Local business briefs note markets and trends on Polk Street
Rains dampen shoppers on Polk Street as farm to market roads suffer. Reports highlight a blind street performer using a portable radio during a World Series game and note nearby business activity on Polk. The piece also covers housing, employment, and advertising trends with various local firms and public concerns.
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Polk Street
Fragmentary OCR Ends with Missing 1400 Pounds
Text ends abruptly noting the last vestige of 1400 pounds had disappeared at an unspecified time. No additional names places or actions are legible in the fragment.
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Wilkinson
George H. Wilkinson
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Col. Wilkinson
Walsh Food Store
No. 1
Jack Walsh
Has Telephone Talk With a Mocking Bird
Globe reporter chats with a tame mocking bird perched on a water hydrant outside the Floyd Hershinger home in Houston. Mrs Hershinger holds the phone and the bird responds with clear notes as the reporter whistles.
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Globe
Floyd Hershinger
Houston
Worley Warns of Communism and CPA Critique
Congressman Eugene Worley told Amarillo Junior Chamber members that Congress opposes regimentation of the CPA under normal conditions and has not fulfilled its hoped for role. He warned that communism is dangerous and its proponents seek to encircle the United States.
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Eugene Worley
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
CPA
Amarillo
United States
Unnamed Woman Reflects On Cigar Pleasures During Occupation
She recalls how tobacco was scarce under German occupation and cigars were among the few items available. She says she adapted to smoking cigars, which were like ropes, but now enjoys long coronas in the States.
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Seeesessneeen Inssenen
JUNIOR CHAMBER SPEAKER WEIGHS RUSSIA WAR RISK
A luncheon address argued no war with Russia in coming years due to UN strength. The speaker cited a maxim about a powerful ruler maintaining peace. Attendees included Don Tusha J E Wren Paul Aleskin John Warren Wallgren and others with new members Charles H Clark Mead W Graham William Edward Kelley Bill Lane Kenneth Little and Calvin Moore.
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Russia
United Nations
Chamber of Commerce
Don Tusha
J. E. Wren
Paul Aleskin
John Warren Wallgren
Erwin Berstein
T. G. Gusler
Horace Watkins
Clyde Jones
H. Clay Wil
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