Economic Highlights and NRA News Under Johnson
The article surveys government efforts to enforce New Deal codes with the Blue Eagle, noting businesses displaying it must adhere to the code and avoid withdrawal. It mentions tax worries, wage and price balance, labor unrest in Pennsylvania coal fields, and a major AFL drive amid strikes and lookouts affecting NRA success.
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Johnson
National Recovery Drive
NRA
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Pennsylvania
A. F. of L
Six townships seek higher levies in Rush County budgets
Local budgets for 1934 show six of twelve Rush County townships proposing higher tax rates, five lowering them and one maintaining. Walker and Orange lead increases at 1.88 and 1.72 dollars, while Washington stays at 0.79. Public hearings set for September 5 give taxpayers a chance to be heard before final approval and possible remonstrances.
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Anderson
Jackson
Orange
Ripley
Union
Walker
Center
Noble
Posey
Richland
Rushville
Washington
State Tax Board
State Board
County Tax Adjustment Board
Adjustment Board
Rush County
Breeches Bible First Printed in Roman Type
The Geneva Bible published in 1560 in Geneva by Whittingham Gilby and Sampson was the first English Bible in roman type and the first with verse divisions and italic explanations. It earned the Breeches Bible nickname from Gen 3 7 rendering where Adam and Eve make fig leaf breeches.
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Geneva
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Switzerland
William Whittingham
Anthony Gilby
Thomas Sampson
Walcheren Natives Dream On Dutch Island Paradise
On Walcheren, Dutch reclaimed island life is content and dreamy. Natives wear wooden shoes and traditional dress, admire wind mills and old churches, and cheese remains plentiful. Beach signs warn against bathing while locals wade in, lipstick and powder unseen, and Sunday churchgoers display rosy complexions homemade and wholesome.
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Hendrik Hudson
Walcheren
Baden
Guardian of Mankind Akbar the Mongolian Emperor
Akbar the Mongolian emperor earned the title Guardian of Mankind for benevolent rule and efforts to recover lost provinces. He boosted commerce with former provinces, fostered religious tolerance, and established a school system, becoming a model ruler after his death in 1605.
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Akbar
Akhbar
Mongolia
India
Asia
Briton Pope Adrian IV the only English head of Rome
Adrian IV born Nicholas Breakspeare to a poor English family in England rose from student to abbot and then pope in 1154. He led with vigor and upheld papal authority until his death in 1159.
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Adrian
Adrian IV
Breakspeare
Nicholas
Paris
Sacred College
Rose of Jericho Behavior in Arid Climate
The Rose of Jericho, found in northern Africa, Syria, and Arabia, curls away its leaves as dry weather approaches. When ripe the ball-like structure is carried by wind to water or lodges elsewhere. Rain causes it to unfold, revive the branches, and release its seeds far from the original site.
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Jericho
Africa
Syria
Arabia
Chinese Silk Tree Blooms Through Summer
The Chinese mimosa or silk tree blooms all summer, with deep pink clusters that fall away to form a magic carpet beneath. Its tiny green oval leaves fold at dusk like a sensitive plant, then reopen with daylight.
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China
Local Residents Visit and Move In Across Area
Numerous local residents and relatives are noted visiting, hosting, or relocating. Movements include the Mattox family moving to Tweedyville, Kinman and Gates families visiting from Shelbyville and Bloomington, and numerous cross-state visits to Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York. A carload of Pocahontas is on track August 28 and a World’s Fair trip is mentioned.
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Clarence Mattox
Herbert Gates
Town
Henry Stager
Tweedyville
For Sale Items include dining room set and furniture
Classified notice lists eight piece dining room suite for sale in good condition with inquiry at office. Also offers extracted honey at 10 cents per pound and comb honey at 12 1/2 cents per pound by Randolph Reames. Additional sale items include rocking chairs beds tables and a dining set with viewing at Albert Johnson's residence on Wednesday August 23.
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Randolph Reames
Albert Johnson
Family visits and reunions span Kentucky to Indiana
Mrs Cresse Akers and Mrs Minnie Frazier spent weekend with brother Drew Evans in Kentucky. The Evans family returned for an indefinite stay with Mrs Akers. Ethel Posey and Leisure sisters joined the Leisure reunion at Muncie. Several Norris and Winfield relatives attended the World’s Fair from Monday to Thursday. Butler Hill visited his daughters in Greenfield, meeting Mrs Reeves and Mrs Watling.
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Minnie Frazier
Powell, O
Cresse Akers
Monnie Frazier
Drew Evans
Kentucky
Akers
Ethel Posey
O. C. Leisure
Muncie
Laura Norris
A. W. Winfield
Cora Clark
Ramona Norris
Juanita Winfield
Butler Hill
Robert Reeves
Robert Watling
Greenfield
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Dr. Hale H. Pearsey
Morgan Street
Odd Fellows Building
Ross Parish
del Monte
Calif
Regal
Grace Daugherty
Fairmount
John Gates
Lee Kinman
Shelbyville
W. M. Wooten
Mary Sue
Norma Lee
Evansville
Edith Scott
Cincinnati
Martha Fitch
Frederick Fitch
Indianapolis
Pocahontas
Prises
Roy Newby
Anna Sipe
Robert Crawley
Jean Sullivan
Bethany
Howard E. Henley
D. F. Akers
Nova, O
Grover Shrimer
Paul Norris
Benton
Howard Kizer
Sarah Hornbeck
South Orange, N. J
Mr. Kizer
Mrs
Donard Kizer
Charles VanSycoc
Cora Bishop
Albert Rhodes
Walter Catt
Ernest Hermes
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York City
Elizabeth Gatewood
Mooresville
Iona Bundy
Joe Clark
Richmond
H. E. Poston
Newcastle
A. J. Carr
Roseann Poston
Michael Kyser
Mrs. C. G. Hill
Walter Chonan
Rock
Henry Gahimer
Gahimer
Manilla
Omer Small
Syracuse
New York
Wm. Gatewood
Glen Miller Park
N. C. Grimes
Grove City, Pa
Alonzo Kizer
Kaynee
Mickey .Mouse
Keller
Frank Wilson
Indiana
Mt. Pleasant Beech
Mornina Sergeas
Kingan
Addison's Meat Market
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