Rail rate battle rages before ICC over 2 cent plan
The ICC proposes slicing passenger fares from 3.6 cents to 2 cents per mile to curb bus competition. Southern and western lines support the move citing rising passenger revenue, while Pennsylvania Central and New Haven oppose it arguing they serve the bulk of traffic and that upgrading equipment beats lowering charges. The report notes a drop in rail passenger miles and a bus surge, with 1933 figures: rails 16 billion, buses 191 billion.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Southern and
Western Lines
Eastern Lines
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Meat Boycotters Weigh Detroit Retaliation Question
Detroit housewives who boycott meat are asked how middle west buyers would feel if they refused to buy items made in Detroit. Kansas Livestock secretary Mercer cites slim margins and proposes a federal probe to set fair livestock prices. He asks Detroit Mayor Howard to investigate and consider a Detroit article boycott. Elgin budget estimates total 6960 with 5800 to be raised by tax.
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Topeka
Kan
Detroit
Middle West
J. H. Mercer
Kansas Livestock Association
Joseph M. Howard
Hamtramck
Midwest
Mercer
Howard
Middlewest
Run Cars Between Bluffs and Omaha
Street car service on the Omaha Council Bluffs line resumed Thursday after rioting halted runs since July 19. Officials aimed for 4 20 am start but delays occurred due to a torn pole and a short circuit caused by strike sympathizers. Sheriff Joe Perry guaranteed protection to property, a pledge not previously given by Mayor Hugh P Finerty.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha Council Bluffs
Joe Perry
Hugh P. Finerty
Farmer Attacked by Sow in Heat Near Wilton
Ben Lange, a Wilton area farmer, suffered severe lacerations to his left leg and hand when a large sow seemingly driven by heat attacked him in a yard four miles south of Wilton Tuesday night. He fled to a feed rack then to a house before being taken to a physician’s care.
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Wilton
Ben Lange
Here
Lange
Louis Lange
William
Iowa News in Brief Weddings and court action across towns
In Edgewood the June 20 wedding of Miss Charlotte Stone and Marcus Fitzpatrick was announced. The couple plans a Colorado motor trip then a Cheyenne visit before settling on the Fitzpatrick farm near Strawberry Point. Also reported were a Cascade school board reelection and budget, two divorce filings in Manchester, a Calamus assault verdicts, and the Wayne Zion Lutheran church mission festival with two speakers on August 4.
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Edgewood
Charlotte Stone
M. L. Stone
Marcus Fitzpatrick
Strawberry Point
M. J. Fitzpatrick
John Hammill
St. Mark’s Church
Colorado
Cheyenne
A. A. Weatherwax
Belle Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Board of Education
Galien Thomas
Catherine Breilbach
Leo Knepper
Madlyn Skahill
Miss McNally
Percy K. Davis
Edith G. Davis
Waterloo
Mary Deckler
Joe Deckler
Carl
Calamus
George Goodall
Harry Goodall
Justice Court
Andrew Swensen
Clinton
Amber
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Fritchel
Dubuque
Prochl
Iowa City
House Group Rejects Midget Coin Proposal
The House Coinage Committee tabled the administration bill for new half cent and mill pieces, saying it would grant treasury excess authority. Secretary Morgenthau proposed the coins to aid state sales tax payments, with President Roosevelt backing designs. A subcommittee will study the issue further to determine if there is a real need.
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Washington
House Coinage Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Somers
N. Y
House
Tipton Man Severely Injured When Struck by Truck
Ule Parker aged 26 of Tipton was in serious condition at University Hospital after a truck ran over him Wednesday evening in Iowa City. He fell while helping L. A. Bottom start his truck on a hill. Parker sustained probable skull fracture, chest injuries, and severe head lacerations.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Ule Parker
Tipton
University Hospital
Parker
L. A. Bottom
Three Men Sentenced In Waukon Court
Judge T H Goheen of Calmar presided over a Waukon district court session Wednesday and disposed of several cases. Guy Stone, taken into custody on a bootlegging charge, faced sentencing in the proceedings.
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Waukon
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Guy Stone
Local sentences in county court case report
A judge fined individuals for various offenses in the county court. R F Jordan of New Albia faced 500 dollars and six months in jail, with 400 dollars paid and costs reducing the balance. Eugene Jacklin, 24, received three years at Anamosa reformatory for lascivious acts with two children. A divorce was granted to George Munz from Evelyn Munz on grounds of mental anguish and worry.
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R. F. Jordan
New Albia
Eugene Jacklin
Missouri
Allamakee County
Anamosa
George Munz
Evelyn Munz
Arrested For Driving While Drunk Ed H Dirks Arrested
Ed H Dirks 41 of Union block was arrested at 5 50 am Thursday by a police on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated on First Avenue between Second and Third Streets. Dirks had a small bottle of alcohol in his possession.
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Ed H. Dirks
Union Block
First Avenue
Second
Third Streets
E. Dirks
Police report details seizure at arrest
Police reports show possession findings connected to an arrest, outlining items found and the context of the charge.
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