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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1955
Page
5
A historical note on why chewing gum prices have not risen with other costs. It cites per capita gum consumption from 1914 to 1949, current sales and profits, and reasons like factory modernization and wartime cost spikes. The piece argues gum remains affordable despite general inflation.
P Carl Estes publishes that Trailmobilé, Inc., a top U S trailer maker, will locate a new manufacturing plant in Dallas. Earlier, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation office in Dallas announced Trailmobilé as the high bidder for the project funds.
Page caption notes a plant fronting Powers Manufacturing Co in Longview with bids covering all buildings and land formerly owned by Powers. Trailmobile, a subsidiary of Pullman Inc, also manufactures related equipment for automobiles in Berkeley, California.
Washington report from the Labor Department shows the consumer price index in mid April 1.1 percent below March, with new and used auto prices down about 4 percent due to dealer stock cuts. Rents also eased slightly, signaling the end of a long rent rise and the first declines since price controls began in 1942.
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