Seek Change in Rate Regulation and Car Shortage Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged sweeping reforms to rate establishment, requiring carriers to prove changes are reasonable and to curb suspension periods. It pressed for rules on car interchange, ownership return, loading conditions, and compensation. The report also seeks expanded commission membership and stronger oversight of rail securities and safety rules, with cooperation between federal and state bodies on rate conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Railway Commission of Texas
Shreveport
Modern Girl Plans Career Says Miss Adams
Miss Cara May Adams, executive for the north central field of the U W C A, told city high school girls yesterday afternoon that today’s graduates plan professional or business lives, unlike in the past when marriage was the only path. She urged deciding before leaving high school to crystallize ambition. The talk followed reviews of Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids association work by secretarial staff. Last night Miss Wilson began a series on The Christian Life and Tonight she spoke on Safety Construction. Mrs. Katherine Willard Eddy will repeat at 7:15 p m daily the Personal Evangelism talk from the morning class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara May Adams
North Central
Miss Adams
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Secretary Lane praises work for Indians in report
Washington reports rapid homestead growth with 20 million acres claimed in the year ending June 30. The Indian bureau highlights reduced Indian death rates, expanded healthcare, and vocational schooling. Osage oil land leases promise royalties, pensions totals fall slightly, and patent activity reaches seventy thousand applications with forty eight thousand grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Indian Bureau
Bureau
Pension Office
Patent Office
Things Theatrical Here At Home Waterloo
Waterloo program previews a lively show titled The Grown Up Babies with a fast paced plot and spicy edge. Leading actor Harry Koler headlines a cast including Emil Caspar Dick Fitzgerald Jack Strouse Peta Kelley Anna Mack Liddy Berg Flo Golden and the Manning Sisters with a sister act and Rene the renowned female impersonator highlighted for crowd appeal.
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Waterloo
Harry Koler
Emil Caspar
Dick Fitzgerald
Jack Strouse
Peta Kelley
Anna Mack
Liddy Berg
Flo Golden
Manning Sisters
Ouo
Rene
Government Employment Service Expansion Proposed
Secretary Wilson urges creating a separate bureau of employment within the labor department to expand the public employment service. He notes it outgrew the immigration bureau and now spans the nation via the post office system with about 60,000 offices distributing job forms free of postage. The postmaster system connects employers and job seekers locally, aiding the department’s stance on strike breaking within public employment policy.
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Washington, D. C
Public Employment Service
Bureau of Employment
Department of Labor
Wilson
Bureau of Immigration
Postoffice
Labor dispute slows demand for wage earners
The statement argues against using itself to push wage demands in labor disputes. It notes there is enough labor supply and that unemployment arises from dispute over terms, not lack of opportunities. It emphasizes the existing surplus of workers and the impact of negotiations on employment.
Fort Sam Houston Plans Winter Quarters for Border Troops
Fort Sam Houston Texas plans for winter quarters for officers and enlisted men on the Rio Grande border. A 1.6 million dollar appropriation funds building of cottages for single officers and barracks for regulars. Bachelor officers will have club house style quarters while guardsmen receive floored tents with board sides.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Quartermaster's Corps
Southern Department
William E.hott
el Paso
Rio Grande
HL. I. Thagers
War Department
Railroad sale likely to junk yard order in Dubuque
In Dubuque on December 7 Judge Henry T. Reed said he would reject a local attorney’s tentative bid for the Chicago Anamosa and Northern railroad and would likely sign an order approving the road’s sale to a junk concern in Caggon recently. The road’s fate remains uncertain.
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Dubuque
United States
Henry T. Reed
Naw
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railroad
Caggon
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Help for Kidney Weakness
An old notice urges moderation of alcohol and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as relief for back ache headaches and urinary issues linked to weakened kidneys. It cites a Waterloo pensioner G B Campbell who reports improved symptoms after one box from Wangler Bros. Drug Co. The ad ends with a slogan about weak kidneys from over stimulation.
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Bright
Dean
Waterloo
G. B. Campbell
Lafayette 5
Wang
Yoko
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Hualiding
Marshall
Mich
Gregory Urges Carb on Railways
Washington D C Dec 7 Complete divorcement of transportation from production via commodities clause reform. Attorney General Gregory urges authority to sue corporations, expansion of neutrality laws, broader search warrant rights, and an embargo-evasion fix for arms shipments. He warns railroads may still produce then ship, unless prohibition covers all transport of produced articles by a railroad or controlled entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gregory
Congress
Supreme Court
Lackawanna Coal Company
Arma
Mexico
Medical Society Meeting Highlights From Waterloo Event
A papal by Prot lleury Albert of the University of Iowa topped Waterloo Medical Society discussions last night at the Black Building. The session featured remarks on health topics and local medical progress presented to attending physicians and professionals.
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Lleury Albert
University of Iowa
Waterloo Medical Society
Anoth
Dinner guests host Waterloo physicians at Kas sell Lampon
Dr. B. Lb. Rohlf and Professor Albert led a group of Waterloo physicians who were guests of Dr. T. A. NeManus at a dinner at the Kas sell Lampon prior to the meeting.
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B. Lb. Rohlf
Albert
Waterloo
T. A. NeManus
Klatel Kassell-Lampon
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Government Employment Bureau
Ler Bros. Drug Co
SUAS
Foster Milburn Co
Pitialay
First National Bank Building
Cretonne
Namia
Thorson Glasses
Black Hawk
Wilhelm
THE
Wilfred Lucas
Constance T
Charles Ray Margery Wilson
Margaret Thompson
the Honorable Algy
Earl W. Jacoby, Chiropractor
Mae Murray
June Caprice
William Fox
the Mischief Maker
Crystal
Alice Brady
New England
Miss Petticoats
Pathe News
H. Latier
Limyetto Street
Fourth Street
Ofvior
A&a
Hall-Ekfelt Co
Park Avenue and
Lafayette Street
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