An Analysis of the Dallas Morning News Used Car Advertisements of Twenty Automobile Dealers for the Month of April (open access)

An Analysis of the Dallas Morning News Used Car Advertisements of Twenty Automobile Dealers for the Month of April

"It is the purpose of this study to determine the type of appeal, the size and cost, the plan of insertions, and the extent superlatives are used in The Dallas Morning News used car advertisements of twenty automobile dealers during the month of April. Fourteen advertising appeals were used by the twenty automobile dealers advertising in The Dallas Morning News in the month of April. The fourteen appeals used were: efficiency, friendliness, style, curiosity, safety, convenience-comfort, economy reliability-reputation, durability-dependability, social distinction, fear-caution, ambition, pleasure, and family affection. The economy was the one most used appeal by the dealer. As shown in Table 12, the number of advertising appeals used corresponds or exceeds very little the total number of advertising insertions. Excepting one case, the dealers place the largest advertisements in the Sunday paper. The general procedure was that of placing large advertisements in the Sunday paper and smaller ones throughout the week. The total cost for the twenty automobile dealers was $6,452.08. The total advertising cost per dealer ranged from $38.20 to $1613.81. Only nine of the twenty dealers used superlatives in advertising during the month of April. The nine dealers used nine different superlatives for a total of 281 …
Date: August 1940
Creator: Evans, Ralph L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secretarial and Stenographic Duties and Qualifications in  Department Stores in Dallas and Fort Worth (open access)

Secretarial and Stenographic Duties and Qualifications in Department Stores in Dallas and Fort Worth

This survey presents views of department store officials on what they expect from their employees in an effort to improve the training of stenographers and secretaries.
Date: 1941
Creator: Landes, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Department Store Employment in the Cities of Dallas, Sherman, Denison, and Denton, Texas (open access)

Survey of Department Store Employment in the Cities of Dallas, Sherman, Denison, and Denton, Texas

This study was undertaken for the purpose of finding the standard requirements and qualifications demanded of employees by the sales, sales service, and executive divisions of the average department stores, and the rewards and benefits enjoyed by the employees for faithful and efficient service rendered to the organization.
Date: 1941
Creator: Sullivan, Henry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library