Renamed the Work Projects Administration (or the WPA) in 1935, the Public Works Administration was initially created in June of 1933 in the National Industrial Recovery Act. It was designed to fund massive public works projects and provide employment and economic...
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On a warm summer day in August 1950, Harmon Dobson and Paul Burton opened up their first Whataburger on Ayers Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. According to Mr. Dobson, the stated goal of the business was to “make a better burger that took two hands to and tasted so...