Supreme Court endorses tax that could drive industries out of existence
The U S Supreme Court upheld a Washington state 15 cent per pound tax on decomargarine ruling courts cannot challenge a tax as long as its wording makes it a taxing statute. The decision, written by Justice George Sutherland, concerns protection of dairy farmers and possible implications for recovery program taxes on farm products.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
A. Magnano and Company
Campbell Soup to Close New Jersey Plant
Campbell Soup Co plans to close its Camden New Jersey plant as a result of a strike involving about 1500 workers. Management reportedly intends to move all operations to Chicago while the union weighs sending representatives to picket the Chicago plant.
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Campbell Soup Co
N. J. Plant
Camden WN. J
Campbell Soup Company
Chicago
Des Moines Life Policy Acceptance Ordered by Iowa
Iowa Insurance Commission approves a plan allowing Hercules Life Insurance of Chicago to accept policies of the old Des Moines Life Insurance Company. The Des Moines firm was absorbed years ago by National Life of the USA, which was later acquired by a larger insurer.
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Des Moines
Tap
Iowa Insurance Commission
Iowa Insurance Oo Department
Hercules Life Insurance Company of
Chicago
Tinos Company
Old
de Mines Life Insurance Company
de Moines Trie
Sears Ace
National Life of the USA
Governor Candidate Launches Stump Tour
Dear Lake resident Clarence A Knutson announced campaign dates this week as he seeks the Republican nomination for governor. He plans stops across Des Moines Clinton area and other localities to rally support.
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Des Moines
Clarence A Knutson
Dear Lake
Manday
Leringan
Clinton
Kroxaur oFricay Rc
Dra Muines
World in turmoil as two paths clash in a shattered era
A 1934 reflection questions the era's mood and direction. It contrasts liberty with mass control, asks whether society should be ruled by fraternal goodwill or force, and ponders if the world remains under divine watch despite chaos and division.
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Bernard Shaw
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
MacDonald
Roosevelt
Iowa Gas Tax Upheld by U S High Court
The Iowa three cent gasoline import tax was sustained by the U S Supreme Court. The Mo nemotor Oil company, Arizona corporation with a Carter Lake Iowa refinery, challenged the tax claiming it violated the commerce clause and the First Amendment. A federal court previously ruled the tax valid.
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Iowa
U. S. High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Monemotor Oil Company
Council Bluffs
Arizona
Carter Lake
State Liquor Board Considers Cedar Rapids Store Site
State liquor control board members arrived in Cedar Rapids to survey possible sites for a state liquor store. Officials planned a week of site visits across the state, with recommendations to be reviewed by the full board next week. The likely location is a light industrial area near the loop rather than a downtown site.
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Icedar Rapids News
State Liquor Control Board
Cedar Rapids
Bernard Mantley
Dick R Lane
Associated Press
Lane
Manley
H Im. Cooper
Insull Held in Turkey for Extradition to United States
In Istanbul Turkey officials notified Washington that Samuel Insull will be handed over for trial on Illinois embezzlement and theft charges. He is jailed with limited privileges and awaits arrival of American agents to escort him to Chicago. The Turkish assembly ratified the 1923 extradition treaty, clearing the way for his removal despite lawyers’ protests.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Chicago
National Assembly
United States
Skinner
Ankara
Insull
Whoni
llHnols
Maiotis
Greece
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Istaphu Harbor
Assembly
Sale of Iowa stolen bonds leads to arrests in Cincinnati
In Marshall county Iowa authorities pursued three people charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in the sale of 944000 worth of bonds stolen from Martha Gillespie. Nancy J Wright and Thomas and Mrs Treharn were held after admitting part in the sale to a Cincinnati bank while denying knowledge of the theft.
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Cincinnati
Marshall County
Iowa
Martha Gillespie
W. W. Akers
Marshalltown
J. W. Pattie
Nancy J. Wright
Thomas Treharn
Wenona
Wright
Cincinnati Brewery
Treharns
Youngstown
Gillespie
Harold Cowell
Cowell
Cincinnati Bank
Venona
Clinton
Ill
Highway Board Withholds Aid Over Fairfax Road Grade
Cedar Rapids officials face pressure from the state highway commission to approve the proposed grade of highway 149 in the city. The commission warned it may deny $4,000 for the Kenwood viaduct project if the grade is not sanctioned, while urging approval as essential for a paved Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa link.
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Highway Board
State Highway Commission
Fairfax Road
W H Stepanek
W. J. Neill
Highway Commission
Louis J. Zika
Zika
Kenwood
Stepanek
Fred R. White
White
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Dillinger Gang Alleged to Recruit New Band After Raid
Authorities linked Tommy Carroll to a new Dillinger mob after a gunfight at a Duluth area apartment. FBI and city detectives found gunfire damage and a Dillinger print on a beer bottle. Carroll, wanted in multiple bank robberies, fled with two women before the raid and is suspected of joining remnants of prior gangs.
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PAUL
John Dillinger
Tommy Carroll
Minneapolis
Po- Nce
Federal Department of Justice
Dillinger
John Hamilton
Carroll
Brainerd
Minn
Sioux Falls
S. D
Security National Bank
Mason City
Washington Court Upholds Oleomargarine Tax
The Washington supreme court sustained a 15 cent per pound oleomargarine tax on oleomargarine despite a challenge from A Magnano Co of Seattle. The ruling preserves a material income source for the state, denying the tax invalidity claim.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Magnano Company
Seattle
Retail Buyers Begin Paying New Sales Tax
State Senator Frank C. Byers outlined Iowa’s new sales tax rules at a mercantile bureau meeting noting the tax in effect on meals tobacco magazines theater admissions candy flowers with penalties for noncompliance. Retailers must pass tax to consumers and keep two years of records with a 2 percent buyer tax on all taxable sales starting promptly.
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Iowa
Frank C. Byers
Mercantile Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Assessment and Review
Byers
State Board of Assessment
Board of Assessment and Review
Sales Tax Off To Good Start In Des Moines
Des Moines reports indicate the new two percent retail sales tax is off to a good start on its first regular business day. John W. Foster said from the state board that merchants and the public showed little confusion and that difficulties in revying the tax were being overcome quickly.
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Des Moines
John W. Foster
State Board of Assessment and Review
Foster
Bobby Arnst Weds Chicago Attorney in New York City
LARCHMONT NY Bobbie Arnst formerly married to Johnny Weissmuller wed Chicago lawyer Robert Cavanaugh. The couple obtained a New York license and were married by Police Court Judge William Messersmith near 2 pm at the home of Janet Velie with Mrs Velie and her husband in attendance.
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Larchmont
Fapi
Bobbie Arnst
Johnny Weissmulter
Robert Cavanaugh
Chicago
New York City
Arnst
Cavanaugh
Janet Velie
Wilam Messersmith
Mrs Ve'te
Jay Velie
Forest City Man Dies in Minneapolis Lunch
Grettefield 64 of Forest City Indiana died of heart disease Monday while eating lunch in a Minneapolis restaurant. He had been visiting Minneapolis at the time of the death.
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Forest City
Minneapolis
Grettefield
Forest City, In
Glettefield
Lack Of Funds Threatens Iowa Relief Program
Iowa emergency relief director E H Mulock said the proposed work relief to replace CWA is blocked by funds. With only 600000 expected from the federal government in April counties must finance start up while 3 million state relief funds are not available until July. Mulock and Attorney General O Connor conferred but found no decision.
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Ohio State
Ohio
Buswker
Commissioners of Internal Revenue
Pennsylvania
Federal Land Banks
Majsor Fiorello
LaGuardias
New York
Brooklyn
Des Moines
E. H. Mulock
Iowa
Mulock
O'Connor
Aviatrix Margie Crawford Accuses Dowling of Detention
Hollywood aviatrix and actress Margie Crawford, 25, says Dowling forcibly confined her to force marriage in Yuma Arizona. Dowling, an attorney from Dallas, denies kidnapping, claiming she willingly accompanied him and later grew sick and hysterical. She escaped with help from a hotel clerk and returned home.
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Hollywood
INS
Marjorie Crawford
R. C
Danny” Dowling
Yuma
Aziz
Dowling
Dallas
Tex
Miss Crawford
Milas Crawford
Vipin
Aris
Crawford
Leila Roosevelt Nears End Of World Tour In Menswear
Miss Leila Roosevelt cousin of the President arrives in Chicago for the final leg of an around the world trip. Accompanied by Miss Edna Omstead, she has traveled largely in men's clothing and expects to wear a dress again at journey’s end.
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Chicago
Leila Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Edna Omstead
Andre Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Campbell Soup plant picketed by 200 workers
In Camden New Jersey about 200 strikers picketed the Campbell Soup company plant as officials threatened to import strikebreakers. The action occurred Monday and drew attention from nearby residents and workers.
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Camden
N. J
Campbell Soup Company
Barrow Identified Ad Slayer of Cops
Clyde Barrow was identified as one of two who killed State Highway Patrolman E. B. Wheeler and Murphy. A whisky bottle and fingerprints tied Barrow to the scene. Fort Worth officers planned charges for Wheeler’s slaying and Parker for Murphy’s killing.
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
Clyde Barrow
E. B. Wheeler
H. D. Murphy
Barrow
Barney Finn
Wheeler
Bonnie Parker
Druggist found guilty in death of fourth wife near Albuquerque
Carl Wickman a 35 year old Denver druggist nicknamed a drug store Casanova was convicted of first degree murder in the death of his fourth wife Donalda Chicoine Wickman near Albuquerque. The jury deliberated forty minutes and the judge sentenced him to death in the electric chair on June 8.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carl Wickman
Denver
Casanova
Here
Miguel A. Otero, Jr
Wickman
Donalda Chicoine Wickman
Donalda Chicoine
Kirwan Freed Of Shipboard Killin In Religious Feud
Federal court jury acquitted Andrew Donaldson Kirwan, son of Mme Jean Nash Dubonnet, of stabbing William Ses som s to death during a drunken shipboard dispute over religion. Mme Dubonnet kissed her son as the verdict came in. Kirwan, briefly restrained by his condition, reacted with laughter as officials expressed relief.
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New York
Andrew Donaldson Kirwan
Europe
Mme
Jean Nash Dubonnet
Emma Donaldson
Kirwan
Robert A. Inch
Sessoms
Hope To Save Boy Turning To Stone
In Wilkes Bass Pa a seven year old Benny Hendrick faced a rare ossification malady as doctors at General Hospital reported a temporary victory. They said a consultation showed a good chance to halt the disease from spreading through his body.
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Wilkes-Barre
Benny Hendrick
General Hospital
Costner Pleads Not Guilty To Robbery in Charlotte
Isaac Costner a Chicago gangster pled not guilty in federal court in Charlotte after initially admitting participation in the $105,000 mall truck robbery last November. The change comes as prosecutors pursue the case in the November heist.
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Costner
Charlotte
N. C
Isaac Costner
Chicago
Riots injure two among large crowd of miners in Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a clash among about 1500 miners broke out Monday night. A fire truck hose was damaged when a nozzle was thrown back into the vehicle. Two men were reported injured in the disturbance.
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Uniontown
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Henry Cummings
Daniel S. Coffey
Department of Justice
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Towa
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Missouri
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