JCENSE 5 NEW CARS AND TRUCKS
Report from the County Treasurer notes four new cars and one truck licensed, bringing the year's total registrations to 4 566 and 647 racks bearing 929 license plates in the county. Owners listed include Wilbur Richardson of Washington with a Nash 4 door sedan Ome Hoehsteler of Wellman with a Chevrolet truck Misel of Washington with a Nash 4 door sedan Mrs Ruth Steninger of Well ox with a Plymouth coupe and L Duncan of Cotter with a Chevrolet town sedan.
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Auto Pt
All Treasurer
Wilbur Richardson
Washington
Nash
Ome Hoehsteler
Wellman
Chevrolet
Misel
Ruth Steninger
Wellox
L. Duncan
Cotter
Clerical Workers in Auto Plants Earn Big Sums
New York reports show weekly payrolls for 16,500 clerical workers across automobile plants totaling over half a million dollars. Clerical duties behind production lines rose about 48 percent from January 1925 levels, amid steady output. The rise reflects Social Security, seniority records, wage and hours stats, and tax bookkeeping needs.
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Yoorrk
Public Safety in Building Roads Adopted by Senate
Des Moines March 17 The Senate adopted 17 to 16 a resolution barring extension of the primary road system except for public safety. It directs the highway commission to fill gaps rather than create new primary roads and returns to the house for concurrence. The measure ties to the farm to market road bill. Four other Senate bills include a veterans transfer provision.
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Des Moines
Mar
Senate
State Highway Commission
House
L. H. Doran, Jr
Boone
Knoxville
Federal Government Sets Average Tax Questions Per Return at 65
The federal government reports the average number of questions on tax returns is 65. Officials note complexity and compliance efforts as focus. The statistic reflects filings across data from recent tax season.
Millionth Ford tire completed at Dearborn plant
Ford Motor Company officials announce the completion of the one millionth Ford built tire. The white sidewall tire carrying serial number 71,900,000 will be displayed at the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn Michigan. The Rouge tire plant opened January 3, 1939 and now produces 7,500 tires every 16 hours along with over 1,000 inner tubes daily.
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Rouge
Ford Tires
Ford Inter
City Car Owners Drive Their Cars Further
New York reports city residents travel about two thousand miles annually more than rural residents. Trucks exceed passenger cars by 1,250 miles yearly, with 62 percent of car use for business. Data from 17 states under the U S Bureau of Public Roads shows average car travel about 8,500 miles per year and truck travel around 16,100 miles. City cars average 9,540 miles with 3,940 on city streets. rural cars average 7,630 miles with 400 miles in city driving.
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New York
Mar
U. S
Waterfalls of Krimmler Ache Recorded as High European Fall
Edward C. Rashleigh notes in Water falls of the World that the Krimmler Ache near Krimm is among Europe’s finest. The Krimm glacier stream drops in three stages totaling about 1,400 feet, with the tallest fall split into two plunges around 460 feet.
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Edward C. Rashleigh
Europe
Krimmler Ache
Krimm
John Bunyan Caution on Empty Praises and Illusions
The Puritan preacher warns against trusting empty show, comparing boastful gifts to a warm look with no warmth, painted flowers with no scent, and fruitless trees, like clouds and wind bringing no rain.
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John Bunyan
Motorists Oppose Federal Gasoline Tax Increase
Thomas J. Keefe of the American Motorists Association criticizes a proposed one cent federal gasoline tax hike to fund a planned billion dollar nationwide superhighway system. He calls the plan a sales promotion benefiting contractors and materials manufacturers, not motorists, and urges public consultation before any high pressure campaign.
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Washington
Thomas J. Keefe
American Motorists Association
American Road Builders Association
San Francisco
United States
Congress
Keefe
Old-Time Pioneers Held Many Community Celebrations
A nostalgic note recalls how gatherings for log-rollings house-raisings and corn-huskings were paired with merriment. Spelling bees dances singing schools and shooting matches marked pioneer life alongside horse racing and quilting.
Highway Safety Advocated by Iowa Planning Group
Des Moines records show a state planning board subcommittee urged a merit based, well funded highway safety patrol free from partisan politics. W Barr Hall chaired the panel, praising Iowa colleges and safety groups for education and engineering contributions.
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Des Moines
Mar
State Planning Board
W. Barr Hall
Mason City
Iowa State Safety Council
Earl Fr. Miller
Iowa State Teachers’ College
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa State College
University of Iowa
Ilowa State Safety Council
Feld of Safety
The
Iowa Engineering Society
Aim Bill to Prevent Another Wegman Suit
A Iowa legislature bill would channel all state legal work through the attorney general and ban contingency-based special assistant attorneys general. It cites the Leonard Wegman case where a young attorney earned more than 1 million dollars from out-of-state firms for unpaid permit fees.
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Des Moines
Leonard Wegman
Wegman
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
State Executive Council
Medical Care Program Aims to Aid Low Income Iowans
Des Moines reports Iowa will launch an annual medical service program for low income farmers. County associations will contract with the Farm Security Administration to provide insured style care. Muscatine County starts April 1 with 83 clients and family charges from 20 to 80 dollars per year.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Farm Security Administration
Muscatine County
Legislature Acts to Promote Iowa Dairy Industry
Des Moines legislative action funds dairy promotion with an annual $125,000 for two years. Senate concurred with house amendments and sent the bill to the governor. It imposes an excise tax of one cent per pound.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Toleration Act of 1689 Grants Dissenters Public Worship
In 1689 under William and Mary the Toleration Act allowed Protestant dissenters to worship publicly in their own chapels while requiring them to take oaths of supremacy and allegiance and to repudiate the doctrine of transubstantiation.
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Church of England
Powder Magazine Chapel Guards Quebec Citadel
The powder magazine atop the Quebec Citadel, valued at 35 million dollars, serves as a chapel for a French Canadian regiment. In the officers’ mess sits a brass cannon captured by British troops at Bunker Hill. Wolfe’s forces took the citadel by defeating Montcalm in 1759.
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Quebec City
Bunker Hill
Wolfe
Canada
Montcalm
The Nama Camel Stands Ground In Load Bondage
Collier’s Weekly notes the Nama, a camel-like beast of burden from South American countries, is said to be the only work animal that willingly carries heavy loads yet refuses to move when hooked to any vehicle.
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Liama
Nama
Collier's Weekly
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