1937 National income highest since 1930
The U S national income rose to 67 5 billion in 1937 the highest since 1930 the Commerce Department reported The gain came from salaries and wages near 48 billion while farmers earned about 8 5 billion an 8 percent rise over 1936 The report notes the 1937 total was 8 5 below the 1929 level and 7 percent below 1930 It covers total compensation including wages salaries interest dividends and rents and notes the recovery peaked in August 1937 with 84 percent of 1929 level and then slipped into year end modestly
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Washington
INS
United States
Commerce Department
Robert R. Nathan
Economic Research Division
Nathan
Gazette Ad of Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co Praised
The Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co advertisement in The Gazette Jan 19 issue drew national attention after being reproduced with comments in Ice and Refrigeration, a trade journal. The ad used a Gazette news story about thousands of fish deaths on Cedar River at Hubbard plant’s outlet, the state investigation, and the oxygen rich artesian water blamed for fish congregating there.
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The
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Gazette
Ice and Refrigeration
Cedar River
Hubbard
Cedar
Hubbard Company
Ideal supply levels under new farm plan
Washington AP reports the ideal supply targets for major farm commodities under the ever normal granary program. The levels set approximate targets for cotton at 18.2 million bales, corn 2.6 billion bushels, wheat 910 million bushels, rice 12.1 million barrels, and flue cured tobacco 1.585 billion pounds, with higher targets later for most items. Marketing quotas would take effect as surpluses from prior years and the current crop reach these thresholds.
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Washington
Debate Tourney Opens At Coe
More than 100 high school and junior college debaters and coaches gather at Coe college for a three day pre Iowa meet. Eighteen high school teams and six junior college units compete in six rounds judged by Coe faculty with awards for top speakers and after dinner contestants.
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Coe College
Coe
Voorhees
T. M. Sinclair
Iowa
Irving Churchill
Kent Andrews
James Hodgson
The Poet and the Playboy a Crooked Deal at Croydon
Edgar A Guest presents a humorous moral on temptation with a man split between vows and a coveted rare book. He breaks resolutions repeatedly and hides the purchase as repayment stretches. The piece closes noting Croydon airport as the sixth largest in the UK with passenger volume surpassing Liverpool and London.
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Croydon
United Kingdom
Liverpool
London
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Keats
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West 3Rd Street
West Street
Samuel L. Wisternitz & Company
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Chicago
Ilinois
Lober’s
Second ST. SE
Newmans Basement
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Sedgewick
Coats
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Newman
Paradise Shoes
Peacock Shoes
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Pepperell
Salisbury
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