Pent-up Demand Buys Hopeful Rise in 1941 Consumer Spending
A 1941 overview argues rising pent-up demand will lift America as consumers spend on food, clothing, housing, and autos lags versus 1926. It notes advertising as key to shaping demand and reflects on leadership and moral values amid shifting prosperity and postwar expectations.
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B. G. Forbes
Busine
Henry T. Ewald
Debrot
America
Wnroll
Indus Wies
Solons Urged to Oppose Farm Station Closure
Legislators urged to block shutdown of a farm station on the Corpus Christi road near San Antonio. Porter Whaley of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and others advocate against the Agriculture Department plan to close the station by June 40 as directed by Agriculture Secretary Arthur M. Trye. The station's role in studying the cotton boll weevil problem is cited as a reason to keep it open.
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Tom Connally
Richard M Kierg
Porter Whaley
San Antonio
Willy Wecord
Wainley
Explosion toll deepens as tanker blaze claims more lives
In a distant port, a tanker explosion triggered a deadly fire. Early reports list multiple fatalities with fire crews counting losses and continuing recovery efforts. Officials cite missing persons as teams comb the wreckage for survivors.
South Makes White Paper From Pine South Discovery Aids Pulp Mill
Savannah Ga June 21 One of the Souths greatest commercial opportunities opened with the discovery that white paper can be made from virtually all its pine forests. White paper chemical pulp made for the first time from long leaf and loblolly pines, 80 percent of the Souths pine resources, was prepared for exhibition at a Georgia forestry association meeting in Rome. The breakthrough was achieved within the past month at Georgia's experimental paper mill in Savannah.
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Savannah
Tts
Georgia Forestry Association
Rome
Georgia
Val Verde road work contracts planned for county
Val Verde county faces awarding million dollar road and bridge projects by the state highway commission. A $130,000 Devil's River bridge 1000 feet long will rise 40 feet above water, with additional spans at Castle Canyon and California Creek. Paving between Devil's River and Comstock includes Langtry work and Eagle Pass road projects near Del Rio. Judge Roger Thurmond noted the plans and potential rejections.
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Val Verde
Roger Thurmond
Devil S River
Here
San Antonio-El Paso
Devils River
Castle Canyon
California Creek
Devil's River
Comstock
Val Verde County
State Highway Commission
Thurmond
Langtry
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Jimmy Walker's Wife Under Knife
Mrs James J. Walker, wife of the New York mayor, underwent an abdominal operation today at Polyclinic hospital. Dr William Schroeder Jr. reported she came out of the operation in excellent condition.
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Jimmy Walker
New York
James J. Walker
Kansas City tragedy links nurse and patron
Jins James Patton Andriano, a St. Joseph businessman and father of six, is dead after a apparent suicide pact with Ada Bendon, a St. Joseph nurse. Andriano's body lay beside Miss Bendon in a hotel room. the nurse was found unconscious. Letters say they could not stand being apart. The case emerged in Kansas City as police investigated the double tragedy.
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Kansas City
James Patton Andriano
St. Joseph
Ada Bendon
General Hospital
Andriano
Puget Sound Air Corps Group Proposal Drawn in House
Washington June 21 An Army Air Corps bombardment group for Seattle area was requested by Rep Herr Republican of Washington as a defense step for the Pacific Northwest. The plan has support from Rep James Republican of Michigan. It would bring 753 enlisted men 81 officers and about 60 planes to Puget Sound.
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Washington, D. C
Usi
Aarmy Air Corps
Seattle
Herr
Republican
Washington
Pacific Northwest
James
Michigan
House Military Committee
Harr
Puget Sound
Chaplin Sons Sign for Fox Pictures in Hollywood
Charline Chaplin's two young sons Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr and Sidney Earl Chaplin will appear in five Fox films. Their mother Lita Grey Chaplin, ex-wife of Sheeter, signed a three year contract for the boys yesterday.
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Chaplin
Movies Hollywood
Charille Chaplin
Fox Film Company
Lita Grey Chaplin
Sheeter
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Earl Chaplin
Mrs. Grey
Hughes Against Bunk in Platform Draft
Dallas wire report says Maury Hughes a Texas member of the Democratic platform committee vows no bunk as the party writes its prohibition plank at Chicago. He leaves Dallas with National Committeeman Jed Adams for preconvention work ahead of the convention.
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Dallas
Maury Hughes
Texas
Committee On
Chicago
Hughes
Jed ©. Adams
Citizen Is Killed Watching Gunfight in Shawnee
Shawnee Oklahoma June 21 a furious gunfight on a residential street left a citizen dead and police officer Sam A Miller wounded with a bullet to the right lung and a wound to the left wrist. Pioneer resident Miller was standing in his doorway watching the gunplay when shot. The assailant escaped.
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Shawnee
Sam A. Miller
W. M. Jones
Zemo Relief Ad For Itching Skin
An old time advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean soothing invisible lotion for itching skin and scalp irritation including eczema pimples ringworm rashes and dandruff. It promises prompt relief with antiseptic soothing action and notes price one dollar.
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