Tax replacement promise in Iowa politics and highway safety notes
A column discusses Iowa 1935 tax policy claiming no state property tax due to sales tax revenue, criticizes Dan Turner opposing Gov. Herring, and warns about highway safety hazards from wet stripes and tire designs. It also notes Dillinger era crime, monetary policy debates, NRA reorganizations, and political maneuvering affecting voters and governance.
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Dan Turner
Gov. Herring
Mr. Turner
State Abolishes Property Tax Levy For 1935
Iowa plan allows no state property tax levy in 1935 as sales and income taxes fund government. State board says $6.46 million in state levy will be replaced by three tax streams and funds returned to counties starting Aug 1 1935 to cut local property burdens. Refunds and allocations hinge on county net assessed values.
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Board of Assessment and Review
Herring Administration
Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Assessment Board
Ed O'Connor
O'Connor
Iowa Ends Treasury Warrants Cash Basis After Redemption
Iowa state government has called in the remaining 12 million dollars in treasury warrants and operates on a cash basis. Treasurer Leo J Weeman said the state is out of the red for the first time since the current administration began. The last 1.3 million was redeemed this week and no more anticipation warrants will be issued.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leo J Weeman
Wegman
Oskaloosa NRA Action Targets Blue Eagles Firms
Washington AP reports the NRA ordered six firms to surrender their blue eagles amid investigations. Firms include Tin or Tinier Chestlet and others in Texas Maryland West Virginia and nearby towns.
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Washington
NRA Fudas
Mxas
West Virtut Town
Maryland
Time is the stuff of life and its careful use
A reflective piece contrasts the motto time is money with the idea that time is life itself. It argues we can waste or wisely use time, likening time's value to heartbeats and urging generosity with others while noting retirement and mortality. The essay closes with time and money counting only in our days.
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London
Benjamin Franklin
Glasgow
Lfe
He Doesn't Want Sweetheart To Know He's Not A Gangster
James Morris a 27 year old sailor from Birmingham Alabama told Chicago police he does not want his sweetheart Lucille Moore to know he is not a gangster. He claimed he had shot several people and escaped two prisons to impress her though she preferred a tougher suitor like Dillinger. Morris confessed he has strayed from honesty but asked police to keep his secret.
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Chicago
James Morris
Lucille
Morris
Birmingham
Ala
Lucille Moore
Dillinger
Harding Calls New Deal a Government Busines Partnership
Former Iowa governor W L Harding says the New Deal is a government business partnership and compares it to slavery as a failed model. He cites Rexford Tugwell and warns the government has assumed the credit burden and increased national debt under the New Deal.
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Fairmont Ind
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Harding
Rexford Tugwell
United States
Roosevelt chides American Liberty League over scope
President Roosevelt urged that the new American Liberty League focus not only on constitutional rights and property but also on workers, jobs, and living standards. He noted the league promotes a few biblical commandments while omitting broader government duties to aid the unemployed and uplift education.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
League
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
Jouett Shouse
Chicago
Shouse
White House
Counterfeit Money Report Circulating In Midwest States
Federal Marshal Fred S. Hird warned Friday that counterfeit currency is circulating in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota The notes cited include counterfeit $1 and $5 bills from the New York Federal Reserve and $10 notes from the Richmond Philadelphia and other Federal Reserve banks The warning indicates widespread circulation and ongoing federal investigation.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Fred S. Hird
South Dakota
Omaha
Hird
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelpia
Taylor Birmingham Mourns As New Charge Emerges
Harold Tay jor faces a fresh murder charge in Birmingham Alabama tied to the brutal killing of Fave New. The warrant allege an attempted assault on Ciara Cost and note a divorcee Mrs Castain requesting aid. The crime occurred hours before Travot’s arrest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Harold Tay Jor
Federal stance ends talk of U S intervention in New Orleans fight
President Roosevelt declared the federal government would not intervene in the Louisiana fight between Huey Long and Mayor Semmes Walmsley. He said municipalities are creatures of the state and Louisiana’s legislature governs New Orleans. He noted franchise rights remain local and recalled New York’s charter issue as precedent, while acknowledging the imbroglio's complexities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Louisiana
New York City
Sen Huey (Kingish) Long
T Semnes Walmsley
Textile Workers Plan Walkout To Avert Strike
Francis J. Gorman, head of the special strike committee, urged 600000 textile workers to assemble in Charlotte N C on Saturday to perfect strike plans. A Sept 1 general walkout was tentatively ordered if needed as the Labor Board adopts a hands off stance. Gorman said the union grew tired of waiting for action from the board and textile leaders though the board met Friday with textile officials including George A Sloan of the Cotton Textile Institute.
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Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Francis J. Gorman
Ceaceh Seinsted Neey
Fional“Labor Relations Board
Gorman
Textile Workers
Labor Board
George A. Sloan
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
NRA
Four More Escape An Indiana Jail
In Franklin Indiana four more prisoners escaped from the Johnson county lockup after sawing their way out. Sheriff Mulkins halted Bethel Adams as others fled via a blanket rope into an inner court and escaped through an unlocked door to freedom. Police search Hamilton county fugitives from Noblesville jail also ongoing after a recent breakout.
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Franklin
Ind
Indiana
Hamilton County
Noblesville
Johnson County
Albert R. Mulkins
Bethel Adams
Roosevelt Denies Plan For Government Press Service
President Roosevelt rejected Sen Thomas D Schalls claim that the administration planned a national press service and censorship. He asked Schall to provide specifics and said he wanted to see press services like United Press continue functioning. The senator had asserted the government would subsidize a state news agency and gag opposition papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas D Schall
Minn
Roosevelt
Schall
Minnesota
United Press
Japanese Royalty On Way To Coast
Prince and Princess of Japan depart Chicago after a stay as guests of the Century of Progress on their way to the coast. The visitors were accompanied by an entourage and will travel onward soon.
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Chicago
Kaa
Japan
Armel
Pridayo
Trade Pact With Cuba Approved by Roosevelt Ceremony
President Roosevelt proclaimed a Cuban American trade treaty designed to boost shrinking commerce by cutting tariffs on Cuban sugar rum tobacco and winter vegetables while the United States gains access to Cuban lard wheat flour and assorted goods. The agreement also grants Cuba broad tariff reductions on metals machinery automobiles and many manufactured items amid anticipated protests from non benefiting producers and ongoing negotiations for 24 more pacts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
State Department
Aia
Rum Club of the World
United States
Byrns Confident He Will Be Next Speaker Of House
Rep Joseph W Byrns of Tennessee and House majority leader voiced confidence on Friday in securing the next speaker's post. He cited support from sufficient members and said a formal candidacy announcement would come within days.
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Byrns
Nashville
Tenn
Joseph W. Byrns
House
House of Representatives
Rainey
Burns
Machine Gun Bandits Seize $9700 Payroll Near Rome
Two armed bandits stopped a National City bank car near Rome Georgia and fled with a $9700 payroll from Tubazine Chatulen company under gunfire that may have wounded a bandit. The drivers car and company vehicle were involved as the heist unfolded on the outskirts of the town.
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Rome Ga
National City Bank
Tubize-Chatulen
Otrainats
Joe Pale
Ihr Drlvers
Emory Ford
Hs Companon
Dillinger Mob Disappearing Nelson Sought
In St Paul the Dillinger gang is dwindling after Homer Van Meter was killed by police. Only Baby Face Nelson remains active. John Dillinger and John Hamilton are dead or believed dead. Opal Mulligan, a former sweetheart of Reilly, was questioned as authorities pursue the surviving mobsters.
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Dillinger
Homer .van: Meter
Indiana
St. Paul
Homer van Meter
Midwest
George
Baby Face
Nelson
John Dillinger
Chicago
van Meter
Tucson
Ariz
John Hamilton
Opal Mulligan
St Paul
Albert
Pat" Reilly
Cullen
Thomas Brown
Thomas McMahon
Jack Dietrich
State Capitol
Minneape
AAA Investigates Milk Price Raise in Illinois Dairy Belt
In Chicago two AAA investigators examined Illinois dairy farms to verify the Pure Milk association demand for a 50 cent per hundred raise by 18,000 dairymen. They will inspect barns and grain bins and report to Washington before any action on the request, which could raise retail milk prices from 2.25 to higher.
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Chicago
AAA
Illinois
Pure Milk Association
E. W. Bell
Washington
Dobry Hears 24 Hour Bond Extension In Illinois
Dudley A Dobry was granted an additional 24 hours to post a $10,000 bond for appeal in his habeas corpus case. He had sought to block extradition to Iowa where a prison term awaits following an adverse ruling.
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Chicago
Dudley A Dobry
Dobry
Towa
New York Police Probe in Armored Car Hold-Up
Police widen hunt for the Purple gang after a Detroit murder suspect, Samuel Davis, claims survivors hide west of Newark New Jersey. Detectives tow clues across New York and New Jersey as officers search for gang members linked to the $427000 armored car theft.
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New York
Samuel Davis
White Plains
Detroit
Newark NJ
Newark
New Jersey
Illness After Drinking Freezing Draughts in Cincinnati
An account notes Oswald Sponzigt drank several draughts of a cooling beverage in Cincinnati. He fell ill before he could replace the glass as the drink was a freezing stud used in electric refrigeration.
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Cincinnati
API
Oswald Sponzigt
Eastern Iowa youths place in stock show
Four H livestock judging at Des Moines fair highlighted drought affliction and strong youth effort. About 1,000 4-H youths attended. numerous individuals and county teams posted top scores in grain and crops and livestock judging, with high honors cited for Scott and Greene counties and special recognition for dairy showman Evelyn Lang.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank P. Reed
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Robert Cress
Riverside
Dale Williams
Iowa City
Donald Krall
Taylor Flynn
Washington
Howard Yoder
Pauline A. Lang
Brooklyn
Evelyn 8S
Lang
Richard M. Sears
Grinnell
Robert A. Jones
Iowan City
Forrest Anderson
Vinton
Richard Leathers
Fairfield
Francis Reiss
Garrison
Evelyn Lang
Genevieve Naber
Muscatine
Greene County
Scott
Royal Hols
Russell Holz
McClurg
Ernest Behn
Gilbert Behn
Dallas County
Meat Prices To Reach Highest Since War
New York packers and dealers forecast meat prices will climb to the highest level since World War II next winter due to drought in the west. Retailers note 15 to 25 percent price increases and scarcity of choice beef cuts, though packers expect no acute shortage.
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New York
INS
West
Women Endurance Flyers Still Aloft
Two Texas girls Jean Le Rene of Dallas and Mary Owens of Fort Worth extended a record flight at Curtiss Reynolds airport in the Lone Star plane. After 24 hours in the air they reported normal engine function and made their fourth refueling at dusk, aiming to set a new women’s endurance mark longer than the prior 1 day 9 hours 21 minutes 42 seconds held by Helen Richey and Frances Marsals.
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Chicago
Texas
Curtiss-Reynolds
Lone Star
Jean le Rene
Dallas
Mary Owens
Fort Worth
Helen Richey
Frances Marsals
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