Oil Firms Battle Taxes in Iowa Court Fight
A group of 14 major oil companies including Standard Oil of Indiana seek a temporary restraining order to stop the Iowa tax board from collecting unit occupation taxes on their bulk stations. The case, heard by a three judge federal panel in Des Moines, could affect about 158000 dollars a year and challenges whether bulk stations are taxable retail facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles A. Dewey
Standard Oil
Indiana
Tax Board
Cities Service
Phillips
Deep Rock
Texas
Marathon
Barnsdall
Mid- Continent
Skelly
Shell
Sinclair
Socony-Vacuum
National Refining
Continental Oil Companies
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
United States Supreme Court
A. and P. Company
Supreme Court
Opinion Rules Out Floating Taverns In Iowa
Iowa attorney general's opinion holds beer permits cannot be issued to floating taverns on the Mississippi River. Rader notes local jurisdictions lack authority over federal waters. Rahm cites a McGregor permit request. opinion also covers old age pension eligibility for ex-convicts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mississippi River
Leroy Rader
Boards of Supervisors
E. F. Rahm
State Beer Board
McGregor
B. J. Allan
State
More Jap Troops Sent Into China
Japan defied Chinese protests by sending 3000 more marching men into north China garrisons. Japanese infantry cavalry and tank corps arrived at Tangku Port and moved to new barracks near the international racecourse in Tientsin.
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Tientsin
China
Japan
North China
Tangku
International Racecourse
Newton Meyers Elected to Head Battery Group
Newton Meyers has been elected to lead a local battery group as reported on page 10. The notice highlights Meyers as new head amid organizational updates for the unit.
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Newton Meyers
Zioncheck Continues Celebration In Pittsburgh Visit
U S Congressman Marion Zioncheck arrives in Pittsburgh with Rep. Theodore Moritz. He meets Mayor William N. McNair at his home after 3 a.m. and later addresses the Henry George club luncheon. Zioncheck brags of a new cocktail and leads a downtown party with reporters present.
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Pittsburgh.p
Marion Zioncheck
Seattle
Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Theodore L. Moritz
McNair
Washington
Brice
Zioncheck
Ziony
New court tilt on TVA challenged by utilities in Birmingham
A group of 19 Tennessee Valley area utility companies plan to file a federal lawsuit in Birmingham Alabama to challenge the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The action seeks to overturn TVA operations and define government rights to compete with private power firms.
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New York
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Valley
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Cities Service, Co
Associated Gas and Electric Co
Electric Bond and Share Co
TVA
City to honor hero dead with 700 Memorial Day wreaths
Mil ton Frack leads Federated Patriotic society as 700 wreaths are prepared for Greenwood and St Marys cemeteries. Women’s groups meet at city hall to craft them. Muscatine declares Memorial Day a legal holiday with services starting at 7 AM and wreath placement by 9 AM by Boy Scouts and patriotic groups.
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Greenwood
St. Mary’s
Women’s Patriotic Organizations
Muscatine
Milton Frack
Federated Patriotic Society
Boy Scouts and Men’s Patriotic Organizations
Stores Open Tonight In Muscatine For Public Convenience
Muscatine merchants will stay open tonight following regular Saturday schedules for public convenience. All city businesses will close on Saturday in honor of deceased veterans.
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Muscatine
Memorial Day Services Planned at St Marys and River Front
A full program at St Marys cemetery begins with a salute and taps at opening hour. Attendees travel in a Greenwood cemetery parade to the Memorial plot for ceremonies led by Master of Ceremonies C R Stafford. The Muscatine Concert band,missing Gettysburg address by Lorraine Willis, and memorial remarks by Rev Leland H Lesher precede a riverfront wreath launch by each organization under Woman's Relief Corps oversight.
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St. Mary’s Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery
Memorial Plot
C. R Stafford
Vance H. Webster
First Baptist Church
Muscatine
America
Joe Miller
Grand Army
Don Kemp
General Logan
Lorraine Willis
Muscatine High
Lincoln
C. P. Gunzenhauser
Leland H. Lesher
Grace Lutheran Church
John H. Blough
Mulford Congregational Church
River Front
Woman's Relief Corps
David I. Berger
Bill to Regulate Trading Adopted
Washington senators approved a house backed exchange regulation bill by a 60 to 16 vote after removing cotton amendments. The measure would broaden federal oversight of futures trading and amend the 1922 grain futures act to include cotton rice mill feeds butter eggs and Irish potatoes.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Inquiry Opened in Fatal Plane Crash
The department of commerce examined the wreckage of Frank E. Ball's four passenger cabin plane to determine the cause of the crash late Thursday. Ball, a 33 year old Muncie Indiana manufacturer and aviation enthusiast, was reportedly coming in to land at the Findlay airport when the aircraft fell about 500 feet and erupted in flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Department of Commerce
Frank E. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Ball
Memorial Day Drivers Urged to Curb Highway Fatalities
Des Moines Iowa memorial day plea from Lew Wallace president of AAA urges motorists to avoid in and out passing to reduce deaths on a high traffic day. He orders on duty patrols and calls city and state enforcement to curb roadway sacrifices. Iowa deaths down 16 percent in four months with 122 fatalities versus 146 year ago.
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Des Moines
Lew Wallace
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Wallace
Start on New Boston Dam This Year in Rock Island District
Rock Island district announces start on New Boston and dams at Clinton and Le Claire before the fiscal year end. Col. Earl E. Gesler says nine foot channel work under continuing contract plan may begin, using unspent funds from the $12.5 million new construction allocation. Congress to provide funds for six more dams in 1937.
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Rock Island
Ill
Clinton, le Claire
New Boston
Army Engineers
Earl E. Gesler
Bellevue
Quincy
Laverton
Clinton
le Claire
Emperor Selassie Arrives Incognito at Gibraltar on Way to England
Haile Selassie arrives at Gibraltar aboard the British cruiser Capetown after a six day voyage from Haifa Palestine. Military authorities exchange courtesies aboard and the former Ethiopian emperor goes ashore to recover from seasickness before continuing to England. Two valets with large metal Haile Selassie lapel pins supervise a bus carrying his trunks and bags.
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Gibraltar
Heile Selassie
Great Britain
Rock of Gibraltar
Haifa
Palestine
Capetown
England
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
British to deploy tear gas in Holy Land riots
High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope authorized use of tear gas to quell Arab anti Jewish rioting. Five people died in the violence: a British constable in Jerusalem two Arabs near Jenin and two Arabs in Jatla.
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Jerusalem
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Holy Land
Jenin
Jatla
British Vessel Sets Speed Mark Aboard Queen Mary
The Queen Mary surpassed the Normandie with a 25 hour daily run from Cherbourg to Ambrose light. Up to noon ship time she covered 747 miles at an average of 29.75 knots, placing noon position at 47°22′N 29°88′W on the B track of about 3,198 miles.
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New York
Atlantic
Cherbourg
Ambrose Light
Hopper Menace Threatens Iowa Crops After Drought
Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray said severe grasshopper damage to crops in southern and western Iowa could occur without rainfall within six weeks. He reported poison bran shipments and surveys by H C Aaberg to combat hoppers, with infestations centered in Pottawattamie Harrison Shelby Audubon Muscatine and Scott counties.
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Des Moines
Ray Murray
Iowa
Murray
H. C. Aaberg
Pottawattamie, Harrison, Shelby and
Audubon
Muscatine
Scott
Weather synopsis for Iowa Illinois and nearby rivers
Weather shows fair conditions in Iowa and Illinois with warmer east Saturday. Mississippi River stages listed for several cities with slight falls from prior readings. Night lows around 44 degrees and daytime highs near 72 degrees in the region.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Death toll grows as G A R veterans dwindle in 1936 roll
Des Moines reports only 4 500 living Grand Army of the Republic members as Memorial day honors fall. Death has erased more than 404 000 names since peak membership in 1890. Florida delays 1935 roll call. California Nevada lead rosters among 41 departments. Alabama has five members in two posts. North Dakota and Virginia North Carolina both show six. National roster lists posts and members across the Midwest.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Oleg Nelson
Florida
California
Nevada
Alabama
North Dakota
Virginia
North Carolina
Body of Woman Still Missing in Keokuk Drowning
In Keokuk Iowa the car that carried Mrs Ruth Dietrich Burchett to her death was found in about eight feet of water near the dike approach to the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge. The sedan doors were open and the vehicle towed to shore. Government divers continue dragging operations for the missing woman’s body.
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Keokuk
Ruth Dietrich Burchett
Keokuk and
Hamilton Bridge
Shriners Meet in Cedar Rapids Golden Jubilee Celebration
Shriners from seven midwestern states gather in Cedar Rapids for El Kahir temple’s golden jubilee. Special trains from Des Moines Sioux City Madison and Davenport bring delegates as a three mile parade opens the event. An afternoon ceremonial procession degree work and a banquet follow the business session.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Des Moines
Sioux City
White Horse Patrol
Madison
Wisconsin
Davenport
Employment Totals Gain Says Green
Washington reports William Green president of the A F L estimates about 1.5 million persons have returned to work in the last year and unemployment below 12 million for the first time in five years. He cites a striking rise in production and business with 726,000 unemployed placed on payrolls in April, estimating total unemployment at 11,506,000 and employment at 40,845,000.
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Washington
William Green
A. F. of
Germany Displays Revived Navy in Kiel Parade
Nazi Germany staged a major naval show at Kiel bay led by Adolf Hitler aboard the pocket battleship Deutschland. About 50 ships including battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines faced a mock northern attack as the fleet prepared for a grand review off Laboe and a parade back to port.
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Kiel
Germany
Kiel Bay
Adolf Hitler
Kiel Harbor
Two From Here Hurt in Crash Near Rushville Ill
James M. Brockway of 200 Maple Grove road and Marion Tomfeld 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Tomfeld of 342 Stewart road spent Thursday night in a Rushville Ill hospital after a crash that occurred when a woman driving a new Ford backed into the Brockway car. Brockway suffered eye and nose injuries and Marion Tomfeld had facial injuries while Mrs Brockway and two other passengers were not detained. The Muscatine party had left for Springfield and Tomfeld and Bilkey headed to Rushville.
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James M. Brockway
Maple Grove Road
Marion Tomfeld
Fred Tomfeld
Stewart Road
Rushville
Brockway
Springfield
Ill
Tomfeld
Madison
Muscatine
Muscatine Coach
Fred Bilkey
Rushvile
Senate Finance Committee Approves Compromise Tax Bill
The Senate finance committee endorsed a revised tax measure with graduated corporate rates and higher income surtaxes. It aims for permanent revenue near 620 million and temporary funds around 82 million, with a 4 percent dividend levy and a shifted corporate tax structure. The bill, likely to reach the floor next week, faces further Senate and House negotiation on relief funding and major project provisions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Senate
Treasury
Roosevelt
Black Democrat
Alabama
House
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Robinson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Burns
Congress
Zeppelin Arrives at Rio de Janeiro After Atlantic Crossing
The Hindenburg completed its South Atlantic crossing and arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 6 04 a m local time. It was placed in the hangar at 7 30 a m CST after its arrival today.
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Zeppelin
Rio de Janeiro
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Black Legion
Knoxville
Shriners
States
Journal Photo and Engraving
Atlanta, Ga
Hero
Lesher
Iowa Daily Press
New Boston Dam
Emperor Selassie
Monarch
Hopper
G.A.R
Katharine R. A. Flood
National Department
Minnesota
Mr. Nelson
Slater
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hitler
James Brockway
Rushville, al
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