Tax policy drama in the fortieth general assembly
The forty general assembly faces stiff opposition to excise tax proposals including a gasoline tax. House passage of the two cent per gallon gasoline levy aims to fund secondary roads, while coal tonnage is blocked by prior funding for mining schools. A bus tax to aid highway maintenance is debated alongside constitutional and departmental reforms, including a major Rockefeller foundation gift for Iowa City medical facilities and a consolidation plan for agriculture. The primary law faces resistance, and significant revisions to vehicle licensing and county authorities hover in committee as lawmakers navigate budget and policy shifts.
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Fortieth General Assembly
Senate
B& Lobby
House
Conference Committee
County Boards of Supervisors
Loymen
Buser
Iowa
United States
Rockefeller Foundation
General Education Board
Iowa City
Perkins Hospital
University Hospital
Education Board
Pottawattamie County
Dental College
Rockefeller
Kendall
McIntosh
Napier
Albert B. Cumming
Department of Agriculture
Departmental Affairs Committee
Thirty-Ninth
General Assembly
Herrin Miner Defendants Freed In Second Trial Verdict
Williamson county jurors found six defendants not guilty of murder in the Herrin massacre case after nearly six hours of deliberation. Defendants include Hugh WIllI, James Fontanetta, Oscar Howard, James Brown, Otis Clark, and Kert Grace, with earlier trials ending in acquittals for Clark and Grace on related charges.
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Marion
Williamson County
Herrin
BD. T. Hartwell
John Caughlin
Creal Springs
Hartwell
Hugh Willi
Wills
Illnois
James Fontanetta
Oscar Howard
James Brown
Otis Clark
Kert Grace
Grace
Clark
Stoward Hoffman
Antonio Malkavitch
Argonne
Caughlin
Mail Robbers Loot Is Big
Postal inspectors believe nine pouches of registered mail stolen by five bandits during a Monday hold up in St. Louis may push the total loot beyond 2.8641 million dollars. The loss is reported to be mostly non negotiable bonds.
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St. Louis
$2 Bill May Be Dropped in Currency Revisions
Washington reports a treasury committee nears completion of general money design revisions and will hand them to Secretary Mellon. If adopted, the $2 bill, long shunned by gamblers and mutilated for luck, would be first to be dropped.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Farm loans set at seven percent interest for farmers
Washington April 7 Charles Lobdell chairman of the federal farm loan board announced that the twelve new Intermediate banks under the term credits plan will establish a 2 ". 544 per cent rediscount rate, which will mean that farmers will pay 7 per cent interest.
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Washington
Charles ©. Lobdell
Federal Farm Leam Board
Roads to Add 100000 Cars and 4200 Locomotives
New York reports a national rail traffic push with an estimated 100000 additional freight cars and 4200 more serviceable locomotives to enter the busy fall period. Indiana plans 158 miles of hard surface roads at about 27.8 million dollars over three years, announced by state highway director P Williams.
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New York
Indiana Road Program
Indianapolis
Anvil Z Telin
P. Wileiams
Indiana Highway Commission
Fll
Earthquakes Strike Azores with Twin Day Tremors
Tremors were felt across the Azores with twenty two shocks reported in two days. Ponts Delgaga notes strongest activity in Western Saint Michael's area near Pont Delgada, as authorities monitor aftershocks and potential damage.
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Ponts Delgaga
Azores
Ste Michael's
Ponta Delgada
Government to Round Up Tax Dodgers Nationwide
Washington April 5 government tax chiefs launch a broad drive to collect back taxes. Distraint warrants will be issued to seize and sell delinquent taxpayers’ property, starting in Kansas City with 500 warrants. Officials expect revenues to rise from two hundred to three hundred million dollars, despite the 1917 war profits statute of limitations.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Anffort
Kansas City
Internal Revenue Bureau
Foster Jury Is Discharged After Deadlocked Deliberation
In St Joseph Michigan on April 6 the jury trying William Foster of Chicago for alleged criminal syndicalism was discharged after thirty one and a quarter hours with a 6 to 6 split from the start. The jurors cast 38 ballots without changing votes five men and one woman favored acquittal while six men favored conviction.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Wiliam
Foster
Chicago
Charles White
Mie
Arlington Hotel Fire Kills One Fireman in Arkansas
A deadly blaze at the Arlington hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas killed one fireman and seriously wounded two others when the walls collapsed on them during rescue work. More than 300 guests escaped unharmed as the fire destroyed the noted hostelry and caused damages likely over a million dollars. Firefighter George Ford is identified as the victim.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arlington Hotel
George Ford
Russians Shoot 340 Peasants in Ukrainian Town Square
Berlin dispatches report 340 peasants shot by Red troops in Jitonlk public square during a protest against the execution of a Ukrainian ecclesiastic. The scene sparked intense anti Soviet sentiment from the Baltic to the Bosphorus as unrest spreads over Bessarabia and Lausanne talks.
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Berlin
Jitonlk
Monsignor Butehkavitch
Moscow Council
Derlin
Near East
Warsaw
Baltic
Rumania
Bessarabia
Moscow
Angora
Lausanne
Turkey
Poland
Harding warns against bloc rule in Augusta speech
President Harding told a Augusta dinner there is no lasting sectionalism in the U S and warned against the rise of class divisions and bloc organizations. He said such envy and jealousy threaten the nation and urged vigilance against their development.
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Harding
United States
Augusta
Republic
Review of Farm Conditions in Washington
Washington April 6 The Agricultural department released a review of the general agricultural situation saying that farmers who manage resources well have a fairly bright outlook this year. It notes that those well situated and efficient at low costs have a chance, while less efficient farmers will struggle despite cheap credit, transportation, cooperative marketing, tariffs, price fixing, or combinations.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Arabs Slay Scores of Jews in Yemen Warfare
Dispatches from Jerusalem on April 6 report widespread Moslem attacks in Yemen southwestern Arabia. Many Jews allegedly convert to Islam to avoid death and Jewish children are said to have been seized with killings and forced conversions as hundreds flee town to town in an ongoing oppression.
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Yemen
Lam
Jerusalem
Arabia
Priest Shot From Behind in Moscow Cellar Executions
London reports Pather Butchka vitch was executed in a basement used by the Cheka. A stand was built for the executioner behind the condemned priest who was shot through the head with a revolver. The dispatch notes the method and location in Moscow. Postal receipts show March 1923 returns up 14.77 percent over March 1922, with Fort Worth and Akron leading increases.
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London
Pather Butchkavitch
Cheka
Moscow
Washington
Ami
Fort “Worth
Tex
Akron
Wreck injures sixteen on Chicago Great Western train
Sixteen passengers, mostly women, were injured when Chicago Great Western No 8 traveling from Minneapolis to Wannes City wrecked three miles east of Marshalltown Iowa. None seriously hurt. Dozens of delegates from a Ladies Auxiliary convention were aboard. Dynamite blast in Nashville injures several and damages many homes. A supply of dynamite estimated at 168 to 800 sticks exploded causing fires and injuries.
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Marshalltown
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis
Wannes City
Here
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Maccabees
Nashville
Enn
Beveril
Adjutant General Shot During Escape Attempt
Adjutant General shot while attempting to escape custody. Four-member group associated with Dullireann and Thomas Derrig said to be involved. Irregulars tied to the incident reported in the record.
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Dubin
Thomas Derrig
Origina
Dullireann
Hla
Opal Thompson sues George Upton for damages in Ogden case
The record notes Opal Thompson of Ogden filed a damage suit against George Upton alleging injuries from an incident described as a bear hug. The claim includes potential fractured ribs and seeks $5,000 in damages.
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Boone
Mise Opal Thompson
George Upton
Ogden
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