Iowa Electric Light and Power stock owners face tax strain
The January Iowa Electric Light and Power shareholders bulletin shows gross revenues above 5 million dollars yet taxes rising toward 600 000 in 1936 and surpassing dividends to preferred shareholders. The piece warns that higher taxes and federal competition could threaten private utility ownership and force public takeover or reorganization impacting thousands of small investors.
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Washington
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
St Toe
Iowa
Power Company
National Treasury
Strike action tightens in GM plant reopening plans
The government may press General Motors and striking workers to enter peace talks as Perkins hints at a formal invitation. GM plans partial reopenings Monday or Tuesday, while strikers vow to keep plants closed or picket. Knudsen says non-striking workers will return part time where possible, with sit-down plants remaining under occupation. Friction grows between Roosevelt ally Perkins and rebel leader Lewis over public hearings.
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Detroit
General Motors
William S. Knudsen
Flint
Richard Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Knudsen
Washington
Charles E. Sorenson
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
Lewis
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lebor Perkins
Committee For
Short Change Game At Local Theaters Causes Wet Powdered Glee
In Cedar Rapids two slickers ran a short change scam at two theaters on Saturday netting 14.70 after a 30 cent loss to Mary Snyder who foiled them at Yew State theater. The Palace theater yielded the best haul with 15, using three children's tickets and a $20 bill.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Snyder
Second Avenue SE
Yew State Theater
Brooklyn hat check girl electrocuted by fiancé’s trap
Catherine Styer a 32 year old hat check girl at the Hotel Edison was found burned to death in her Brooklyn apartment. Her fiancé George Anton 33 owner of a radio store and accomplice Joseph Freitag who lived in the same building explained to police the drapes in her bedroom were wired to shock a burglar and warn the couple.
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New York
Brooklyn
Catherine Styer
Edison
George Anton
Joseph Freitag
Miss Styer
Anton
John J. McGarty
Fear 4 Men Lost On Superior Marooned By Ice
Four Huron Bay fishermen have been missing for 12 days on Lake Superior amid freezing weather. A coast guard search began Friday after relatives feared ice marooning. Heavy slush in Portage harbor prevented launching. Nansemond at Marquette then took over the hunt through blizzard and high seas Friday night.
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Hancock
Mich
Huron Bay
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
Portage ‘Anal
Portage Harbor
Fred C. Sollman
Marquette
Nansemond
Elaine Barrie Seeks 2525 Monthly Alimony From Barrymore
In Los Angeles AP Elaine Barrie seeks a temporary alimony of 2525 a month in a divorce suit against John Barrymore filed last week. She asserts his income of 12000 monthly and net worth over 100000. Barrie lists monthly personal needs including chauffeur maid rent groceries clothing and other living costs. The hearing is scheduled for Monday morning as she plans to focus on her career.
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Los Angeles
Elaine Barrie
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Barrie
Here is my story of faith and family in a harsh church life
A reader recounts a life shaped by a fanatic father devoted to church at the expense of his family. The author recalls religious doubt, eventual atheism, and a resulting bitter revolt against narrow dogma. The piece frames religion as coercive, provoking anger and indifference toward the church.
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Igor
DR Newton
Wallis Warned To Stay Away From England
In Cannes Scotland Yard guards warn Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson not to return to Britain for absolute security. Detectives say cranks threaten safety and Britain views her as a symbol linked to the abdication of Edward VIII, not an official government stance.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Scotland Yard
England
Britain
Edward VIII
Reading Gala Echoes From Long Ago Town Newsboy Roundup
A jumble of clipped phrases recalls a nostalgic Gazette page about community gatherings. It mentions Newsboy Roundup, music rooms, a Hall of Fame, and school memories, interwoven with garbled lines about teachers, brides, and folded schedules.
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Hall of Fame
Tivin
Corte
Taro Furunteus
Vem Goth
Tome
Homesick boy with 35 cents takes taxi home
Walter Raver, Cedar Rapids cab driver, picked up Jimmie Kimball a 13 year old Independence student who ran away with 35 cents. The boy rode to Independence promising his mother would repay the fare. Mrs. Kimball later told police the boy was home safe.
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Independence
Cedar Rafids News
Walter Raver
Jimmie Kimball
St Berehman’s Seminary
Marion
Raver
Cedar Rapids
Kimball
Marie Prevost Found Dead in Hollywood Apartment
Silent film star Marie Prevost known as Mary Bickford Dunn was found dead at her Afton Place residence. Police say the body appeared undisturbed since Wednesday with a coroner to determine the exact cause as investigators note she had been dieting heavily to regain her former slender image amid reports of illness and a Warner Brothers contract return.
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Hollywood
Marie Prevost
Mack Sennett
Afton Place
Hamy Jenks
Miss Prevost
Mary Bickford Dunn
Kenneth Harlan
Warner Brothers
Weather Outlook for Chicago Jan 25 to Jan 30
AP reports the forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with unsettled conditions Monday and again late in the week. Temperatures are expected to run near to below normal across the region.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Trotzky calls Radek trial a giant frameup in Moscow
Leninist exile Leon Trotzky denounces the Radek trial as the biggest frameup in world history. He denies involvement in any plot against Stalin and questions the credibility of the charges, citing reconciliation and alleged absurdities in the accusations.
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Trotzky
RADEK
Govt. of
Mexico City
Moscow
Karl Radek
Leon Trotzky
Josef Stalin
Zinovieff
Vicheslav Molotoff
Molotoff
Salin
Hitler
U.S.S.R
Danubian
China
Soviet Russia
Smuggled Letter Aids Treason Trial Plot In USSR
In Moscow a treason trial unfolds as prosecutors reveal letters from Leon Trotzky smuggled in a shoe sole detailing an assassination plan against Joseph Stalin. The document is read during examination of George Piatakoff, former assistant commissar of heavy industry, amid broader charges of an international plot and a proposed Sakhalin handover to Japan.
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Norman B. Devel
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Josef Stalin
Europe
Dioe
Stalin
George Piatakoff
Sakhalin Island
Japan
United States
Lower Mississippi Basin Faces Record Flood Threat
Memphis reports the Mississippi River above flood stage as flood waters surge down Cumberland and other rivers will reach the area in days. Thousands of acres in northeast Arkansas including part of Dyess colony and a settlement project are flooded. Towns Lake City Monette Black Oak Lester and Caraway in Arkansas face levee breaks along the St. Francis River.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Cumberland
Arkansas
Dyess Colony
Lake City
Monette
Black Oak
Lester
Caraway
St. Francis River
Evacuate Flooded Prison After Escape Attempt
In Frankfort Kentucky 2900 inmates at the state reform school were evacuated after a flood left the complex without heat or light for a day. Several prisoners tried to escape by swimming the icy water. most turned back while guards fired their over the roads. One inmate remained unaccounted for, believed drowned or escaped. Water covered yards and cells, and inmates were moved to higher floors as guards and National Guardsmen maintained order.
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Frankfort
State Reformatory
Keen Johnson
James Hammond
The
American Legion
Seek Los Angeles Bandit Suspect In Mattson Kidnaping
Coastwide search for a Los Angeles bandit shooting suspect in the Charles Mattson kidnapping and murder case in Tacoma Washington is under way. Lawrence R. Rogers alias Lawrence A Bell is sought as a new suspect, tied to a previous holdup crime.
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Los Angeles
Mattson
Los ‘Angeles
Little Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
G-men
Universal Service
Washington
Lawrence R. Rogers
Lawrence A. Bell
Harriet Woody
Air Flivver To Fly Washington To Hudson Tunnel Tour
A "flivver" airplane will fly from Washington DC to the western end of the Holland tunnel in New Jersey, land, fold its wings, then drive into New York City to kick off a city air show. The device will dramatize private aviation and include many filmable features while showcasing mass adoption of flying by citizens.
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Washington
Hudson River
John Lear
New York
Holland Hudson River Tunnel
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Fifth’ Avenue
U. S
Waimea Antec
Te Haw
Flood Devastates Midwest as 300000 Homeless
Floods and cold sweep the Ohio valley and Mississippi regions. Deaths rise to 26 as residents flee rising waters. Fires in Huntington and Portsmouth burn amid evacuees. Authorities order typhoid vaccinations for refugees. Roosevelt pledges 2 million dollars for relief as 20 000 WPA workers rush to flood centers.
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Chicago
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
Arkansas
Roosevelt
WPA
Cincinnati
Mercury Dips Below Zero After Warm Afternoon
Arctic weather grips Cedar Rapids as temperature highs reach 12 above zero between 3 and 5 p.m. The cold returns under a partly cloudy sky with readings dropping to 1 below at 7 p.m. and 3 below by 10 p.m. Measurements reported by Chambers Inskeep company.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
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