Visual chart tracks 50 years of business cycles
Colonel Leonard B. Ayres presents a chart showing periods of prosperity and low mood over the past fifty years. The chart uses a black Uhovette to display monthly fluctuations in industrial and transportation activity. Editor Allard Smith notes the piece, prepared for NEA Service and The Evening News, highlighting that depressions are typically followed by booms and that seasonal fluctuations are smoothed to show mid-range activity.
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Leonard B. Ayres
Levelland Trust Company
Mounthly
Artiviy
Allard Smith
NEA
The
Evening News
Union Trust Company of Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Reagan County Approves Road Paving Project
Reagan County voters approved a $275,000 bond issue to secure State Aid for paving a major highway across the county. The project would extend a hard surfaced road from San Angelo to Port Stockton, linking with Federal No 67, except Irm County.
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Big Lake Jane
Reagan County
Waders
San Angelo
Port Stockton
Irn County
Presbyterian Church Welcomes Rev Kennedy In Del Rio
The Rev BK Kennedy arrived in Del Rio on Wednesday to become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. He previously led a church in Coleman and has recently been in San Antonio. The Kennedys reside at 220 Central Street as the Breckenridge appointment awaits final call.
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BK. Kennedy
del Rio
San Antonio
First Presbyterian Church
Kennedy
Presbyterian Church
Coleman
He Presbyterian Mana
Central Street
Merbert Go Markley
Cal
Breckenridge
Cigar Shop Owner and Woman Found Dead in Bedroom
In Peking Til January 1 UP Danirl Jenkins and Mrs Hele Bates were found dead in the rear bedroom of a cigar shop operated by Jenkins. A revolver lay between them. Police withheld whether the deaths are murder suicide or double murder.
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Peking
Til
Danirl Jenkins
Hele Bates
Jenking
Mrs FE W Alderman Buried In Cotulla
Mrs FE W Alderman wife of E W Alderman a La Salle County ranchman died from a suspected self inflicted gunshot wound. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church with Rev M M Talbot and Rev Harry Hamilton officiating. She was daughter of George Balman a pioneer of the region.
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Cotulla
FE. W. Alderman
E. W. Alderman
la Balle
Baptist Church
M. M. Talbot
Harry Hamilton
Unis City
Bie
George Balman
Franked Christmas Cards Under Probe
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde seeks a ruling on the Christmas Aide franking that Senator Caraway says abused free postage. Hyde says the ecards were sent to agricultural colleges farm papers breeder associations and similar groups under government franking.
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Washington
Hyde
Caraway
Arkansas
Thirteen Indicted After Cook County Probe in Chicago
A Cook County grand jury indicted thirteen professional benchmen following a probe. Jurors cited time constraints for impeachment proceedings and urged further investigation. Two municipal judges faced potential charges as the report noted.
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Chicago
Cook County
Wounds Prove Fatal to Felipe Mexican Aurelio Laing
Aurelio Laing 57 died at his son Arnulfo Laing’s San Felipe home after being found wounded Thursday morning. Authorities say the injuries were likely self inflicted with a pistol. Laing had been in critical condition since Wednesday. The death occurred at about 2 30 o clock. Sheriff’s office and local justice officials investigated the scene at Rin Cemetery area.
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Aurelio Laing
Arnulfo Laing
San Felipe
Imatien
Laing
Economic shocks mark the 1930s depressions in U S markets
Executive Vice President of The Un tom Trust Co in Cleveland notes nineteen hundred and thirty as a year of deep economic shocks and dis appointments. The piece recalls declines in prices, financial and industrial markets, production, and employment, signaling a major depression from the 1929 peak.
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The
Untom Trust Co
Cleveland
Ohio
NEA
World economic boom ends as silver collapse shocks markets
The passage notes a 1930s-style wide shift with crushing declines in stock values and commodity prices. It cites overproduction, weak purchasing power, and a silver price collapse lowering global demand, alongside speculation that rung through American securities and credit systems. Psychological factors fueled overconfidence then fear.
Better Highways Drive For Kendall County Roads
Kendall County officials discuss a four lane highway plan from the Gillespie County line to Kerr County, including paving prior routes through Welfare Waring and Bankersmith. The project may use a bond issue around 175000 dollars with state aid due to county valuation and location at interstate highway intersections. An election on the bond is anticipated after presenting definite figures.
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Boerne
Kendall County
Siena
Waring
Strck
Iaid
Gillespie County
Parth
Kerr County
Welfare, Waring and Bankersmith
Gilliespie
Highway Commission
Kendal County
Cracked Plane Forces Stranded Pilot to Leave Airport
B. F. Root of LaCrosse departed Thursday after repairs to his Piper Childs cabin monoplane. The aircraft ground looped on takeoff with six passengers, tearing off a wheel. a replacement wheel was ordered from Dallas.
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B. F. Root
LaCrosse
Tor
Dallas
Two Women Held In S3 Extortion Plot
Dallas January 1 three suspects Betty Head Lorraine Bradshaw and RC Parker a waiter told police he was robbed of 3 by the trio who threatened him with a pistol after he failed to provide cash RC Parker identified the two women and one man as the alleged extortion group as police arrested them today on robbery charges
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Dallas
UPA
CM. Head
Betty Head
Lorraine Bradshaw
Robbey
RC Parker
Parker
Therm
Raids and murder shock Chicago Loop on New Year Day
Chicago in the loop saw raiders and gunfire as Heenan was killed and six others wounded including a gangster. An officer and a taxi office officer were involved with five bandits in a robbery attempt. One policeman was wounded along with two patrons during the hold up.
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Chicago Loop
Chicago
UPA Po- Heenan
John Dondruska
Sao Ba A
Pioneer Mexican Resident Will Be Buried Thursday
Funeral services for Corteo Martinez who died at his home 309 Exist Garfield Street Wednesday at noon will be held at the family residence at 4 o clock Thursday with the Woodmen of the World in charge. Interment will be in the Fast Del Rio cemetery. Martinez aged about 60 had been a resident of Del Rio for about years. He is survived by his wife Rosa Martinez and two children Mary and Sundenz.
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Corteo Martinez
Garfield Street
Woodmen of the World
Fast del Rio
Martinez
Val Verde County
del Rio
Rosa Martinez
Mary
Sundenz
Angelo Hosts Five Conventions In San Angelo
San Angelo expects about 3900 delegates in 1931 for five conventions led by The Sheep and Goat Raisers Association The Texas Bankers Association The Texas Press Association The Northwest Texas Clinic and Hospital Managers Association and The Ex Rangers Association’s meeting in the city.
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San Angelo
Asocation of Texas
The
Texas Bankers’ Association
Texas Press Association
Northwest Texas Clinic and Hospital Managers Association
Ex. Rangers Association
Aviatrix May Johnson Plans Berlin Stop On Beijing Flight
Miss May Johnson a famed British aviatrix aims to fly to Peking in a Gypsy Moth plane starting from London She will lie over in Berlin tonight en route and continues tests for the long flight UPI reports
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London
UPI
May Johnson
Peking
Berlin
Villa Acuna Celebrates New Year With Dual Festivities
About 600 people joined midnight inaugural ceremonies for Valeriano Valdez as Villa Acuna opened its new year. A street carnival ran alongside official events in the plaza with bands, dances, parades, and a casino club dance planned for officials.
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Valeriano Valdez
Villa Acuna
White House Opens for New Year Reception
Washington January 1 Gates to the executive grounds opened for the annual New Year reception. President and Mrs Hoover were to greet more than 4 000 visitors during the event with high and low in the land among the guests.
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Hoover
Business Movies at Princess Theatre Show Film on Commerce
A large group of merchants and business men attended the Wednesday morning showing of March of Business at the Princess Theatre. H Wren, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, says no admission was charged. The United States Chamber of Commerce sponsored the film depicting business manufacturing and living conditions over the past fifty years.
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Princess Theatre
H. Wren
The
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Robbers Target Tourist Bound for Del Rio From San Antonio
County sheriffs追 pursued two men in a Buick sedan who abducted Harvey Newell of Tucson after inviting him to ride toward Del Rio. They attacked him on Castroville road, stole his watch $27 and luggage, causing internal injuries. Newell lay near death at Robert B Green Hospital in San Antonio. He had recently undergone major surgery in Mobile Alabama. The suspects dropped him on the road then fled. authorities monitor possible Del Rio connections.
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del Rio
San Antonio
Harvey Newell
Tucson
Ariz
M. L
Bud” Whistler
Newell
Castroville
Newel
Robert B. Green
Mobile
Ala
Union
Co op Wool Handling Success Marks TEXAS Production Leader
The National Wool Marketing Corporation reports 1930 totals of 19.28 million pounds of wool and 14.95 million pounds of mohair handled, with 37,000,000 dollars advanced. Judge Roger Gillis named president. Sol Mayer of San Angelo sits on the executive board as the co op expands in Texas.
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National Wool Marketing Corporation
San Angelo
Roger Gillis
del Rid
Sol Mayer
Sar Angelo
Lansivum
Belcher
del Rio
Bred Earwood
Tom Hampton
Texas
Big Business
American Mohair Producers Co- Operative Marketing Corporation
Uvalde
Lone Star Wool-Mohair Co-Operative Association
Mid-Texas Wool and Mohair Company
Merford
Sonora
Southwest Texas
Prohibition Headlines Dominate 1930 Chronology
The 1930 yearlong chronology notes the Eighteenth Amendment headlines appear 19 times, eclipsed only by President Hoover. Prohibition stories range from seizures to repeal efforts and tougher enforcement, with accidents in disaster tallies and major international deaths including Taft and Conan Doyle shaping the year’s news. Football is cited as the leading sport in the chronology.
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E. W. Pickard
Lst
William Howard Taft
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Doyle
Four-inch Snow Reported in Marfa
MARFA Jan 1 The heaviest snow of the season covered the area with an estimated four inches before noon and later. Early melt gave way to a white blanket as temperatures cooled. No damage from the cold snap was reported and locals believe the snow will benefit the ranges.
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Marfa
Allred Takes Oath as Attorney General
James V. Allred of Wichita Falls took the oath of office as attorney general in the Supreme Court consultation room before Chief Justice M. Cureton and a gathering of state officials and friends.
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Austin
Wum
James V. Allred
Wichita Falls
Supreme Court
M. Cureton
Inmates in Texas Prisons Reported by Governor Moody
The daily Texas prison inmate total stands at 6 034, reported from the governor's office. The figure is slightly below normal, reflecting a snapshot as of January 1.
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Austin
Teras
Moody
Extra Federal Funds to Rush Highway Work
Texas the State Highway Department moves to speed road projects with 5,068,980 additional federal funds added to the 1931 appropriation. Gibb C Gilchrist says contracts will be awarded and bids called in every section as the loan is repaid over five years beginning 1933. The total federal aid for Texas highways rises to about 12.1 million dollars.
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Austin
State Highway Department
Texas
Gibb C Gilchrist
Del Rio Observes New Year Quietly With Business Suspend
Most Del Rio businesses closed for New Year, cafes hotels and the press excepted. Courthouse and federal offices shut. One arrest reported and no serious incidents. A minor accident near Brackettville caused brief disturbance before quiet returned.
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del Rio
Brackettville
Minight
City Water Usage Drops to 756000 Gallons Daily
The city uses about three fourths as much water in July and August as usual, per W. Churchwell, superintendent of the city water works. Current consumption runs around 756000 gallons daily, compared with the summer output of 9 gallons.
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W. Churchwell
Kerr County Paving Plan Aims to Boost 1941 Economy
Kerr County business men plan highway paving to start after New Year, improving prospects amid belief 1941 will be better financially than 1930 1932 and raise local employment. The project signals optimism as paving aims to spur growth.
Hoover P London Naval Bill Signed Treaty Entry
President Hoover announced that the United States has entered a treaty with an ally regarding naval armament. The action followed a motion informing the public of the treaty and the alliance’s naval commitments.
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Hoover
Washington
Dent Hoover
Unite States
End Jenan
Hulgat Twaty
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Valdez
International Bridge
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White House
U.S. Farm Bank
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W Wil Erk
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