Secretary Davis cites industry reforms to curb overproduction
Washington December 1 AP Davis annual report praises improved employer worker relations and reduced unemployment with fewer strikes. He warns overdevelopment in major industries causes idle capacity and advocates controlled consolidation and reforms to immigration and labor policy, urging 300 day production and selective plant closures.
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Washington, D. C
APJ
Davis
Department
Elderly Darly Says He'd Know His Wife's Ashes
An elderly colored man at Waterloo Social Welfare league joked he could recognize his wife by sight even in cremation, after questions about his vision from Dr. T A McManus during an eye ear nose and throat fitting. In Des Moines a voluntary receivership was granted to the Iowa Cord Lire company by Judge Meyer. the firm had little working capital though not alleged insolvent.
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T. A. McManus
Waterloo Social Welfare League
Des Moines
Iowa Cord ‘Lire Company
Meyer
Attendance Justifies Hockey Fashion Dispute In East Schools
A six weeks attendance report by East District Superintendent Charles W. Kline shows an average attendance of 79.11 percent across East schools, with Frances Grout leading at 98.41 percent. Nineteen rooms had no tardiness, and total enrollment rose to 3,856 from 2,871 year over year.
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Uinole
Washington
Frances Grout
Alcott
Roosevelt
Aith
John Fiske
Grant
Frances Grant
Lafayette
Dlc Kinley
Coreys Move Home to La Porte City After Shooting Incident
Mr and Mrs Jack Corey once linked to the shooting of Au pert Hertske and a subsequent La Porte road affray are no longer Waterloo residents police report. They now reside in La Porte City renting a top home in town per police information.
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Jack Corey
Aupert Hertske
la Porte
Waterloo
Coreys
la Porte City
Public misunderstands petroleum industry says Standard Oil
The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) argues public misunderstanding stems from lack of information about oil. It states nature does not produce crude oil or gasoline for free, and emphasizes that every barrel of crude requires payment in money, time, and labor.
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Nature
Standard of Company
City in Brief Roundup of Local News and Notices
Local notes show party travels and social visits, legal actions and civic matters. Include shifts in rail business, school report cards, and court actions with audits and juror selections. Community events cover meetings, charitable events, and weather related notices impacting daily life.
Christmas Trees Light Mason City Streets
Mason City decorates the city with over 300 Christmas trees lining streets creating a holiday mood for shoppers. In Keokuk a suburban storekeeper lost a bag containing 40 to 50 dollars to a theft by a Black customer who fled into the darkness. police efforts to locate the suspect have not succeeded.
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Mason City
Keokuk
Students Start Drive Ames Memorial Union Campaign
An army of 330 students in Ames launches a campaign to raise funds for a memorial union, aiming to surpass the million-dollar milestone.
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Ames
Dee
Memorial Union
AH Ponsford Early Settler in Black Hawk Dies
A. H. Ponsford aged 77, longtime Black Hawk County resident since 1858, died 11:20 p m at his home 306 Center Street Waterloo after months of age related illness. Born March 11 1848 in St John New Brunswick he came with his mother and stepfather to Canada then Iowa. He lived on a Mt Vernon area farm before retiring to Waterloo with his half sister Minnie Harding. He never married. Surviving brothers Joseph Fonsford San Diego and half sisters Mrs William Everatt La Porte City and Miss Harding. Funeral arrangements with O'Keefe and Twane.
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A. H. Ponsford
Black Hawk County
Center Street
Caning
William Harding
Canada
Mt. Vernon Township
Hye
Waterloo
Hife
Minnie Harding
St. John
Brunswick
Young Fonsford
Joseph Fonsford
San Diego
Cal
William Everatt
la Porte City
Harding
Orchard Man Dies Meets Funeral in Congregational Church
John C. Lee age 92 of Orchard died Sunday. Funeral held this afternoon at Congregational church in Orchard, then interment at Osage. Mrs Lee born in Jefferson, Iowa. FLW Lee of Osage is son and Miss Jennie Lee daughter.
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Orchard
Osage
John C. Lee
Lee
Jefferson
D. Dr
Jennie Lee
Car Surfaces in Humboldt Hit Fatal to Rescuer
In Humboldt Iowa on December 1 Leo Erhardt 23 halted his car to free a horse tangled in a barbed wire fence. As he stepped into the road a second car swung around a corner and struck him fracturing his skull doctors say he may not live.
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