Unemployment myths and factory skills shortages
The piece argues most people are not universally employable and notes skilled labor shortages in manufacturing, especially autos, while machinery raises employment and lowers costs. It cites a rise in jobs since 1900 to 1930, calls unemployment statistics unreliable, and suggests unemployment compensation may reveal true trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Management Association
Machinery and al- Ned Products Institute
Intitute
Trans Atlantic Liners See End of Class Travel Distinctions
With a booming tourist outlook for spring the Trans Atlantic lines plan record traffic. The arrival of the Queen Mary and Norman D. loom amid questions of profitability, as the Manhattan and Washington prove smaller liners can be more economical. All lines agree to abolish class distinctions with cabin rates tied to cabin desirability, allowing broader travel on equal footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandie
Manhattan
Washington
Paris
Europe
In Memory of Donny Boy Baxter
Poem mourning the death of a child named Donny Boy Baxter. The piece reflects deep family grief, mentions a second child, and notes consolation in faith. Contributed by Mrs. L. M. Crutchfield of Bradshaw Texas. A Kansas editor remarks on subscribers’ belief that the editor aims to die poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donny Boy Baxter
Donny Boy
God
L. M. Crutchfield
Bradshaw
Texas
Kansas
Congress eyes end of session with farm aid bets
Washington reports lawmakers plan to quit by March 1 while eyeing a farm aid bill, new tax schemes, and a relief appropriation. Debates center on continuing crop production control and erosion plans, with Borah and Landon emerging as Republican contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Nye
United States
la Townsend
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
National Cooperative Council
Federation of Farmers’ Cooperatives
AAA
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Drink Water With Meals Aids Digestion
An ad from Smith Drug Company promotes drinking water with meals to help stomach juices and digestion. It suggests using Adlerika for gas bloating and claims one dose cleanses poisons and washes both upper and lower bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Drug Company
Customer drama and a practical sales twist in office lore
A manufacturer faces two irate customers seeking urgent shipments and chooses the one more profitable, illustrating tough business reality. A lawyer's patient effort with a difficult client yields a surprisingly positive interview, while a column by Lockwood Barr highlights quirky personal ads and the entertaining blur of classified notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Polyanna
Lockwood Barr
New York City
Miss Loraine Frick Loses Finger In Bus Door Accident
Miss Loraine Frick daughter of Mr and Mrs Taylor of route 4 north of town lost the forefinger of her left hand in a peculiar accident last Thursday afternoon. The Drasco school student was boarding the school bus when a gust of wind caught the door and slammed it shut, leading to automatic amputation of the finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine Frick
Taylor
Gold diggers and gray hairs reflect age old vices
In a terse aphoristic note, the writer contrasts gray hairs with foolishness and criticizes gold diggers as rich in brass, implying shallow wealth over wisdom. The line offers a satirical take on age and greed with sharp moral imagery.
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Che Winters Enterprise Hill & Hall, Publishers
Winters
Sampson Oilrite
Musser Lumber CO
Otis Grisham
Marvin Fatrick
Chevrolet
Henry Jones
Borah
Ohio
Mr. Hoover
Old Guard
Cleveland
Landon
Senator Borah
Berlin
Germany
Christel Cranz
Dionne
East 60Th
East 100Th Streets
Stata
Mary
Pho
Meer
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