Dr Pepper Earnings Dip Amid Sales Gain in 1950
The Dr Pepper Company reported a one cent drop in earnings per share for 1950 to 86 cents, despite an 8 percent rise in sales. Board Chairman J B O Hara cited higher taxes as the cause of the decline. C C Calloway, general manager of company plants in Dallas, San Angelo and Waco, was elected vice president.
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Dallas
Dr. Pepper Company
J. B. O’hara
Cc. L. Calloway
Dr. Pepper
San Angelo
Waco
ST. Louis
J. R. Scott
Percy Ronald
Ronald
Scott
Chiropractic” Insurance Company
City awards $240590 contract to widen Third Avenue Amarillo
Bell Braden Barker Gilvin awarded a 240590 contract for widening Third Avenue from Western to Grand. Three bids were received at the city commission meeting. The project will expand Third Avenue to 49 feet from Grand to Georgia and 40 feet from Georgia to Western as part of a 1.25 million street program. Also awarded for storm sewers serving the Eighth Georgia to Second Hughes area to Enix Construction Amarillo and P E Construction Plainview at 204715. City discussed right of way with Rev E R Foster over North East Eighth widening. church refused to donate land pending rezoning of 900 North Pierce for remodeling.
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Grand
Georgia
Western
Amarillo
E. R. Foster
First Assembly of God Church
North Pierce
Eighth Avenue
Foster
Eleanor Parker on motherhood and Oscar hopes
Hollywood interview notes Eleanor Parker, pregnant during Caged filming, credits motherhood as creative fuel and cites Stardom risks. She weighs Oscar contenders, mentions Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis, and Judy Holliday, and reflects on balancing film work with family life. Feels lucky with pregnancy benefits and stunts in life and art.
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Hollywood
Eleanor Parker
Miss Parker
Gloria Swanson
Bette Davis
Judy Holliday
Population Shifts 1940s to 1950s in United States
Census figures show the white population rising by 144 percent from 1940 to 1950 while the non white population grew 15.1 percent in the same decade, reflecting rapid demographic change across the nation.
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United States
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