Dickinson Seeks Coal Emergency Law With Commission
Rep Dickinson of Iowa proposes a national coal emergency measure creating a four member coal commission. The bill would regulate production and distribution to stabilize industry and supply coal for navy and public uses, set wage scales, and direct sales to ensure fair returns while guaranteeing essential supplies. The August industrial report notes miners' strike settlement in Town.
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Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington
D.C
House
Dickinson
Iowa
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Winslow
Coal Commission
United States
United States Coal Commission
Commission
Employment report for Iowa shows harvest nearing end
The United States Employment Service releases a Hawkeye State report noting harvest nearly over and farm labor dropping off. Other work such as road construction and building is good, with plentiful help and rising mine settlement employment. Cities are shipping workers to 121 portions of the state, while a shortage of common labor persists in northern and southwestern areas.
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Hawkeye
United States Employment Service
Powers Manufacturing Company Wins Major Auto Supply Contract
Waterloo firm Powers Manufacturing, maker of textile auto accessories, secured a 1,600 unit tie cover contract from an eastern auto company after competing against 26 firms. Despite higher price, its superior workmanship won the bid. Orders extend to Mexico and northern Canada. output has doubled over the past year as demand grows. Clyde Hinson, sales manager, notes rapid expansion from laying groundwork to meeting current orders.
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Waterloo
Powers Manufacturing Company
Eastern Auto Company
Powers Company
Mexico
Canada
Clyde Hinson
Ten Speeders Forfeit Bonds at Castle Hill
Mayor J O Guagy presided as 16 were to appear for the weekly session. Ten speeders forfeited bonds, four were fined five to ten dollars plus costs, one case was continued, and one Waterloo resident received the maximum one dollar per mile for excessive speed, paying fourteen fifty to Castle HM treasury.
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J. O. Guagy
Castle Hill
Waterloo
Castle
HM Treasury
Freak Apples Grow from Side of Tree
A short twig sprouts apples from a Be apple tree trunk as shown in an illustration from The Boys World. The Hampton Iowa scene, photographed at Hampton by H E Zimmerman, depicts two large apples on the side of a ten inch trunk with limbs five feet above. Local observer M I Carr notes similar oddities in La Porte at George Good orchard where a tree bears fruit from an unusual growth.
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Boys’ World
Elgin
Hampton
H. E. Zimmerman
M. I. Carr
Tie
George Good
la Porte
A Tres
Curious Apples Hangs on Twig In Odd Display
A short twig on a tunic bears a pair of oversized, perfectly formed apples suspended oddly. Nearby a tree holds a single apple in a similar manner, described by a speaker as a freakish display. Advertisement for Muldoon Shoe Op at 104 BE, 4th St.
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Carr
Teichme
Muldoon
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