Wapello County funds short as state finds tax office gaps
A state survey uncovers a 13243.65 dollar cash shortage in Wapello county treasury during Claude Warren's term. Assist. state auditor George H. Getty cites long illness absence and accounting errors, with idle books since 1924 and many expired or worthless personal tax checks found among irregularities.
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Des Moines
Wapello County
George H. Getty
Claude E. Warren
Getty
Warren
New Clues Emerge in Iowa Slaying Case
In Des Moines and Waterloo reports, investigators detail new clues from the Carlisle strawpile murder. Evidence includes a jagged hammer, bloodstained cushions, a wool glove, a handkerchief, an initialed hat, torn notes, and a Wisconsin-resident woman found dead. Jeanette Miller remains missing amid the probe.
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Des Moines
A. P
Carlisle
T. W. Baker
Wisconsin
Jeanette Miller
Liquor Runners Fined for 11 Counts in Council Bluffs
Harry Anderson identified as Harry Potter and Eddie O Neill pleaded guilty to 11 counts of illegal liquor transport and were fined 200 dollars per count in municipal court. A truck carrying 20 thousand dollars of liquor got stuck in mud north of Council Bluffs. the cargo and a 2,500 dollar truck were confiscated. Potter waived to the grand jury on illegal license plates. bootlegging charges were dismissed.
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Council Bluffs
A. P
Seach
Harry Anderson
Harry Potter
Eddie O'Neill
Anderson
O'Neill
Eugene O'Sullivan
Omaha
Potter
Grand
Co op milk producers seek reason for Taylor firing
New York Aug 21 A P John D Miller president of the National Co operative Milk Producers Federation says a congressional investigation may be asked to determine why Dr Henry C Taylor chief of the bureau of agricultural economies was removed at Secretary Jardines request. Miller notes the group represents 340 000 to 350 000 milk producers and cites the heated congress debate over two marketing bills the commission bill and the Dickinson bill. If evidence shows Taylor was ousted for supporting the Dickinson bill, co op groups may press for a full congressional inquiry.
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New York
John D. Miller
National Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Federation
Henry C. Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Taylor
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Miller
Congress
Commission
President's Agricultural Commission
Dickinson
Co-Opera
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Taylor
Potawatttamie Count Recount Delays and Vote Changes
Washington Aug 21 The senate investigating committee reports delays in recounting Pottawattamie county Iowa due to large precincts. Steck loses 40 votes in Council Bluffs Second ward Fifth precinct while gaining 135 from clerical corrections in the Sixth ward. Twenty one Steck arrow ballots found uncounted in the First ward, Second precinct, protested by Brookhart.
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Washington
D. C
Pottawattamie County
Senate
Iowa
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Council Bluffs
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Child Hit By Car In Cedar Rapids
Four year old Marvin Shultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Shultz of Waterloo, is in critical condition in a local hospital after being struck by a car driven by J. L. Campbell. He suffered a fractured pelvis and multiple injuries. Campbell said the boy darted from behind another car into his path.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Shultz
J. Shultz
Waterloo
J. L. Campbell
Campbell
Steamer Death Toll Rises to 45 at Newport
The Mackinac disaster in Newport Rhode Island increased the death toll to 45 with hospital officials warning three more may die from burns. In Ottumwa Iowa Dr D C Brockman prominent local physician and former state medical society president died this morning at 5 20 from heart failure.
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Newport
R. I
A. P
Mackinac
Ottumwa
D. C. Brockman
The
State Medical Society
Silk Underclothes Not Wicked, Says Old Party Folklore
A fragment quotes a character reflecting on folk morality and fashion, noting silk undergarments are not wicked. The line hints at cultural attitudes from a bygone era and language typical of the period.
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa shows generally fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday and higher temperatures except in the extreme southeast. Illinois forecasts fair conditions tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures on Saturday.
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Iowa
Illinois
Trains Crash Near Granite Kills Two Injured Many
A head on collision of two Denver and Rio Grande Western tourist trains near Granite Colorado left two dead and many injured. Dispatcher Samuel L. Smith anticipated the wreck and ordered relief trains before impact.
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Salida
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Little Mountain
Granite
Denver
Salt Lake City
Samuel L. Smith
Red Cross
Leadville
Buena Vista
Rotarians Vow Response to New Yorker Critique
New York Aug 21 Rotary leaders plan a counterattack after Sinclair Lewis portrays Rotary clubs as bumptious boosters. Charles E. Keck, NY Rotary president, says Lewis is “a bit off his trolley” and vows a public rebuttal on radio.
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New York
Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Mr. Lewis
H. L. Mencken
Lewis
Zenith
Green Opposes Repeal of U S Tax
Des Moines Iowa August 21 A P W R Green council Bluffs chairman of the ways and means committee opposes federal estate and inheritance tax repeal He proposes crediting state tax against federal tax to keep uniformity and prevent tax avoidance by moving between states He calls inheritance tax one of the oldest and most practical taxes and warns states would bid against exemptions if federal tax is abolished
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Green
Des Moines
Des Moines Register
W. R. Green
Council Bluffs
Ways and Means
House of
Florida
District of Columbia
Run Gauntlet in Outlaw Strike at Bell and Zoller Mine
In Zeigler Illinois on August 21 two people were slightly injured as about 150 miners crossed a picket line at Bell and Zoller Mine No 1 while guns were shown but no shots fired. A 200 member picket force remained outside. deputies and constables were alerted to guard workers inside the shaft at 3 PM amid tense city streets and no request for troops.
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Begton
Carlos Black
Springfield
First Diversion of Interest Money for Sinking Fund
Des Moines Aug 21 The first division of public fund interest money into a state sinking fund created to cover losses from public deposits sustained through bank failures was expected to be ordered today by State Treasurer R E Johnson. Certificates for 132973 in deposits lost in three bank failures were received from the banking superintendent L A Andrew. County treasurers will be instructed to send the 2 12 per cent interest for August and September. The new law, invoked for the first time, was framed by Rep Lovrein Hum boldt and Sen Brookhart Washington.
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Des Moines
Uta
A. P
R. E. Johnson
L. A. Andrew
Lovrein
Humboldt
James Brookhart
Washington
Community Benefit Goals Highlighted
A brief note emphasizes aligning actions with the common good of the community and encourages collaboration among stakeholders. It calls for shared responsibility, ethical standards, and sustainable outcomes to support local welfare.
Coolidge Reconnects With Old Friends In Northampton
President Coolidge returns to his hometown for a brief call and meets long time friends and neighbors. He and Mrs Coolidge stay overnight at Mrs Elmira Goodhues home and depart after a 135 mile dusty drive from Plymouth Vermont. He signs the Belgian debt agreement during the visit.
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Northampton
Mass
Coolidge
Swampscott
Calvin Coolidge
Elmira Goodhue
Mrs. Coolidge
Plymouth
White House
Lawson Funeral Will Be Simple
Victor F. Lawson publisher of the Chicago Daily News will be buried at Graceland with a single headstone. His wife will be disinterred beside him in one of his lots. No home ceremony, service at New England Congregational Church, 28 honorary pallbearers and messages from President Coolidge and others accompany tributes.
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Chicago, Ill
IA. P
Graceland Cemetery
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Lake Shore Drive
New England Congregational Church
Daily News
Lawson
Cyrus H. McCormick
Col. R. R. McCormick
William L. McLean
Frank B. Noyes
Adolph S. Ochs
Julius Rosenwald
John C. Shaffer
Melville E. Stone
Coolidge
Dawes
Associated Press
Kent Cooper
Applause Value Debated by McKellar in Postal Rates Hearing
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of Tennessee argued applause is worth one cent not two during testimony before a joint congressional committee on postal rates in Chicago. Witnesses from business firms described a decline in postcard and applause card use after rate increases.
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Chicago
Til
IA. P
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee
Joint
Congressional Committee On
L. L. Hunter
Henry Field Seed Company of
Shenandoah, Inc
Animals killed in stockyard blaze at Swift plant
In Sioux City on August 21, a fire swept the Swift and Company stockyard killing pens. About 1 090 cattle sheep and hogs were housed there and many were killed by the flames and stampede. Loss reported at 12 000.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
Prohibition Force Names 24 District Administrators
Washington Aug 21 A P The new prohibition army expands under General Andrews with 24 district administrators named many already in service Their task to curb bootlegging illegal manufacture and distribution and to aid local law enforcement A W MacCampbell chosen as head of the sixteenth district Iowa will be served by the new team with high salaries up to 6000 a year Walton A Green named chief prohibition investigator inclusion of several acting administrators noted The effort targets importation manufacture diversion and transportation of illegal spirits and emphasizes eliminating the bootleg network from source to street
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Prohibition Army
Uncle Sam
Andrews
The
Treasury
Chile
Walton A. Green
Boston Journal
Internal Revenue Bureau
A. W MacCampbell
Iowa
Canal Street
R. B. Sams
Boston
J. A. Foster
New York
R. Q Merrick
Buffalo
Frederick Baird
Pittsburgh
William G. Murdock
Philadelphia
Edmund Bunnitz
Baltimore
R. A. Fulchler
Roanoke
B. C. Sharpe
Charlotte
N. C
Halsey
Tampa
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Watterloo
Lcohol
Mebbe
North Pole
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NEW Yorker
Tical
Iowan
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M’ Kellar
A.W. M'Campbell
Brunson
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