Moravia community notes and updates across town
Rev D W Swender of Kincaid turns 80 next September while still preaching marrying and burying. Moravia items report a $800 loan approval for water supply drilling, scouts considering air patrol, a new concrete floor at Gardner Hatchery, lighting plans by Iowa Southern Utilities, redecorating at Veach Drug Store, and a large R C Wilson farm sale crowd with a $1400 reported price for a combine. Substitutes and new renewals fill The Union subscriptions.
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Ferrell
Brown Engineering Co
Des Moines
Moravia
Boudinot
Kansas City
Washington
Moravia Hooster Club
Turner & Son
James Bradley
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Burlington
R. C. Wilson
Savings Bonds urged for security and future goals
Edward H. Foley urges workers to use payroll savings plans or bank purchases to regularly buy United States Savings Bonds. Regular purchases build a nest egg, offering security whether on payroll or independent income. Bonds mature into $4 for every $3 in ten years.
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United States Treasury
Edward H. Foley
Payrail
United States
U.S. Treasury
Industry May Make New Record In 1947
American industry is forecast to set new peace time production records in 1947. Forecasters project rising industrial output in the second half of 1946 leading into 1947 as strikes ease and pre war goods like radios and washing machines become available again.
Labor Monopolies Cloud Business Sky
Labor unions in essential industries emerge as a key economic factor, with William K. Jackson of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States stating that labor-management relations increasingly drive business trends. He cites 1946 as mirroring strike impacts on production and industrial indices in steel, coal, and transportation, noting current union power surpasses 1919 20 levels and reshapes the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Jackson
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Wage-Price Warning From Chamber of Commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce warns that a second round of wage increases will trigger reciprocal price hikes. Emerson P. Schmidt notes production and employment could collapse as wage gains outpace other incomes, echoing last winter’s forewarning of linked price rises.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
National Chamber
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Fair Bargaining Favored by Chamber of Commerce
President William K. Jackson of the United States Chamber of Commerce advocates fair collective bargaining and equality at the bargaining table. He argues that current law favors unions and curtails management rights, limiting free speech and bargaining parity.
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Jaber
William K. Jackson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Record Social Security claims surge in Ottumwa 1946
Ottumwa Iowa office reports a 1946 high in monthly old age and survivors claims. 695 monthly payments to retired workers and families plus 202 lump-sum claims. total monthly disbursements $43,438.34. Office serves 11 Iowa counties and notes ongoing efforts to locate WWII survivors with potential benefits.
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Social Security Administration
Ottumwa
Iowa
Ralph T. Sprague
Rapanoose
Davis
Henry
Jefferson
Keokuk, Lee
Mahaska
Monroe
van Buren
Wapello
Washington
Moravia Offer Includes Five Dollar Subscription Gift
A Moravia promotion offers a five dollar subscription as a welcome gift to new subscribers, encouraging sign ups with this early incentive designed to boost readership.
Unimportant Cogitations on Weather and Daily Life
An Inez Faber column notes mixed winter weather with sudden temperature swings, praise for pasture and dust baths for livestock, and trimming domestic routines. It observes a looming cold wave, mentions Christmas cactus and amaryllis, references Capone’s death, then shifts to a busy Monday morning set of chores and a soot-filled chimney.
Appanoose County Farm Income Seen High in 1948 Census
Harold D Holder reports from 1948 census data showing Appanoose County farms produced 5 015 735 dollars in farm products in 1985 with an average of 2 588 per farm Based on 1938 farm reports livestock and livestock products led income at 3 577 154 with crops 690 749 Additional figures show land tenure shifts acreage operated by owners 179 061 renters 168 424 and farm electrification water and road access data
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Appanoose County
Harold D. Holder
Department of Commerce
Holder
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Moravia Union
Pcst
Congress
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Bisby
Appanoose
OWA Press
Sociario
D. W. Swender
Kincaid
Kansas
United Brethren Church
Gardner Hatchery
Veach Drug
Freeman Jolly
Howard Evans
Wee
Richard Goughnour
Bruce Rabuck
Union Ofice
Union
Dee Fenton
Dennia Glasgow
P. K. Horner
Clyde Dicks
Fannie Stickler
H. M. Tuttle
A. T. Johnson
Algin Derby
Gerald Hunter
F. E. Moffitt
Delmar Glick
Uncle Sam
U. S. Treasury Department
Randolph Scott
Ann Richards
Gabby” Hayes
Joan Leslie
Robert Huston
Social Security Office
Isaac Barrow
Eagle Bar Rathbun
Inez Faber
Barney
Brooke
Capone
Great Reductions
Centerville
Nelne Et de Hadies
Cerieie Node Teath
The
Vie
Woslu
Swift
Albia Electric CO
N. W. Corner
Albia
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
Cnterville IA
Vka-Seltee
Leeras
Veach Drug Store
Moravis
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