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...built-in market; they estimate that more than half of all Negro women still do not use makeup regularly. Most of these companies keep black cosmetics moderately priced to place them within reach of lower-income blacks. Some of the more popular brand names: Astarté, Afram, Libra, and Flori Roberts...
...cotton episode was accompanied by, or perhaps it caused a rumor that Secretary Jardine would soon resign to accept a high-salaried position as "tsar" of the orange-lemon-grapefruit industry in Flori...
This was the situation in Iowa last week, reminiscent of the Flori da-Georgia bank troubles of the last summer (TIME, July 26). Six years ago there was similar unrest among U. S. banks. Considerable numbers of them failed, prelude to the 1920-21 business depression. Is this Iowa situation symptomatic of a national condition? The Iowa State Banking Department hastened to make up a bulletin: "The condition is purely local. It is simply a concerted action on the part of the banks to stop continued unwarranted withdrawals." After a few days some of the banks reopened to honor demands...