GOP Blocks Vote On Iowa Speaker
The Iowa House fights a three hour and forty five minute stalemate over speaker selection as Mercer withdraws from nomination leaving Foster Goode and Sours in contention. Democrats back Foster with one Republican vote to attempt a majority while parliamentary questions about election rules and recess play out.
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Mercer
Foster, Goode and Sours
House
Hickenlooper
Ed Brown
Des Moines
Albert Beltman
Hospers
Blue
Rep
Spurs
Foster
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
Lawmakers Eye Homestead Exemption and Tax Repeal
After final organization, two bills seek action. A homestead exemption plan would earmark 5.5 million dollars from the three point tax to old age pension clients and refund taxes on homes valued at 2 500 or less. Any excess from the three point tax would go to county schools. past revenues stood near 17 million. Senators Shaw Berg Mason Goetsch Bell Driscoll Zeigier and Dewey push related measures while no provision for emergency relief is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Board of Assessment and Review
Albert J. Shaw
Pocahontas
John Berg
Cedar Falls
E. I. Mason
Brooklyn
Sam D. Goetsch
Decorah
Andrew Bell
Denison
T. F. Driscoll
Farmington
Sanford Zeigier
Fairfield
Claire Dewey
Washington
Senate Shaw
Forty
Oneral Assembly
Clyde L. Herring
Maxwell Named President Of Inter-Service Club Council
Homer C. Maxwell, Montrose hotel manager and Lions member, was elected president of the Inter-Service Club Council at the annual Montrose hotel meeting. L. D. Burkhalter Jr. was chosen vice president, Dr. Hoyt Thomas secretary, and Elmer S. Parks treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer C. Maxwell
Montrose
Lions Club
Inter-Service Club
Montrose Hotel
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Rotary Club
Hoyt Thomas
Canopus Club
Elmer S. Parks
Kiwanis Club
Rotary, Kiwanis
Lions
Canopus
Harry W. Fraser
Earl G. Nichols
Definitely Known Facts About Man Who Kidnaped Boy
Tacoma police describe a middle aged slight man about 140 pounds and 5 feet 7 inches tall who abducted 10 year old Charles Mattson. He is swarthy with dark hair and wore a heavy beard the night of the crime which may be removed now. Left handed gestures and a ransom note thrown with his left hand indicate a grudge against the Mattson family for spending money on the house and planning to recoup it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Paul Sceva
Charles
Sceva
Bruno _ Richard Hauptmann
Plaster of Paris
Washington, D. C
Northwest Division Bureau of
Portland
Girl Drinks Kerosene Left In A Pop Bottle
Sally Ann Day five of Center Point road NE drank kerosene from a pop bottle at home shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday. She was rushed to St Luke’s hospital where her stomach was washed out and she was released after treatment.
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Sally Ann Day
Center Point Road
J. D. Day
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs. F. W. Mulsow Suffers Broken Wrist In Fall
Mrs. F W Mulsow of 359 Garden drive SE is confined at home with a fractured left wrist after a fall at her side door Monday at 6 pm. Ice from a melted roof runoff coated the sidewalk and she did not see the ice. She also suffered a bruised left elbow.
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F. W. Mulsow
Garden Drive
Mattson Kidnap Case Echoes Lindbergh Mystery
Charles Mattson was abducted near Everett Washington and found dead in snow six miles south. FBI and local agents pursue a former convict and others while noting clues from footprints fingerprints and clay under nails. Ransom negotiations with Dr. William W Mattson's family failed and officials say the boy likely died three to seven days earlier.
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Here
W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Charles
William W. Mattson
G-men
Mattson
America
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dr. Mattson
Cedar Rapids Woman Holds Double Flush in Pinochle
Mrs W C Baylor of Cedar Rapids beat Matt Howard to a double flush with a clubs run and the nine of clubs, bidding 150 and amassing about 1500 points. Her hand included ace to ten sequence plus the nine of clubs, with the other nine of clubs held by her partner.
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Matt Howard
Portland
Ore
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Baylor
J Avenue
Baylor
William Kubik
Mr. Howard
King of Diamonds
Hunt for missing Massachusetts plane in Illinois swamp
Three national guard planes aided 500 officers and volunteers in a search for a Massachusetts national guard plane missing after a flight from Boston to Moline. Lieut. Frank Otis and Co-Pilot Sergt. John F. Gibbons were aboard. A farmer reported seeing a plane fall into the swamp by the Illinois River.
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Hennepin, Ill
National Guard
Here
Massachusetts National Guard
Frank Otis
John F. Gibbons
Boston
Moline
Ill
Chicago
Illinois River
Two Boys Injured By Bobsled At Country Club
Robert Klinsky aged 15 of Bever Avenue SE and Stanley Mohrbacher 14 of Twenty third Street NE were struck by a bobsled while coasting at the Country club Monday around 5 30 p m. Klinsky suffered a concussion and kidney injury and is confined to St Luke's hospital in fair condition Mohrbacher sustained bruises to the back of his head and a facial abrasion and remains at home.
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Robert Klinsky
Joseph Klinsky
Bever Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Country Club
Stanley Mohrbacher
Twenty-third Street
Klinsky
Mohrbacher
Funeral services held for James W. Ireland in Olin
James W Ireland age 70 born May 29 1866 in Jones county died recently in Olin He married Myrtle Emerson July 4 1891 in Olin She died June 1918 They had four children Albert Delmar Clayton deceased Maggie Mrs Harry Weeks Olin and Dorothy who died in infancy He married Vera Rorak in April 1919.
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Hale
Olin
James W. Ireland
Jones County
Myrtle Emerson
Albert
Delmar
Clayton
Maggie
Harry Weeks
Dorothy
Vera Rorak
Youth recounts finding Mattson body in woods
Everett AP reports 19 year old Gordon Morrow describes discovering the naked, battered body of kidnapped Charles Mattson in a snow filled woods near Everett. He ran home to inform his father then telephoned police, saying the sight was the most awful experience of his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett, Wash
Gordon Morrow
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Hunt Woman Driver In Kidnap Murder Story
Police in Los Angeles seek a middle aged woman linked to the kidnap slaying of ten year old Charles Mattson of Tacoma Washington. She allegedly bought all papers with headlines about the boy’s body and fled at high speed after the press report. Newsstand operator J Melugin provided the Washington license plate number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
Police
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
J. Melugin
Washington
Police seek Kansas sedan in Mattson kidnap case
San Francisco police Tuesday pursued a sedan with Kansas plates occupied by two men, one said to resemble the kidnapper of Charles Mattson, according to a citizen report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
INS
Kansas
Charles Mattson
Anti-Nepotism Bill Offered In House
Rep J R Mitchell of Tennessee introduces a house bill to bar nepotism in government noting it would have prevented President Roosevelt from appointing his son James as secretary but says exceptions could apply in special cases. He argues broad coverage is needed despite admiration for the President's choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
James
House
J. R. Mitchell
Tennessee
Mitchell
Drahos Named Assistant Cashier at United State Bank
George W. Drahos of Iowa City, formerly of Solon, is named an assistant cashier at the United State bank during the officers and directors meeting. Frank Kanak remains cashier and Charles Kriz stays as assistant cashier. Drahos becomes an additional assistant due to growth. Prochaska is president with L. J. Pochobradsky Jr. as vice president.
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George W. Drahos
United State Bank
Iowa City
Solon
Frank Kanak
Charles Kriz
Drahos
State Banking Department
Iowa State Bank and Trust Company
United State
Joseph L. Prochaska
L. J. Pochobradsky, Jr
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Inter-Service Club Council
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Memphis
Tenn
Mattson Slayer
Tim
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Seattle
FBI
Everett
Clay
Rainer Park Company
Hunt
Illinois
Frisco
May
Mays Tea Room
Dee
Barbo
Newman’s
Smart America
Newman's
Darbrook Crepe & Matlasse
Darbrook
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