Repeal Watch and Tax Debate Shape Iowa Policy
Iowa lawmakers push municipal scrip as an alternative to hoarded currency while Cedar Rapids council opposes a five percent tax on gas by public utilities. Johnson County debates county-office abolitions, and 106th birthday reflection follows a long presidential service record. Civil and farm policy issues spark national debate as drugstore banditry concerns rise. John Stong reports State Fair success and a Denver ransom case unfolds.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Japan advances in Jehol seize two towns and rail control
The Associated Press reports Japanese forces seized two towns in Jehol giving near total control of the Chinchow Peipiao railway for a planned big push. A government spokesman said the real show starts in five or six days as Japan presses toward wider operations.
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Associated Press
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China
Tokio
Jehol
Chinchow-Peipiao
Mukden
Peiping
Tientsin
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Changchun
Japan to Withdraw from League over Manchuria Crisis
Tokyo plans formal notification of withdrawal from the league in March after expected condemnation of Japan's Manchuria policy. Foreign Minister Uchida approved Matsuoka leaving Geneva around February 26 with return via the United States, sailing from San Francisco March 23.
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INS
Tate
League ‘Assembly
United States
Soviet Russia
League
Japan
TOKIO
Manchuria
Yosuke Matsuoka
Yasuua Uchida
Matsuoka
San Francisco
Profits Reported By Marshall Field Company
Marshall Field and Company told stockholders in Chicago that the firm earned a profit of 123700 for the fourth quarter 1932, reversing losses of 1,751,300 a year earlier and 4,107,000 in the previous period.
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Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Iowa City Man Gets Eight Years For Death
Joe B. Wieland twenty five of Riverside pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Morgan B. Hartsock sixty seven of Iowa City struck by Wieland’s car as he crossed a street. Wieland received eight years in Fort Madison State Prison and a five hundred dollar fine. Eldon Lantz, passenger, was not charged.
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Gazette
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Joe B. Wieland
Riverside
Fort Madison
J. P. Gaffney
Morgan B. Hartsock
Hartsock
Wieland
F. B. Olsen
George Maresh
Eldon Lantz
Denver Police Chief Warns of Harm from Procedure
Denver's chief of police states the procedure will have a bad effect on law enforcement. He emphasizes the potential negative impact and urges caution.
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Denver
Kidnapping Epidemic Questioned by Citizens and Enforcement
Citizens question how long authorities take to end kidnapping outbreaks. The text notes a few kidnaper executions might be effective and argues enforcement is ineffective when it is missing.
Washington and Lincoln as moral pillars of the republic
A 1933 reflection extols Washington and Lincoln as supreme moral figures shaping the nation. It lauds their character, humility, and service, describing them as providential leaders whose integrity and pitying humanity guarded democracy and justice.
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Washington
Lincoln
Alexander
Na-poleon
Alfred
Virginia
Ilinois
Republic
Copyricht
Banks To Reopen In Michigan With Withdrawals Restricted
Michigan Governor William A. Comstock announced plans to issue a proclamation allowing banks in the state to reopen with restricted withdrawals. The move follows a period of banking closures and aims to resume some financial operations under new limits.
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Lansing
Mich
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Miss Lucille Pollen Returns Home From Hitchhike
Stevens Point Wisconsin report says Lucille Pollen a 19 year old girl who left Monroe Louisiana last December to hitchhike home for Christmas arrived home Tuesday night confirming a safe return and reunion with her family.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Lucille Pollen
Monroe
States Move Toward Prohibition Repeal Action
Jefferson City records show the Weeks bill advancing to establish a state convention and statewide vote on repealing Prohibition with Governor Park signaling approval. Washington reports 15 states rushing toward repeal and 42 legislatures in session, while Senate Democrats plan united action on modification or repeal measures.
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Senate
Governor Park
Washington
Congress
Franklin
Roosev T. Gay
Democrats Unite
Des Moines
United Action
Congress Criticizes Capitol Expenses and Free Perks
Congressman Underhill denounces excess expenditures in Washington, citing free meals for senators and staff, oversized press gallery facilities, multiple libraries, pairing clerks, and high page counts. He notes 10 billion pages of committee hearings and argues for trimming perks and staff.
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Underhill
Congressional
Bill Making Tuberculosis Testing Optional Defeated in House
DES MOINES AP The Iowa House rejected a Foster bill that would have made tuberculin testing optional for cattle. The 84 to 20 vote came after over two hours of acrimonious debate. Provisions would have allowed destruction of reacting tuberculin, permitted tests by accredited veterinarians, and let supervisors set a reduced eradication levy. Rep. McCreery argued repeal would hurt dairy farmers. Rep. Hanson said farmers could choose their own vet.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Alsech
Davis
Dreesen
Flavey
Foster
Fuester
Board of Supervisors
D. W. McCreery
Linn
Iowa
Hanson
Lyon
Iowa Plans Revised Bovine Tuberculosis Testing Rules
Des Moines AP secretary of agriculture Ray Murray announced drafting of revised tuberculosis testing regulations by Dr N O Bevins after the Foster bill failed in the house to make tests optional. The changes allow herd owners to choose the testing vet if the vet resides in the herd’s county and cuts district veterinarians from 21 to 10.
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Des Moines
Ray Murray
N. O. Bevins
Division of
Cochran Extradition Signed By Herring
Gov Clyde L Herring signed extradition papers turning Nile Cochran of Moville Iowa over to South Dakota authorities for murder prosecution stemming from a Muk War incident near Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Nile Cochran
Moville
Farmer
South Dakota
Sioux City
Positron Discovery Reverberates Through Science
In Pasadena California Dr Carl D Anderson and associate Robert A Millikan uncovered the positron a new fundamental particle. Verified by Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge University London the finding may revolutionize many basic theories and energy cited at 100000000 volts. Einstein offered congratulations to Anderson.
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Carl D. Anderson
Robert A. Millikan
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge University
London
Anderson
Albert Einstein
Zangara Abandons Appeal as Cermak Survives Wounding
Giuseppe Zangara told his lawyers he would not appeal the eighty year sentence for attempting to kill President-elect Roosevelt and several victims. Chicago Mayor Cermak, shot in the same incident, survived after doctors said his condition had improved.
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Miami
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Zangara
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Karl Meyer
Erm PE
Joe H. Gill
Miami Society
Bay Front’park
Dade County
James Bowier
Cermak
Meyer
Roosevelt lays foundation for debts trading talks
President elect Roosevelt shifted to foreign affairs duties with a New York meeting at East Sixty-fifth Street. He met French ambassador Claudel and Canadian minister Herridge to discuss the world economic conference, debt payments, monetary stabilization, tariff reciprocity, and war debts. Roosevelt said Secretary Hull would carry forward the discussions, signaling a forthcoming parley with Europe on debt relief.
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Roosevelt
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William D. Herridge
M. Claudel
France
Senator Hull
Tennessee
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Canada
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Bernard Yo
Raymond Oles Peaye
Supervisors reject all bids for milk for needy
The Linn County Board of Supervisors rejected all five bids to supply 1 400 quarts of fresh milk daily for the needy. Only one bidder specified the butterfat content at the proposed price, and the low bidder met 3.5 percent butterfat but did not confirm whether the content exceeded the minimum. The board will study the matter further soon.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Embezzler Sentenced In Duluth Bank Cashier Case
Leonard Slobodnik a 39 year old former Ely Minnesota bank cashier admitted embezzling eighty one thousand dollars over ten years and was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to Stillwater state prison for one to ten years.
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Duluth
Democrats Win Test on Reorganization Plan
In Washington AP reports on the Roosevelt reorganizing move the Democrats beat the Republicans in the House on the first test of his power. A motion to grant either chamber a veto over administration changes failed 226 to 145 indicating party support for the president's plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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House of Congress
1 800 Women Attend First Session of Cooking School
Adeline Taylor reports Cedar Rapids hosts 1800 women at the Paramount theater for a four day cooking school led by Miss Dorothy Cooley. Demonstrations include ham loaf without eggs, magic covers for dough, and using grapeNuts as nut substitute.
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Adeline Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Dorothy Cooley
Mother Hubbard
Iowa State College
Roosevelt Announces Cabinet Picks Hull Woodin for State and Treasury
President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that Cordell Hull will be secretary of state and William Woodin, of New York, will be secretary of the treasury. Senator Claude A. Swanson was said to have accepted the navy post. Hull has long supported Roosevelt and Woodin has ties to industry and railroad rehabilitation.
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Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
William “H. Woodin
Pennsylvania
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Treasury
Roosevelt
Hull
Senate
Woodin
Fms
Department of State
s.Warm Springs, Ga
Warm Springs
White House
Wasdin
New York Symphony Orchestra
Taxes Paid Last Month Heaviest in Linn County History
The January 1932 tax receipts set a county record with $114 786.45 in current taxes payable for 1933 and $23 365.10 in delinquent general tax monies collected by County Treasurer Frank L. Williams. January collections compared with prior years show 1932 at $64 918.47 and 1931 at $33 763.10, with 1930 and 1929 figures of $24 333.23 and $18 124.52 respectively. February to date totals reach $139 110.49 in current taxes and $6 729 on delinquents.
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Linn County
Frank L. Williams
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