Tax bill ready for action by house in week
The $1.127 billion tax bill, revised from President Roosevelt proposals, moves to the House next week after approval by the Ways and Means Committee. Democrats hold an 18 7 majority and expect formal endorsement Monday. The plan scales back requested farm relief funding and removes new processing taxes while preserving core reform ideas. It includes undistributed profits taxes, windfall levies, continued excess profits tax, and taxes on bank income and non resident alien earnings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
AAA
Milwaukee Rail Service Will Continue Pending Hearing
W C Given of Ottumwa, superintendent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, notified Harry Sundberg of the Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau that passenger trains will run until after the board of railroad commissioners of Iowa holds a continued hearing in Des Moines on May 6. The hearing on the petition to abandon trains 125 and 126 Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and 3 and 8 Davenport Ottumwa began in Cedar Rapids on April 16.
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W. C. Given
Ottumwa
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Harry Sundberg
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Oelwein teachers approve average 5 percent raise
Oelwein school board grants an average 5 percent salary increase for teachers with most raises between twenty five and fifty dollars. All but Mantie Joy Clark have signed contracts for next year. Clark's position awaits July 1 decision due to illness. A new kindergarten teacher will be added as applications are received.
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Oelwein
Mantie Joy Clark
Southside
Miss Clark
Onslow Woman Observes Seventy-Ninth Birthday at Home
Mrs James Warren of Onslow marked her seventy ninth birthday at home Friday. Iowa born daughter of Samuel Conley, she married James Warren sixty years ago before his death last December. Surviving children include Eugene in California Ben Hulda Allen and Alka Keister. An expert needlewoman she has made many quilts and received callers and greetings.
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Onslow
James Warren
Warren
Iowa
Samuel Conley
Pennsylvania
Eugene
California
Ben
Hulda Allen
Alka Keister
Hamm Brewing President Kidnapped In 1933 Ransom Case
Theodore Hamm Brewing Company president Hamm was seized June 15 1933 near St Paul after leaving his office and held until June 19 1933 in a ransom of 100000. Investigators named Alvin Karpis Arthur Barker Fred Barker Goetz Fitzgerald and Bolton as suspects with Hamm held at Edward Bartholmew's residence in Bensenville Illinois.
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Hamm
Theodore Hamm Brewing Company
St. Paul
Wyoming
Minn
Brewing Company
Anamosa
William W. Dunn
The
Dunn
Lowry
Summit Avenue
L. J. Sullwold
Hamm Brewing Company
Sullwold
Duluth
Bureau
Alvin Karpis
Arthur Barker
Fred Barker
Fred C. Goetz
Shotgun Zeigler
Charles J. Fitzgerald
William Bryan Bolton
Mr. Hamm
Edward C. Bartholmew
York Avenue
Bensenville
Ill
Murder Suspect Kills Detective Then Takes Own Life
Denver police hunted Amos Hayhurst for the slaying of Joseph Dicker when he killed Detective Pesquale Marinaro and then shot himself. Marinaro and two other detectives arrived after a tip. Hayhurst opened fire and killed Marinaro before dying by a self inflicted wound.
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Denver
Amos Hayhurst
Joseph Dicker
Hayhurst
Pesquale Marinaro
Dicker
Edna Marie Hayhurst
Marinaro
Leonard Hadley
Walter Keister
Hadley
Keister
Chicken Hatches in Pigeon Nest Thrives on Farm
A three pound spring chicken hatched in a pigeon nest on the Emil Fries farm is described as doing well. A hen laid an egg in the pigeon nest, and the chick's growth is noted despite the unusual hatch location.
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Wiota
Ins
Emil Fries
PWA Advocates Lose in Appeals on Relief Projects
Washington AP Two reversals for advocates of permanent public works relief marked the week. Roosevelt opposed earmarking 700 million of next year's 1.5 billion relief fund for PWA projects. He said PWA would cost more and take longer, needing more money to employ the same number of workers. He rejected using relief funds for the Florida ship canal and Passamaquoddy tidal project, leaving Congress to decide futures. Congress defeated canal funding. impeachment trial of Judge Ritter consumed Senate time. Some senators discussed a special court to handle impeachment cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Congress
Senate
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
McAdoo
Calif
10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette Headline Roundup
Mrs Terrence Layton fractured wrist from cranking a Ford. Francis Ward and wife return from California visit. Philip Yothers from Johnson School represented Cedar Rapids and out-spelled 82 of 102 contestants in the state spelling contest at Des Moines. William J Forrey fractured right leg in a slip at Chandler Pump Company.
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Terrence Layton
Ford
Francis K. Ward
Sunshine Mission
California
Philip Yothers
Johnson School
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
William J. Forrey
Chandler Pump Company
Passing Show At Greene's Opera House Today
The Passing Show played at Greene's opera house today. Rev. E Winslow Brown was elected moderator of the Cedar Rapids Presbytery and is pastor of Olivet Presbyterian church. Mrs R W Spence and daughter Marina left for Minot North Dakota due to her brother in law’s illness. Harry W Raymond a local law student at Iowa University became secretary of the Chariton commercial club.
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Greene’s Opera House
E. Winslow Brown
Cedar Rapids
Olivet Presbyterian Church
R. W. Spence
Marina
Minot
N. D
Harry W. Raymond
Iowa University
Commercial Club
Chariton
San Francisco Quakes Wreck City Causing Heavy Loss
The city of San Francisco suffers extensive earthquake damage with many lives lost and property ruined. Charles L. Woodman resigns as Cedar Rapids Building and Loan secretary to take a Panama service stenographer post. Mrs. John Randall heads to Benton Ark to join her husband at Rock Island railroad. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. White travel with Mrs. White. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robbins visit the city on their California return after six months there.
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San Francisco
Charles L. Woodman
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association
Panama Service
John Randall
Benton, Ark
Rock Island Railroad
A. H. White
W. A. Robbins
Robins
California
Davenport State Liquor Store Manager Resigns
The Iowa State Liquor Control Commission announced Saturday the resignation of O. H. Schrum as manager of the Davenport state liquor store. Ray A. Baumeyer, a store employee, was named acting manager.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
O. H. Schrum
Davenport
Ray A. Baumeyer
Funeral services for Henry Gundling set for Sunday
Henry Gundling former publisher of the Iowa Post at Cedar Rapids who died Thursday afternoon in a Davenport hospital will be buried at Linwood cemetery after a service in Turner chapel Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Dr A A Brooks will officiate and friends may call at the Turner chapel prior to the service. He later published and edited the Davenport Tribune and later worked in commercial printing.
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Henry Gundling
Iowa Post
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Turner Chapel
A. A. Brooks
Linwood Cemetery
Gundling
Tribune
William F. Yeager Dies After Brief Illness
William Frederick Yeager 71 longtime Cedar Rapids street railway employee died after a brief illness at a local hospital. He lived at 1643 Second Avenue SE and was born in Nichols Iowa August 4 1872. Survived by wife Eva three daughters Dorothy Gertrude Fern and three brothers. Funeral services Monday at 3 30 p m Turner chapel with Master Masons to meet at Masonic hall at 3 p.m.
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William Frederick Yeager
Second Avenue SE
Marion and
Cedar Rapids
Nichols
Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M
Linden Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
United Commercial Travelers
Maine Lodge
Eva
Dorothy
Gertrude
Sterling
Ill
Fern
Schenectady
N. Y
Henry J
Denver
Charles S
Albert O
Turner Chapel
Masonic Hall
Demory Child Lois Marie dies after brief illness
Lois Marie Demory age year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl E Demory died at home 1037 Twelfth street NE Saturday at 1 50 a m after a brief illness She was born March 26 1935 in Cedar Rapids Survived by parents three sisters Belle Dorothy and Gert rude one brother Ted grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Moore and Mrs Jack Demery Burial at Linwood Cemetery Turner chapel at 2 p m Monday Friends may call at the chapel
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Lois Marie
Earl E. Demory
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Belle
Dorothy
Gertrude
Ted
Albert Moore
Jack Demery
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Charles Bowker in Le Claire Iowa
Mrs Bowker died at her home in Le Claire Iowa Friday at 9 am. She is survived by her husband and four sons. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 pm at the home of her son Clarence in Le Claire.
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Charles Bowker
le Claire
H. C. Underhill
Eighteenth Avenue
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel Gray Monday at Beatty chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel Gray will be held in the Beatty chapel Monday at 2 p.m. conducted by the Rev. R. J. Judson. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Hazel Gray
Beatty Chapel
R. J. Judson
Oak Hill Cemedy
PWA Seeks to Block More Utility Injunctions
In Washington, PWA and the justice department prepare to ask the District of Columbia Supreme Court to bar injunctions against 10 municipal power projects in five states. A prior injunction was halted over a $2.8 million development in Greenwood County, South Carolina, while about $2.5 million in PWA allocations are at issue. The utilities contend the act creating the PWA is illegal and that the agency exceeded its authority while pressuring towns to accept loan and grant offers.
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Washington
National Industrial Recovery Act
PWA
Coral on hillside found in Maui Hawaii
Shells and coral once formed in the sea were discovered high on a Maui hillside making the highest such finds in this part of the United States.
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Honolulu, T. H
INS
Maui
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Oldest Native Born Vet Wins Stay On Ruling
David Ogilvie 85, the nation’s oldest native born World War veteran, won a temporary stay of deportation to Australia. The Minnesota case halted his removal after veterans groups pressed the issue. the immigration order was held in abeyance until September.
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Blue Earth
Minn
David Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Australia
Veterans’ Organizations
United States Army
Canada
Great Britain
Minnesota
New York
Immigration Department
Brazil Breaks Records in Foreign Trade
Brazil reports unprecedented gains in foreign trade with continually rising exports and narrowed trade deficits. Officials cite strong demand for commodities and manufactured goods, while analysts warn of exchange rate risks and global price volatility impacting future performance.
Iowa Jewelers Elect New State Officers at Des Moines Meeting
Gus J. Liebke of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa State Jewelers Association at a Friday meeting in Des Moines attended by jewelers from across the state and Charles T. Evans of New York City. Harold Hands of Iowa City was named vice president. H. C. Kirkberg of Fort Dodge became secretary treasurer. New directors are Adolph F. Boyson of Cedar Rapids Ralph Plumb and Burton Joseph of Des Moines. Louis Prastka Mr Liebke and Mr Boyson attended from Cedar Rapids. Siebke has served as secretary treasurer the last two years.
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Gus J. Liebke
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Jewelers’ Association
Des Moines
Charles T. Evans
New York City
National Jewelers’ Association
Harold Hands
Iowa City
H. C. Kirkberg
Fort Dodge
Adolph F. Boyson
Ralph Plumb
Burton Joseph
Louis Prastka
Farmer-Labor Party in Linn County Discusses Elections
About seventy five people attended a Linn County Farmer-Labor Party meeting in Odd Fellows hall at 109 Second Avenue SE on Friday evening. The gathering focused on upcoming elections. no county slate was released. G. F. Buresh presided with talks by Buresh Art Hoover L A Kofron Ira E Edwards and James Patterson.
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Linn County
Farmer-Labor Party
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
G. F. Buresh
Buresh
Art Hoover
Near Springville
L. A. Kofron
Ira E. Edwards
James Patterson
Opponents to Be Heard On M and St L Partition
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes hearings in Minneapolis on May 18 after a 30 day recess to hear opponents of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad dismemberment plan. Seven railroads supported the plan and testified earlier. Additional hearings are planned in Fort Dodge and Aberdeen with more sessions likely, with conclusions not expected before mid June.
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Minneapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Fort Dodge
Aberdeen
S. D
ICC
St. L
Six Drown In Gulf Of St. Lawrence Tragedy
Six men perished when their motor boat capsized during a heavy snowstorm in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the Magdalen Islands. One occupant survived, believed to have swum to shore. Details are sparse.
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Quebec
Que
INS
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Magdalen Islands
Bacon to Speak at Cornell Vesper Service Sunday
Dr Clif ford C Bacon pastor of a Marshalltown Methodist church will deliver the vesper at Cornell college chapel Sunday at 4 p m. Sponsored by the Cornell Christian association. Bacon a Cornell graduate of 1920 and Union Theological seminary alum earned a doctor of divinity from Cornell two years ago. He will also speak at Monday morning chapel and address the final ministers seminar Monday afternoon. The auxiliary choir under Prof Harold W Baltz will sing.
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Harold W. Baltz
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