Iowa tax total for 1931 exceeds one hundred thirty nine million
State auditor figures show 1931 Iowa tax receipts near $139 million including state and local taxes and license fees. Education and road costs consumed about $92 million and $34 million respectively, with education nearly $60.6 million and road work around $34 million, prompting calls to curb spending.
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Iowa
State Board of Education
Accoss
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
School For Deaf
Council Bluffs
School For the Ad
Vinton
Iowa Ourgo
Real estate tax base cut to 20 percent income in 1933
Des Moines reports a new state policy slashes the real estate tax base by about 20 percent from 1931 levels as assessments are equalized for 1933. The board says the move will lower city and county valuations by roughly $700 million, pressuring budgets and bond programs across districts while promising legislative tools to address arising local needs. City assessors from major Iowa cities attended the briefing.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa
Dom Felrelsen
Cedar Rapids
Bandit Slain In Arizona Likely Iowa Resident
Phoenix police identified the gunman found dead in an auto camp as the man who robbed two Phoenix stores Saturday. Papers tied to Grinnell Iowa residents J M Hockeberry and Jerry Maxwell were found on the suspect, who appears to have been fatally wounded by drug store salesman Jay Wilcox.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
J M. Hockeberry
Jerry H. Maxwell
Grinnell
Towa
Jay Wilcox
Pride in the Schools 15 Faces Educational Reform Pressure
A committee voices pride in the schools yet warns that without readjusting the higher education program the state institutions of learning will destroy themselves. The remark signals concern over state education policy and potential institutional decline.
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Learnng I
Roosevelt Farm Plans Appeal to Leaders Across Regions
Albany AP dispatch reports that President elect Roosevelt aligns with farm leaders on protecting agriculture and boosting buying power. In Chicago speeches he pledges effort to aid farmers, while business and agriculture groups push for a domestic price level above world prices to balance farm and industrial costs. John Simpson heads Farmers National Union among quoted voices.
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Albany
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Business and Agriculture
Amateur Athletic Union adopts metric measurements for track events
The Amateur Athletic Union banquet on Tuesday approved using the metric system for all track and field competitions within its US jurisdiction. The move follows the ICAAAA adoption and aligns with a forthcoming 1933 championships in Chicago. Denver’s bid for the tourney was withdrawn after Chicago officials indicated the event should coincide with the world meet.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
United States
America
Chicago
Denver
Garner Forecasts Action on Beer
Washington AP report says Speaker Garner expects the House to pass a beer bill during the short session but would not guess timing. He suggested a beer measure plus spending cuts could balance the budget without new taxes, and estimated revenue of about 250 to 300 million dollars from legalized beer. White House aides said Hoover would not discuss beer legislation and did not confirm a veto stance, though Rep Britten predicted Hoover would not veto a beer bill.
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Washington
Garner
House
White House
Aids To
Hoover
Representative Britten
Congress
Britten
Urge Roosevelt To Appoint Henry Wallace To Cabinet
A telegram from eleven Iowa farm cooperatives urged President Roosevelt to appoint Henry A Wallace of Des Moines as secretary of agriculture in the new cabinet. The groups praised Wallace as eminently qualified by heart brain experience and training to fulfill the duties. They asked for a man who would carry out a program providing agricultural relief.
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Des Moines
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Walaces Farmer
Iowa Federated Farm Organizations
British relief plan assailed by Laborites in Commons
London reports a heated Commons debate as Labour leader George Lansbury attacks the governments relief plan for unemployment. He calls it humbug and cant, contrasting the ceremony opening Parliament with London slums. The king opened Parliament with a throne speech drafted by Prime Minister MacDonald, highlighting disarmament and economic issues. Also: Dr. Thomas K. Purcell elected president of the National Council of Catholic Men at its Kansas City conference.
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House of Commons
Labor Party
George Lansbury
Labor
MacDonald
House of Lords
Lansbury
Hoover
Roosevelt
United States
Mary
Ramsay MacDonald
Pittsburgh
Thomas K. Purcell
Kansas City
National Council of Catholic Men
Walter P. Johnson
Kenton
Mussolini And Herriot To Have Friendly Talk
A long delayed meeting between French Premier Herriot and Italian Premier Mussolini is likely soon, aiming to restore neighborliness and encourage a broader understanding. Herriot seeks to discuss differences dating to World War I and hopes Mussolini will join talks to ease tensions. Observers note France seeks Italian support on Geneva arms plans and its war debt position.
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Parie
Edouard Herriot
France
Benito Mussolini
Italy
United Press
Andre Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Mussolini
Herriot
Toulouse
Paris
Henry Berenger
Rome
Berenger
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Geneva
England
United States
Army flyers believed dead after ocean crash near Frisco
In San Francisco two Army pilots Liouts Robert Merrick 25 and Jefferson Davis 24 disappeared after takeoff from Visalia at 6 30 p m Sunday headed for Crissy Field Presidio fog prevented landing patches of oil and wreckage found in the ocean near the Golden Gate provide mute testimony of their fate.
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San Francisco
INS
Golden Cate
Liouts
Robert Merrick
Jefferson Davis
United States Army
Visalia
Crissy Neld
Presidio
France rejects Japanese loan and alliance overtures
Paris reports of Franco Japanese efforts for a loan and military pact stirred political and business circles. Yosuke Matsuoka allegedly pressed Herriot, but both Geneva and Paris denied aims. The 1907 treaty was cited as basis for any renewed accord while officials kept a cool response.
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France
Paris
Geneva
Washington
Japan
United States
Manchuria
Far East
Wallace Carroll
Yosuke Matsuoka
Edouard Herriot
Matsuoka
China
Pacific
Senator Davis urges federal sinking fund for jobs
At the AFL convention in Cincinnati Senator James J. Davis argues governments cannot singlehandedly cure unemployment and proposes a federal sinking fund to finance public works in downturns. He calls public works a business stimulant and urges reform of the Volstead Act alongside broad reform measures. Morrison notes 49 bills prepared for committee review as delegates advance worker-focused legislation.
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Cincinnati
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
Nee Pole Ve
Green
R. I
Davis
Federation
Frank J. Morrison
Bolivian Army Claims Major Battle Victory
In Gran Chaco, Bolivian forces claim defeat of 600 cavalrymen by infantry machine gunners in Baave dra sector. Government says troops trapped cavalry between flanks and annihilated them. Over 20,000 Bolivian and Paraguayan troops massed for a decisive battle to end the prolonged Gran Chaco war, with more than 1,500 casualties reported in the past two weeks.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Baavedra
Gran Chaco
Panol
Guy Mannering Manuscript Stolen at Columbia Exhibit
One third of Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering manuscript, owned by J P Morgan, was stolen from the Scott centenary exhibit at Columbia University. The missing portion was the second of three leather bound volumes. the other two volumes remain intact.
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New York
Walter Scott
Guy Mannering
J. P. Morgan
Columbia University
Whiteman Laments U S Music At Risk Of Dumbed-Down Culture
Paul Whiteman, famed bandleader, warned America on Tuesday night that the United States risked losing its music library built over 200 years as foreign influences flood in and American music fails to get support. He blasted high priced opera and romantic ballads, urging focus on authentic American expression and simpler, practical music over grand European forms. Continued on page 13, column 3.
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New York
America
Paul Whiteman
Broadway
Will Rogers Says Meet Between Presidents
Will Rogers comments on the upcoming presidential meeting in Corona California. He jokes about the nervy expectations and hopes money may come from the talks. He also notes a NC incident involving Robins and a hitchhiker in the West offering to go either way.
Mrs Kayser Sentenced for False Bank Records
Mrs. Stella Kayser, 32, a former assistant cashier at Walker branch of Center Point Walker Trust, drew two indeterminate terms up to five years each and a $1,000 fine for embezzlement and related false bank records. Judge John T. Moffit ordered consecutive sentences to Rockwell City reform school. case continued on other charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Stella Kayser
Walker
Center Point- Walker Trust Company
Rockwell City
John T. Moffit
Moffit
Kayser
Carl Hendrickson
Three Women Judges Rule On Wives Versus Automobiles
In Kinoly on Ontario three women judges presided as a debate tackled whether a wife benefits a man more than an automobile. The panel ruled unanimously that supporters of the automobile won the discussion, upholding the vehicle’s value.
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Kinoly'on, Ont
Hitler Delays Acceptance of Post Berlin Chancellorship
AP dispatch reports Adolf Hitler delaying his reply to President Von Hindenburg on the chancellorship. Two adviser factions clashed over conditions, with plans to wait until Wednesday to respond. Commentators doubt Hitler will head a government as Musenberg and Bavarian party leaders rejected overtures.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Social Stata
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Sield Ronrsheal
Weitler
Iser
Jilin
Ogehuiig
Franz von Epp
Reichstag
Alfred Musgenberg
Bavarian People's Party
Weather report for Cedar Rapids cloudy day misprint
Cloudy conditions expected in Cedar Rapids with a dull sun obscured by a gray cloud blanket. Temperature readings show a slump from Monday with afternoon values around the mid twenties and evening figures near 39 to 30.
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Cedar Rapide
Mercury
Sam
Presidents Hoover Roosevelt Confer on War Debts Ambiguity Declared
Washington AP reports a historic White House meeting between President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt. A forty word White House statement said progress was made on debts and disarmament, with further congressional discussion planned. The session touched on extending moratoriums and revising war debts.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Congress
Red Room
White House
Roosevelt
First Conference Between Incumbent and Elected Leader
Roosevelt and Hoover held a historic White House meeting as the President-elect and incumbent from opposing parties conferred privately in the Red Room. Secret Service guarded the scene while Mills Moley and others observed, and a brief parting handshake marked the end of their talks.
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Boett
New York
Red Room
Secret Service
Atood Guard
Ingids Fotr Moh
Roosevelt
Mills
Raytam I
Moley
White House
Mr. Hoover
Hea
T'Tere
Eni
Descendant of Sir Walter Scott leaps to death from hotel
A descendant of Sir Walter Scott, Mahalia Gandhi, leaps from the Waldorf Astoria in New York, dying after a theatrical act described as a sacrifice on the forgotten trial. Authorities note a large sum related to a church project in Washington.
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Sir Walter Scott
New York
Ins
Mahalia Gandhi
Waldorf Astoria
Avolt
Eald
Walter Bott
Hovelixty
Res Hales
Baltimore
Washington D
Youth Bites Bula Latter Back In Hospital
Fragmented OCR reads indicate a chaotic report on youth incidents, with references to Bula and Latter and a hospital context. Details are unreadable, but the item hints at a confrontation or injury involving youths and a hospital admission. The text is highly garbled and non-informative.
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