Call for Industry Figures From Economic Study
Des Moines June 28 A biennial report to the governor urges tighter use of industrial statistics. Commissioner A L Urick says past bureau data are in rising demand by colleges, business bureaus and researchers studying wage trends employment hours and employer environments. He notes payroll levels reflect economic conditions and purchasing power, and stresses the need to diagnose causes behind changes, not just conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Des Moines
A. L. Urick
State Department of Labor
Interdependence of Industry Across Localities
A discussion highlights the close interdependence of society and industry across communities. It notes how wage levels, transportation advances, and plant environments affect output and safety costs, including accident hazards, factory and elevator inspections, child labor, and building codes under regulatory oversight.
Waterloo council eyes enlarged fire district by river
Fire district around Second Street west would extend toward the river between Commercial and Cedar to include more adjoining properties after a council suggestion. The move follows an old ice house fire near the river and aims to clean up other structures near the Waterloo Boat Club.
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Second Street
Commercial
Cedar
Ray Tiller
Walter P. Jensen
Waterloo Boat Club
Standard of Company
Fourth
Washington
Boone Man Ended Life in Garage Suicide
Ray Martin, 45, shot and killed himself at his father-in-law J. J. Roach's Boone home. The body was found in a garage after a reported fit of despondency yesterday.
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Boone Man
Boone, Ja
Ray Martin
J. J. Roach
Fly-Tox advertised as mosquito killer for canal era
An advertisement touts Fly-Tox insecticide from Mellon Institute research by Rex Fellowship. It claims mosquitoes blocked the Panama Canal, stresses killing all household insects, and promises safety, stainlessness, fragrance, and simple bottle instructions.
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Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Fellowship
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Labor Com
Second and River
B. F. Swisher
C. A. Marsh
P. H. Frank
Alexander Frank
East
West
Sycamore and Park
Matt Parrott & Sons
Sycamore
Park
William Webb
Percolatora
Eles
Fir
Chase & Sanborn
North Wells St
Chicago
Hiicago Vacation
North Woods
Great Municipal Pier
Great Lakes
All Steel
Central Station
Michigan Boulevard
Lake Front
Waterloo
Buckley
W.L. Buckley
Ilinois Cental Railroad
Illinois Central
Water St
Lows
H.S. Gray
Ilinsis Central Railroad
Buque, Towa
H. S. Gray
Asst
Pasa'r
Agent Thinois Central Railroad
Dubuque
Towa
Panama Canal
Woerderhoff
Sycamore St
Iowa
Freer
Kleen-Maid
Altstadt & Langlas Baking CO
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