Elyria Retail Sales in 1950 Hit 3.87 Times 1940 Total
The 1951 52 Consum er Markets estimates show Elyria’s 1950 retail sales at 48.1 million dollars, up from 12.4 million in 1940, a 387 percent increase. Per capita retail sales reached 1,572 dollars with 5,129 dollars per household, across food, general merchandise, apparel, autos, and other sectors. Manufacturing in 1947 had 68 plants employing 1,284.
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Consumer Markets
Standard Rate and Data Service, Inc
Ohio turnpike end roads to be strengthened
Ohio State Highway officials announce emergency work to widen and deepen three secondary routes feeding the western end of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Projects include Route 170 from Route 341 to Unity and Route 90 to Petersburg, with traffic diverted away from the turnpike as weather allows. Plans to bid next month and start this week.
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T. J. Kauer
Pennsylvania
Kauer
Unity
Pennsyl
Temporarilyvania State Line
Petersburg
Pennsylvania State Line
Kauer Construction
Ohio
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Stassen Circulation for Pennsylvania Republican Primary
Petition drives for Harold E. Stassen to enter Pennsylvania Republican presidential preference primaries circulated across the state. Stassen, on leave as University of Pennsylvania president, announced entry in the April 22 primaries.
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Stassen
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
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