Paradise or peril from a $3600 family income
In this 1937 column Jeanette Beyer weighs William Green's push for a $3600 yearly family income. It presents potential benefits like savings, education, and leisure against risks of wasteful spending and social shifts, arguing for measured gains and more leisure if money remains scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Sonny
Mary
Daddy
Europe
Mother
Ellen H. Richards
America
John L. Lewis
Iowa In Washington on tenancy relief and land schemes
The piece discusses tenancy relief funding of 50 million a year for eleven years and proposed land bank schemes. It notes objections that the money may be inadequate but could serve as a trial. It describes Wearin's plan for government acquisition of bank foreclosed land and notes Iowa’s share and related bank loan calls. It also covers office moves by Iowa lawmakers in the old and new buildings and campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wearin
Jones
Iowa
Omaha Land Bank
Hubert Utterback
Senate
Congress
Rep
Eicher
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Jacobsen
Congregational church elects officers and rehired pastor
At the annual business meeting in Strawberry Point, officers were elected including trustees M. F. Harwood Harold McKean and Grace Eaton clerk Jennie Howard treasurer J. J. Matthews deacons Charles Wilcox Alfred Cunliffe Ed Angier John S. Knight organist Helen Buckley assistant organist Mrs John S. Knight and chorister Mrs Carrie Slagle. Rev Carrie V Lucas was rehired as pastor with a higher salary. Ornithologists state 800 distinct species and 1200 sub species of birds exist today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Congregational Church
M. F. Harwood
Harold McKean
Grace Eaton
Jennie Howard
J. J. Matthews
Charles Wilcox
Alfred Cunliffe
Ed Angier
John S. Knight
Helen Buckley
Carrie Slagle
Carrie V. Lucas
High School Debate Meet Slated at Coe College
Eastern Iowa high schools will send teams to Coe College February 18 to 20 for a two round debate on government ownership of electric utilities. The meet is led by Kent Andrews with support from the student council. The schedule includes debates, an industrial tour, plays, and a banquet with trophies and medals for top teams and speakers. A side note explains that a June bug is also known as a May beetle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Coe College
Kent Andrews
Illinois
Dr. Gage
Williston Hall
H. M. Gage
Voorhees
Robert Louis Stevenson
John Parlis
Warren Shupp
Helen McNeil
Cprah Wykle
Dorothy Dwelle
William McGuire
Einer Moness
Pierre Ratelin
Playhouse
Margaret Johnston
Raymond Pierce
William Kettlitz
Homer McDowell
Robert Cresswell
Jeanne Curry
World Almanac 1937 Offers Expanded Year in Review
The World Almanac for 1937 edited by Robert Hunt Lyman presents presidential returns by state and county, Olympic results, world series and major sports, 1936 events, and key social and economic data. It notes royal abdication, Roosevelt’s Buenos Aires trip, social security act meaning, and extensive statistics across labor, finance, and education. WYOMING- Morse elected chief of the Wyoming fire department with officers Bronson Becker Demoss Sears and others named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hunt Lyman
America
Ethiopia
Edward VIII
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Wyoming
W. N. Morse
Wyoming Fire Department
W. W. Bronson
Theodore Becker
Howard Demoss
Claude Sears
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Esther Cream
Scott Pop- Peoaaneneca
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Konjola
Absorbine Jr
SMA
Hershi
Aemart Modern Design Cup
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Saraka
Ender's Razor At Blades
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Hexin
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Warne
Father JO
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