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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
11
Memory of last year's high prices lingers as the public plans summer travel. Amarillo travelers face scarce hotel rooms and rising costs, with families considering camps and varied destinations from Colorado to New Mexico.
Doan's Pills offer relief for backaches and other signs of kidney trouble. The ad claims tired kidneys fail to remove wastes, causing pain, swelling, and disturbed sleep, and promotes the pills as a stimulant diuretic used by millions for over 50 years.
Automotive News cites C. E. Wilson of General Motors and Geo. T. Christopher of Packard arguing against price reductions now. General Motors two year dealer contracts expire in September and President Wilson offers a cryptic warning likely aimed at dealers.
The piece describes wary locals in mountain towns planning vacations near casinos and highways, cites Amacker's AA data on average tourist stays and lodging, and notes a garden project by a new couple and a parking initiative by Polk and Tenth Street merchants. It links wartime housing improvements to rising living standards.
In the Panhandle, migrant rural workers introduced to modern plumbing learn to use running water and knobs. Parents teach children, and the once wary adapt to civilization as they become valuable, skilled, socially minded workers creating demand for more manufactured goods.
Shoe travelers at the Hotel Muehlebach report buckskin and highcalfskin shortages may affect summer fashion. Ventilated models are scarce as producers explain lifting control on live stock reduced high grade leathers. Manufacturers say meat price controls caused the leather shortage and summer lines were limited.
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