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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
5
The President addresses Congress outlining a Treasury report on 1936 income tax returns showing widespread avoidance and evasion. He emphasizes the need to enforce laws fairly and uniformly against those seeking civilization at a discount and urges prompt legislative action.
Secretary Morgenthau reports a revenue shortfall from the income tax and outlines methods taxpayers use to dodge taxes. He details foreign holding firms, shell insurers in the Bahamas, domestic holding companies, yacht incorporations, artificial deductions, multiple trusts, and pension trusts as evasion devices. He urges swift legislation to curb evasion and maintain fair tax administration.
William E Warren, a transportation inspector for the Rock Island railroad, retires after decades in rail service. His career began as a telegraph operator in 1886 with Lehigh Valley, later holding roles including yardmaster, service inspector, train master, and chief clerk before retirement.
Thirty Cedar Rapids and Marion residents will receive standard and lay instructor first aid certificates from Mayor F K Hahn at a 7 30 p m Red Cross ceremony at the Y M C A Dr R M Muirhead from St Louis conducted a two week class in the federal building Those receiving include Mary Elizabeth Bowne Bernard Charles Brown Leonard Nelson Bruce Leone Grace Burke and many others with renewals for lay instructor certificates to Mrs Marion Wingert Allen B Hird Joseph W Carberry and Emery A Milliken The Linn county Red Cross leaders Kenneth Cornell and Joseph W Carberry will attend a postmeeting reception Read more about the course outcomes and attendees including 29 of 39 students completing and 23 passing the final examination.
Dr. E G Kieck and Dr. Paul Stephens of the Iowa state board of health will present a forty minute film on syphilis at 7 15 p m Thursday on the chambers fourth floor after the Young Men's Bureau meeting. Dr B J Moon will outline the health committee work and its plans before the film. Dinner for Bureau members is at 6 15 p m and those without reservations should contact the Chamber of Commerce office.
May receipts for the Police Department reached 1341 with 986 from fines, 326.50 in court fees, 20.40 marshal fees, 7 in meals and 1.20 for witness fees. Harry S. Johnson, assistant city attorney in charge of police court, dubbed it a thousand-dollar month as Police Chief Bob Vlach presented the report to the city council.
Lincoln Nebraska AP State Land Commissioner Leo N Swanson custodian of the Nebraska capitol building urges visitors to be dignified. A large sign in the main entrance reads positively for bids and warns against rough behavior on the marble floors of the $10 000 000 edifice.
In a forum letter Hugh A. Orchard criticizes Dr. Francis E Townsend for attacking President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court plan. He argues Townsend distorts the issue, warns against a “packed court,” and defends Roosevelt’s proposal to add justices to reflect modern times while condemning the use of fear and straw man arguments.
Doris accepts Dewey Hill of Lyons Falls proposal completing a trio of engagements among Belfort farmers. Sherman Kloster and his brother Francis, also Belfort farmers, were engaged earlier in the same arrangement.
In Carthage New York three Zehr sisters Doris Dora and Dorothy married two North Country farmers in a triple wedding at the local Methodist church Their mother Mrs Flora Zehr watched as the trio rehearsed the triple ceremony the night before with curious villagers peering in through open doors
In Salamanca, INS reports four hundred fifty Basque troops killed and many wounded as they attacked Mount San Pedro in Biscay and were routed. Loyalist forces suffer over three hundred dead in Guadarrama, while Cabeza Grande and La Granja battles yield heavy casualties on both sides amid intense bombardment around La Granja and the University City sector.
City Attorney Don Hines reported at a Des Moines meeting of Iowa city solicitors for towns over 15 000 that no action will be taken on the new civil service law until Attorney General John Mitchell issues an opinion. Discrepancies in the measure were noted and cities plan to wait before enacting or commenting to ensure uniform ordinances.
The city council authorized $2,543.39 to Jacob and Augusta Bachman to finish a seven year 1929 contract under which 1920 feet of water mains were laid west from 5th Avenue to Thirty-sixth Street NE by Public Recreation Company of Iowa. The Bachmans inherited the contract in 1934. The council also authorized $2,650 to Joe and Julia Moucka for property near the sewage disposal plant needed by the city.
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