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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1930
Page
7
Early morning mails bring first answers to the hidden sentence contest offered as a new Play Better Bridge feature. Officials expect heavier return before the first week prize money closes at 6 o'clock Wednesday. prizes range from 7.50 to 2 dollars.
Senate members clash over a 116 million emergency relief and construction bill. Democrats protest the removal of presidential spending powers while senators threaten to fight the conference report. A naval committee hears Admiral Pratt push for a stronger merchant marine and urgent relief advocates press Congress for immediate action.
City council finance committee and city board of health will meet Tuesday night at city hall. Various local items include births, injuries, memberships, permits, and college events with residents from Muscatine and surrounding towns.
Anna B. Hundley was granted a decree of divorce from George Hundley with custody of their minor daughter by Judge W. R. Maines in district court. The suit was uncontested. She received clothing and personal effects, $75 attorney fees, and alimony of $15 monthly until the child reaches 16. The couple married Sept. 2, 1913.
Hiram House 86 of Des Moines died Saturday from extreme poverty while a $500 pension check to him was on its way from Washington. His son Corporal Rosa House was killed in line of duty at Fort Niagara in February 1921. The couple lived on a $30 monthly pension before. Pension agent John J McMahon found them destitute and arranged the $500 service credit for dependents of a fallen soldier.
The Clark measure proposes a 1931 levy on 1930 income with 1 percent on the first 2000 and 1 percent more per 1000 until 5 percent. Minimum taxes apply to residents earning over 1 000 or married residents over 2 000. Provisions tax estates and trusts. deductions include business expenses taxes losses depreciation and several others with limits. Personal exemptions and dependents reduce net tax. Returns due within 90 days with two installments possible. Penalties include 5 percent plus 1 and 1 percent monthly lateness. failure to file or pay raises rates up to 20 percent. Appeals go to the state board of assessment and review. secrecy is guaranteed with annual statistics published.
Military court hears defense testimony that bichloride of mercury was used to treat Mrs Shepard rather than poison. Major M A Rose testified five to six pints of mercury solution were given as a mouth wash for trench mouth before her death at Fort Riley in June 1929. Major E J Strickler said signs pointed to alcoholic poisoning, not mercury, as he attended Mrs Shepard.
Washington AP reports Julius H. Barnes chairing the National Business Survey Conference notes US industries stayed resilient amid recession. He cites adaptation balancing production and consumption and says overall trade volume remains large with some sectors outperforming due to courage initiative and enterprise.
The Fox Palace theater and the Salvation Army sponsor a canned goods matinee for children under 12 next Saturday afternoon. John W. Creamer, manager, invites all children to bring one or more cans for admission to the 2 30 or 4 30 shows. Salvation Army representatives will collect the food. Last year the drive yielded a large haul amid rising aid calls.
The labor department reports a 2.5 percent drop in employment and a 5.1 percent fall in payroll totals for November from October. The figures come from the U S government and are released by AP.
Civil guards fired on republican sympathizers killing one and wounding another as nationwide arrests of republican leaders including Niza Alcala Zamora were planned. The Jaca revolt followed by a battle at Ayerbe Pass ended with two ringleaders executed. a manifesto urged support or be blasted.
The article recounts sustained political upheaval in Spain from before 1923 through 1930. It notes repeated assassination attempts on King Alfonso, mass republican protests in Madrid, Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, abdication rumors, economic decline, and planned yet delayed sales of delinquent tax articles overseen by Frances B. Rosenbaum with an adjourned date of January 19.
Receiver sells to J H McCleeary and Everett M McCleeary a described tract in Muscatine County Iowa. The parcel contains 10 acres more or less in the NW quarter of Section 12 Township 76 Range 4W, with a price of 700 dollars as per contract attached to the Receiver's Application.
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