County Receives 353,127 Tax Refund Under Three Point Plan
Iowa property owners will get about 3.7 million dollars in three point tax refunds before September 30, based on assessed valuations. Muscatine county’s share is 35,127 on a 27,367,826 valuation, with rural areas favored. City dwellers with 2000 valuation homes see roughly 2.58 credit. Des Moines area totals rise with Polk county refunds near 174,854.
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George Mills
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Muscatine County
State Board of Assessment and Review
Board of Assessment and Review
Polk County
Death of Gladys Faye Whitmer Smith 32
Gladys Faye Whitmer Smith 32, of Muscatine, died Friday at Sterling Ill public hospital. A son was born shortly before her death. Born June 26 1903 in Muscatine she was the daughter of J P Whitmer and Mrs Whitmer. She married Ernest H Smith May 31 1924. Surviving are her husband her parents a baby son and several sisters. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal church in Sterling with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Gladys Faye Whitmer Smith
Muscatine
Sterling, Ill
Gladys Fae Whitmer
J. P. Whitmer
Muscatine High School
DeKalb College
DeKalb
Ernest H. Smith
Musca
Whiteside County
Ill
Fairbanks Home
Trinity Episcopal Church
Stanley P. Jones
Greenwood Cemetery
Italy Says It Will Attend League Council If Called
Rome officials report Italy will attend a League of Nations council meeting if summoned to discuss the Ethiopia dispute. Authorities say Italy has not violated the Briand Kellogg pact and would oppose the council naming an arbitrator to the conciliation commission. If the council attempts to exert influence, Italy would resist and may quit the league. Hull’s stance is viewed in Washington as a sign of U S concern.
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Rome
Italy
Council of the League of Rations
Ethiopia
Hull
League
League of Nations
Washington
United States
Waley Kidnaping Case Goes to Jury in Tacoma
A federal jury in Judge Edward Cushman's court in Tacoma heard the case of Mrs. Margaret Tuhlin Waley charged with kidnaping and conspiring to kidnap 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser. Instructions stressed interstate transportation must be proven for conviction and that conspiracy requires an overt act by a co conspirator in the western district of Washington.
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Tacoma
Wash
Edward E. Cushman
Margaret Tuhlin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Cushman
Washington
Anglo Italian trade tensions over Abyssinia
Santa Monica observers note Italy pursues Abyssinia trade while Japan and other nations undersell globally. Critics recall earlier mass production patents and point to England pressuring Italy to limit Abyssinian expansion as border tensions complicate the market.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Italy
Abyssinia
England
Mrs. H Hathaway Taken by Death
Mrs. Harry Hathaway 42 a lifelong Muscatine resident died at home 604 East Eighth Street at 5 15 am. She was in poor health a year and seriously ill two weeks. Born Nora Kurriger August 25 1892 she married Harry Hathaway August 7 1912. Survived by husband daughter Zelma two sisters and three brothers. Funeral at St Mathias church 9 am Monday with burial in St Marys cemetery.
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Harry Hathaway
Muscatine
East Eighth Street
Zelma
August Zukasty
Moscow Township
Josephine Kent
Elgin
Frank Kurriger
Ollie Kurriger
Milwaukee
Phillip Kurriger
Meyers Funeral Home
St. Mathias Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Purvis Resignation Stirs Justice Department Rumors
The Justice Department would not confirm reports of dissension between J Edgar Hoover and Melvin H Purvis Jr over Purvis resignation. Officials cited friction as known but not commented while noting the G men face frequent transfers and home life disruption.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Melvin H. Purvis, Jr
Chicago
G-men
Purvis
Justice Department
Hoover
Atlantic City
N. J
Justice
Hoovg
Des Moines Bakers Halt Production As Strike Expands
Des Moines area bakeries remain closed as a two day walkout by 250 union workers widens. Picketing continues at six major firms with owners suspending operations and advocating closed shops. Some bread still reaches hospitals and relief agencies while deliveries by union drivers are blocked.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ullon Des
Owners’ Association
Arrangements for Schmeling Louis Fight Completed
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced that arrangements are complete for a 15 round heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis of Detroit and Max Schmeling of Germany at the Polo Grounds on September 18.
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New York
Joe Louis
Detroit
Max Schmeling
Germany
Polo Grounds
Mike Jacobs
20Th Century Club
Weather outlook and river stages for Midwest regions
The forecast covers Iowa and Illinois with fair conditions tonight and Sunday and minor temperature changes. Week outlook for the Great Lakes region predicts generally fair conditions early with showers later and seasonable to warmer temperatures. Upper Mississippi, lower Missouri valleys and Great Plains expect fair weather with midweek showers and rising or falling river levels in Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Keokuk.
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Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Norhern
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
U S and Soviet Reach Trade Pact to Boost Business
The United States and Soviet Russia pledged to buy 30 million dollars of American goods in the coming year and to grant in return all benefits of trade pacts with Belgium, Haiti and Sweden. The agreement, signed in Moscow and announced by the State Department, aims to end 18 years of strained commercial relations and could triple bilateral trade.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
United States
Belgium
Haiti
Sweden
Moscow
State Department
Excess Profits Tax Sparks Debate in Congress
Washington reports say members of the ways and means committee discuss replacing a progressive corporate tax with a heavy excess profits tax. Hearings on the tax plan continue as investigations into lobbying for the utilities bill surface amid renewed talk of suspending the Passamaquoddy power project in Maine.
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Senate
House
House Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Black
Senate Lobby Committee
Bill
H. A. Blomquist
Phlip H. Gadsder
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
Ways and Means
Ways and
Congress
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Representative Brewster
Thomas Corcoran
Brewster
Bil
Indictments Name State Agent Sheriff in Sioux City
Woodbury county grand jury indicted State Agent C W McNaughton for accepting a bribe and Sheriff Ralph Rippey for conspiracy and accepting a bribe. It urged removal of Mayor W D Hayes for neglect and misconduct. Also charged five men with assault with intent to murder in the case of Mrs Leona Flan a witness in a separate matter.
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Sioux City
C. W. McNaughton
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Ralph Rippey
le Mars
W. D. Hayes
Leona Flan
Old Charge Still Faced by Baker
A 1932 Iowa Supreme Court injunction against Norman Baker remains in force. Sheriff Fred B. Nesper served the certification Friday night. no arraignment or bonds are requested. Attorney John Devitt said an answer will be filed with the court.
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Supreme Court
Norman Baker
Iowa
Fred B. Nesper
Baker
John Devitt
J. C. Coster
Muscatine
State Supreme Court
Hill Heads Iowa Progress Administration In Washington
Hill newly named Iowa PWA chief arrived in Washington to learn the job. He expects the Iowa organization to be formed in about two weeks and says personnel decisions will wait for more information. He plans to return to Des Moines soon to begin local organization and will spend several days in Washington next week seeking guidance from Lawrence Westbrook.
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Washington
L. S. Hill
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Pwa
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Works Progress
Lawrence Westbrook
Hopkin
Armed Bandits Rob Monona Bank Heists
Three armed men robbed the Union State bank in Monona shortly before noon. They escaped with about 1500 to 2000 dollars in currency in a new Ford V eight sedan with Michigan plates heading north on Highway 52. Cashier Pete Orr, 42, was taken hostage and released after two blocks. Sheriff L J Palas of Clayton county leads the manhunt.
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Monona
Union State Bank
Michigan
Pete Orr
Clayton County
L. J. Palas
Hutchins Warns That Suppressing Free Inquiry Threatens Education
University of Chicago president Robert M. Hutchins declares in Iowa City that attempts to fuse patriotism with limits on education threaten press and religious freedom. He warns that ending speech in one field endangers all free utterance and asks if freedom of teaching can be kept while others are restricted.
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Iowa City
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
America
Uni
Versity
Hutchins
University of Iowa
Labor Chief Reports Iowa Employment Up In June
Wenig states Iowa employment rose 0.1 percent in June with payrolls up 0.7 percent, led by stone and clay products and patent medicines gains. Mason City and several cities show top and near top increases while leather, textiles and rail shops declined seasonally. States optimistic outlook amid steady employment from May to June and year over year.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Frank E. Wenig
Associated Press
Mason City
Wenig
Clinton
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Paris at tense eve of Bastille Day protests
On the eve of Bastille Day in Paris, a potential dictatorship battle loomed as troops and 20,000 police prepared to keep rival camps apart. Nationalist groups led by Croix de Feu pledged loyalty to Lt. Col. Francois de La Rocque while vowing calm unless a red dictatorship is attempted.
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Paris
France
Francois de la Rocque
National Union of War Veterans
Man Seeks Listener as He Debates Conversation with Wife
A man contemplates whether to discuss matters with his wife but mainly desires a patient ear to help him settle his own decision. The line between seeking guidance and needing a sounding board underscores his internal struggle.
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Poor PA
Claud
Callan
Ellen
Publishers Syndicate
Duce
Africa
Benito Mussolini
Waley
Ng Wold Oer
McNaught Syndiwete, Inc
H. Hathaway
Schmeling, Louis
U.S
Garner
Farley
Chesapeake Bay
Jefferson Club
Senate Democrats
White House
Jack Garner
Hill
Monona Bank
Trio
Labor Commissioner
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
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