Local movie taxes hit Cedar Rapids families hard
The National Consumers Tax commission says 61 taxes raise over 24 500 annually from Cedar Rapids 9 350 movie going families. It notes more than 16 percent of a ticket price comes from 41 federal and 20 state local levies and argues taxes burden leisure spending nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids
National Consumers Tax Commission
Bureau of Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commission
Charles Stephen Hickman
Centerville
Iowa
Chicago
City Hall notes on licenses funds and leases
The city council transferred a cigarette license from Leo McSwiggan at 305 First Street SW to 213 First Street SW. A beer license transfer for McSwiggins was filed. inspector Leefers report delayed. Funds were moved from parks to waterworks and public improvements for repairs. September fines totaled 590 dollars.
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Leo McSwiggan
First Street
McSwiggin
O. T. Leefers
C. E. Chapman
First Avenue
Chapman
G Avenue
Sixth Street NW
Kruschen Salts Promised Kidney Relief Ad
An old advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a daily liquid treatment to flush acids from kidneys and relieve backache and bladder irritation. It claims a 4 oz jar costs a few cents, makes five gallons of mineral water, and offers a money back guarantee if not helpful, with availability at May Drug Store and druggists.
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May Drug Store
Druceists
ORGAN OF SIGHT Answer to Previous Puzzle
A crossword style grid lists clues for the eye related terms with across and down hints. Key entries include anatomy, measurements, and descriptors such as iris, retina, optic nerve, and cornea along with associated clues for related words.
Witness links Ball to feeding victims to pet alligators in murder farm case
A witness testifies Joe Ball dissected victims and fed remains to his alligators at his roadhouse murder compound near San Antonio. Ball reportedly boasted of women victims and had multiple disappearances among his wives and workers, prompting renewed police scrutiny amid community horror.
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San Antonio
Texas
Joe Ball
Ball
Nell
Asks Czech Union To Stave Off Doom
Washington report quotes Czechoslovak Minister Vladimir S. Hurban urging citizens to unite as brothers to avert a doom after a severe blow to the Czechoslovak republic on the eve of its twentieth anniversary. He calls for courage and collective action to survive.
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Washington
INS
Czechoslovakia
United States
Vladimir S. Hurban
Hurban
Czechoslovak Republic
Edgar Guest Poems and Quotes From The People
A fragment of poems and epigrams by Edgar A. Guest appears with lines about persistence in Keeping On and courage in On Keeping On. The verse hints at autumn and garden imagery and a warning about danger to a young bird from a cat and a gun.
Rulings Favor AFL Over CIO In NLRB Record
Fort Worth Fort Worth Dr. Ed win A Elliott regional director of the National Labor Relations Board cited a July resume of 41 controversial cases showing 21 rulings for the AFL and 16 for the CIO. Four cases split the arguments, with partial AFL CIO support.
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Houston
Tex
Edwin A. Elliott
Fort Worth
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
CIO
L.cio
A. F
Russia Rejects Czech Blame on Munich Partition
Moscow says the Soviet Union disclaims responsibility for the breakup of Czechoslovakia following the Munich agreement. England France Germany and Italy shaped the decision, with official Russian statements denying involvement.
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Moscow
INS
Czechoslovakia
England
France
Germany
Italy
Munich
Lutheran Speaker Decries Worship Sluggishness in U L C A
Baltimore AP reports opening of the United Lutheran Church in America biennial convention condemning lack of reverence and lethargic worship. Budget set at 11200 for administration next biennium. Earle W. Bader notes 43000 members in 1802 brotherhoods, 142 new locals, three synodical groups, and one more planned at Ann Arbor on October 30. J Milton Deck announces Rev Dr Amos J Traver named editor of Lutheran Men.
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Baltimore
America
United Lutheran Church In America
Howard E. Snyder
Washington
Brotherhood
Earle W. Bader
Bethlehem
Ann Arbor
Michigan
J. Milton Deck
Philadelphia
Amos J. Traver
Frederick
Dairies Meet City Milk Standards in September Report
Dr A R Menary reports Cedar Rapids dairies met city milk rules in September. Milk must have 3 percent butterfat and cream 16 percent butterfat with bacteria plate counts under 50 000 per cubic centimeter. The list names many dairies with varying bacterial ratings from very low to low.
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Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
Blue Valley Dairy
Guernsey
Jersey
Dackerie
Cedar Heights Farm
Cedar Valley
Cedar Springs
Davis Dairy
Dow
Dow's
Dow’s
East Lawn Dairy
Edgewood Dairy
Evergreen Dairy
Fry's
Forest Lane
Forest Grove
Highland
Imperial Dairy
Krebs
Paderewski Praises Czech Acquisition of Lower Silesia
Ignace Paderewski the pianist and Poland’s first premier sent congratulations to President Moscicki on the transfer of Lower Silesia from Czechoslovakia. Paderewski, in voluntary exile in Switzerland, had opposed early government policies.
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Warsaw
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Moscicki
Lower Silesia
Czechoslovakia
Paderewski
Switzerland
Hearst Properties Seized by Mexican Government
Mexico City reports an executive decree published in the official gazette orders further expropriations of William Randolph Hearst properties. The action broadens state control over his holdings in the country.
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Mexico City
William Randolph Hearst
Massengill Fined $16800 In Sulphanilamide Elixir Case
Greeneville Tennessee. A federal court fined S F Massengill of Bristol 16800 dollars after his guilty plea to violating the pure food and drug law. The charges stem from the manufacture and sale of a sulphanilamide elixir blamed for deaths.
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Greeneville, Tenn
INS
S. F. Massengill
Bristol
Ten
Massengill
Indictment Faces 112 Counts With $150 Fine Each
Judge George C. Taylor imposed a flat $150 fine on 112 counts under the food and drug act. The case notes more than seventy deaths nationwide as context for the action.
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George C. Taylor
Publishers urged to remove underage newsboys nationwide
Washington AP report says Elisha Hanson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association urged publishers to get rid of newsboys under 14 and to require age proof for all minors after a publishers committee met with Katharine.
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Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
NRA
Hanson
Washington (Ap
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Katharine
British Ships Damaged in Barcelona Bombing
Two British steamships Thorpebay and Gothic suffered damage when nationalist aircraft attacked the Barcelona port zone twice on Tuesday.
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Barcelona
Thorpebay
Gothic
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