Senate Votes 480 Million Tax Bill Amid Conference
The Senate passed a 480 million tax measure raising levies on wealth with new rates and an added 10 percent tax on all high incomes. The bill aims for roughly 500 million in revenue after House and Senate amendments, including La Follette estate taxes targeting large fortunes. It now goes to the House for action amid election-year concerns.
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Hington
Barbour
J. Dickinson
Hale
Hastings
House
J P Morgan
Senate
Len James
Couzens
Senate Finance Committee
Indict Reynolds and two others in double killing case
Hamilton county grand jury charges Jack Reynolds 38 of Covington Kentucky his wife Alice and David Polinsky with second degree murder in the March 11 case fight that left James Meyers and Philp Citron dead and wounded others Reynolds was detained then released Polinsky remains jailed. Mrs Reynolds free on bond pending action.
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Polinsky
Reynolds
Lved
Cedar Rapids
Insull Delivered to U.S. Custody in Smyrna
Samuel Insull, 74, escaped American fraud charges for eighteen months and was formally delivered Friday night to an American official in Smyrna Turkey. Turkish Police Commissioner Nail Bey turned him over to Burton Y. Berry of the Istanbul American embassy aboard the Exilena to sail to the United States.
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Smyrna
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Nail Bey
Burton Y. Berry
Istanbul
Insull
United States
Pilot Dies After Plane Snaps Tow Target Over Atlantic
First Lieutenant David L. Cloud Jr a crack Marine Corps pilot died after his single seater fighter struck a sleeve target towed by Lieutenant Thomas G. Ennis off Virginia Beach. The target swung up pulled Cloud into a spin and both aircraft disappeared after parachute opened but he did not survive.
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Norfolk
David L. Cloud, Jr
Marine Corps
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Beach
Thomas G. Ennis
Cloud
Boeing
Ennis
Dillinger Runs Gun Raid on Warsaw Police Station
John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter led three car loads of gunmen in an early morning raid on Warsaw police. Patrolman Jud Pittenger identified the bandits and was forced to guide them to the police HQ where Dillinger grabbed bullet proof vests and pistols before fleeing with a posse close behind.
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Warsaw
Ind
INS
John Dillinger
Public Enemy No. 1
Mike Hodges
Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Indiana
Jud Pittenger
Pittenger
Hamilton
Dillingers
Louis J Zika Dies. Cedar Rapids City Leader at 72
Louis J Zika longtime Cedar Rapids council member and public works advocate died at his home after a two week battle with heart disease. He were 72. Funeral planned for Sunday at 2 pm with Crescent lodge conducting Masonic rites and burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Zika’s death triggers a council vote to appoint a temporary successor, while detailing his lifelong public service and early years in Prague and Cedar Rapids.
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Louis J Zika
First Street
Melvin Welke
The
Peoples Church
Nelson C. Drefer
First Congregational Church
Crescent Lodge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Council
Zika
Prague
United States
Jacob Zika
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Adams School
Davenport
Business
Julian Lewis
R. A. Wallace
FL J Brown
Evans Named Deputy Sheriff by Sheriff Petrus
Earl A. Evans of 1400 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids has been appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus to replace Jay Davis who left to campaign for the sheriff’s nomination. A 22 year Cedar Rapids resident, Evans is a World War I veteran who served in France with the Rainbow division. He previously worked with the Carpenter Johnson company and the Haskell Coal company and was on the recorder’s office staff for over four years.
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Cedar Rafids News
Earl A
Jack” Evans
Second Avenue SE
L. L. Randall
Joseph A. Petrus
Jay Davis
Petrus
Evans
Cedar Rapids
France
168Th Infantry
Carpenter-Johnson Company
Haskell Coal Company
Recorder’s
Roosevelt Signs Bill Prohibiting European Loans
President Roosevelt signed the Johnson bill prohibiting financial transactions with foreign governments that have defaulted on their debt to the United States. The measure targets nations labeled as defaulting and aims to curb further financial exposure.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Johnson
United States
Death of a Cedar Rapids public servant Louis Zika
The death of Louis Zika ends a quarter century of trusted service as Cedar Rapids commissioner of public improvements. He was praised as exceptionally honest, hardworking, and Lincolnian in his civic duties, with the city losing a standard bearer of integrity and efficiency.
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Laws Zika
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Zika
Louis Zika
Zika
Lews Zika
Onn
Louis
Jewan
Lincolnian
Congressmen Parade To Meet President At Union Station
About 160 members of the House marched from Capitol plaza behind the Marine Band to greet President Roosevelt on his return from Florida. Republicans and farmers join Democrats in a rare public show, with Speaker Rainey and Leaders Burns Greenwood Sabath in the front. The Senate did not participate.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Capitol Plaza
Union Station
Florida
U. S. Marine Band
Rep
Welch
California
Lambertson
Kansas
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Laborite
Minnesota
Canitol Plaza
Marine Band
Maryland
Speaker Rainey
Illinois
Joe Burns
Tennessee
Arthur Greenwood
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Isabelle Greenway
Call For Redemption Of Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds
The U S Treasury announced October 15 redemption of an additional 1 2 billion in fourth Liberty loan 4 percent bonds via a lot drawing by Secretary Morgenthau. The move follows refunding 797 million of earlier called bonds into 10 to 12 year 3 4 percent bonds saving 10 million in annual interest. The cabinet approved the call after treasury study.
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Washington (Lp
The
Treasury
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Ten More Iowa Counties Adopt Work Relief
DES MOINES AP ten more Iowa counties adopted the work relief program after conferences with state relief officials bringing the total to 32 counties agreeing to start such programs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Indictments Charge Van Sweringen and Officials in Union Trust Fraud
Indicted with O. P. Van Sweringen are Joseph R. Nutt and Wilbur M. Baldwin in a case tied to a 1931 window dressing scheme at Union Trust. The scheme allegedly boosted assets and deposits by 10 million through a paper government bond purchase. Probes traced transactions to J. P. Morgan and Co. with Nutt named as designer of the maneuver.
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Cleveland
O. P. van Sweringen
Brothers of Railroad Fame
Union
Trust Company
Cuyahoga County
van Sweringen
Joseph R. Nutt
Union Trust Board of Directors
Wilbur M. Baldwin
Bank
Union Trust
van Sweringen Corporaon
O. P
M. J
van Sweringens
J. P. Morgan
van Sweringen Corporation
J. P. Morgan and Company
New York
Nutt
Morgan
Frank C. Cullitan
Be a Helpful Man and Find Joy in Service
Dr. Joseph Fort Newton urges everyday helpfulness as a universal job. Small acts of kindness relieve suffering and spread happiness. The piece notes that unselfish service, even simple gestures, can open the gates of heaven and bring personal joy.
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Alter Bagshot
George Philp Tyson
Bagshot
Jesus
Heaven
Cedar Rapids Kids Parade Sees 107 Dogs Lead Entries
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports 107 pets entered for the downtown Kids Parade with dogs of many breeds, plus cats, rabbits, goats, ponies, and other animals. Prizes include a baseball mitt, roller skates, and various local store gifts. Children from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns are expected to march from Greene Square at noon, with judging near the Iowa Theater and free theater tickets for all participants.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Doris Smith
Center Point Road
Fixie
The
Gazette
Greene's Square
Washington High School
Iowa Theater
Frank Buck
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Luberger's Furniture Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
J C Penney Company
Montgomery Ward Company
Kresge
Standard Tire Company
Spee-Dee
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Norman Baker Seeks Muscatine Radio Station Permit
The Federal Radio Commission has received an application from Norman Baker of Muscatine Iowa for permission to construct a 5,000 watt broadcasting station at Muscatine. Baker, once a cancer clinic operator in Muscatine, previously ran a station there and later re connected with a Mexican stock.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Norman Baker
Muscatine
Baker
Herring cites social legislation trends in Iowa
Governor Clyde L. Herring told 145 High Twelve members at the Hotel Roosevelt that Iowa has shown a decade long shift toward social legislation. He cited a 10 percent drop in infant mortality, better welfare for prisoners, and relief for the needy, praising the old age pension law as the best act of the last session. He noted a rising state business barometer and credited reforms with easing property tax burdens, while predicting gains from the new three point tax measure will grow as income and corporate taxes yield.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde L. Herring
Hotel Roosevelt
Iowa
Towa
Herring
Juror Verdict In 3 Hours 43 Minutes In Ottumwa Forgery Case
Des Moines investment broker Carle D. Beh was found not guilty of forgery in altering an Ottumwa public works application for a 860,000 cash grant and a 140,000 loan aimed at a viaduct. The jury deliberated three hours forty five minutes, with 8 to 4 first ballot and final acquittal on the fourth ballot.
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Davenport
Carle D. Beh
Des Moines
Ottumwa
United
Charles A. Dewey
Russell Knott
Washington
N. F. Reed
Beh
Public Works Administration
Nelson G. Kraschel
Robert W. Col
Aan
Iowa Creamerymen Launch Drive To Improve Products
Iowa creamery officials meeting in Des Moines opened a drive to improve dairy products in line with federal rulings. Delegates voted to cooperate with the Iowa State Dairy Association and Extension Service at Iowa State College and the state department of agriculture in district meetings. Frederic Larrabee, Fort Dodge, president, announced the sessions and urged closer farm sanitation to raise product quality. An advertising campaign for Iowa dairy products in eastern markets was also discussed.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa State College
State Department of Agriculture
Frederic Larrabee
Fort Dodge
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