Homestead tax relief and fallout across Iowa politics
The Iowa homestead relief bill awaits the governor’s signature to provide rebates up to 25 mills on the first 2,500 of assessed value for owner occupants with a June 1 application deadline. The measure reallocates all state income and sales tax revenue to homesteads, sparing non owner-occupied properties. Also noted are critiques of federal policy, political apologies, and debates over state audit practices and Michigan labor strife.
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Linn County
Terrific boiler blast devastates New London school
In New London Texas a boiler explosion collapsed a consolidated school building at 2:30 p m leaving hundreds dead or injured. Rescue teams from eight towns worked amid flames as cries of the injured filled the air. Officials fear numbers may reach into the hundreds with dozens of children unaccounted.
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New London
Texas
Tex
W. C. Shaw
Harris
Colt
New measure limits power of president in war trade
The House passed a neutrality bill to block arms exports to belligerents and grant the president power to ban or restrict general trade for up to two years. The 374 to 12 final vote includes temporary authority to halt shipments of goods and require transfers to foreign agencies, amid looming Senate-House differences.
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Washington
House
Senate
James A. Shanley
Conn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Shanley
Sam D. McReynolds
Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Spain
Court plan alternatives spark Supreme Court debate
Notre Dame law Dean Thomas F. Konop told the Senate judiciary committee that without approval of the Roosevelt court bill the outraged American people would by amendment sweep the Supreme Court from the constitutional picture. He called the bill a safety valve to save the court and its jurisdiction. He urged support as simple expedient and constitutional to carry out the people's mandate.
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Washington
Thomas F. Konop
Notre Dame Law School
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Konop
Congress
Tama Man Dies On Bus Ride From Waterloo to Tama
Henry F Storm died Wednesday night while riding a bus from Waterloo to Tama. The driver and passengers thought he slept until arrival in Tama revealed he was dead. Dr A J Wentzein cited heart trouble. Storm, a Milwaukee Railroad telegraph operator, is survived by his widow and daughter Marilyn, a Tama High student.
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TAMA
Henry F Storm
Waterloo
Storm
A. J. Wentzein
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Marilyn
Tama High School
Labor Dominates Eraland Government After Week of Tension
In Eraland, workers press a strong labor presence as the week-long tensions peak with labor leaders asserting influence over policy. Officials face sustained calls for reforms and greater worker representation.
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Eraland
My America a mosaic of visions and vice from 1937
A reader writes a biting piece arguing that Our America is misrepresented by heroic legends. He imagines alternative, harsh portraits from Columbus to J Edgar Hoover, noting that reality contains bigotry, hunger, lynching, bootlegging, and social strife, not noble myths.
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Padre
America
Pilgrim Fathers
Roger Williams
New England
William Penn
Washington
Valley Forge
Lincoln
London
Ibsen
Zangwill
Hades
al Smith
J. Edgar Hoover
Columbia Academy Beats Indiana Five in NCIA Round
Columbia Academy of Dubuque Iowa surged in the final period to defeat St Marys of Anderson Indiana 34 to 29 at Loyola University Chicago advancing to the tourney's second round. The victory came as St Marys were runners up for the 1936 title and the game showcased Columbia Academy's high powered offense.
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Chicago
Columbia Academy of
Quezon pushes earlier Philippine independence date
President Quezon urged shortening the Philippine commonwealth period to gain independence in 1938 or 1939 rather than 1946. The proposal came during an inter departmental committee session with Sayre, calling for a joint expert panel to study US Philippines trade relations and adjust economic plans accordingly.
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Washington
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippines
Quezon
Inter-Departmental Committee On the
State
War
Navy
Treasury and Commerce Departments
Tariff Commission
Francis B. Sayre
United States
Sayre
Divorce decree for Mrs Simpson unlikely to be halted
London The king's proctor asked the divorce court for directions in the case of Mrs Wallis Simpson as she seeks a final divorce from Ernest Simpson. A high authority indicated the proctor will not intervene, and Mrs Simpson's decree nisi is expected to become absolute on April 27, paving the way for Edward VIII to marry the American.
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London
Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII
Simpson
Ernest A. Simpson
Universal Service
Mrs. Simpson
Nisi
Edward
Intervention in Mrs Simpson divorce in London courts
An undisclosed intervener seeks directions from Sir Boyd Merriman in the Mrs Simpson and Ernest Simpson divorce case. The intervention aims to show cause why the divorce should not become final, with the king's proctor to request court authority over the process. The matter follows reports that Archbishop of Canterbury opposes the marriage. The case remains listed as undefended, with possible continuation on page 2.
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London
Ixeintervening
Boyd Merriman
Simpson
Ernest Simpson
Boyd
W.D
Simpson W
Simpson E
King’s Proctor
Canterbury
Duke of Windsor
Roosevelt Urges US Adoption Of Old Irish Motto
President Roosevelt on St Patrick's Day urged Americans to adopt the old Irish motto Not for pure selves but for others in public and private life. He warned the motto adoption would combat the selfishness he called the greatest danger facing the nation today.
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Wallace
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Gav
United States
Alleged Trotzkyists Face Criminal Count
In Moscow AP report seven alleged Trotskyists were brought to trial at Novosibirsk Siberia charged with criminal responsibility for deliberately planning a school fire that killed many children.
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Moscow
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Massachusetts House approves repeal of teachers oath law
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 120 to 112 to repeal the teachers oath law and sent the measure to the Senate for consideration.
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Boston
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Senate
Mussolini Named in Love Triangle Linked to Paris Shooting
London headline reports Duce tied to the shooting of Count Charles de Chambrun, former French ambassador to Rome, in Paris. Madeleine de Fontanges, ex actress, is cited as the shooter, allegedly acting over a betrayed friendship with Mussolini.
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London
INS
Mussolini
London Daily Mirror
Italy
Count Charles de Chambrun
Rome
Paris
de Chambrun
Madeleine de Fontanges
The
Daily Mirror
Mme. de Fontanges
United States
Il Duce
the Mirror
Reuter
le Matin
Friendship treaty marked by officials amid crowded ceremony
A fragmented report notes officials including Count Charles Cueser and Mme de Fontanges as part of a Thursday election event and a steadfast recount of proceedings at a public Hallan ceremony. Continues on Page 2.
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Oekereen Petia
Selini
Mme
Madeleine Jide Tan
Charles Cueser
Atta Wedaas
Hallan
de Fontanges
Reas
Fatal grade crossing crashes rise in 1936 deaths
Washington AP reports that grade crossing accidents killed 1,786 people in 1936, up from 1,680 in 1935. Injuries totaled 4,930 vs 4,685. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes 669 railroad employees died. Overall railroad accidents cost 5,398 lives.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Senate approves regular sales tax expansion in Des Moines
The Iowa Senate 40 to 3 approved making permanent the two percent sales tax set to expire April 1 if not reenacted. The bill preserves homestead tax relief funding, rejects an exemption for food and small clothing purchases, and paves the way for a use tax proposal. If both taxes pass, automobile tax collection shifts to county treasurers at new car registration.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
House
Senate
L. H. Doran
Boone
A. Claire Dewey
Leningta
John W. Billingsley
Newton
H. D. Miller
Morley
Howard Baldwin
Cascade
Leo Elthan
Agree in Fight 10 Reinstate 4 000 Workers
Indianapolis union printers vote to strike at once affecting News Star and Times. In Washington an agreement on reinstating 4,000 workers in the Remington Rand lockout ends after daylong talks. Details await ratification by Rand's board and involved labor groups.
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Indianapolis
Glenn L. Mitchell
Indianapolis Typographical Union No. 1
The
News, Star and Times
Washington
Remington-Rand
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
James H. Rand, Jr
William Green
Rand
Chrysler Strike Grips Flint Plants With Threats Of Eviction
The Chrysler strike escalated as 6,000 siteowners and armed officers faced off near eight plants valued at 50 million dollars. Attorneys sought eviction and contempt charges for strikers who defied an injunction. Judge Campbell warned mass arrests as seized plants faced potential intervention. Meanwhile 180 Fisher Body workers joined 3,400 others sent home as sitdown tactics spread.
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Ital
Chrysler
Chrysler ‘Company
Circuit Court
Allan Campbell
National Guard
Lansing
William Palmer
Flint
State Administration
Fisher Body
Chicago cops patrol loop to curb cab drivers riot risk
Chicago police, more than triple their usual force, patrolled the downtown loop to stop a repeat of rioting between striking and non striking drivers. Twenty three extra squads swept the area where at least a dozen taxicabs were overturned.
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Chicago
Loop
Gets Acquittal In 31 Year Old Slaying
Gray-haired Rocco Esposito was freed by a jury after 21 hours of deliberation on a 31 year old killing case in New Castle Pennsylvania. He denied before the jury that he shot Francesco Romeo in 1906.
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New Castle, Pa
Rocco Esposito
Esposito
Francesco Romeo
Iowa Opposes Dictatorial Social Welfare Commissioner
DES MOINES AP Byron Allen Iowa old age assistance chief told a legislative committee he opposes a proposed social welfare bill creating a five member board and a single commissioner with dictatorial powers. The plan would centralize child welfare aid and coordinate departments with a $3000 salary for the commissioner, drawing opposition from Allen as the only critic.
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DES Moines
Byron
G. Allen
Department of Social Welfare
Allen
Amelia Earhart Reaches Hawaii On Long Flight
Amelia Earhart lands in Honolulu completing the first leg of a planned 27 000 mile equatorial circuit. The silver transport plane touched down at 5 55 am after a 15 48 hour flight, shaving 1 19 from the previous westbound Hawaii record and delaying plans to press on until Friday due to weather and airframe checks.
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T. H
Amelia Earhart
World
Paul Mantz
INS
America
Miss Earhart
Pan American Airways
Pan ‘American Airways
Earhart
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