value climbed to 1.076 billion, and value added reached 312.3 million, as raw material spending nears 800 million.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas State Manufacturers Association
Albert T. Clifton
Waco
Bureau of Census
Washington
State Manufacturers Association
Clifton
Texas and North Carolina lead Southern manufacturing
Graphic views of Ohio’s devastation sit alongside data showing Texas producing over 1.0 billion in goods in 1935 and likely rising to 1.25 billion in 1926 estimates with a possible 1.5 billion in 1937. North Carolina remains the only other Southern state in the billion-dollar club. Christian Science service notes the Bible passages for the weekly Lesson-Sermon on January 31.
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Texas
State Manufacturers Association
North Carolina
Christian Science Service
Tove
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Zephaniah
Levee Is Laid Atop Seawall In Cairo Illinois
Cairo Illinois braces as the Ohio River floods, building a three foot high earth bulkhead atop the seawall to hold back the crest. Mayor August Bode orders families evac and government boats standby. Fourteen thousand residents at risk as the city faces isolation with only one outlet via Highway 150.
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Cairo
Ill
Ohio
August Bode
Ohio River
Mississippi
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Associated Press
Ohio River Valley
Carrollton
Union Terminal
Cincinnati
Borden Hat
Borden Advertising
Borden
America
Dorden Associated Companies
West 10Th St
Lee Red & White
Brookfield
Walsh
Hershey
East Texas
Sim
Bacon—Walsh
Amaryllis
East 10Th Street
Kellogg’s
Schilling
ARES
Armour'’s
Galion
Prunes
Porto Rico
California
Sweet and
Imeg
Ures
Arizona
Wilson
Wale
Armour
Star
Decker
Panhandle
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