Iowa budget urged to cut state tax levy to 9.67 mills
Des Moines budget director Oscar Anderson proposed a 32.87 million dollar two year appropriation to run state government, with higher receipts allowing the general property tax levy to fall from 10 to 9.67 mills. He allocated funds to state institutions, education, and departments, while opposing annuity funds at state schools.
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Theodore F. Koop
Associated Press
Des Moines
Oscar Anderson
General Assembly
Anderson
Board of Control
Board of Education
Forty-third
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
University
State College
State Teachers College
Bandits Rob Manchester Bank In Pittsburgh Loot $50000
Six armed robbers held up Manchester Savings Bank and Trust in Pittsburgh and escaped with about $50,000 after forcing the paying teller to open the vault. The heist, described as carried out by young men, involved a stolen car used in part of the escape.
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Pittsburgh
Manchester Savings Bank and Trust Company
Superior Fire Insurance Company
Dravo Grampton
Mercury Drops Persist As Midwest Temps Fall
The region recorded a 10 degree drop in 24 hours totaling 20 degrees since Sunday morning with readings near 12 above zero this morning. The Mississippi river stood at 2.7 feet and forecasts showed cloudy spells easing as temperatures rise by Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Charles D. Reed
Dubuque
Des Moines
Free Wood for Cutting Offered to Needy in Muscatine
A group of South Muscatine men announce one hundred cords of free wood for cutting to fuel needy and out of work residents. Wood is available on an island south of Salisbury bridge about eight miles from Muscatine. Otis Olinger and O M Brown publicized the offer through The Journal. Interested parties should call William Havemann’s grocery at Oregon and Baker streets.
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Freewood
South Muscatine
Sitisbury Bridge
Muscatine
The
Journal Today
Otis Olinger
Nebraska Street
O. M. Brown
Kansas Street
William Havemann
Oregon and
Baker Streets
Relief Bill Agreement Reached in Emergency Aid
Washington AP relief bill conference report sets 116 million emergency employment appropriation and a two year immigration suspension with relatives of residents allowed entry until quotas fill. Conferees from Senate and House approve the measure and plan to return the report to the Senate for action.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Senate
House
Democrats Oppose Christmas Recess Over Drought Relief
Washington AP Democrats in both chambers refuse a Christmas recess until drought relief legislation is enacted. House Minority Leader Garner accuses Republican leadership of filibuster attempts and says administrative Democrats back delaying adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Representative Garner
Senate dispute over emergency funds provision stalls bill
The article notes Democrats assail the senate decision to strike a provision granting President Hoover authority to use emergency funds as needed. Senator Robinson urged restoring the clause to speed the legislation, while Chairman Jones of the appropriations committee prepared to resume work on the measure.
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Hoover
Senate
Robinson
Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
County Board Limits Quarantine Aid to Authorized Claims
The Muscatine county board ruled no quarantine aid for groceries fuel clothing or services unless approved by the county social worker and overseer of the poor. They transferred 8000 from the emergency fund to the general fund to cover current expenses and planned to reconvene December 22.
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Board of Supervisors
Muscatine
Muscatine Township
County General Fund
County Assessors Duties Outlined in New Measure
Iowa lawmakers consider a bill to establish county assessors elected by boards of supervisors for four year terms with deputies as needed. The duties require full-time service, assessment of all real and personal property, examination of public records, compliance with the state board, and oversight by the board of assessment and review.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Assessment and Review
County Board of Supervisors
State Board
Gas Strike On Letts Farm Tests Local Oil Hopes
Strong gas flow was struck at 107 feet on the Lester Hafner farm near Letts by Cedar Rapids interests as drilling continues. The well caved in after the flow appeared and officials plan casings and new borings to prevent further collapse while pursuing oil potential in the area.
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Letts
Lester Hafner
Cedar Rapids
Hafner
Cram in City to Confer on School Reading
Prof. Fred Cram of Iowa State Teachers College will present reading survey results for Muscatine schools to grades four through eight teachers. The conference at City Hall Monday afternoon will review questionnaires filled out by teachers and discussed by seven instructors.
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Muscatine
Fred Cram
Extension Department
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Cram
City Hall
Beverly Hillis Heads to Hollywood from New York
Beverly Hillis leaves a New York flat and heads for Hollywood. The note suggests he is involved with miniature courses and people anticipate his arrival in California.
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Beverly Hillis
Calif
Einstein
New York
Hollywood
Major Calm Witness in Own Behalf
Maj Charles A Shepard testified in his murder trial that his wife’s alcohol and narcotic habits harmed their marriage and health. He said he sought solace in Grace Brandon, a blonde stenographer, as his wife’s condition worsened and feared insanity echoed by her mother.
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Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Race Brandon
Army
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Spanish Rebels Fail and Threaten New Revolt
The king of Spain survives a republican uprising but rebels vow more trouble. The Premier General moves toward a dictatorial rule to quell the revolt, after sending 10,000 loyal troops against the rebels on Monday.
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Spain
World travels described by Byrd Antarctic explorer
Raymond Mercola, youngest Byrd expedition member, spoke at First Methodist church about journeys spanning 100000 miles across 48 states and many continents. He recounted boyhood starts at age 13 and shared travel and exploration highlights woven through his talk. The Men's club banquet for 145 attendees preceded the program.
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Canada
Mexico
Cuba
South America
Africa
South Sea Islands
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand
Antarctic
Raymond Mercola
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mercola
Dr Daut Ill At Home Again
Dr W W Daut of the Muscatine clinic, injured in an accident three weeks ago, is confined to his bed. The back injury tore ligaments at the prior spine fracture site from July 1929. Doctors expect several weeks of extension and rest treatments before a full recovery.
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W. W. Daut
Muscatine Clinic
Weather Table for Davenport Keokuk and St Louis
River stage readings show Davenport 1.9 with fall 0.1, Keokuk 0.1 with fall 0.4, and St Louis 13 with fall 0.1. Observations present a dataset of measured levels and declines across locations.
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Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
Bank Bandits Endown Lives Near Sidell After Chase
Two gang members died by their own hand during a pursuit that crossed state lines. A third bandit was wounded and two others captured at the Leo Moody farm, eight miles northwest of Sidell. About $15,000 was recovered from a briefcase tossed from their car. Joeer, a 32-year-old deputy sheriff of Dana, was severely wounded near Dana and died later in Haute hospital. Sheriff Ernie Boetts led the pursuit, cutting off the gang after refueling.
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Sidell
State Line
Leo Moody
Here
Citizens State Bank
Clinton
Ind
Joeer
Dana
Haute
Ernie Boetts
Clinois
Boetts
Elwah to Be Farm Speaker at Muscatine County Banquet
Earl Elijah of Clarence Iowa president of the Iowa Livestock Marketing Corp will speak at the Muscatine county Farm Bureau annual banquet on January 8 Plans for the event were reviewed by bureau directors at the courthouse meeting Officers nominated will be elected at the banquet The budget for 1931 was approved by the board The auditing committee endorsed the records Leonard Agnew Goshen Township will attend the Iowa Farm Bureau federation meeting in Des Moines January 14 15 16 Gail McClean Wilton Township was elected alternate voting delegate.
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Earl Elijah
Clarence
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Muscatine County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Resolutions Committee
Audiiting Committee
Leonard Agnew
Goshen Township
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Gail McClean
Wilton Township
Franco Blames Artillerymen for Abortive Spanish Revolt
Major Ramon Franco says the artillery corps betrayed the attempted overthrow of the Spanish monarchy and a republic will be proclaimed within a month. He and others sought liberty and to end eight years of tyranny, while refugees stay interned in Lisbon Portugal.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ramon Franco
Spain
Franco
Youth hunted as slayer of aged mother and father
Police sought 28 year old Paul Brown in Nashville Indiana for the slaying of his parents and the burning of their bodies in the family home four miles northeast of town on Monday. Officers believed his alleged radio invention work drove him to commit the killings.
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Nashville
Ind
Paul Brown
Here
Brown
Food Shortage Threatens Major European Cities
Across Lisbon and Madrid the AP reports a general strike and riots in Spanish cities while martial law struggles to curb unrest. Refugees flee Santander as mobilization spreads. Berenguer claims revolution suppressed in Madrid. Ramon Franco and associates interned in Lisbon amid extradition talks.
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Associated Press
Eee
Cosen
Santander
France
Madrid
R Berenguer
Lisbon
Ramon Franco
Tus
Diegler to Lead Chapter Headline
Diegler chosen to head the chapter in a forthcoming leadership appointment announced to readers. The notice hints at organizational changes and sets expectations for future actions and events related to the chapter's activities.
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Shepard
Alfonso XIII
Damasco Berenguer
DR. Daut
Bank Bandits
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