Rockefeller Heaviest Payer Of Income Tax In 1924
The press reports John D Rockefeller Jr led personal income tax payments in 1924 with 6.23 million dollars. Andrew Mellon and Charles W. Dulles figures follow, while President Coolidge and other prominent figures also paid sizable taxes. Chicago lists show sharp drops for some, including William Wrigley Jr. and Edward Hurley’s rises. Los Angeles notes reveal Charles Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle among top earners paying taxes.
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Uncle Sam
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fenty Ford
Bacel Ford
Hi Father
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Ald
Coolidge
Dawes
Taft
Douglas Fairbanks
Max Steuer
John W. Davi
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Jack Dempee Pion
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Chauncey M. Depew
U. S
Copeland
Secretary of the Interior
A.B
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 Oil Company of
New York
Rex Beach
Richard Barthelmess
Charles Scribnér
Otto H. Kahn
Chicago
Wrigley
Tate
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Los Angeles
Internal Revenue
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Roscoe
Arbucks
Arbuckle
Rudolph Valentino
Wallace Beery
Monte Blue
Lon’ Chaney
Hobart Bosworth
Reginald Denny
Buster Keaton
Barbara LeMarr
Ramon Novarro
Charles Ray
Chaplin
Chaplin Stu Lio, Inc
Ben Turpin
Los Angels and Vicinity
Notion Picture Colony
Gloria Swanson
Jesse E. Lasky
James Cruz
Mary Pick
California
Spain
Ighe
Atlanta E. Gillette
King C. Gillett
Creston Bay Selected For National Organization
Fred Tissue, 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Tissue, has been notified of his selection for membership in the League of Sales men. The honor society is run by a publishing company for boys who sell its publications and admittance depends on regular school attendance and customer service. Teachers report the program helps boys gain responsibility and makes schooling feel more real.
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Fred Tissue
Ralph Tissue
League of Salesmen
Union county August reports show tax and license shifts
August activity in Union county featured higher civil actions and marriage licenses while auto registration fell. Delinquent tax receipts totaled 2660.75, licenses issued 14, and 245 county papers filed, with 89 new fishing licenses and notable income tax data from Los Angeles figures referenced.
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Union County
Board of Supervisors
New State
Recorder's
Farl
Trenholm
Lincoln
Neb
Seaplane PN-9 In Long Flight Toward Pearl Harbor
Reports from Honolulu and San Francisco detail the PN-9 number one seaplane flying from San Francisco toward Hawaii. Navy dispatches say it was within about 250 miles of Honolulu around 9:45 am local time. Other PN-9 aircraft in the relay effort included the disabled number three and the Langley pursuit, with efforts to relaunch toward Crissy Field and continue westward toward Hawaii.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
PN-9
Hawaii
Fourteenth Naval District
Allan Snody
PNB
Crissy Field
West Coast
San Francico
U88
Reno
Lnner
Los Angeles
Visibe
Farragut
Naval Radio
President Polk
Polk
Federal Telegraph Company
Creston Showmen and Stage Hands Reach Agreement
Creston Showmen and Employes signed a one year agreement with Local Stage Hands and Operators Union No 693. The deal raises weekly pay from 28.50 to 42.60 based on hours worked. L Bacon leads the local union affiliated with state and national bodies.
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P. E .Thomas
Creston
L. Bacon
Four Occupants Escape Death In Plane Crash
Four occupants narrowly escaped death when a plane crashed into a gravel pit at Eagle Grove Iowa. C E Tuttle of Red Oak piloted the craft, with three boys aboard. Two were thrown clear, one pulled from the burning wreckage by the pilot. All suffered only minor injuries.
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the Associates
Eagle Grove
C. E. Tuttle
Red Oak
Local Treasures and Trials Highlight Weekend News
J F Bischof 26 and Mary Fuller 24 of Tingley wed by district clerk. Creston pairs Lowell Andrews 22 and Gladys Wallace 20 receive licenses. Bell home fire on West Jefferson street caused pan parattine fire. extinguished. Charles G. Adrian, Greenfield laborer, files federal bankruptcy petition listing 11 280 unsecured debts, 200 assets. Paul Johnston son of Johnstons of North traveled to Annapolis for naval academy instruction. midshipman cruise ends. Rotary Club tour to McKinley park log cabin for city spies and girl goons. interior work pending. Mrs Josephine Collier dies at 8 4 am near Shannon City age 8. funeral at Standar dsville Virginia. Mrs Newt Carter 210 South Mu ne Street not seriously injured after auto collision Monday. will require bed rest. Car struck by Wen zel Weber during incident on Montgomery et te between Maple and Pine.
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J. F. Bischof
Mary Fuller
Bor
Tingley
Lowell Andrews
Gladys Wallace
Creston
Paul F. Johnston
George A. Johnston
North
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Creston Ygath
Newt Carter
South Mune Street
Montgomery Ette
Wenzel Weber
Ministers Plan Personal Evangelistic Drive in Creston
The Ministerial Alliance of Creston announces a city wide personal visitation evangelistic drive to run the first ten days of October. A religious census is under way by wards to identify prospective members, with ministers from several churches joining the effort.
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Creston
Thomas Hamilton
George Williams
J. A. Spangler
A. H. Hollenbeck
Clara Haines
Edward Hutchinson
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
J. Hamilton Woodsum
Baptist
Homer Baumgardner
Clyde C. Harris
German Evangelical Pastors Meet Here
The semi arust pastoral conference for German Evangelical ministers of southwestern Iowa opened in the Creston church and runs to Wednesday. Attending are pastors from Council Bluffs Atlantic Hamburg Griswold Shelby Dumfries and Creston. This evening a Cres ton Junior Evangelical league meeting will feature speeches by attending ministers.
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Iowa
Creston
Council Bluff
Atlantic
Hamburg
Griswold
Shelby
Dumfries
Creston Junor Evangelical League
J. B. Birkner
South Maple Street
Loca
Ruth Ruth Penitent in Talks With Ruppert on Huggins Rift
Babe Ruth, after a tense dispute over Miller Huggins, met with Col. Jacob Ruppert to seek reinstatement and peace. Ruth apologized for off field remarks and expressed desire to stay with the Yankees, planning to visit Ruth hoped to meet Huggins and return to play. Ruth’s $5000 fine but still unsettled, Ruth moved toward a conciliatory settlement.
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Ansett
New York
Babe Ruth
Yankee
Jacob Ruppert
Miller Huggins
Ruth
Huggins
Babe
Bush
Yankee Stadium
Boson Red Sox
Met
Tam
Sean
Ruppert
Abe Ruth
Miller
Yankees
Hhim
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Concourse Plaza
Col Jaco Ruppert
Huggine
St. Loui
Colonel Ruppert
Husginy
Rath
Grand Central Station
Benny Paschal
Red Sox
Union Urges Washington Labor to Boycott Ball Game
In a labor drive, the American Federation of Labor called on all Washington union members to skip the Washington versus Philadelphia baseball game. The federation aims to apply economic pressure on the Philadelphia labor action and urged similar protests across American League cities. The Washington Central Labor Union warned members who attended would face discipline.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
American League Baseball Club
National Capital
Washington Philadelphia
Philadelphia Eften Union
Fedecuin
American League Citien
Washington Central Labor Uniom
Gibson Cleared of Indictment in Thayer Trial
In a third district court trial T Gibson of Thayer was found not guilty on charges of selling mortgaged cattle. The case, retried after a prior conviction and appeal, saw a jury overruled a motion to dismiss and included lengthy deliberations. The defendant acted as his own attorney and the trial addressed prior transcripts and a disputed direct verdict.
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T. Gibson
Thayer
A. R. Maxwell
Gibson
Long
Angie Saylor
Ella Handley
Warren Julian
E H. Kaufman
Grace Herber
Jay B Comfort
W. Leach
B. Jeffrey
Herman Clough
Carl Shields
W. G. Anderson
Gideon
Kagsag City
Omaha
Ft Madison
War
Supreme Court
Bagley Horses Break Record For Pulling
Des Moines news reports a world record 3,100 pound pull by Clyde Kinney’s Bagley Iowa Percheron geldings at the state fair, besting their 2,911 pound mark last year. The seven-year-old team, 16½ hands, drew hundreds of spectators as Des Moines Ice and Fuel and Slater’s John Donaghy teams followed in placing. Today’s events include teams over 4,000 pounds.
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Des Moines
Sept
Jowy
Clyde Kinney
Bagley
Des Moines Ice and Fuel Company
John Donaghy
Slater
Willa Johnson
FALSE REPORT CHARGE FACED BY W E PIERSON
W E Pierson, cashier of the State Savings bank of ftom, went on trial in district court facing a false report charge for the bank’s failure. He was previously cleared of embezzlement last April and now faces one of eight indictments alleging fraudulent banking. Jury selection began after 8. Others pending include similar charges against him and his father.
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Pierson
Inedl State Savings Bank
Ftom
Ictuien
Mierno
Indien Howe
UXCOA
Lamont Scouts Praise Creston For Fine Park Visit
Lamont No 1 troop 10 day outing to Creston ends with homecoming letter from leader George Mosley. Joe W. Goodwell reports the Lamont scouts thank the Chamber of Commerce park commission and country club for help before and during the stay. The boys recall a lovely park with a sandy beach and fine swimming creating happy memories and plans for similar events locally.
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Lamont Scouts
Creston
Fine Park
Lamont Boy Scouts
McKinley Park
Amen
George Mosley
Joe W. Goodwell
Chamber of Commerce
Lamon
Cha F of Commerce
The
Park Commission
Country Club
New Ambassador To Japan May Be Boyden
Roland W Oyden of Massachusetts, a former American observer with the commission, is under consideration to succeed the late Edgar A Bancroft as ambassador to Japan. No final decision until the chief executive returns to Washington. several other names remain under consideration.
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Associaton
Washington
Roland Woyden
Massachusetts
Reporation Commission
Edgar A. Bancroft
Japan
Prohibs get injunctions against Chicago saloons
In Chicago district 74 injunctions against saloons and soft drink parlors were obtained by Miss Mary D Bailey assistant U S district attorney. The orders were signed by Federal Judge Adam C Clittes in the wake of the reorganized prohibition drive.
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Chicago
Mary D. Bailey
U. S
Adam C. Clittes
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Rockefeller
Ford and Son
Creston Bay
Boston
Collector of Internal Revenue
Associated Press
Mutual Wireless Company
Rodgore
N Francisco
Langley
Navy
Manoa
Bell
West Jefferson Street
Charles G. Adrian
Greenfield
Iowana Hotel
Rotary Club
Josephine Collier
J.T. Collier
Shannon City
Standardaville
Anna Cline
David Kellogg
Albia
Winterset
Young
Ruth Penitent
Yankee Slugger
Union
W. E. Pierson
Arispe
Vaughn
Willie Bray
Hazel White
Azispe
Ft. Madison
Bray
Rockwell City
Jim Vaughn
Maxwell
Blauer
Court House
Boyden
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