Plains WPA Work Outlined
Plains WPA work outlined for September shows 3277 workers across 82 WPA projects in Panhandle Texas. Temporary halts in four county road projects shifted labor to farming. 11 projects completed, 17 new started, including 14 miles of farm to market roads and air navigation roof signs in 23 towns. Local sanitations, sewing rooms, and housekeeping aid projects also advanced. Expenditures totaled 74023 dollars by WPA plus 25849 local funds. About 210 thousand man hours produced. New projects include highways in Childress Swisher Wheeler and Childress streets, plus mineral and underground water surveys in Deaf Smith Ochiltree and Carson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
Panhandle
A. A. Meredith
Meredith
Wheeler
Ochiltree
Dallam
Hall County
WPA
Childress
Swisher
City of
Deaf Smith
Carson
Milh
Randall
Donley
Hall
Foreign investment totals cite 1938 snapshot
The commerce department estimated that at the start of 1938 Americans held 11.795 billion dollars invested abroad while foreigners had 7.036 billion dollars invested in the United States. The figures likely understate current values due to higher market prices for common stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Mystery Drama Benefit For Iron Lung At Capitol Theater
Hanson Post of the American Legion sponsors a three day benefit at Capitol Theater to buy an Iron Lung for Northwest Texas Hospital. Tickets are 25 cents in advance from Legion or Auxiliary members. proceeds support the Iron Lung fund. Mary Russell stars with Don Terry and Thurston Hall in Squadron of Honor as part of the Columbia cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Capitol Theater
Squadron of Honor
Han~son
Iron Lung Fund
Mary Russell
Columbia
Don Terry
Thurston Hall
Arthur Loft
Marc Lawrence
Oskaloost
Iowa
von Kalbach
Mary
Oskaloosa
University of California
San Francisco
Miss Russell
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Greenwich Village
Sailors Union Chief War on Halls as AFL Plans Seamen Union
Harry Lundeberg, head of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, declares war on government hiring halls and training ships as the AFL approves forming a new international union for seamen. He is expected to steer the new group, potentially 26,000 strong, with 8,000 West Coast members, and may be chartered after the convention. The union will absorb the Federal Seamen's Union on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors Union of the Pacific
American Federation of Labor Convention
A. F. of L. International Union For
U.P
A. F. of L. Federal Seamen's Son
Atlantic Coast
Gulf and Great Lakes
Italians Lose 2657 in Spain War Says Rome
Rome announced that 2657 Italian officers and men were killed in the Spanish civil war from the start of operations until October 10 and that 278 regionnaires died from service causes. The communique also listed 12,147 killed wounded or taken prisoner overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Spain
Lewis Green Feud Deepens Amid Labor Rift
Washington October thirteenth. The withdrawal of William Green and John L. Lewis from their posts is seen by seasoned labor men as unlikely to heal the long standing feud between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The dispute traces to a clash over industrial unions and the CIO’s rise, with hard feelings spreading from national to local unions as politics and labor law shape the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Green
Mussolini and Hitler Defy Allies in Fascist Unity
Premier Mussolini joined Adolf Hitler in defying French and British elements labeled war mongers. An article from Informazione Diplomatica, likely by Mussolini, warned anti-Fascists in Britain against a preventive war and echoed Hitler's Saarbrucken speech about rearming for peace. The piece reflects alignment with German policy and critiques labor union philosophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Informazione Diplomatica
Il Duce
Italy
Hitler
Saarbruecken
Britain
Painful Corn Relief via New Iodine Discovery
A wartime style ad touts 100-ISE iodine treatment that removes painful corns in seconds without cutting or filing. It claims quick drying and loosening of the corn core with antiseptic safety. Available as a 35 cent bottle at Pool Drug Co. and Fox Drug Co. with satisfaction or money back offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callois
Pool Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plains
Maxfield Drug CO
Santa Fe
Bidg
Sailors
Raps
Lewis, Green
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Ofiverfelde Bidg
Bell
Bell Tailors
Polk Street
Amarillo
Mussolini
A. F. of L
America
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Illinois
Walkerville
Ontario
Glasgow
Scotland
News-Globe
R.anthony. CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!