Rockefeller Heaviest Payer Of Income Tax In 1924
The 1924 tax returns reveal John D. Rockefeller Jr paid the largest personal tax, $6.23 million, followed by Henry Ford at $2.61 million and Edge Ford at $2.17 million. Other notable payers include Andrew Mellon, Douglas Fairbanks, Bernard Baruch, Vincent Astor, and many public figures. Chicago reports show dramatic tax reductions for some, notably William Wrigley Jr, while Los Angeles notes Charlie Chaplin paid $345,000.
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Sam
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry Ford
Edge Ford
Andrew W. Mellon
The
Treasury
Coolidge
Dawes
Taft
Douglas Fairbanks
Max Steve Ald
John W. Davis
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Chauncey M. Depew
U. S
Copeland
Interior
A. B Fall
Harold Bell Wright
Winifred P. Wright
Cardinal Mundelein
Thomas F. Ryan
Vincent Astor
Henry W. Taft
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Leader
Steel Corporation
Union Pacific Railroad
Standard of Company of New York
William Randolph Hearst
Anna Pavlova
Geo W. Wickersham
Bernard Baruch
John Phill Bousa
Clarence H. Mackey
Jame A. Stillman
Fannie Hurs
Julia Marlowe Sothren
Rex Beach
Chicago
Geome
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Los Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Roscoe C. Arbuckle
Creston Bay Selected For National Organization
Fred Tissue aged 10, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Tissue, has been notified of his selection for membership in the League of Sales men. The honor group is run by a publishing company for boys who read its publications and meet standards of regular attendance and helpful service to customers. Teachers report that the training builds responsibility and makes schooling more meaningful.
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Fred Tissue
Ralph Tissue
League of Salesmen
County Office Activity Slumps in August 1926
August 1926 showed reduced county office business in Union County with exceptions in marriage license filings and district court cases. Civil actions reached 55, up 24 from July due to court term filings. 14 marriage licenses issued, three more than July. Delinquent tax receipts totaled 2560.75 delivered to the county treasurer. July and June receipts were 3795.24 and 1649.15. Auto registrations plunged to 81 in August from 117 in July, with 4144 total licensed to date, 22% below 1924. Recorder filings fell to 245 from 452 in July, deeds 29 among them. New state fishing and hunting licenses saw 89 issued in August, including Earl S. Trenholm of Lincoln, Nebraska, the year’s first nonresident license. nonresident fee is 3 dollars.
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Union County
Board of Supervisors
Recorder’s Office
Earl S. Trenholm
Lincoln
Neb
Notable Angelenos Pay Sky-High Taxes in 1920 Census
The list shows film stars and industry figures among Los Angeles residents paying large incomes taxes. Charles Chaplin’s studio contributes but trails Ben Turpin who paid 6 104. Douglas Fairbanks Gloria Swanson Jesse Lasky James Cruz and Mary Pickford also appear with substantial sums. George Allan Hancock tops individuals with 543 726. Maria DeFrancis of the Dominguez line pays 347 281. Atlanta E Gillette and King Gillette show 233 666 and 5 799 respectively.
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Arbuckle
Rudolph Valentino
Wallace Beery
Monte Blue
Lon Chaney
Hobart Bosworth
Reginald Denny
Buster Keaton
Barbara LeMarr
Ramon Novarro
Charles Ray
Chaplin
Chaplin Studio, Inc
Ben Turpin
Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Gloria Swanson
Jesse E. Lasky
James Cruz
Mary Pick
California
Spain
Atlanta E. Gillette
King E. Gillette
President Coolidge Paid 1924 Income Tax
Boston September 1 President Coolidge paid income tax amounting to fourteen thousand ninety one dollars and eighty six cents for the year 1924. The tax for the preceding year was six thousand six hundred forty three dollars and one cent.
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Boston
Coolidge
Collector of Internal Revenue
Seaplane PN-9 Updates From Honolulu Flight Mission
Honolulu dispatches report PN 9 and Langley messages as seaplane PN-9 number one nears Pearl Harbor and confirms Commander Rodgers says all well. Langley is identified as the 1200 mile ship thought to broadcast. PN-9 number three prepares for repairs and next west coast Hawaii flight under Lieut. Allan Snody. The Gannett will aid in retrieving PN-9 three with William Jones towing and San Francisco keeping watch at Crissy Field.
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Associated Presse
Honolulu
Mutual Wirdiesa Company
PN-9
Rodgers
San Francisco
Hawaii
Fourteenth Naval District
Allan Snody
Crissy Field
San Francico
Gannett
William Jones
Sanford E. Moses
San Francisco- Hawaii
Ben
Seaplane PN-9 Passes Reno on Honolulu Flight
Honolulu reports the seaplane PN-9 number one on a San Francisco to Honolulu mission passed the U S S Reno 1400 miles from the start. The City of Los Angeles radioed that the Reno at 10 27 a m gave the seaplane a compass wearing and the machine was visible to the destroyer for ten minutes.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Reno
Los Angeles
San Francisco radio tracks PN-9 flight near Hawaii
San Francisco and Honolulu communicated as the destroyer Farragut relayed a message at 11 a m stating that the San Francisco to Hawaii flag plane PN-9 number one was midway between the Reno and the Farragut, with a compass bearing indicated.
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San Francisco
Farragut
Honolulu
Naval Radio
Hawaii
Reno
Seaplane PN-9 Reported Still Going Strong
The PN-9 number one seaplane informed the liner President Polk by radio that it was still going strong. The position was not given. The Polk relayed the message to the San Francisco Federal Telegraph station at 11:45 a.m. as the ship lay about 900 miles from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
President Polk
Federal Telegraph Company
Creston Showmen and Union Sign One Year Wage Pact
Creston theater managers and Stage Hands and Operators Local No 693 reached a one year wage agreement. The pact pays weekly wages from 23.50 to 42.60 based on hours worked. P E Thomas serves as union secretary and GL Bacon heads the local union affiliated with state and national bodies.
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Creston
P. E Thomas
GL. Bacon
Four Occupants Escape Death In Plane Crash
Four occupants of a plane escaped death when it crashed into a gravel pit near Eagle Grove Iowa. The craft caught fire and burned. pilot C B E Tuttle of Red Oak freed a boy from the burning cabin. Two boys were thrown clear and the third was pulled out by the pilot. All four sustained only minor injuries.
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Associated Prose
Eagle Grove
C. BE. Tuttle
Red Oak
Local couples receive marriage licenses on Saturday
J F Bischoff 26 and Mary C Fuller 24 both of Tingley along with Lowell Andrews 22 and Gladys Wallace 20 of Creston were issued marriage licenses by the district court clerk. A fire call reported paraffin fire at the Bell home on West Jefferson Street at 4 30 Monday. firemen arrived to find no damage. Charles G Adrian a Greenfield laborer filed a voluntary bankruptcy case in federal court listing 11280 in unsecured liabilities and 300 in assets all exempt. Paul F Johnston son of George A Johnston of 803 North Highland Street at Annapolis will remain at the Naval Academy for a special course during the September vacation.
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J. F. Bischoff
Mary C. Fuller
Tingley
Lowell Andrews
Gladys Wallace
Creston
Bell
West Jefferson Street
Charles G. Adrian
Greenfield
Tohey
Paul F. Johnston
George A. Johnston
North Highland Street
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Creston Yfith
Rotary club inspects log cabin at McKinley Park
After dinner at the Iowana hotel on Monday evening the Rotary club toured McKinley Park to inspect the log cabin built by the club for the city boy and girl scouts. The cabin is completed except for interior work.
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Iowana Hotel
Rotary Club
McKinley Park
Boy and Girl Scouts
Deaths and injuries in local area incidents
Mrs. Josephine Collier died at 80 after a Monday morning illness at her son J T Colfer home near Shannon City. Funeral services were held, with burial in Stand ishville Virginia. Mrs Newt Carter suffered non serious injuries after an automobile collision on Montgomery Street, Table details say she remained bedridden for days. the driver was Wendell Weber.
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Josephine Collier
J. T. Colfer
Shannon City
Standardsville
Newt Carter
South Marple Street
Montgomery Street
Wendel Weber
Ministers Plan Personal Work In Creston City
October will bring a concerted religious campaign in Creston led by the Ministerial Alliance. All alliance members will participate in a city wide evangelistic drive during the first 10 days of October, with a religious census under way to map prospective members by ward. Ward leaders for the survey are Thom 18 Hamilton first ward George Williams second J A Spangler third A H Hollenbeck fourth and Mrs Clara Haines fifth. Ministers joining the drive include Rev Edward Hutchingon of St Pauls Episcopal Rev J Hamilton Woodsum Baptist Rev Homer Baumgardner Methodist Clyde C Harrie Congregational Rev Arthur A Christensen Sam il Lutheran and Rev H H Twy ford Christian.
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Creston
Thom
Hamilton
George Williams
J. A. Spangler
A. H. Hollenbeck
Clara Haines
Edward Hutchingon
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
J. Hamilton Woodsum
Homer Baumgardner
Ag Clyde C. Harrie
German Evangelical Pastors Meet Here
The semi annual pastoral conference for German Evangelical ministers of southwestern Iowa opened in the Creston church and will continue through Wednesday. Attending pastors hailed from Council Bluffs Allen Sic Hamburg Griswold Shelby Dumfries and Creston. Rev. J B Birkner of 603 South Maple Street serves as local church pastor.
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Iowa
Creston
Council Bluffs
Allen Sic
Hamburg
Griswold
Shelby
Dumfries
Junior Evangelical League
J. B. Birkner
South Maple Street
Mrs Appa Cline Visits Creston En Route to Winterset
Mrs Appa Cline and her nephew, David Kellogg of Albia, spent the day in Creston while traveling to Winterset to visit the Young family at their home.
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Appa Cline
David Kellogg
Albia
Creston
Winterset
Ruth to Apologize to Huggins After Conference
Babe Ruth agreed to publicly apologize for remarks about Miller Huggins after a half hour meeting with Col. Jacob Ruppert. If the apology comes, Ruth would be immediately reinstated. otherwise Ruppert backs Huggins in continuing Ruth’s suspension and $5,000 fine.
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Associated Prenna
New York
Ruth
Yankee
Jacob Ruppert
Miller Huggins
Huggins
Babe
Yankee Stadium
Boson Red Sox
Ruppert
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Ruth Huggins Meet Aims To End Yankees Rift
New York Sept 1 prospects of a prompt settlement of disputes between Babe Ruth and Manager Miller Huggins of the Yankees grew after Ruth conferred with the club's officials at the clubhouse. A conciliatory talk followed the meeting as peace overtures reached a climax.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Chicago
Cpl
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Ruth
Huggins
St. Louis
Colonel Ruppert
Grand Central Station
Babe
Milter Huggins
Union Told to Boycott Washington Philadelphia Ball Game
The American Federation of Labor ordered all Washington union men to skip the Washington versus Philadelphia game to protest non union labor on Philadelphia Stadium construction. The federation urged similar protests in six AL cities. Local union officials announced fines of 5 to 25 dollars for attendees.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
American League Baseball Club
National Capital
Fedeoctin
Washington Central Labor Union
Gibson Cleared of Indictment in Third District Trial
Thayer resident C C Gibson was found not guilty of selling mortgaged property after a jury verdict directed by Judge A R Maxwell. The case, which began after noon adjournment, stemmed from a December 1922 sale of mortgaged cattle with proceeds going to an Omaha bank. Gibson had earlier been convicted in 1924, but that verdict was overturned on appeal. A second trial in April ended without a verdict.
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CC. T. Gibson
Thayer
A. R. Maxwell
Gibson
S. A. Long
Angie Saylor
Kylia Hendley
Warren Julian
E. H. Kaufman
Grace Herbel
Jay E .Comfort
W. Leach
C. BK. Jeffrey
Herman Clough
Car Shields
W. G. Anderson
Kansas City
Omaha
Ft Madison
Supreme Court
Bagley Horses Break Record For Pulling
At the Iowa state fair a team of Percheron geldings owned by Clyde Kinney of Bagley set a new world record in 3 000 pound class pulling 3100 pounds over the regulation distance. The seven year old, 16 1/2 hand pair surpassed last year’s 2911 pound mark amid cheering crowds. Second and third went to Des Moines Ice and Fuel teams. fourth to John Donaghy of Slater. Tests for over 3000 pound teams scheduled for today.
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Des Moines
Clyde Kinney
Bagley
Des Moines Ice and Fuel Company
John Donaghy
Slater, Ia
Miss Willa Johnson Heads to Des Moines for State Fair
Miss Willa Johnson departs this morning for Des Moines to spend several days at the state fair observing events and enjoying the exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Johnson
Des Moines
Ruth Seated in Grandstand Amid Suspension After Meeting
Col Ruppert met with Huggins and promised an apology. Huggins declined to speak until after the game. Ruth was not in uniform but sat in the grandstand, with his suspension still in effect. Benny Paschal started in right field for the game against the Red Sox.
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Jacob Ruppert
Huggins
Yankee Stadium
Ruth
Benny Paschal
Red Sox
False report charge faced by W E Pierson
W E Pierson, cashier of the insolvent State Savings bank of Afton, faces a second trial this year in district court on a false reports indictment to the state superintendent of banking. He was cleared of embezzlement last April and also faces other indictments for fraudulent banking. Jury selection began after noon and expected to stretch into the afternoon. Meantime, A Pierson, bank president and father of the cashier, faces separate fraud charges. Both father and son are out on bond. Additionally, Judge Maxwell sentenced Wills Bray and Hazel White for unlawful cohabitation, with Bray sent to Ft. Madison and White paroled to care for her children. Vaughn Bond forfeiture was ordered after he failed to appear in a separate case. Vaughn, indicted in 1920, was in custody until bonding in 1925.
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W. E. Pierson
State Savings Bank of Afton
State Superintendent of Banking
Pierson
A. Pierson
A. R. Maxwell
Wills Bray
Hazel White
Arispe
Ft. Madison
Bray
Rockwell City
Vaughn
Jim Vaughn
Lamont Scouts Praise Creston For Fine Park
Lamont Troop No 1 boys arrived home safely from a 10 day outing in McKinley Park Creston, delivering thanks to Chamber of Commerce park commission and the Country club. The letter from leader George Mesley praises the park’s sandy beach and swimming facilities and hopes for similar amenities in Lamont.
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Lamont Boy Scouts
Creston
McKinley Park
George Mesley
Joe W. Goodsell
Chamber of Commerce
Lamont
The
Park Commission
Country Club
Crestog
Lamon
New Ambassador To Japan May Be Boyden
Roland W. Boyden of Massachusetts is among candidates to succeed the late Edgar A Bancroft as ambassador to Japan. No decision until after the president returns to Washington. Several other names remain under consideration.
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Associated Washington
Roland W. Boyden
Massachusetts
Reparation Commission
Edgar A. Bancroft
Japan
Washington
Prohibs Get Injunctions Against Chicago Salons
Chicago September 1 74 injunctions were granted against saloons and soft drink providers in the district as part of reorganized prohibition efforts. Miss Mary D Bailey assistant U S district attorney said the orders were signed by Federal Judge Adam C C.
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Associated Chicago
Chicago
Mary D. Bailey
U. S
Adam C. C
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Leain
Bon
Creston Bay
Pearl Harbor
Langley
Navy
Manoa
Creston Showmen
Cuamsios
Twentieth Century Limited
Concourse Plaza
Union
Lamont Scouts
Fine Park
Boyden
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