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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
Miss Frances Sutton becomes the first woman registered architect in Michigan after passing the state exam. A University of Michigan graduate, she is twenty four years old.
Secretary Jardine calls a Chicago and Iowa bankers conference to discuss financing the middle western corn crop. A national agricultural credits association may be formed to loan funds directly to farmers secured by crops and allow rediscounting by intermediate credits banks. The aim is to ease credit for corn belt farmers hit by prices around 50 cents in Iowa and falling demand.
Washington Terrific winds, not pressure or structural weakness, destroyed the airship Shenandoah. Charles P Burgess, airship construction expert, testified before the naval court of Inquiry after studying wreckage and calculations. He said gas pressure and the muffled circulation had no role in the breakup.
William M Jardine secretary of agriculture outlined national aims to boost farm co operatives before the ninth annual meeting of the National Co operative Milk Producers federation in Philadelphia. He called co operative associations a far reaching venture vital to agriculture and pledged increased USDA help to farmers.
Commissioner Blair revoked internal revenue exemptions that allowed households to manufacture up to 200 gallons of homemade wine without tax. L Andrews, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement, disclosed that hundreds of thousands of permits exist.
In Lake County a jury acquitted Clara A, her husband Ars Hareq, and Arthur Holt in the Fox Lake murder trial of Mrs. Lillie Holt. The case marked the district’s first such trial in twelve years and arose from a violent dispute at the Fox Lake home on September 20.
Emerson F. Mc Carthy aged nineteen, left halfback of the team, died from a broken neck suffered during a hard tackle in a game played in Waterbury Connecticut.
Thomas A Edison requests models of his early inventions and Henry Ford seeks models of early mechanical engineering devices for study as the patent office sorts through old submissions.
The battleship Oklebcma struck the breakwater entering San Pedro Harbor after a jammed Tucker caused the accident. Initial reports say damage appears slight, with crews inspecting the vessel and harbor structure.
Colonel Mitchell testifies about rejected air defense recommendations to the War department. He cites a missing study of New York’s air attack susceptibility and defense measures. He says a 1924 Pacific policy plan would make Alaska a strategic offensive and defensive point, but the idea was ignored.
New York report says American tax burden nearly doubled since 1913, reaching 12 percent of combined income. In 1918 the share was 6.9 percent, with higher state and local taxes contributing, alongside a drop in national income last year.
Treasury statistician Joseph S. McCory revises the 1996 revenue loss under new House Ways and Means measures to 336,236,000 dollars. Of this, 20,000,000 dollars reflect a conservative estimate of the estate tax repeal enacted retroactively from 1924.
Prohibition Director James E. Jones issued orders upholding agents can search automobiles and other vehicles without a warrant but limit the power to cases where there is knowledge or reliable information of a liquor law violation.
Noblesville Indiana David Stephen son a former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan is taken to Michigan City to begin serving a life sentence for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis.
Rev Dr Ernest Milmore Stires was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Long Island in St Thomas church Long Island, surrounded by 35 prel ates from every diocese in the United States.
Akron engineers at the Goodyear Zeppelin plant completed plans for the GZ-1 the world’s largest dirigible and stretching over 500 feet in length, signaling a major advance in airship construction.
Major General W J Snow complains about the training and quarters at army posts. He urges clearer field reports and better conditions, citing the effect on overall readiness and suitability of facilities for soldiers.
A Bluffs town notice features testimonial claims that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoveries relieved stomach trouble. It promotes liquid or tablet forms and offers trial details, naming Dr. Pierce and local agent outlets.
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