Throughout the nation last week ran a little thrill of economic hope. It was picked up by an eager Press, already excited by a stockmarket rally (see p. 27). Some headlines of the week:
Many Industries Add Workers
CHICAGO WHEAT SCORES THIRD
STRAIGHT RISE
BUSINESS PULSE BEATING FASTER Factories Reopening All Over Country
BOOM AWAKENS
TEXTILE PLANTS IN NEW ENGLAND
Capacity Production Reported in Some Cities, Idle Employees Find Jobs
REVIVAL IN TRADE
GAINS MOMENTUM
THROUGHOUT EAST
Road Is Clear
To Prosperity
Capital Feels
Mark Sullivan Notes a Calm Confidence; Obstacles to Recovery Are Gone
250,000 To Get Highway Jobs
CAMDEN GIVES
JOBS TO 9,000,
LONG LAID OFF
Steel, Textiles, Autos Augur Business' Upturn 24 COAL MINES
AT WILKES-BARRE
RESUME...