Profitless Labor Over Hospital Quota Plan In Iowa Senate
A nine member committee’s report on university hospitals in Iowa City failed to influence both house and likely senate action. The house rejected limits on physician graduates and county cost sharing for indigent care while endorsing the existing quota plan. The panel warned the quota plan would not ease the waiting list and could undermine medical instruction. The article notes political pressure and questions about a fence jumping episode affecting support.
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University
Iowa City
House of Representatives
Senate
Committee of Nine
Perkins, Haskell-Klaus
Boards of Supervisors
Byers
The Securities Act of 1933 and Honest Sales Speech
A discussion of the Securities Act of 1933 to curb misstatements and omissions in sales pitches. The piece imagines a bond salesman apologizing for potential inaccuracies, citing improbable probability figures and cautioning buyers to weigh information carefully.
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Easymark
N. Tovend
Camefeller Institute of Technology
Tovend
Good Morning and The Bond Seller Conversation
A debated good morning is defined as central time morning by naval time rules and Webster definitions. The scene shows a Bond Buyer and a Bond Salesman exchanging pleasantries while a character named Mr. Enasymark responds and asks how he can help.
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United States Naval Observatory
Enasymark
Iowa hog market control at stake in direct marketing fight
The debate over direct marketing of hogs pits local producers against broader market players. Proponents argue Iowa hog prices should be set regionally to benefit farmers, preserve multiple nearby markets, and resist ceding stock control to Chicago packers.
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Iowa
Chicago
Gentle Warning on Feminists and Modern Manners
A 1933 note from Dad counsels Louise about feminism, favoring respect for noble virtues over imitation of men. It condemns women who adopt masculine traits, advocates moral standards, and offers social commentary on Prohibition, politics, and etiquette with aphorisms and humorous asides.
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Louise
Plant Wizard Puzzle Solution and Clues
Puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with answers like Plant Wizard and related terms. Includes references to horiculturist, Santa Rosa experiments, and a standard on the Pacific coast. Provides answer grid prompts such as Mooley apple and queen of heaven mentions.
Department stores as theaters of glamour and gossip
A nostalgic portrait of New York department stores as stages for morning organ recitals fashion shows autographs and celebrity sightings. The piece recalls film stars socialites and notable visitors wandering glittering aisles while staff mingle as courteous guides and “store dicks” keep watch.
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New York
Ziegfeld
Carroll
The Department Store as a Stage for Hearts and Hopes
In this 1933 reflection, a narrator surveys department store life from the sales floor to fitting rooms. Personalities clash with customers and workers, revealing pride, avarice, humility, and quiet romance behind the dazzling aisles.
Theaters Offer Multiple 1930s Film Lineups
At Paramount and other venues across towns the week showcases Clara Bow in Hoopla Edward G Robinson and Kay Francis in I Loved a Woman and Jackie Cooper in Lone Cowboy. Majestic presents Fast Life with William Haines and Madge Evans I Have Lived with Alan Dinehart and Anita Page Palace shows Night of June 13 with Clive Brook and Lila Lee Hearts of Humanity Rialto features Reckless Age with Peggy Shannon Buddy Rogers Hold the Press with Tim McCoy and Shirley Grey Olympic screens Smoke Lightnings and Return of Casey Jones Lone Tree notes Eastern Star Fern Leaf chapter officers elected at Ma sonic hall. Dor othy Kilbourne named Worthy matron and Cleo Jarrard as worthy patron.
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Paramount
Clara Bow
Iowa
Edward G Robinson
Kay Francis
State
Jackie Cooper
Majestic
William Haines
Madge Evans
Alan Dinehart
Anita Page
Palace
Clive Brook
Lila Lee
Rialto
Peggy Shannon
Buddy Rogers
Tim McCoy
Shirley Grey
George O’brien
Casey Jones
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Iowa Estate
State of Iowa Linn County is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of J E Kalb deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. Those having claims will file them duly authenticated in the offices of the Clerks of the Linn County District Court Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company Executor L M Silliman attorneys.
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Towa
Linn County
J. EB. DeKalb
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
L. M. Silliman
Treasury mails to towns on bank function checks
The treasury sent telegrams to nearly every small town asking if banks are functioning and if credit facilities exist, signaling a major New Deal move that could trigger postal savings for checking accounts in areas with no banks.
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Ashington
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Ham Fish
Germany
Charley Hart
Fersia
Russia
Hart
Wiliam H. Hornibrook
Persia
Hornibrook
Siam
Woodrow Wilson
Utah
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London
the Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Michison Ave
Fifth Avenue
Reet Gqulerance
Aoy
Ihe
Mqnor
Ethel
Augusta
Georgia
Gran
Gramp
Willie
Mom and Pop
Company
Shoemaker's Tool
Cially
Plum
Pacific Coast
Santa Rosa
Beatrice
Lillie
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Bye&ry
Marie Dressler
You
Bill Halligan
Sinclair Lewis
Hoover
Gumps
San Francisco
W. H. Taft
Pogue's
Cincinnati
Marlene
Bullock's
Los Angeles
Fiske
Grace George
Alice Longworth
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Eugene O'Neill
Second Avenue SE
Gatto's
Gilhooley
Avenue A
Park Avenue
Noah
Lone Tree
Fern Leaf Chapter
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Dorothy Kilbourne
Cleo Jarrard
Alice Stiles
Lucile Rife
W. L. Holdeman
L. O. Adams
City
Charlie Ruggles
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Baby
Jack Holt
Master of Men
Drew Pearson
Robert 8
Allen
India
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Herbert Hoover
Capitol
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Fort Meyer
Potomac
Washington
Secret Service
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George Peek
Peek
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NRA
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Sol A. Rosenblatt
South Dakota
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Senate Banking Committee
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Consumers Conference
AAA
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Pressmen'’S Union
Hugh Johnson
Wilson
Rudolph Forester
Baltill
Edward G. Robinson
Olive Borden
Mila Weat
Danceland
Greenwich Entertainers
Howard Gaston
Hearts OF Humanity
Wallace Beery
Annie
John Wray
Charlotte Henry
Alice
Richard Arlen
Ros. Coates
Gary Cooper
Leonerros
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W. C. Fields
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Raymond Natton
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