Politicians Attack Mellon Over Bus Tax Burden
Taxes added by the last general assembly threaten Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern and a five bus line with monthly costs of 567.45 and 431.80 respectively. Figures show state tax license fees federal tax and gasoline costs factor into daily fares. Tax receipts go to county road funds for highway maintenance used by the bus routes.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
General Assembly
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern
Motors Company
Girl Asphyxiated as Family Hospitalized in Iowa Gas Incident
Davenport Iowa January 8 Wica Clara Keppy nineteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Keppy of Donahue fourteen miles north of here is dead and the parents are in a serious condition from gas asphyxiation. A week earlier the family installed a gas heating plant. Sunday night while asleep all three were overcome by escaping gas and were found this morning the daughter dead and the parents conscious Mr Keppy is president of the Donahue Savings Bank and a former Iowa Legislator.
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Davenport
Iowa
Wica
Clara Keppy
Frank
Keppy
Donahue
Here
Keppys
The
Donahue Savings Bank
Professor Overcome from Fumes of Automobile
Professor Merle Myers of Pillsbury School in Owatonna Minnesota was rescued in Cedar Rapids after being overcome by automobile heater fumes. Found unconscious in a ditch on the Lincoln Highway west of the city he was on his way home from Fort Madison where he had visited his mother when discovered his car was headed back toward Cedar Rapids. A farmer reported the car to the police.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Merle Myers
Pillsbury School
Owatonna
Minn
Myers
Lincoln Highway
Fort Madison
Attempt on Life of Turkey's President at Smyrna
The Mitylene correspondent reports an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Mustafa Kemal Pasha, president of Turkey, at Smyrna. A hand grenade intended for him injured his wife.
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Turkey
Athens
Telegraphs
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Republic of Turkey
Smyrna
Kemal
Copeland Defends Cash Bonus Over Tax Cuts
Senator Copeland charges Secretary Mellon with undermining the bonus while proposing cash payments to veterans at 1.25 a day and arguing surtax gains could retire the debt over sixty years. He warns a tax cut should not jeopardize the bonus and blasts tax-exempt bonds funding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Copeland
New York
Senate
Treasury
Supreme Court Divison Opens With 13 Opinions
Des Moines January 8 Iowa supreme court division begins 1924 with 13 opinions. Justice De Graf writes on Dr George Keasel Cresco Iowa versus W J Murray Des Moines National Bank former state superintendent of banking. Murray sued as director of Texas Oil and Gas for 7500 loan to the company. Court holds Murray personally liable and reverses lower court on other directors liability.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Stevens
de Graff
Vermilion
Justice DeGraf
George Keasel
Cresco
Iowa
W J. Murray
Des Moines National Bank
Murray
Texas Oil and Gas Company
Dr. Kessel
French Francs Fall to Record Low in Foreign Exchange
New York reports early trading shows French francs dropping six percent to 1 84% cents a new all time low while demand sterling slips to 4.28 dollars from 4.29 the previous night. Traders note light volume and few commercial bills with dollar purchases abroad driving the weakness.
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Associated Press
New York
Paris
London
Venizelos Improves and Plans Return as Foreign Minister
Ex-Premier Venizelos of Greece recovers from illness after the assembly session and plans to become foreign minister in the new cabinet. He is optimistic about national unity and pleased with talks with opposition leaders, with reports saying the Glucksburg dynasty faces overthrow.
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Associated Press
London
Venizelos
Greece
Sesson
Assembly
Reuter
Athens
Glucksburg
Rev. A J Zaiser Dies After 25 Years At St Josephs Church
Fort Madison Iowa January 8 The Rev A J Zaiser longtime pastor of St Josephs Church died this morning after a stroke He was a well known church figure in southeast Iowa and spent years working with convicts at the state penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Iowa
A. J. Zaiser
St. Joseph’s
State Penitentiary
Ramsey to seek Bremer Butler senate nomination
Des Moines today reports Representative J M Ramsey of Clarksville will run for the state senate from the Bremer Butler district. He faces opposition from Senator Oscar L Mead of Shell Rock who will seek another term. Ramsey filed nomination papers yesterday.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
J. M.ramsey
Clarksville
State Senate
Bremer- Butler
Oscar L. Mead
Shell Rock
Ramsey
Death of W A Winburn Railway President in Rochester
W A Winburn age 60 president of the Central of Georgia railway died in Rochester Minnesota today. The obituary notes his leadership and position with the railway company.
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Rochester, Minn
W. A Winburn
Central of Georgia Railway
Confessed Shooter Sisters Declared Insane in Iowa
Sadie and Alice Norton spinster sisters were found insane by the county insanity commission after Sadie Norton confessed to shooting a neighbor boy on November 25. The act followed nights of guarding with a revolver and shotgun amid delusions of persecution. The wounded boy has since recovered. Both sisters were released on $5,000 bonds and bound over to the grand jury on assault with intent to murder. They will be sent to the state hospital at Independence.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sadie
Alice Norton
Eleaworth Jak
County
Independence
Friend
Burlington Issues Statement to Employer
Galesburg Illinois January 8 Shopcraft of the Burlington route hired since the nationwide strike of 1922 were assured by the railroad that they will not be replaced by men who left the company during the strike in an order posted at local shops. The statement was issued to offset reports that former employees would be reinstated after B M Jewell head of the striking shopcraftsmen withdrew all strike orders.
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Associated Press
Galesburg
Burlington
The
B. M. Jewell
Debate Over State Printing Bill Divides Iowa Senators
At the Iowa Legislature the state printing bill prompts a heated clash as Senator Price argues the teachers association report is private and not public print. Senators Bowman Horchem Newberry and Shane counter that publishing the material protects youth welfare and questions the value of other state publications. The debate continues as the page note hints at further discussion on Page 4.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
State Teachers Association
Senate
Price
Monroe County
Lowlaw
Iowa
Bowman
Black Hawk
Horchem
Dubuque
Newberry
Clayton
Senate Schools Committee
Teachers Association
Ku Klux Klan
Shane
Wapello
Joshua
Police Arrest Boys Charge Stealing Automobile in Omaha
Two youths, Harry J. Rowland and Earl Katzenberger, were arrested by Creston officers on information from Omaha police for stealing a roadster taken December 20 from Mondamin, Harrison county. Detectives Heller and Montag moved the car to Mondamin, with additional charges of stealing another car and driving to Des Moines before abandoning it near Creston Red Oak.
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Omaha
Harry J. Rowland
Earl
Katzenberger
Creston
Chisman
Mondamin
Harrison County
Jack Heller
Nebraska City
Montag
Des Moines
Red Oak
Delicate Instrument Measures Speed of Projectiles
Washington reports the Bureau of Standards devised an instrument to measure projectile speed as it travels through a gun barrel. The device records the tiny expansion and immediate contraction caused by gas pressure, using electrical recording, aiding improvements in guns, projectiles, and explosives.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Bureau of Standards
Bryan Declares Plan to Present Floridian's Name for President
William Jennings Bryan, seeking Florida delegate support, said he would present the name of a citizen for president if elected but would not reveal it until after the national committee meeting on January 15.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fila
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
National Committee
Conductor Seeks Rail Commissioner Office in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa January 8 H L Brook of Marion a Chicago Great Western railroad conductor has filed nomination papers to seek the office of railroad commissioner He would need to resign from the railroad to qualify and is said to have the support of the Iowa federation of labor
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Associated Press
Des Moines
H. L. Brook
Marion
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Towa Federation of Labor
Revolutionary forces claim withdrawal from Tuxpam
Mexico City dispatches report that revolutionary troops led by Colonel Ismael Rueda evacuated Tuxpam in northern Vera Cruz. The government says troops and patrols are on duty in the capital to aid police, while a separate wireless message notes rebels denying evacuation reports.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Ismael Rueda
Tuxpam
Vera Cruz
Arnulfo Gomez
Mexico City Laredo
Agrarian rally backs central government in Durango plan
Durango convention urged central government support by petitioning for arms and equipment for peasant battalions. The San Luis Potosi congress ordered formation of regular army units, state guards, and regional forces from agrarian adherents. U S arms expected to supply the agrarian soldiers.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Durango
San Luis Potosi
United States
Rebels Seize Mexican Oil Fields Stoppage Presses Output
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company reports Mexican rebels seized Tierra Blanca and Chapapo te Nunez fields. Wells and pipelines shut down. only men evacuated from the sites.
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Associated Press
New York
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Tierra Blanca
Chapapote Nunez
Bandits Rob Paymaster Near El Barco in Tampico Region
Four bandits robbed paymaster D. A. Tilley of the Carcalaio Pipe Line Company of 7500 pesos Saturday. The theft occurred fifteen miles from El Barco, Texas, with reports reaching Brownsville today.
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Brownsville
Texas
D. A. Tilley
Carcalilao Pipe Line Company
Tampico
el Barco
Japanese freighter Hakuho Maru refloated after grounding near Willapa
Port land Ore Jan 8 The Japanese freighter Hakuho Maru which ran aground on a gray sandy beach off Willapa harbor last night freed herself under her own power early today after a wireless message received by the Federal Telegraph Maciel here reported the salvage.
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Portland
Ore
Willapa Harbor
Maciel
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