January Dallas district shows stronger demand and higher sales
The Dallas Federal Reserve monthly review notes a stronger business tone in December with principal city department store sales 63 percent above November and 22 percent higher than a year earlier. Six month 1933 gains ranged from 44 percent in drugs to 136.4 percent in farm equipment.
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U.P
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Department of Agriculture
Texas
O W Club Postponed on Bereavement and Society Notes
The O. W. Club meeting with Mrs. Frank Gamblin was postponed due to a family bereavement. A tea fundraiser at Miss Hope Adams home supports Balladettes and Balladers plans for a Galveston trip. Fashion items highlight green crepe slippers with rhinestone gown, paired bracelets trend in Europe, and fox skin capes worn diagonally by Mrs. Anthony Drexel Biddle and Countess de Robilant.
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O. W
Frank Gamblin
Hope Adams
Hayden Street
Galveston
Washington
J. Crawford Biggs
Paris
Anthony Drexel Biddle
Countess de Robilant
Bank loan totals show dip from 1933 to 1934
The record notes Fed loans to member banks fell to 440,000 on January 15 from 1,003,000 a month earlier and compares with 4,369,000 a year prior. It cites the decline from late 1931 to a low point in August 1933 and a current gap of about 100 million above that low.
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Federal Reserve
Spencer Infant Buried in Llano
Services for Kenneth Milton Spencer infant son of Mr and Mrs C M Spencer 806 B Jackson Street were to be held at 3 this afternoon from Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Rev T D Sumrall pastor of the Fundamentalist Baptist Church officiated Interment was in Llano Cemetery
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C. M. Spencer
Jackson Street
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
T. D. Sumrall
Fundamentalist Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
High class panhandler causes restaurant ruckus
In Chicago Benjamin Sullivan, 36, praised for panhandling altitude, dumped a brick through a plate glass after a soup offer. In Texas City, a resident paid 24.25 in pennies to cover 1933 taxes, 16 quarts of coins saved in a tax box.
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Chicago
Benjamin Sullivan
Texas City
Tex
U.P
R. Halstead
Germans Ban State Rights in Nazi Reform Splendor
Berlin reports the Reichstag and Reichsrat unanimously pass Hitler's law abolishing state rights. The move, delivered on the anniversary of Nazi power, curtails federal autonomy and labels states as mere provinces of the Reich. Hans Frank calls the change final and sweeping.
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Germany
Reichstag
Reichsrat
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Austria
Hans Frank
Reich
Night officer shot at filling station in Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches Texas January 31 Jack Clevenger a 35 year old night police officer was shot and seriously wounded by an unidentified white man whom he stopped for questioning at a filling station early today.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Jack Clevenger
Amarillo High Band Seeks Funds With Saturday Tag Day
The Amarillo High School Band plans a Saturday Tag Day to raise money for new uniforms. Volunteers will sell tags starting at 9 AM in downtown Amarillo, with proceeds to the fund. Donors include Ballard Cleaners Tolzien Music Store Mrs Bertie Warren and E L Smith.
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Amarillo
H. G. Hamrick
Amarillo Band Parents Association
Ballard Cleaners
Tolzien Music Store
Bertie Warren
E. L. Smith
Roseland Ballroom
Crash near Corsicana claims two lives
John Nicholson of Corsicana and his companions Blue Payne of Richmond and Charles Jordan of Corsicana were in a car hit by a Southern Pacific passenger train near Corsicana. Payne and Jordan were killed. Nicholson suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was near death.
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Tex
John Nicholson
Southern Pacific
Blue Payne
Richmond
Charles Jordan
Nicholson
Sound speed tests at Sandy Hook with big guns
The report notes that large guns at Sandy Hook New Jersey helped determine the speed of sound. It warns that future warfare would target the air or sea routes, implying air power as the primary threat. Professor Bellasch of Westinghouse is cited.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Artificial lightning and currency war threaten world order
A research engineer tells the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that science can reproduce lightning’s force and light by boosting artificial bolts with 150000 amperes, raising fears of future war. Washington warns of a serious currency war with Britain as gold reserves seem opaque and uncertain in effect.
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Jove
Tokio
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Washington
United States
Great Britain
University reform and the fate of civilization
Dr. Conant argues that American civilization hinges on university recruits to carry on the ongoing venture. He warns that while a small educated elite matters, millions who do not attend universities will shape the nation’s future.
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Dr. Conant
Harvard University
America
Cough remedy Pinex praised by housewives for pure mix
Millions of housewives mix Pinex with sugar and water to create a cheap cough syrup. The ad promises quick relief, easy preparation, and no cooking, claiming the homemade mix loosens phlegm and soothes throat inflammation while topping the list of home remedies.
White House sets limit on wines as prohibition end plan
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt outlines the White House prohibition program. No distilled liquors will be served in the White House, even at entertainment. Wines will be served but kept simple and preferably American, reflecting a national shift in approach to beverages.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
House
White House
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