Iowa House weighs five cent gas tax for poor relief
Public hearing before the Ways and Means committee split opinions on a bill imposing a 5 cent per thousand cubic feet tax on natural gas. Labor groups backed the measure as essential for funding poverty relief. gas firms and coal interests warned it would raise consumer costs and is unfair, arguing rates are not tied to such taxes. The bill would tax the first gas transaction entering Iowa and distribute revenue to all counties by population.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House Committee On Ways and Means
House
George Lee
Lincoln
Neb
Northern Natural Gas Co
Don Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Lee
Clifford Powell
Red Oak
Claude Clovis
Shenandoah
Joe Turner
Avoca
E. G. Graham
Jefferson
C. E. Murphy
Sioux City
Frank Hanlon
Mason City
Hanlon
J. C. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
James Stedman
Eagle Grove
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
B. J. Powers
Dalls Coal Co
Jobs Byrne
Ways and Means
NRA
Senarate- Finance Committee
White House
Capitol Hill
Uhland Heads Iowa Soil Erosion Work
R E Uhland named regional director of soil erosion service control work by CCC in Iowa under a new bureau. He replaces Prof G B Mac Donald, with sixteen Iowa camps and eight in Missouri in the region. work remains directed from Ames for now.
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Ames
Department of Agriculture
R. E. Uhland
CCC
Iowa
ECW
Department of Interior
P. C. Wiechmann
Bethany
Uhland
G. B. MacDonald
Emergency Conservation Corps
Towa
Missouri
Wiechmann
Eight Communists Found Guilty in California Syndicalism Case
In Sacramento, eight of 14 defendants were convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government under California criminal syndicalism laws. After 66 hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted on all counts of actual syndicalism violations. Defense attorney Leo Gallagher to seek a new trial.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Leo Gallagher
Hoover Roosevelts Rivalry Drives Republican Skepticism
Congressional leaders bluntly doubt Herbert Hoover intends to retire from politics and fear he aims for next year’s nomination. Huey Long plots a White House memoir with a bold share-the-wealth plan, while the White House staff overhaul becomes a contested choice among advisers.
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W.W. Ashington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Hoover
Senate
Charley McNary
North Dakota
Jerry” Nye
Roosevelt
Huey Long
Upton Sinclair
California
United States
Huey
Capitol
Congress
Sinclair
Inner Council
Charles A. Beard
Frank Walker
National Emergency Council
Huey Long cited as Paraguay ally amid Bolivia aid planes
Report notes Huey Long praised Paraguay against Bolivia. Air mailed copies reach over 500 Washington reporters. The piece mentions a Paraguay fort named for Huey in the former country and reference to four Condor planes leaving from New Orleans to assist Bolivia.
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Lol
Huey “Long
Paraguay
Bolivia
United States
Huey
New Orleans
Discord In Cabinet Delays Slow New Deal Plans
Washington reports show cabinet tensions and routine meetings draining Roosevelt’s time. Big policy questions are stalled as tete-a-tete talks dominate decisions, delaying key New Deal projects while the State Department watches Europe peace parleys with concern.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Slippery John
Europe
State Department
Simon and Swope Spark Debate Over Policy and Vision
The piece contrasts Sir John Simon with White House adviser Gerard Swope as they shape Britain’s foreign stance and U S industrial plans. It notes Swope’s talks on subsistence homesteads in West Virginia and details deep struggles over the social security bill amid political resistance and committee maneuvering.
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Sir John Simon
John
Geneva
England
Barbara Hutton Rebels Against Seclusion in Reno Divorce
Barbara Hutton rebelling against attorneys orders to remain secluded while awaiting divorce from Prince Alexis Mdivani. She seeks to explore Reno and join potential corespondents, with 18 trunks of clothing and maids en route from New York. Attorney Millard Tompkins Jr. left to handle legal matters. Thatcher remains in charge.
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Barbara Hutton
Prince Alexis Mdivani
George Thatcher
Millard Tompkins, Jr
Thatcher
Reno
Barbara
New York
Newark
N. J
Tompkins
Mdivani
Franklyn Hutton
Many German Boys Volunteer for Army
Berlin reports indicate hundreds of German youths rush to enlist before conscription, with Tuesday briefings noting that no draft has begun. The Reichswehr rejects a claim of 580,000 1915 births ordered for medical exams, calling it an April Fool’s joke, while officials warn the enlistment pace could rise before April 13.
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Berlin
INS
Stresa
Reichswehr
Army
Reuter
London
Illinois youths receive long terms for bank robbery
Three Cicero Illinois youths aged 21 to 22 pled guilty to robbing the Mauston Wisconsin bank. They were sentenced to 15 to 40 years in the state penitentiary at Waupun after escaping gunfire from the cashier and fleeing toward Illinois. Armed assault and kidnapping charges were dropped.
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Maulton
Wis
Illinois
Waupun
Mike Monczynski
Edward Cudecki
Thomas Stopa
Cicero
Ill
Mauston
Russell Fale
Ilinois
Supreme Court Bars Foreclosure on Railroad Collateral
The Supreme Court ruled federal courts may forbid foreclosure on collateral during railroad reorganizations under the emergency bankruptcy act. The decision, in an appeal by banks and the RFC, involves the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad case and affects hundreds of millions of dollars in loans.
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Washington
INS
RFC
Supreme “Court
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Stay of Execution Sought in 1932 Waterloo Deputy Murder
Gov. Clyde L. Herring reviews the appeal for Elmer Brewer and Pat Griffin to stay execution while habeas corpus action advances to the U S Supreme Court. The state's high court denied Fay the appeal and a further appeal to the Supreme Court is planned.
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Waterloo
Fort Madison
United States Supreme Court
Iowa High Court
Fay
Doherty Loses Fight In Supreme Court
Washington reports that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Iowa courts’ jurisdiction over suits against Henry L. Doherty and company for a 1929 stock transaction. The case, Frank Goodman of Des Moines Iowa, sought $167 from the firm, with the suit filed in 1931.
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Washington (Lp
Iowa
Henry L. Doherty
Supreme Court
Frank Goodman
Des Moines
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Goodman
Probe Poisoning at Ford Rouge Plant Claims One Life
At the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit a worker, Louis Sherry of Inkster, 25, died and another, William P. Wicker, 23, of Detroit, was gravely ill after eating poisoned sandwiches during a 3 am lunch break. Bread was found laced with a deadly toxin as police prepared to question about 400 shift men.
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White House
Gerard Swope
General Electric
United States
Henry Ford
River Rouge
Detroit
INS
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Ford
Camshaft
Louis Sherry
Inkster
William P. Wicker
Kidneys Clean Out Acids Says Urgent Health Ad
An old advertisement claims kidneys remove acids and wastes via nine million tiny filters. It warns against harsh drugs and promotes Cystex with a guarantee and a claimed 48 hour to one week effect, priced at 3c per dose.
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