Excess Profits Taxes Reshape Business Spending
The piece outlines how excess profit taxes will push firms to reinvest in themselves, with larger corporations boosting research, packaging, and staff, while growth companies may suffer as earnings are redirected to government. It notes sectoral impacts, including oil, gas, agriculture, and consumer goods shifts, and cites Dun & Bradstreet on business survival and failure rates.
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Uncle Sam
Chamber of Commerce
Korea
Panhandle
Oil and Gas
Dun & Bradstreet
McKee
Shamrock
Don Grove
Mr. Greve
Business cycles and land use shift in Fort Worth area
The article notes Sears and Ward buying land as farms subdivide during a downturn. It cites traffic on West Eighth Avenue and business streets West Sixth and West Seventh under National Production Authority influence. Merchants discuss risk, inflation, and long term factors as farming consolidates in the Southwest, with Census data showing farm declines from 1,137,000 in 1935 to 780,000 in the West South Central region.
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West Sixth
West Seventh
National Production Authority
Rock Island Aver
E * Bill Gray
Fort Worth & Denver
Burlington
Mt. Dora
Gray
Texline
Wichita Falls
Bureau of Census
Southwest
West South Central
Sign on Canyon Highway Draws Attention and Worries
A nearly finished stunt sign for Southwestern Investment Company on Canyon Highway has a ladder leaning against it. Clyde Bray of Tri-State Advertising reports many inquiries about why the sign painter left to secure a loan and did not finish. Bray assures the ladder is a prop and the ladder is nailed down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Investment Company
Canyon Highway
Clyde Bray
Tri-State Advertising
Bray
UT Graduates To Hear Sam Rayburn
House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bonham will deliver the UT commencement address for the class of 1949 on June 2. He said he was pleased and gratified by the invitation and is expected to speak on the world situation amid current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
University of Texas
University
Rayburn
Warns Against Blowing Nose At Dallas Hearing Dinner
University of Illinois otolaryngology expert Dr Richard E Marcus warned in Dallas that blowing the nose can trap pressure in the sinuses and push infected mucus into the ear canals. He said to use a soft tissue or let it run to avoid future hearing defects from repeated colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
University of Illinois
Richard E. Marcus
Dr. Marcus
Ilinois’ School of Medicine
Dallas Hearing Society
Swedish Investors Buy Stocks As Inflation Hedge
Swedish investors are acquiring stakes in major companies to shield their portfolios from inflation. The move signals growing confidence in equities as a real asset hedge amid rising consumer prices.
Shivers Urged To Enter Senate Race
In Austin on May 9 Gov Allan Shivers said he is receiving increasing mail petitions urging him to run against Tom Connally for the US Senate. He stated he is not discouraging the requests and offered no definitive decision.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
US Senate
Tom Connally
King Gustav VI Succeeds Father Gustav V in Sweden
Gustav VI ascends Sweden’s throne at age 67 after the death of his 92 year old father Gustav V. The transition marks the start of a new reign for the Nordic realm.
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Gustav VI
Gustav V
Sweden
Australia wool output rises from 1945 to 1950
Canberra reports wool production grew from 425000 tons in 1945 to 485000 tons in 1950, an increase of 60000 tons. The gain reflects Australia’s growing wool industry and higher output during the late 1940s.
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Canberra
Australia
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Senate
Gladys’ Beauty Service
Gene Colgrove
Fair of
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