Senate Passes Homestead Tax Bill In Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved 41 to 0 a homestead tax exemption bill to shift 18 million dollars in three point tax receipts toward reducing or eliminating property taxes on the first 2500 of homestead valuations. The plan funds old age pensions for about 25 000 more Iowans unemployment relief and administration costs while directing rest to tax relief for homeowners.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Kraschel
Nelson G. Kraschel
County Board of Supervisors
Republican
Demo
War as a war of populations and the path to peace
A reader argues peace sentiment must match peace sense as war tech grows more deadly. Civilians bear the risks of modern air warfare. armies can no longer protect them. War in the air could end war, but fears remain from London and Paris memories along with Spain’s battle for its capital.
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Europe
London
Paris
Spain
Italian Commanders In Ethiopia Wounded By Natives
ROME UP Marshal Rodolfo Graziani is slightly wounded by a native hand grenade in Addis Ababa. General Aurelio Liotta, with Graziani, is gravely injured. Liotta leads the Italian air force in Ethiopia. The Abuna Cyril and others suffer wounds in what officials call a planned assassination attempt.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Aurelio Liotta
Graziani
Diseee
Lindberghs Arrive in Jodhpur After Karachi Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Jodhpur India at 5 50 p m local time after a flight from Karachi They said they would spend the night in Jodhpur
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Bombay
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jodhpur
India
Karachi
Minnesota Coed Crowned Big Ten Beauty Queen
Miss Joyce Keer 21 from Elmore Minnesota was chosen beauty queen of the Big Ten at Northwestern charity hall. She competed with eight coeds and is a Kappa Alpha Theta.
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Minnesota
Coed
Chicago
Joyce Keer
University of Minnesota
Owen D Young 70 Take Bride Today in St Augustine
Owen D Young, a famed industrialist and GE board chair, plans to wed Mrs. Louise Clark of New York and St. Augustine this afternoon. He is 62, and his bride-to-be is described as about 30 and very attractive. The preparations are kept secret among close family and friends.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Owen D. Young
America
Louise Clark
New York
Young
General Electric Company
Fields Sues Doctor For 25000 Over Pneumonia Recovery
Riverside California AP W C Fields film comedian filed a lawsuit against Dr Jesse Citron for 25000 alleging the physician delayed recovery from pneumonia by administering drugs he knew would hinder healing. The action is a cross complaint to Citron suit seeking 12000 in fees.
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Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
Peggy Garcia Weds at Fourteen Tells Story
The Roanoke report says Cornelius Taylor identified Peggy Garcia photos as his daughter Pauline Michelin Taylor who ran away at fourteen and married Taylor Guinn. Pauline later visited New York, worked in night clubs, and was linked to divorce talks and a 1935 Hastings suit that remained uncontested.
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Roanoke
INS
Cornelius Marvin Taylor
Peggy Garcia
David Rubinoff
Pauline Michelin Taylor
Taylor Guinn
Raymond Hall
Peggy
New York
Taylor
Pauline
Pauline Taylor Guinn
Taylor Vance Guinn
Hastings Court
Rubinoff Case Probed Over 1925 Roanoke Marriage Claim
Justice Cotillo heard defense evidence on Peggy Garcia seeking 500000 from violinist David Rubinoff arguing a Roanoke marriage in 1925 to a woman with the same name. Peggy denied the claim stating her only marriage was six months ago in New York and accused a cousin of the same name. The trial paused pending testimony from relatives and potentially the minister and divorce lawyer involved.
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New York
David Rubinoff
Salvatore Cotillo
Peggy Garcia
Roanoke
Peggy
Rubinoff
Philadelphia
Cotillo
Cedar River Rises in Iowa City with Ice Jam Forming
The Cedar River climbed about 2.1 feet from Friday 11:30 a.m. to Saturday 11:30 a.m. raising stage to 6.8 feet after a 4.7 foot Friday. An ice jam formed south of the Third Avenue bridge by Saturday morning as fog and a dismal sky lingered. Temperatures ranged around 35 degrees.
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Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
West River
Third Avenue Bridge
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Germany And Italy End Spanish War Volunteer Rule
Europe moves to curb involvement in Spain as fascist powers Germany Italy and Portugal ban further volunteering Portugal orders its nationals to quit Spanish armies within a month The Jarama River sector sees the war escalate with heavy losses as both sides rush reinforcements in a decisive battle near Madrid The Soviet Union and democratic nations also bar volunteer forces from continuing their aid to the conflict
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Europe
Spain
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Jarama River
German Volunteer Dispatch to Spain Becomes Effective
With Reich leader Adolf Hitler's signature the prohibition on sending German volunteers to Spain took effect Saturday, marking a pivotal shift in the policy and signaling increased official restraint.
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Berlin
Ins
Reichsuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Italy bans volunteers for Spain and arms to both sides
Italy announced a ban on volunteers for Spain along with strict rules against supplying munitions for either side in the civil war. The measures were officially promulgated on Saturday.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Spain
Loyalist Counterattack Near Madrid Sees Heavy Losses
Loyalist forces charged bayonets at rebel trenches southeast of Madrid in a renewed counter-offensive but gained little. Rebel reports claim leftists in the Jarama sector suffered heavy losses while being driven back at two points along the Madrid Valencia lifeline.
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Madrid
INS
Jarama
Pennsylvania farm youth admits he slew Helen Moyer
Alexander Meyer 20, a Cornog farmer, confessed he accidentally ran down Helen Moyer nine days earlier and hid her body in a well on his property He said he panicked and dynamited the well top to hide the body Meyer agreed to guide police to the well and help recover the remains He previously served time at Huntingdon reformatory for wounding two Philadelphia girls on his farm
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Coatesville
Alexander Meyer
Helen Moyer
Harry McElroy
Harrisburg
Meyer
Francis Grubb
Grubb
Cornog
Downingtown
Huntingdon Reformatory
Philadelphia
Blodgett and Von Lackum Enter Cedar Rapids School Board Race
J C Blodgett of 1725 Grande avenue SE and Dr J K Von Lackum of 326 Twenty third street SE join Cedar Rapids school board race. Blodgett previously ran in 1936 and led the local union as Cedar Rapids Typographical president. Von Lackum, University of Iowa graduate, is a noted professional and parent with school age children.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Central City
von Lackum
University of Iowa
Foreclosures Prompt HOLC Moratorium Proposals in Congress
In Washington a HOLC testimony warned of 160000 foreclosures next year prompting House members to propose remedies. Sabath calls for refinancing loans at 4 4 percent with bonds or federal reserve notes, Curley urges a moratorium and rate cuts, Healey seeks 18 year terms with three year extensions, while Fahey notes HOLC funds sought and eventual profit amid housing shortages and rising values.
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Washington
INS
Lun Ccad Wuay
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Federal Reserve
Edw. W. Curley
New York
Congress
Arthur D. Healey
Massachusetts
Sabath
HOLC
Fahey
Corporation
Three Injured In Auto Accidents
John Wagner 54 suffered a broken nose and chest injury when his westbound car hit a traffic signal at First Avenue and First Street W at 12 05 a m Saturday. Another driver’s name was not learned. Joe Zacek 18 reported his car struck a telephone pole on Marion Road near Indian Creek Bridge at 2 45 p m Friday injuring passenger Al Puck Haber and bruising Zacek’s right knee.
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John Wagner
Highland Drive
First Avenue
First Street
Wagner
Joe Zacek
Sixth Streeet SE
Marion Road
Indian Creek Bridge
al Puckhaber
Zacek
Marion
Wheeler Roils Senate Over Court Plan Split Among Liberals
President Roosevelt pushes to enlarge the Supreme Court drawing liberal resistance led by Senator Wheeler of Montana and senator Nye of North Dakota with independents drifting to opponents. Wheeler denounces the plan as a move to pack the court and urges all liberals to oppose it while Ashurst defends the proposal in the Senate.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Gerald K. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Royal S. Copeland
New York
House
Rep. U. S. Guyer
Kansas
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Judiciary Committee
America
Western Grain And Feed Dealers Set April Meeting
The Western Grain and Feed Dealers association plans its annual convention in Cedar Rapids around April 20, drawing about 300 Iowa grain men. The date is pending, with Ronald C. Booth Roy Maddock and H. H. Flow named to the arranging committee and Clyde Smith Dave Milligan Elmer Harris attending the meeting.
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Western Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Western Grain and Feed Dealers
Montrose Hotel
Ronald C. Booth
Roy Maddock
H. H. Flow
Clyde Smith
Grundy Center
Western Grain ,and Feed Dealers Association
Dave Milligan
Des Moines
Elmer Harris
Williamsburg
Death of Dr L M Boozer COE Dean of Men and Instructor
The Rev L Myron Boozer 61 of 1527 Bever Ave SE died at a local hospital at 9 am Saturday of heart trouble following a heart attack at his home Thursday He had served as dean of men at Coe college since last September and was also Bible instructor He was born November 11 1876 in Neenah Wisconsin and spent his boyhood in Redfield South Carolina
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L. Myron Boozer
Bever Avenue SE
Coe College
College
Harry Kremers
Boozer
Coe
Kremers
Dr. Boozer
Neenah
Wis
Red
Preacher and kin accused of being praying night riders
In Whiteville North Carolina sheriff charges Baptist minister Rev Vance Simmons and his cousin Garfield Simmons deacon with being members of a flogging night riders band. They allegedly beat Jesse Cox and Will Inman last November and are tied to other floggings of five women and two men last summer. The group, said to have at least thirty members, aimed to frighten those not living a Christian life.
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Whiteville
N. C
J. A. Russ
Brunswick County
Vance Simmons
Garfield Simmons
Jesse Cox
Will Inman
North Carolina
Sit-downers Protest at White House Over Youth Aid Bill
About 2600 youthful paraders from across the nation staged a sit-down in the White House driveway to demand Congress pass the Lundeen youth bill for a 500 million dollar initial appropriation. Police arrested William Hinkley and Abbott Simon, leaders of the movement, who said they merely rested after marching from the Capitol. They planned to present petitions to President Roosevelt at 4 p.m.
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Washington
American Youth Conference
White House
William Hinkley
Abbott Simon
Hinkley
Simon
New York
Lundeen
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Roosevelt
Powder train collision triggers deadly Walker copper mine blast
Six mine workers were killed and five injured when a powder-laden train collided with an ore train deep in the Walker copper mine east of Quincy California. The explosion occurred at the 700 foot level, a mile and a half inside the mine, with debris covering the victims. Coroner J S Moody rushed to the scene as the injured received care at the mine. The Walker mine, among the west’s largest copper operations, employs several hundred men.
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Quincy
Calif
INS
Walker
Here
J. S. Moody
Louis Ghina
Carl Deming
Lloyd Gilbert
Pat Burns
Herb Blauel
W. W. Schasker
L. F. Bayer
Grizzly Mountains
Car stolen by Negro kidnappers found in Cedar Rapids
Police traced ownership to William Kokesh after a stolen car linked to a Des Moines salesman, Harry C. McSpadder, was found blocking an alley near 417 Nineteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids. Investigators reported three Black suspects fled and a broader search failed to locate them.
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Cedar Rapids
William Kokesh
Route 8
Waterloo
Des Moines Automobil
Harry C. McSpadder
Hudsor
Black Hawk County
Kokesh
Des Moines Police Tie McSpadden to Abduction Case
Des Moines police told the press that McSpadden and James Negroes left a beer parlor Thursday night claiming an “complex agreement.” Chief Brophy said a call from James McGee indicated the pair drank together before leaving for Chicago Heights. McSpadden later returned to work, aligning with reports of Kokesh’s car theft following his alleged escape.
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The
International News Service
de Moines
McSpadden
Jon Negroes
Des Moines
Jack Brophy
James McGee
Chicago Heights
Kokesh
Quaker Oats Raises Annual Dividend to $5 a Share
Quaker Oats on Friday boosted its annual dividend on common stock from 4 to 5 dollars per share. Directors approved a quarterly 1.25 dividend payable March 25 after reporting 1936 earnings the best in six years.
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Quaker Oats
Chicago
Quaker Oats Company and Subsidiaries
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Virginian
Cedar Rapids News
Hitler
Pennsylvania Farm
J. C. Blodgett
Dr. von Lackum
Cedar Iowa Rapids
Mt. Ayr
Sioux City
New Orleans
Galveston
Charlesnes City
San Francisco
Bulletin
L. M. Boozer
Rev. L. M. Boozer
White House Street
California
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