Telephones and historical newspaper mergers noted
The notice lists Iowa private branch exchange numbers 26 and 37 for operator routing and instructs callers to request the person or department. It also records the merger history of The News and Tribune in 1887 and the Journal and News-Tribune consolidation on September 2 1918.
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Associates Press
Associated Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Daily Journal
Muscatine
Iowa
Johnson
General Johnson
NRA
Department of Commerce
Sheep and Goat Tax Plan Faces Hard Scrutiny
The piece argues a three class income tax proposed in Congress would create inequities by grouping earnings and salaries with far different profits, risking harshly taxing small farmers and big earners alike. It urges lawmakers to avoid replacing one injustice with another and notes broader tax revisions are overdue.
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Congress
Senate
Economic Upturn Signals Reassuring Business Pulse
Washington reports show June and early July activity at 89 percent of the 1923-25 average, up 12 percent from May and 33 percent from July last year. Output rises in steel, autos, shoes, textiles. 1.5 million added jobs since March, while 11.5 million remain unemployed. NRA progress could lift 5-6 million by September, yet consumption lags as department-store sales dip.
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American Federation of Labor
NRA
Two Schools of Thought Split Over Roosevelt Code Provisions
In Washington, debate rages over section 12 of the presidential blanket code. Firms warn pre June 16 contracts will trigger costly adjustments and lawsuits. Others say outcomes will stabilize. many job seekers appear on multiple preferred lists at once, illustrating the code’s disruptive pace.
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Washington
George Dunne
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Power players shape wartime policy and codes in Washington
In Washington a circle of leaders including Morgenthau Straus House and Farley influence civilian wartime policy. Johnson’s blunt office scene underscores aggressive enforcement of 32 hour codes and anti chiselers while banks face the Glass act bite in New York.
Banks Brace for New Reporting Demands Under Glass Act
The piece notes banks must report on ownership and control across a wide range of entities, including affiliates and director holdings, with quarterly filings. It highlights potential complexity in small cities and likens the burden to watching over goldfish, referencing Glass Act implications and broader banking compliance.
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Reserve Board
New York
Federal Reserve
Huckleberry Finn
Fifty Years Ago Muscatine County Valuations Cut Five Percent
A report to Muscatine County Auditor McCampbell from the state board of equalizers shows a five percent reduction in county valuations. The Old Settlers' society met at the city hall and memorialized Col. T. M. Isett, who died in New York.
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State Board of Equalizers
Muscatine
McCampbell
Muscatine County
Old Settlers’ Society of
Clinton
J. W. Crook
Muscatine Chautauqua
Harding
San Francisco
Sue Browning
Mulberry Avenue
Wapello and Vicinity
Burlington and Southern Railroad
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Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
Atlanta
Francisco
Noee, Sothenberg & Jane
Clyde R. Rabedeaux
D. D. Mich
News and Tribune
Journal and News-Tribune
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
London
United States
America
Alabama
American Medical Association
By Aker
Busters Uncles Farm
Vege Ona
THE
Coast Logging Company
Echo Harbor
British Columbia
James G Meavows
Washington, D. C
Aesas Kone Feo
Davy Jones
Stalingrad
Russia
Ripley
Baltic Sea
Janis Preedens
Pilsberg
Latvia
M. Louis Thiercelin
Milly
France
Rochester, NY
Farley
White House
Louis McHenry Howe
Mayflower Hotel
Frank Walker
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
Europe
Jesse I. Straus
Col
Edward M. House
Wilson
Walker
Jim Farley
B. C
James McMullin
Banks
Glass Act
New York Banks
Warren
Rogers
Roper
Capital Reserve
Treasury
Supreme Court of the United States
New Jersey
New York City
Supreme Court
Journal
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