Texas retail outlook 1936 to surpass 1929 boom year
A Chicago Merchandise Mart survey of 230 Texas retailers suggests 1935 retail sales were 8.66 percent below 1929 but 1936 could show a net gain averaging 9.63 percent. Merchants cite crop improvements farm income and public spending ahead of Dallas Centennial events as key growth drivers, with expectations ranging from slight declines to large gains.
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Texas
Ince
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Dallas
Navy Wife on Screen at Grand Theatre
Norris novel adaptation stars Maie Trevor and Ralph Bellamy in a Fox film spreading a medical and nursing corps focus. The drama follows a venue nurse who falls for a physician still grieving his late wife, and a complex love triangle ends in tragedy before a hopeful climax.
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Maie Trevor
Ralph Bellamy
Grand Theatre
Kathleen Norris
United States Navy
Navy
Bellamy
Miss Trevor
Teelief
Kathleen Burke
Nide
Understanding
Tdp Hess
Manahans Host Owl Bridge Club Dinner Event
Mrs Charles Manahan welcomed Owl Bridge Club members at their home last Friday for a formal dinner. The evening featured a multi course meal served at small tables with decorative pottery and an after dinner contract bridge session hosted by Mr and Mrs J Kerr and others.
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Moor
Charles Manahan
The
Owls Club
J. A
Monroe Kerr
Sisk
Iliams
Martin
Mrs Colwell and Moonwell Visit Carlsbad Friends
Mrs Ben Colwell Perry Moonwell and Killen Waters spent Sunday in Carlsbad to attend to business and visit with friends.
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Mit I
Ben Colwell
Perry Moonwell
Killen Waters
Carlsbad
Marines Announce Vacancy In List
The Los Angeles Marine recruiting station has exhausted its waiting list and will enlist 75 young men meeting the Marine Corps requirements. Recruits will be transferred to San Diego for preliminary training. Applicants must be 15 to 25 years old, 66 to 74 inches tall, of good character, American citizens with at least a good school education. Full information from the LA recruiting station at 257 South Spring Street.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Los Angeles
Marine Corps
Marine Base
San Diego
Tom B. Thrasher, Jr
South Spring Station
California
Broken Wrist Fraudster George C Blank Exposed
The Index Bureau System exposes a fraud scheme by a man named George C who fakes wrist injuries in stores to extort settlements. He claimed years of pain from a nonrecent fall and used a tourniquet to swell his arm before planned flops on his way to a seven year sentence.
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Australia
Charles Kingsford- Smith, Jr
England
Continent
George C
George
Index Bureau
Mrs Hilliard Camp Heads to El Paso with Company
Mrs. Hilliard Camp leaves with her mother Mrs. Pauline Brown and Mrs. Leonard for a several day trip to El Paso before returning home.
Judge Pelphrey Visits Pecos During Weekend
Judge Will H. Pelphrey, Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals Eighth District, was in Pecos visiting friends over the weekend while seeking re election to his office.
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Will H. Pelphrey
Court of Civil Appeals
Eighth District
el Paso
Return from visit to Hot Springs New Mexico trip
Marvin and Clarence Loring returned last Thursday night from a week long trip to Hot Springs New Mexico where they visited their father RE M Loring and attended to business matters.
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Marvin
Clarence Loring
Hot Springs
New Mexico
RE. M. Loring
Bright Colors In Bags and Gloves
Denton reports a surge of colorful accessories with new bag and glove collections. Bold pinks blues greens and yellows pair with black gray brown or green outfits while fawn suede pouches and distinctive clasps update handbags.
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Denton
Entertains Friends With Bridge Party
Miss Ruth Newell and Mrs. Mae Jones hosted a Saturday afternoon bridge gathering in Newell’s apartment with a St Patrick’s Day theme. Prizes went to Mrs. Fenton Alley for high score and to Mrs. Paul Dowling and Mrs. Clarence Mount for low and high cut before refreshments.
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Ruth Newell
Mae Jones
Miss Newell
Fenton Alley
Low
Paul Dowling
Clarence Mount
Thomas Lilly
Ben Colwell
Wylie Lune Cole
Health Board Promotes Clean-Up Week in Texas Centennial Year
The State Department of Health will sponsor Clean-Up Week from March 29 to April 5. Dr. John W W Brown urges all Texans to repair and paint buildings, weed removal replaced by flowers, and sanitation upgrades. Campaigns target fire prevention and health promotion among Mexican and Black communities while showcasing Texas to Centennial visitors.
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Austin
State Department of Health
John W.W. Brown
Texas
Union
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Norris
Manahans
Owl Bridge Club
Marines
George C. Blank
Homes
Straight Whiskey
the Oou Quaker i | Company
Lgpremie
Old Quaker Company
Lawrenceburg, Ind
Crystal City
Cayself
Mayor Pop Eye
Pecos
Ken Bowser
Hill Hudson
New Orleans
M. L. Swinehart
Bowser
Florida
Chevrolet
Fisher
Flint
Michigan
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
G.M.A.C
Williams-Kerr Chevrolet Company
Pecos, Texas
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