Will Seek to Limit State Gasoline Tax
A Cedar Rapids group plans a Des Moines trip to back a constitutional amendment to cap the gasoline tax at current levels and restrict its use to highway safety and construction. Major Roy F Britton will speak. Iowa meetings follow Missouri Minnesota Kansas and others with similar layouts.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Truckers Association
Automotive Merchants Association Auto Clubs
Iowa Petroleum Institute
Roy F Britton
National Highway Users Conference
Missouri
Elsworth Palmer
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Strate Motor Club
Minnesota
Kansas
Alabama
Michigan
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Florida
Iowa
Major Britton
Jn Davenport
Seek Aid Here In Filing Sales Tax Return
Luther A Fuhrmeister and Tom Frost reported that more than 400 persons had inquired at their office at the Chamber of Commerce for assistance in making out retail sales tax returns by closing time Saturday. They will be on hand next Thursday and Friday at the same place to give advice and information. The gross receipts item is the total of charged and cash sales between April 1 and June 30, not just cash sales.
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Luther A Fuhrmeister
Tom Frost
Chamber of Commerce
Man Seeks Suspect In Bogus $15 Check Case
Merton Johnson of 712 Third Street SE asked police Saturday afternoon to locate a man who passed a $15 check for a knife sharpener a knife and an egg beater. The passer, about 35 years old, five foot nine, slender, wore a sailor hat white trousers and white shirt. The teller later showed the Marion bank had no account for the signer. Johnson was given $11 in change.
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Merton Johnson
Third Street
Johnson
Marion
Planned Series Of Playground Events For Harrison Roosevelt Weeks
Community night features a Sinclair Harrison girls ball game at 6 30 p m on Monday plus group games for all ages and a half hour musical program by Dempsy Jones followed by singing and moving pictures Modified cricket gains favor at Harrison Puppet crafts sewing and woodwork all week at multiple sites New volunteers Paul Janda and Mary Condon assist with boys activities River side adds bean bag toss jump the shot and more Archery lessons offered adults Tuesday 6 30 p m to 8 p m. Roosevelt and Daniels park church teams play on two fields. Jerry Accordion Boys with Phyllis Codling perform. Negro girls group song and dance acts. story dramatizations continue at Sinclair playground. tap dancing class and free piano student recital planned at community night Daniels park boys bicycle club sets trips. Wednesday 4 30 p m Dan iels boys baseball vs Arthur. croquet hike planned. girls croquet 4 to 5 p m Tuesday. girls softball vs Kenwood at Daniels Monday 4 p m. doll party hike Wednesday. Arthur games. Misses Jean and Sarah Ann Taylor join as volunteers. Kenwood treasure hunt Tuesday 6 to 8 30 p m led by Mary Condon. jumping track tumbling teams organized. pet show Thursday 3 4 p m to 6 p m. various handcraft projects continue.
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Harrison
Harrison and
Roosevelt
Dempsy Jones
Paul Janda
Riverside
Daniels Park Church
Jerry Accordion
Phyllis Codling
Moving Pictures
Sinclair Playground
Daniels Park
Arthur
Daniels
Kenwood Girls
Jean
Sarah Ann Taylor
Arthur Playground
Kenwood
Mary Condon
Third Alienist Finds Payne Youth Insane at Trial
A third alienist named by the court to examine Louis Rude Payne 21 reported the youth was insane at the time he killed his mother and brother with an ax. Dr Edwin Waste joined two other alienists in finding Payne insane now and then. Deputy DA Eugene Williams said he would demand the death penalty at the trial set for Monday.
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Los Angeles
INS
Louis Rude Payne
Edwin Waste
Payne
Eugene Williams
Twenty-Sixth Old People's Picnic Set For Tuesday
The twenty sixth annual old people's picnic will be held at Bever Park's large pavilion Tuesday. The event, founded by the late Francis K Ward of Sunshine Mission, invites all residents over 60 for membership and dinner with over 100 prizes. Transportation is arranged for those needing a ride. younger attendees may join with food. Those over 60 should report arrival by 9 30 a m with name address birth date age and phone. transportation requests note. First prize is an easy chair from a local store. other prizes include electric fans glassware dishes shirts dresses Bibles and shaving outfits.
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Bever Park
Francis K. “Daddy” Ward
Sunshine Mission
Bienic Transportation
Second Street
Death by own action notes left by moral witness
A note signed June expresses despair over life and money, claiming ambition to sell writings and star in a film, and asks to leave possessions to Gloria while hoping for his mother’s arrival. The sheriff seeks Miss De Long, 24, after an unsuccessful search Saturday afternoon.
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Dave Allen
Gloria
Miss De-Long
Sheriff's Office
Sir Henry Norman Gives Son A Fully Stocked Wine Cellar
In London a wedding gift from Sir Henry Norman to his son Willoughby and daughter in law Miss Barbara Bent follows the marriage at St Margaret’s Westminister. The gift is a cellar stocked with rare and expensive wines, declared by the father as his wisest present.
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London
Henry Norman
Sir Henry
Willoughby
Barbara Bent
Lord Trent
St Margaret's
Henry
Kaye Don Sentenced Pending Manslaughter Verdict
Kaye Don, famed British auto and speedboat ace, was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of mechanic Francis Taylor from a May 28 automobile crash. He faces sentencing Monday after a trial that charged him with driving at about sixty miles per hour and failing to slow for a curve. Taylor died from the wreck. Don’s critical condition earlier gave way to discharge, and the hearing began Thursday after weeks in hospital.
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Douglas
Isle of Man
Kaye Don
Francis Taylor
Don
Taylor
May Indict Trusty Killer of Gun Girl
The article reports a possible indictment of the trusted killer of a girl known as the Eaton girl. It notes changes at a prison with Todhunter ordering guards reassigned and shotguns removed, and details the victim’s family burial and history of her crimes including killings connected to her case.
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Trusty
General Strike Voted in San Francisco Began Citywide Lockout
San Francisco faces a general strike after a vote by municipal street car workers. Blockades and gasoline shortages paralyze business with 90 percent of fueling stations closed and vital goods dwindling. Authorities mobilize police and guard shipments as supplies run low.
Cod Liver Oil Donated to Aid Camp Good Health Children
Thirty gallons of Norwegian cod liver oil donated by May Drug Co will supply Camp Good Health children with vitamin rich nourishment during winter. Funds support the health program supervised by Public Health Nursing association. A neighborhood circus fundraiser added six dollars from Friday and Saturday shows at 1640 Second Ave SE.
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May Drug Company
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
May Company
Sixteenth Street
Second Avenue SE
Gazette Office
Southern Colorado Records First 116 Degree Heat Reading
The Arkansas Valley in southern Colorado set a new heat record with a 116 degree maximum over the past 24 hours, breaking the old 115 degree high registered in 1932. Local readings indicate a scorching exceedance across the region.
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Las Animal
Colo
Sns
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
City Y M C A Camp At Shaver Park Continues
More than thirty boys attended the first week at Shaver park with hiking, cooking, crafts, swimming, and campfire programs under Will Kelly. The camp will remain at Shaver park with all boys expected to report by 10 am and bring their own gear. Three honor campers will receive an all day Iowa trip at camp end, and a log cabin rebuilding project continues.
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Shaver Park
Will Kelly
Iowa
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