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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1933
Page
2
Des Moines Daily Tribune offers February savings with monthly and multi month plans. Three months cost 1.00, five months 2.00, eight months 800, thirteen months 5.00. The Independent can process orders, saving readers time and money by handling the subscription for the period chosen.
Local barbers in Gravity Iowa ignite a price war drawing national notice. A clipping from the Los Angeles Examiner highlights a five cent shave and haircut as business booms. Roy Brookman, editor of the Springview Herald, forwarded the clipping to share the story with readers.
The promptness of state legislatures in approving the twenty eighth amendment to the constitution indicates that there is no closed season for the lame duck.
The President-elect is considering the propriety of combining several executive steps. Officials say the move could streamline policy but may raise concerns about overreach. Further deliberations are expected in coming days.
The piece parodies a united federal control idea for all transportation and then diverges into assorted notes. It mentions farming woes, a Pulitzer winner found dead by suicide, Paul Boncour’s dismissal, a US diplomat's near-fatal plunge in Australia, and reflections on Roosevelt Hoover and general moral outlooks.
An Eastern paper notes the marriage of the son of a prominent American who died in the Titanic disaster. The wry reflection recalls the ship sinking off Newfoundland, fifteen hundred lives lost, and how a posthumous son now reaches marriage as times grow brisker with memory lingering on past tragedy.
The abrupt temperature drop caught residents short of coal and over the past two days trucks and draymen have been busy supplying coal to households and businesses.
The article explains a 1931 Iowa bank law as enacted by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Herring. It details the superintendent of banking power to take over management of state banks, savings banks, or trust companies during insolvency or other conditions, with the executive council or governor, for up to one year. It describes management, suspension of creditor remedies, and possible reorganization or continued operation under rules, with deposits segregated and assets held in trust for depositors. It notes provisions for winding up affairs, special deposits, and stock issuance under approved terms, with non-assessable stock, and references to depositors agreements and applicability of existing statute percentages.
The superintendent is empowered to sell hypothecate or pledge any or all assets of the banking institution in exchange, either with the Reconstruction Finance Corp or with any party he selects. Provisions of this act prevail over conflicting acts or parts thereof.
Dr. L T Reed of Gravity reelected president of Taylor County Medical Association at a gathering in the Gustin home Bedford. Other officers reelected include Vice President Dr J T Maloy Bedford and Secretary Treasurer Dr G W Rimel Bedford. Attending doctors listed from Blockton Conway New Market and Bedford. The association meets again in Bedford February 14 with dinner hosted by Dr Jay S Terrill. Judge Homer A Fuller presided over Taylor County District Court sentencing three men for hog theft and robbery. William Neely and His Neely received up to five years. Gene Stephens 25 years for robbery with aggravations. Acting deputy sheriff Phil Terry credited for securing confessions.
Viril Million of St. Joe visited Saturday and Sunday with Ben Stearns. The event drew local interest as community members gathered for the appearance and activities accompanying the duo's visit.
Weredotus estimated that 100,000 men labored for 20 years to erect the Creat pyramid, a colossal structure shaping ancient geography and legend.
A reflective aphorism contrasts religion’s effect with fear of exposure, noting that moral rightness means little if pursued wrongly and that most desires beyond a modest income are imagined rather than real.
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