Farm Machinery Makers Cut Prices Nationwide
U.S. manufacturers including Lichty Armstrong Case and International Harvester announce reductions of 15 to 26 percent on farm implements, tractors, and related tools to spur production and readjust prices. Deere, Waterloo Gasoline Engine, and others weigh further cuts as costs and steel prices shift.
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Lichty
Armstrong
Case
International Harvester
A. B. Lichty
Construction Machinery Company
Armstrong Manufacturing Company
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
John Deere & Co
Moline
Puilian ‘Galloway
William A. Dodd
H. B. Liebty
Sala
Waterloo
J. E. Armstrong
Head
No- Bulletin
Allan Head
J. J. Case Plow Works Company
Cedar Falls
H. W. Wallis
Harvester Company
International Harvester Company
Farm Implement News
Titan
International
Government Industrial Board
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
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Prewar Level Not Matching Manufacturing Costs Asserted
A brief fragment quotes an assertion that prewar levels have not kept pace with manufacturing costs, suggesting concerns over price and production efficiency in the period preceding the war.
Gates Presents Plea for Graduates Credits by Business Colleges
Almon F. Gates, president of Gates Waterloo Business College, returned from Chicago after meeting the North Central Association commission on unit courses and curricula. He outlined a proposal to grant college credit to graduates of accredited commercial schools, noting the issue will be studied by the association's committee with a general assembly planned for next year. C H Judd of the University of Chicago endorsed the move.
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Gates
Business Colleges
Almon F. Gates
Gates Waterloo Business College
Chicago
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Edgar
Melba
Giving College
Donald
Woodrow
Powers
North Central Association
East Firth Street
Bas P
Vention
Ueally
United States
General Assembly
C. H. Judd
University of Chicago
Whole Family Struck by Smallpox in City Records
Following an attack of smallpox on February 28 at 121 Webster Street, the Powers family and others are reported afflicted. The Woods records in the health department note the outbreak, with children among the victims and a home at 62344 Iowa Street cited. Lee Lapole, 14, is identified among affected youths.
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E.L. Powers
Webster Street
Attiotea
Ren
Woods
Office of
Iowa Street
Lee Lapole
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