Chamber Report Optimistic On 1936 Business Prospects
The United States Chamber of Commerce releases an optimistic Washington view of 1936 prospects. It notes continued recovery with higher employment and retail demand, citing reemployment of about 600,000 private workers by last September and further gains into February. The report describes the mid 1930s as a period of improving business activity, the best since 1930, and highlights a solid base for continued progress despite no major upheavals.
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Chamber
Haseen
Chamber of Commerce
United States
File Chamber
Washington Review
Tate TeVel
Hale Mulllion
California aircraft industry riding a building boom
The California aircraft industry shows a surge as firms plan payroll expansions and new contracts with Army, Navy, and commercial orders. Yet observers warn of a potential downturn, urging forward planning to avoid losses while contract work may extend over months or years.
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California
Sd Mewnés
Eausei
Gnod
Generous business and town exiles jaywalker in Salinas
A large automobile company pays 580000 in dividends to stockholders while a food processor faces Supreme Court tax pass through costs, leaving workers better served. Meanwhile in Salinas a chronic jaywalker, Hillie Hawkins, is escorted from town for posing a permanent menace to motorists.
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Plates
Ila
Tor Th Ani
Uno Lreamry
Dows
Haitsonie Ani
Gosta
Boths
Supreme Court
Bevause
Jivine Ib
Jaywalker
Salinas
Hillie Hawkins
Jaywatler
Jodee Poa
McLanchiin
State Employes Cramped Salem Sale
Oregon state employees faced tight conditions as a recent order limited activities in Salem. Government offices centralized oversight, reducing staff flexibility during a holiday period and complicating operations for state agencies.
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Salem
Oregon
Lieta
Repic
Twenty Years Ago Taken From Journal Files Feb 10 1916
Miss Anna McDonald of West Springfield was named by the Board of Education to succeed Miss Gladys Short as High School teacher after her resignation. The junior senior reception for the Class of 1917 will host the Class of 1918 at the State Armory. City debates on state health department sewage project. Chief Davis reports many vagrants in city jail. J J Desmond and son left for Boston and eastern cities. G Rogers travels to Titusville over slow progress on new building. Assistant Postmaster Branly visits Corry. Mr and Mrs George Dykes move to Erie.
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Anna McDonald
West Springfield
Board of Education
Misa Gladys Short
Ahngay
State Armory
Star Signals February 11 Forecast Amid Erratic Dates
Forecast notes luck for those born Sep 23 through Oct 21 and warns to handle money matters carefully. It mentions waves of misfortune in wealth, travel, and railways between February 11 and 19, with dates spanning 1936 to 1038. Overall advisory tone blends luck with caution across multiple time frames.
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Rept
Rare 19th Century Hondyrag airmail Stamp Displayed
In Minneapolis a rare Hondyrag airmail stamp, only two known copies exist worldwide, was shown at the city’s annual Twin City Philately convention. The exhibit highlighted the stamp’s rarity and historical significance to postage collectors.
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Minneapolis
Ely
Beauty costs and economy in married life say Arline Judge
Hollywood Feb 10 Miss Arline Judge, actress and mother, argues that women should spend on beauty to maintain domestic happiness. She says skipping facials and grooming harms marriages, urges pre marriage polish, and even suggests budget tradeoffs like adding water to peas to fund cosmetics.
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Hollywood
Petite Arline Judge
Miss Judge
Misa Judge
Lorth
Judge
Golden-Lax Tablets and San-Cura Ointment Ad
Promote relief for piles by loosening bowels with Golden-Lax Tablets and soothing affected areas with San-Cura Ointment. The combined treatment aims for rapid soothing of soreness and a firm cure. Available at drug stores with Golden-Lax Tablets at 2c and San-Cura Ointment at 35c.
New Green Turtle Oil Beauty Treatment For Wrinkles
Paris beauty experts announce a wrinkle reducing regimen using green turtle oil applied to face neck shoulders hands and arms followed by a hot bath and special creams and toners. Daily 20 minute sessions for three weeks claimed to firm tissues reduce wrinkles improve skin texture and circulation. A night night cleansing tonic and morning toning lotion complete the regimen with fashion tip noting green turtle oil to prevent wrinkles today.
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Paris
State Nursery at Mont Alto to Be Improved
Harrisburg February 8 Enlarge ment and improvement of grounds and buildings of the Mont Alto state forest nursery in Franklin county to be undertaken as a major WPA project sponsored by the state department of forests and waters Secretary Thomas C Buchanan announces today The project includes a larger reservoir for watering seedlings clearance of three acres of hardwood for extension of the Mont Alto nursery and erection of new needle storage and packing house and tree seed extracting plant The estimated cost of the project is 16000 Work has already begun on the project one of the largest sponsored by the department of forestry and waters through the Works Progress Administration
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Harrisburg
Mont Alto Atate Forest
Franklin County
State Department of Forests and Waters
Thomas C. Buchanan
Mont’ Alto
Worl
Department of Oresty and
Waters
Tta Works Funerals Administraion
News Gleanings Week End Roundup From Around the World
A sprawling column of late 1930s clippings reports Patricia Maguire in Chicago and a rocket mail test at Greenwood Lake New Jersey, plus a mix of political notes from Col Frante Knox to William Durant bankruptcy bids. It covers royal illness, a Lindbergh privacy retreat, a halt in a murder case, weather extremes, and various international takeaways.
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Patricia Maguire
Chicago
Greenwood Lake
N. J
Hewitt
N.J
Britain
Cnib
Col
Frante Knox
Philadelphia
William ©. Durant
General Motors Corp
New York
Crade
Lindbergha
Joseph Stankevich
New Yorke
Mary Stankovich
Harrisburg
Earle
J. Evans Scheehle
Warren van Dylke
New York Central
Clara K. van Hom
Jada
Gerald Nixon
Rayman Kelly
John W
Midwest Buried in Snow Toll Climbs in Chicago
Snowbound streets halted deliveries and limited store sales in Chicago as a cold spell persisted for a week. The Association of Commerce warned a shortage could be averted if highways are cleared today, with zero temperatures limiting wholesale and retail activity.
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Chicago
Association of Commerce
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