Amarillo Faces Economic Realities and Civic Pulse
In a wide ranging column, Amarillo is framed as a service town dependent on surrounding communities. The piece argues parks, schools, and good streets keep residents satisfied to prevent a population drain. It cites tax shifts, Dallas revaluation, and a 249 city survey on municipal finance, then sketches local business chatter from floriculture to auto industry profits and consumer behavior amid flu and postwar retail trends.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Revaluation Board
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Washington
National Municipal League
Labor Department reports focus on unit volume gains
The Labor Department release emphasizes unit volume over dollar figures to illustrate business gains in the haywire readjustment period. It argues that measuring units sold better reflects demand and production realities than monetary value alone.
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Labor Department
City construction spending hits postwar high despite gloom
The item notes record building expenditures in major cities last year surpassing any year since 1928 though costs have nearly doubled prewar levels. The column mocks such statistics and urges accompanying breakdowns for clarity while detailing E C Lacy Amarillo National Bank as a walking anecdote on the era's worries and hints at a personal decline.
Man’s lunch routine and health observations
The speaker criticizes quitting smoking and seeking medical care as revision of values. He urges a man to observe his neighborhood in the afternoon when children return from school, noting ulcers in men who conduct business over lunch. He jokes about writing a column twice weekly if he ate at home.
Designer unveils $50,000 detachable gem hat in Boston
Jamaica Plain designer Cyreid presents a silver blue mink hat valued at 50 000 dollars featuring a 476 carat diamond and emerald necklace that can be detached and worn separately. Iowa leads in popcorn production with Indiana following.
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Boston
U?p
Cyreid
Jamaica Plain
Miniature Railroad Club Sets First Meeting Plans
The newly formed Miniature Railroad Club will meet Friday at 5 30 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs C H Runyon 1404 Pierce to elect officers and admit new members. Charter members include Horace McSwain C H Runyon Harry Wheeler L R Bell and Paul Norman Jr. Members build metal miniature cars driven by electricity with steam and diesel engines. Runyon has 13 metal cars and a diesel engine modeled after the Fort Worth and Denver Zephyr. The group aims to establish club rooms to display their model railroads once organized and at full strength.
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Miniature Railroad Club
C. H. Runyon
Pierce
Horace McSwain
Harry Wheeler
L. R. Bell
Paul Norman
Mr. Runyon
Fort Worth
Denver
Zephyr
Rural fires destroy farms and kill thousands annually
Rural fires destroy about four farm buildings per hour and claim roughly 3,600 lives each year in the United States, highlighting the ongoing risk to farming communities and the need for fire prevention measures.
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United States
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