Texas Unemployment Insurance Starts In 1938
In Texas the unemployment program begins January 1 1938 providing weekly cash benefits to unemployed workers and aiding job placement. The system covers 12 600 employers and 875 000 employees, with maximum weekly benefits of 15 dollars and a 16 week per year limit. Employers and employees register through local Employment Service offices and the state commission administers claims under a $2 to $15 weekly range.
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Austin
Tom
Harry
Texas
Texas Unemployment Commission
Texas State Employment Service
Employment Service
Photaannis
Reyield
St. Security
Lenin's Unmouldering Body Attracts Millions In Red Square
Moscow witnesses report 11.5 million visitors to Lenin's tomb since his death, with daily queues and a guarded, dimly lit glass canopy preserving the mummy. Details describe embalming by Vorobieff and Sbarsky, the tomb's climate control, and a rare attack hint amid a steady public procession.
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Gorki
Moscow
Lenin
Vorobieff
Sabarsky
Blie Safety
Bert Sid
East Texiein Order
Nikolai Lenin
Red Square
Vladimir Vorobieff
Professor Sbarsky
Central Executive Committee
Ukraine
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Paris
Kremlin
Musoleum
Sbarsky
Match-size lamp shown eclipses searchlights in tests
In Palo Alto California Dr Cornellis Bol of Stanford University demonstrated a match-size lamp that emits two kilowatts of power and, with a 36 inch reflector, yields a beam exceeding a million candlepower per square inch. Medical researchers explore skin treatments and militarist and television interest grows.
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Palo, Alto
Calif
American Physical Society
Cornellis Bol
Stanford University
Bol
Weavers Quiet Night After Proposal Exchange
Dialogue reveals a playful marriage proposal with a diamond ring. The exchange ends with a simple, mutual acknowledgment as the couple remains calm and composed in a quiet moment.
1938 Holiday Gadgets Include Adjustable Worms and More
Chicago reports a string of new inventions for Christmas 1937. Frank J. Peters envisions adjustable worm bait packed in a tube with squeeze-out lengths of two or five inches. Other ideas include golf overshoes with rubber uppers and spikes, a capless toothpaste design, and a pari mutuel poker table proposed by Roy Bruno. Burns notes limited progress on silent alarms, round wheels for streetcars, and other gadgets while forecasting a busy year for inventors.
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Chicago
St. Nick
Frank J. Peters
Portland
Ore
Peters
Albert Burns
National Inventors Congress
Richard E. Salvesen
Forest City
Iowa
Bruno
Burns
Hotel solves high costs with self service lobby alert
West Virginia adjutant Ed McGrail notes a central state hotel slashes overhead by leaving lobby unmanned after ten. A lobby register, a list of vacant rooms and an alarm clock sit beside a sign inviting guests to choose: take the alarm clock if you want to rise early.
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Ed McGrail
West Virginia
Doctor J R Thompson Opens Sherman Clinic
Dr J R Thompson announces the opening of his office over Bass Parrish and Taylor in Sherman. He offers physician and surgeon services, osteopathic treatments, general practice, and treatment for rectal diseases.
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Bass, Parrish & Taylor
Sherman
Advertising Lets Small Firms Grow Into Big Business
The piece argues modern advertising accelerates growth for small firms, enabling rapid market entry and competition with large companies. It contends advertising fosters consumer access, prevents monopolies, lowers production costs, and supports scientific research benefits for society.
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James V. Allred
Unemployment Compensation Commission
P&ser
Iftey
Engraomplete Insurance Service
Our
America
Sun
Ns & Bryant
Surance Agency
Otel
Alamo
S Historic Shrine OF
Crockett
Enon
San Antonio
Roy Bruno
Flagstaff, Ariz
J. R. Thompson
Pete Nee Eery
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