Graduated AAA Payments Urged by Vandenberg
Senator Arthur Vandenberg proposes a graduated system to cut high AAA payments to large operators, noting it would reverse tax ideas by taxing big producers less per unit. He backs disclosure of all recipients over 10 000 dollars, while Henry Fletcher accuses Wallace of withholding facts and demands full names and addresses.
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Washington
Arthur A. Vandenberg
Mich
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
AAA
Treasury
Democratic National Committee
Vandenberg
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Michigan Republican
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Ritter
Fletcher
Roosevelt
America
Don Hines Named City Attorney and Police Officials
Cedar Rapids officials announced Don Hines will serve as city attorney while naming new police and fire department leaders. The report notes Pollock’s appointment as market master starting at council wish and Mott’s new deputy assessor role this year after years of service. Tapper thanked local business and citizens for support and commended school janitors for aiding traffic safety at crossings.
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Frank Barta
William Whelan
Robert J. Vlach
A. A. Mikota
Lena C. Glidden
E. P. Kohout
Ben Benish
George Stefan
Otis Leefers
Leonard Berry
Harry Martin
Frank Pollock
William Volz
Bever Park
Billy Woods
Ellis Park
Roy Martin
Pollock
Mott
Tapper
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
Automobiles in 1931 World access declined to one per 56 people
The 1931 global data show one automobile for every 56 persons. The statistic highlights limited vehicle ownership amid economic constraints and rising motor use in urban centers.
Wallace orders 11 packing firms to stop price fixing
Secretary Wallace, in a formal order, ruled 11 packing companies guilty of price fixing around Memphis and Birmingham from 1927 to 1933. The order, effective May 10, directs ceasing and desisting and cites violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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Washington (Ap
Wallace
Agriculture
Packers and Stockyards Act
Memphis
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Armour and Company
Abraham Brothers Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Jacob Cold Packing Company
John Morrell and Company
Memphis Packing Corporation
Swift and Company
Wilson and Company
North American Provision Company
George A. Hormel and Company
Birmingham Packing Company
St. Louis Independent Packing Company
Swift and Company denounces Walker price case ruling
Vice president J. P. Spang Jr of Swift and Company says Secretary Wallace’s cease and desist order is not a judicial finding and that the case covered only parts of Mississippi and Alabama. He claims Swift had no collusion with other packers and cites strong competition among wholesalers and retailers. A 79-year-old retiree, William J. Coudery, visited London after forty years.
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Chicago
J. P. Spang, Jr
Swift and Company
Wallace
Packers and Stockyards Act
Secretary of Agriculture
Spang
Mississippi
Alabama
William John Cowdery
London
Former Governor Hammill 15 Dead
A report details the death of former Iowa Governor Hammill at 15, with accounts from Minneapolis associates noting his final conversations before a fatal stroke. Hammill, born October 14 1875 in Linden Wisconsin, had a long political career from Hancock County Attorney to Lieutenant Governor and Governor.
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Senneff
Mason City
Minneapolis
Hammill
Linden
Iowa County
Wis
Wisconsin
Britt
Hancock County
The
State University
State Senate
Senate
Missene B. Richards
Dickinson Hammill friendship sealed for 1930 nomination
Waterloo report says John Hammill told R C Eggert he would place L J Dickinson's name in nomination for the Republican presidential candidacy at the Cleveland convention. Dickinson confirmed the agreement in Des Moines.
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Waterloo
Iowa
L. J. Dickinson
John Hammill
Minneapolis
Monay
R. C. Eggert
Storm Deaths Rise From Georgia to North Carolina Toll Grows
Tornadoes last Thursday killed 43 people and struck Cordele Georgia and Greensboro North Carolina. The Gainesville toll rose Tuesday as Ohio floodwaters rose again. Damage from Sunday night and Monday storms neared 30 million dollars as rivers crept toward flood stage in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
North Carolina
Upstate
South Carolina
Anderson
Cordele
Greensboro
N. C
Gainesville
Pittsburgh
Joint plan for coordinated truck lines by three railroads
The Union Pacific, Chicago and North Western, and Burlington railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a coordinated trucking system to supplement rail service. They seek to buy Union Transfer Co assets in Illinois Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota for 150000 and fund total setup costs at 600000 with 200000 from each railroad.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Chicago and North Western
Burlington
Union Transfer Company
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Princess Olga Delivers Daughter Marina in Belgrade
Princess Olga wife of Regent Prince Paul gave birth in Belgrade to a seven pound girl to be named Marina in honor of the Duchess of Kent.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Olga
Paul
Marina
Duchess of Kent
Heiress Beatrice Pickerell Ends Romance With Trucker
Beatrice Barclay Pick erell, heiress and daughter of a prominent family, separated from her husband Bevis Pickerell a truck driver. She stayed at her widowed mother's home in Montclair New Jersey and confirmed the separation though she declined further comment.
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Montclair
N. J
Beatrice Barclay Pickerell
Bevis Pickerell
Iowa City Liquor Case Defendants Seek Motion to Quash
A Davenport federal court heard a motion to quash indictments against seventeen Iowa City residents charged with conspiracy to evade federal liquor taxes and defraud the government. The defense seeks suppression of wire tapping evidence as illegally obtained. Judge C D Dewey set a Tuesday hearing on the conspiracy cases.
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Davenport
Iowa City
C. 4. Dewey
Iowa City Men Indicted by Ottumwa Grand Jury
Will J. Hayek of Iowa City along with Ray C. Fountain and Frank F. Wilson, former assistant prosecutors, were named in an indictment by the Ottumwa grand jury on behalf of a long list of local residents. The charges involve actions during the administration of Ross R. Mowry.
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Will J. Hayek
Iowa City
Ray C. Fountain
Frank F. Wilson
Ross R. Mowry
Harvey Secor
Erwin A. Summel
Carl Capps
Thomas Appleby
Earl Nelson
Robert Lembaugh
Henry Harring
Clarence O. Coffey
Basil Brown
Charles Connelly
George Payne
Blanche Fleming
A. L. Whetstine
Cyril Ryckeghan
Gary Haystett
H. E. Sum
Scout Merit Badge Show Opens Tonight
The Boy Scout merit badge show in Cedar Rapids runs tonight and tomorrow evening from 7 30 to 10 at Memorial Building auditorium. More than fifty booths will explain badge requirements with Sea Scouting and Cubbing demonstrations. Subjects include plumbing firemanship safety civics first aid senior Scouting agriculture weather printing corn farming automobiling handcraft chemistry carpentry aviation and electricity. A first Boy Scout amateur hour occurs from 8 to 9 each evening with local and visiting troops participating.
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Boy Scout Movement
Memorial Building
Boy Scouts of the
Cedar Rapids
Benton, Jones and Linn
Bread and Salt Welcome New Ballenstedt Couple Revival
Protestant clergy in Ballenstedt revive the old Germanic custom of offering bread and salt to newly married couples as a welcome ritual in the region.
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Ballenstedt
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Don Hines
Dickinson
South Pass
North Western Joint
Jugoslav
Trucker
Boyson Jewelry CO
Third Avenue
Killian’s
Boyson’s
Craemer’s
First Avenue
Craemer
Llewellyn
Janelle
Shirley Temple
Eastel
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