Iowa House Passes Gain Tax Bill
Grand jury in Woodbury County urged removal of Sioux City Public Safety Commissioner H C Kuhlmann and tighter liquor and gambling laws after investigating corruption and vice. The report cites indifference to enforcement, calls to suspend liquor permits, and warns that racketeers control officials without removal. Sheriff William R. Tice is praised for enforcing laws. County Attorney Max Duckworth urged reform though not cleared. The panel stopped short of indictments citing limited cooperation and need to purge complicit officials.
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Sioux City
H. C. Kuhlmann
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Clyde
L. Herring
E. L. O'Connor
Public Safety of
H. C. Kuhhlmann
William R. Tice
Max Duckworth
Duckworth
Joe Gagen
Yowa
Town Liquor Control Commission
Legislative Committee
Iowa
Iowa House Passes Burlington Chain Tax Bill 96 to 12
The Iowa House approved the Burlington chain store tax measure 96 to 12 after a four day debate. The bill imposes an occupational tax on each store and a graduated gross receipts tax for chains with more than one store, with exemptions for certain entities and a Sept plan to collect starting August 1, 1936.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
J. E. Cundy
Black Hawk
Cundy
Wasav
Don Burington
Woodbury
Vincent Harrington
House
G.T. Kuester
Cass
Leonard Moore
Taylor
Moore
Burington
Towa
Iowa
Pay the Price to Reap Life’s Highest Rewards
In every walk of life entrance requires payment upfront. Great art, medicine, or holiness demands years of hard work, discipline, and sacrifice before any reward. Emerson’s urging to pay the price and pursue the best aligns with the author’s 1935 reflection on effort and value.
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Tennyson
Emerson
Forty actors and seven actresses picket Warsaw theater
Forty actors and seven actresses picketed the Warsaw theater on Tuesday and continued a hunger strike started after Sunday night’s performance. They demand salaries alleged to be overdue.
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Warsaw
Iowa Senate Passes Beer Bill Amid Urban Regulation Shift
The Iowa Senate approved the Baldwin substitute 47 to 3 to empower cities and towns to regulate beer licenses and sales. The bill would let municipalities limit licenses, set permit fees, and issue permits, while the house considers a contrasting measure. Senators Doze Hopkins and Shangle opposed final passage amid a prior failed local option amendment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Senate
Baldwin
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
J. E. Doze
Humeston
George Hopkins
Guthrie Center
L. T. Shangle
Oskaloosa
Ora E. Husted
Truro
Ickes Threatens PWA Funds Pullback in Louisiana Clash
Secretary Ickes accuses Senator Long of political manipulation and warns the federal government will cancel all PWA contracts in Louisiana if the state gains control over local projects. He cites an $1.8 million New Orleans sewer and waterboard allotment as a test case and calls the Louisiana legislature the Longislature.
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Washington
Senator Long
Ickes
Louisiana
Long
Louisana
PWA
New Orleans
Emperor of
Icnes
Huey Long
Long assails Ickes over Louisiana loan control
Senator Huey P. Long denounces Secretary Ickes threatening to cancel all public works loans if Louisiana assumes control of expenditures. He storms that Ickes and his team can go to hell and demands an apology after defending state funds.
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Baton Rouge
Ickes
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Senator Long Threatens Impeachment of Supreme Court Justices
Senator Huey P. Long warned during a special legislative session that impeachment might be pursued against three Louisiana state supreme court justices over alleged crooked jurisprudence. Continued on Page 11.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
State Supreme Court
Dust Thwarts Laura Ingalls U S Hop in Alamosa
Laura Ingalls attempting a cross country speed flight forced to land at Alamosa Colorado airport due to a dust storm. Zero visibility and lingering debris damaged her $40 000 mono plane but she escaped unharmed. The flight began in Los Angeles with a goal to reach Floyd Bennett field New York in about fifteen hours.
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Alamosa
Colo
Laura Ingalls
Torough
Donald Bennett
Los Angeles
Sioux City Grand Jury Reveals Liquor Gambling Corruption
The Woodbury county grand jury reports widespread illegal liquor sales and gambling in Sioux City. It details lack of enforcement, graft, police interference, and a syndicate controlling slot machines and baseball pool betting, with inspector of police directing raids.
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Sioux City
Underworld
Commissioner of Public Safety
Verne Marshall Calls Grand Jury Report About Iowa Misconduct
Des Moines AP report quotes Verne Marshall editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette reacting to Woodbury county grand jury findings. He warns the Sioux City case reflects broader state lawlessness and urges full legal pursuit of Public Safety Commissioner H C Kuhlmann and related figures.
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Des Moines
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Public Safety
H. C. Kuhlmann
Sioux City
Kuhlmann
Max Duckworth
Doe “Tawant
Woodbury County
Farm Edition Highlights Progress in Iowa Agriculture
Ray Anderson presents his third semi annual Farm Edition in this issue of The Gazette. The page covers agricultural progress and interests to farmers and local business readers. Critics rate Anderson’s daily farm page as among the best in the United States.
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Oday’s
Gazette
Ray Anderson
Iowa
Territory
The
United States
Pan American Clipper Sets Off For Pacific Air Route
The Pan American Clipper, a 19 ton flying boat carrying six crew led by Captain Edwin Musick, departed Alameda California for Honolulu on a mission to pave commercial air service across the Pacific. The ship lifted from San Francisco Bay after a 1,300 yard run with cheers from 7,500 onlookers and radio updates planned every half hour. Co pilot Harry Canaday of Cedar Rapids accompanied Musick aboard.
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Almeda
Calif
Pacific
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Alameda
America
California
Honolulu
San Francisco Bay
Edwin’ C. Musick
Kaneohoe Bay
Dust Storm Bill Passes Senate With Broad Ag Powers
The Senate approved the House bill with under five minutes of debate, granting the secretary of agriculture wide authority to combat the dust storm menace.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Fear seven men trapped in Allan mine believed dead
STELLARTON N S Belief that seven men entombed by an explosion in the Allan mine Tuesday morning are dead was expressed Tuesday afternoon by a rescue crew member who emerged exhausted from the shaft.
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Stellarton
N.S
INS
Allan
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Hg. Joseph Fort Newton
Dr, Newton
PWA Cash
Huey
U. S
District Court of
F. H. Rice
District Court
Fourth Judicial District
State Liquor Commission
Iowa Liquor Commission
Slot Machine Syndicate
Lansuish
Bulletin
Harry ‘Canaday
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