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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
6
The piece mocks tax bill drafters as secretive, plotting broad revisions beyond corporate and capital gains taxes. It notes plans for nuisance tax cuts, inheritance changes, and a forthcoming report due January 15, plus a stronger anti monopoly push and simmering Alex Aiken and Roosevelt gossip about party and health motives.
Newburyport voters toppled Mayor Andrew J Gillis with 4336 to 2411 votes for former City Solicitor James F Carens. Carens framed the win as a stand against personal abuse in public life, noting Gillis’s wrestling references and clashes with officials.
Meaty Larkin 74 and her 73 year old brother Michael died in a house fire at their Wisconsin farm Tuesday night. Neighbors pulled Michael from the flames and he died at Wadloa hospital. The elderly siblings lived alone on the farm.
Mrs Osa Johnson files $502 539 damage suit against Western Air Express and United Airports Co of California over the death of explorer Martin Johnson in a mountain crash near Saugus. She plans a separate suit for her injuries.
Mrs Osa Johnson the explorer was shaken up in a California car collision that also involved her lecture tour manager Clark H Getts. They were returning from Princeton Illinois where she had given a lecture and were injured after their large automobile collided with another car Wednesday morning.
Defense counsel served a demand that the federal government produce four Metropolitan Opera stars cited in the trial of four conspirators for extortion. Names requested are Rosa Ponsele Carmilee Bort Lucrezia Pons Lily Pons. The request argues live witnesses are needed to verify photographed images used as evidence.
Miss Jessie Sumner a 39 year old Milford attorney won a special election to fill the Troquois county vacancy caused by the death of Judge John H Gillan. She defeated 71 year old Clifford E Beach of Gilman by nearly two to one becoming Illinois first woman county judge.
Gloria Swanson, returning from a Chicago stopover, heads to Hollywood to renew film contracts after a 3 1/2 year absence. She admits feeling nervous and like a novice after her vacation despite prior fame.
Classified want ad promotes in home baby portrait services with festive Christmas theme. Indicates optional settings and home-based sessions for convenient family photos.
Dr Barclay Acheson associate editor of The Readers Digest spoke to about 100 business and professional men at the Montrose hotel and told how public opinion depends on reliable factual information. He warned of propaganda and urged wholesome skepticism and strong school ethics to guide democracy.
The Agriculture Department released a list of 40 payments of ten thousand dollars or more since August to farmers under the 1936 AAA program. The biggest check, 37080 dollars, went to the Fajardo Sugar Growers Association in Porto Rico for land diversion to soil conserving crops and for soil-building practices. The potato beetle note follows.
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