Iowa Governor Urges Broad Tax Reform and Agricultural Aid
Governor Kendall argues for code revision early in the Iowa legislature and calls for comprehensive tax reform. He presses equalized assessments, farmer financing plans, and audits of state agencies while urging expansion of women’s civic participation and targeted relief for agriculture amid rising taxes.
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State Board of Control
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War Finance Corporation
Tax Commission
Commonwealth
South Dakota
Minnesota
State Board of Assessment and Review
Actua
Basswood's Rise From Worthless to Widely Useful
Science transforms the basswood from a despised wood to a valued resource. The Department of Agriculture cites 680 practical uses and a 250 million board feet annual output, urging farmers to plant basswood for profitable forest crops.
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Department of Agriculture
Basswood
Forest
Uncle Sam
United States
Seattle's Fairest Chosen Queen for Dalila Exposition
Seattle selects Miss Maude Dakin as the fairest daughter for the citys Dalila exposition. Dakin, eighteen, blonde with blue eyes, represents the northwestern metropolis as queen of the annual event.
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Maude Dakin
Seattle
Miss Dakin
Flat Tire and Wooden Leg Win Victory in Court
New York记录报道称木腿与轮胎缺陷助推卡车司机G. Davis在刑事法庭获得对警察法院判决的胜诉。控方警官Michael Carricato证称 Davis驾车zigzag且下车后踉跄。Davis辩称跛脚与轮胎瘫痪是成因。
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New York
G. Davis
Michael Carricato
Davis
Hogs fatten on nuts in Kentucky and Virginia mountains
Nut crop in eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia mountains features acorns beech and hickory nuts. Hogs fed on the surplus swine fatten well with a harvest expected to be among the largest in history for the region.
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Whitesburg
Kentucky
Virginia
Hawk Stunts Steal Spotlight at Fort Riley Flying Circus
In Junction City Kansas a large chicken hawk performed beside military aviators during a Fort Riley flying circus event. The bird followed a daring stunt flyer through multiple evolutions then disappeared as the machine climbed high into the sky.
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Big Hawk
Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley
Why hermit crabs share with anemones and worms
London reports Dr. J H Orton of the Plymouth Marine Biological Laboratory explains why the common hermit crab lives with certain anemones and communal worms. The anemone gains food and mobility while the crab gains protection. the worm latches onto scraps, tolerated by the crab.
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London
J. H. Orton
Plymouth Marine Biological Laboratory
Doctor Orton
Funeral Hearse Demolished by Train Crash in Indianapolis
Funeral services for Mrs. Goldie Garle were postponed a day after a passenger train struck the hearse at a crossing. The open gates were not lowered as the cortege passed, damaging the coffin and injuring the hearse driver. The crossing watchman claimed overwhelming duties caused the lapse.
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Indianapolis
Goldie Garle
Wireless photography strides forward from London
The Daily Mail reports electrician T. T. Baker, a pioneer in photo telegraphy, has completed a wireless photography process. A photo was transmitted from one building to another, 100 yards away, in three minutes and reproduced on a sensitive film. The paper suggests future use for untethered picture transmission.
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London
The
Daily Mail
T. T. Baker
Iowa News Roundup Reflects Local Events and Leaders
A long list of readings shows diverse Iowa items from court beginnings and legislature steps for women to be elected, farm reports on milk, sugar beets, and hogs, plus public notices, a wolf drive, and anniversary notes. Names include Grant, Lowden, Kendall, and Mayer, with communities like Mason City, Des Moines, and Eldora highlighted.
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Ghester
Omaha
Milton
Erin Larg
Iowa City
A. New.city Ordnance
Joseph Lawless
Eldora
Cerro’ Gordé
Iowa
House ‘of Representatives
Senate
Dorothy. Koellner
Madison
Botiua
Wapello
Pioneer
Black Hawk County
Davenport
Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy
Sioux City
American Legion
Mason City
B. W. Lanning
Correctionville
Harold B. Gilbert
State Center
Superior Court
Yakima County
Wash
Louis F. Hart
Lynnville
Yiowa
Northern Sugar Corporation
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Traffic League
Des Moines
Des Moines County
Norris Bill Advances Amid Senate Banking Hearings
The Norris bill moves to report as the Senate Banking and Currency Committee continues its hearing on the administration program for rural credits. Senate leaders hold that the measure would place the government definitively into business and is unlikely to gain broad support.
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senate_banking and currency committee
Senate
Board of Three Directors Oversees Agricultural Board
A proposed framework would place management of the board by three directors appointed by the President. The original bill required the Secretary of Agriculture to be one director, a provision later removed. The plan authorizes capital stock of 100000000 to build and operate elevators warehouses and to buy sell and finance agricultural products for cooperatives and other producers.
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of Agriculture
Committee To Study U S Role In World Affairs And Defense
A National Civic Federations committee of notable leaders from labor, agriculture, business and public life will examine how far the United States should participate in international affairs and whether to reduce armed forces. Members include Root, Archbishop OConnell, Mrs Minor, and Tobin with aims to influence government policy toward League of Nations cooperation and military restraint.
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Alton B. Parker
Civic
United ‘States
Federation
Eliie
Buhu Root
O’connell
Boston
George Maynard Minor
General National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood ‘of Teamsters
Helpers of America
Livingston ® Farrand
Cornell’ University
Frederic R. ‘Coudert
Henry A. Reilly
Reserve ‘Officers
Association
Col
Robert M.' ‘Thompson
American Olympic Association
A. M. Loeb
National Corn
Salestien's
Ers
Gen Te “Harbord
Hoke
Smith
Interior
League
Nations
Kansan Governor Allen in heated clash with Klan leader
Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen and H. W. Harris of Dallas met at the Willard Hotel in a dramatic confrontation over the Ku Klux Klan. Borglum arranged the encounter. Allen stood by his opposition to the Klan while Harris defended it as patriotic. Harris suggested the Klan might shed secrecy in time.
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Gutzon Borglum
Evans
Contested Virginia House Seat Sparks Patronage Claims
In a heated session Representative Thomas W. Harrison charged Virginia Republicans with patronage racketeering. He presented letters and checks tying C Bascom Slemp to patronage disbursement as the chamber voted to vacate Slemp’s seat and seat John Paul in his place pending March 4. Harrison, a Democrat elected in November, would return to his seat in the new Congress.
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House of Representatives
Thomas W. Harrison
Virginia
Hig
Harrison
C.’ Bascomb Slemp
Repubican National
Virginia Repubican
Slemp
Howard
House
John Paul
Congress
New Senators Shake Up Veteran Members in Senate
The piece notes recent freshmen Senators Couzens of Michigan and Brookhart of Iowa upset traditional norms. It quotes the Philadelphia Public Ledger calling them baby senators who confront a Republican administration, while older members lament lack of procedure and uniform leadership. It observes a shift to individualism and varied agendas among lawmakers.
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United States
Atlantic Coast
Prairies
Georgia
Mississippi
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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