1932 Income Tax Figures by County in Iowa
A Muscatine County total of 574 residents filed 1932 individual income tax returns with 480 from Muscatine 52 from West Liberty and 17 from Wilton. Statewide filings reached 45 477 with district totals including Davenport 2 774 Bettendorf 47 and Burlington 1 022.
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Muscatine County
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Associated Press
Musecatine
West Liberty
Wilton
Cedar County
Tipton
Scott County
Davenport
Bettendorf
Louisa County
Wapello
Des Moines County
Burlington
Keota Worker Hurt By Stump Machine At Bowl Site
Keota area report says Keota Waller McClelland sustained a fracture of the left leg below the knee when a stump pulling machine he operated at the athletic bowl slipped and struck his leg. James Rogers, Keota high school senior, earned superior rating in baritone bass solo at the Iowa City state festival and qualified for national contest. Emerald Rebekah Lodge planned an annual children s night for Friday May 11 with entertainment and refreshment committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Walter McClelland
McClelland
C. D. Kirkpatrick
James Rogers
Iowa City
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
House Cleaning Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service Ad
Local service offers house cleaning laundry, scientific dry cleaning, rug cleaning and repairing. Moth proof bags available for winter garments. Call 1808 to send in heavy work today.
Train wreck pins man under fruit car in Iowa jolting crash
Five injured, one dead after 54-car Rock Island freight train derails near Fruitland Iowa. Victim identified by papers in coat. body wedged for hours. Victims from Furnace Run Pa planned to head to California for ranch work. Rescue crews, crowds, and police controlled scene as trains rerouted.
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Seymour
Orson Mitchell
Mitchell
Furnace Run
California
Louis Splich
John Larko
John Kutch
Frank Julius
Peter Sanko
A. W. Craig
William Hibbert
F. Y. Flotfelter
F- Russell
O. T. Keefe
Eldon
Kansas City
Davenport
George Wittich
Fairbank
Robles Girl Alive Report Contradicting Kidnap Claims
A Tucson deputy said the Robles girl remains alive as two men, Aguirre and Franklin, traveled into the Altar Valley near Magdalena for reasons tied to the kidnapping. White claimed possible negotiations for the child's return while denying direct involvement.
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White
al Aguirre
Tucson
Bernabe Robles
Mexico
Aguirre
O. K. Franklin
Nogales
Altar Valley
Here
Magdalena
Franklin
Fatal air crashes claim multiple lives across the nation
Reports detail several aviation accidents. A plane near New Market New Jersey nose-dived after a wing failed, killing Fulton owner and pilot W Holly and passengers Miss Irene Clark of Oswego New York and John Parsons of Fairhaven. Lowell Markwith and George J Kurtz also died in Newark. In San Francisco Bay, Mrs Irene Johnson drowned when Harold Christman’s plane plunged into the bay. her husband and Christman were rescued. W A George was fatally injured in a Soda Springs Idaho take-off crash.
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W. Holly
Fulton
Irene Clark
Oswego
N. Y
John Parsons
Fairhaven
Lowell Markwith
Newark Flier
George J. Kurtz
New Market
N. J
Arthur Johnson
San Francisco Bay
Harold Christman
Christman
W. A. George
Soda Springs
Idaho
Pair Undaunted by Deaths Close Call on Rail Car
Ferrari and Green recount surviving a January train derailment near Davenport. They rode a box car that left the rails as cars swayed and others crashed, choosing to stay aboard for a better chance at escape. One passenger was killed riding between cars. 20 aboard were on top.
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Ferrari
Bor
Sicily
California
Davenport
Green
United States
Insull Speeds Home on Final Leg of Journey
Samuel Insull traveled westward in jovial mood on the last leg of his involuntary trip from Turkey. He rode in a new Pullman compartment with his son Samuel Jr and Burton Y Berry nearby. DOJ health agent Dr George B Corey and five reporters joined the party as questions lingered about further train changes.
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Samuel Insull
Turkey
Chicago
R. C. Bannerman
State Department
Insull
Samuel, Jr
Burton Y. Berry
Department of Justice
George B. Corey
New York
Grain Embargo Loses in Court
The U S Supreme Court upheld an injunction blocking Governor William Langer and state officials from enforcing the 1933 North Dakota grain embargo act while its validity is litigated. The case involved Grandin Farmers Cooperative Elevator and 31 others challenging the embargo on interstate shipments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Grandin Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company
St. Paul
Settlements End Long Labor Strikes AcrossRegions
Settlements send about 10 000 workers back to jobs under standard time in several strikes. About 6 000 Massachusetts leather workers return today to near full operations while roughly 1 000 remain out as their companies reject the proposal. Independent Cleveland gas station owners lock every pump to back the strikers demands. Cedar Rapids packers union impact with 1200 workers on strike. Gulf Port longshoremen stay idle as the standstill continues.
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Massachusetts
Cleveland
Wilson and Company Packers
Cedar Rapids
Gulf Port
Kin Returns From Caparoon Services
Morning Sun report states William Caparoon and son E. E. Caparoon with daughter Mrs. Ruth Stroup returned from Detroit where they attended the funeral service for Thomas Caparoon age 44 who died at the soldiers sanatorium in Detroit after WWI service. He was one of 12 children born 1880 in Morning Sun and survived by parents four brothers and one sister BE Caparoon Ruth Stroup Cleveland Ohio Clyde Wapello Sam Detroit.
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William Caparoon
E. E. Caparoon
Ruth Stroup
Detroit
Mich
Thomas Caparoon
Caparoon
William
Jennie Caparoon
Morning Sun
BE. C. Caparoon
Farl
Cleveland
Ohio
Clyde
Wapello
Sam
Two Boys Surrender After Eldora Escape
Burlington and Sutherland youths Crose ly and Gordon Aldred escaped from Eldora boys training school in a car belonging to an official. They surrendered in Burlington Sunday afternoon and will be returned to Eldora on Tuesday.
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Burlington
William Crosely
Gordon Aldred
Sutherland
Eldora
Dillinger Hunt Expands as Flying Squad Probes Chicago
Prosecution led by a top authority arrives from Philadelphia to pursue Dillinger with a special flying squad joining federal, state, and city detectives. Keenan coordinates with Melvin Purvis while prioritizing the Insull case and the Bremer kidnapping. Rural raids yield no definitive arrests.
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Ment
Philadelphia
Dillinger
State’s Attorney’s Office
Keenan
Melvin Purvis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel Insull
Utilities
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Dillinger “Flying Squad
Frank Reynolds
Chicago
Demo Delegates Attend Des Moines State Young Democrats Conve
Six Muscatine County Young Democrats delegates travel to Des Moines for the annual state convention. Ray Bloom Harry Lewis Hillis Phillips Fred Schroeder Harold Rummells and R. W. Asthalter attend with about 1 000 delegates from 85 counties. Talks scheduled by Governor Clyde Herring state chairman E J Feuling and Edward Breen. A two year term officers election follows a business session then a banquet and dance tonight.
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Muscatine County
Young Democrats Club
Des Moines
Young Democrats
Ray Bloom
Harry Lewis
Hillis Phillips
Fred Schroeder
Harold Rummells
R. W. Asthalter
Clyde Herring
E. J. Feuling
State Central Committee
Edward Breen
Young Democratic Clubs
Oakville Heads to State Tourney After District Title
Oakville, district baseball champion, will face seven district winners in the state championship at Manson. The opening round pits Oakville against North High of Des Moines Friday at 3 p.m. A win sends them to a Saturday 10:30 a.m. semifinal versus the Farmersburg Hamburg winner, with the final set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Oakville
Manson
North High
Des Moines
Farmersburg
Burlington Police Seek Armed Men After Car Evasion
Burlington police were alerted to a black model V-8 Ford coupe with red wire wheels missing from Missouri state police pursuit north of Canton. The occupants are described as heavily armed and the license begins with 273. In Pennsylvania drivers lose licenses if they fail to pay damages within 15 days after judgment.
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Burlington
Missouri
Canton
Pennsylvania
Longtime Wapello pharmacist Dr Piitt dies aged 72
Former Wapello druggist Henry A Plitt died at his home after an extended illness. Born July 3, 1852 in Bullitt County Kentucky he practiced in Wapello from 1878 and held state pharmacy memberships since 1880. Survived by wife Minnie Lindeman two daughters Josephine Ditmon and Linde man Pitt two sons John and Lindeman Pitt. funeral at Methodist church Tuesday 2 30 p m burial in Wapello cemetery.
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Wapello
Henry A. Piitt
Mr. Plitt
Bullitt County
M. P. van Loen
State Pharmaceutical Society
Plitt
Friendship
Wis
Minneapolis
Burlington
Rose Philpott
Des Moines
Minnie Lindeman
Josephine Ditmon
Davenport
John
Unionville
Lindeman Pitt
Chicago
Odd Fellows Lodge
Methodist Church
Traverton Warren
Wapello Cemetery
Kriechbaum Rites Set Tuesday for Former Banker
Funeral services for Theodore W. Kriechbaum 73, longtime Burlington banker and ex-president of the American Savings Bank and Trust, will be held Tuesday. He died Saturday night of a heart attack. After the bank’s 1982 closing he was convicted of taking deposits while insolvent and sentenced to 10 years. an appeal to the state supreme court is pending.
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Burlington
Theodore W. Kriechbaum
American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Kriechbaum
State Supreme Court
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Rev. T. Warren
Wapello Consolidated Schools
Jesse Huddle
J. R. Fraser
Will Carr
CWA
J. A. Schroeder
Oscell Club
Durst
Muscatine
Will Snyder
E. H. Dunlap
Deila Jean
Andalusia
Ill
Dunlap
West
F. M. McNeil
Winston Alderson
San Diego
Calif
Alderson
R. V. Winter
Harry George
Columbus Junction
Fae Harris
Russell Harris
S. T. Wheeler
Webster, Ia
Keotan
Man
Car
Silvis
Trenton
Fruitland
Rock Island
Fairport
Georgia Walraven
Oes
Nazarene Tabernacle
Cedar St
Robles
Arizona
Angelus
Death
Kin
Caparoon Services
Bremer Inquiry
Conve
Eula la
Nome
Journal News Service
Ness
Journal
Amvsev
Ann Sothern
Edmund Lowe
Miliam Jordan
All At Sea
Pn the News
Victor McLaglen
Homdanion
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Tonite
Iowa
Rio
Berry
Withe Fay Wray
Stuart Erwin
Leo Carrillo
Metro-Goldwyn.Mayer
Beery
Robin Hood of
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