Revenue Bill Presented to New Congress in Washington
The Ways and Means Committee reported a revenue bill slashing taxes by 325.7 million dollars next year to relieve virtually all federal tax powers. The measure aims to speed passage, with March 1 set as a goal for enactment, and includes significant relief for individual income taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means
Green
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Illinois
Hull
Tennessee
Alaska Aims Leasing for Fox Farms and Reindeer Grazing
The Alaska governor George A Parks reports to the Secretary of Interior recommending amendments to federal land laws in Alaska to allow leasing of public lands for fox farming and reindeer grazing to spur development and protect ranges. The document notes rising fisheries value, mining recovery, potential meat exports, and calls for a territorial police, school funding, and topographic surveys.
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Washington
Territory of
Alaska
Secretary of Interior
George A. Parks
Bobbed Hair Bandit Robs Brooklyn Cafe For $500
A bobbed haired female bandit robbed a Brooklyn cafe taking $500 from the cash register and guests. She fled with companions into a side street and disappeared toward Manhattan after the theft.
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Bobbed Hair Bandit
Brooklyn
Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
Iowa Fair Officers Seek Re election
Officials of the Iowa State Fair board and district directors will stand for re election at the state agricultural convention meeting at the state house. President Charles E Carmon of Alta vice president J P Mullen of Fonda secretary A I Corey of Des Moines and treasurer F E Sheldon of Mount Ayr are all slated for re election.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Board
Charles E. Carmon
Alta
J. P. Mullen
Fonda
A. i. Corey
F. E. Sheldon
Mount Ayr
Sioux City plans to push river navigation development
Sioux City announces efforts to gain support for developing the upper Missouri river channel for navigation, with work set to begin soon.
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Sioux City— Organization
Missouri River
Grange Sets New Style of Play Draws Big Crowds
Jim Grange breaks new ground in football with dazzling two yard advances for pay as high as eighty two thousand dollars in eleven days. He has played before about 180000 fans and helped the Chicago Bears win four of five starts. Grange predicts more earnings and appeals for Near East relief after a Polo Grounds game.
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New York
Rod Grange
Grange
Cood
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
WEAF
Sherwood Anderson to Speak at Iowa Campus
Sherwood Anderson will address University of Iowa students in Iowa City. The Sat urday Lunch club of 250 members funds artists and discusses contemporary writers, with Philip D. Adler as president. Professors Frederick and Piper aided the outreach. Anderson will speak December 12 at The Old Stone Capital.
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Iowa City
Sherwood Anderson
University of Iowa
Philip D. Adler
Davenport
Daily Iowan
John T. Frederick
the Midland
Edwin Ford
Piper
Anderson
Old Stone Capital
Flint-Durkee Wins Midwest Bowling Title in Omaha
The Flint-Durkee team from Kansas City captured the Mid-West Bowling championship with 2940 points as Omaha hosted the final team events. St Francis hotel from St Paul took second with 2900 and Underwriters' Service Corp of Chicago was third at 2877. Singles saw H Rebenschied roll 658 for third place, with R Thompson of Minneapolis posting 623 to tie W Asmus of Davenport Iowa. The doubles and singles play moves to noon tomorrow, with Sioux City to host next year.
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Neb
Flint- Durkee
Kansas City
St. Frances
Sioux City
H. Rebenschied
R. Thompson
Minneapolis
W. Asmus
Davenport
Iowa
Coe College Endowment Reach Reported
Cedar Falls President H M Gage announced that 1.6 million dollars have been raised to complete the college's endowment plan.
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Cedar Falls
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Longworth Elected Speaker of the House
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio won the speaker’s job on the first ballot with 229 of 420 votes as insurgent Republicans backed Henry A Cooper. Garrett received 172 votes and five members voted present while Wisconsin’s Cooper had led the La Follette opposition at Cleveland last year. Congress began a new session after a long recess with majorities poised to push administration projects.
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Ed Ad
Washington
Bee 7
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
New
House
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
LaFollette
President Coolidge
Meveland
Longworth
Garrett
Cooper
Congress
Senate
Tabor Episcopal college may seek accreditation listing
Preliminary actions by the state board of educational examiners in Des Moines consider admitting Tabor Episcopal college to the list of accredited schools and favor an investigation into proposed changes in teacher examinations. The meeting also seats Erma S. Krout of Mehaska County and President Jones of Buena Vista College, recent governor appointments.
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Des Moines
Tabor Episcopal College
May Frances
Erma S. Krout
Oskaloosa Mehaska
Jones
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Hammill
Crossed America on Wheel Dies at 72
Leonard F. Hickok aged 72 who rode a high wheel bicycle coast to coast about thirty years ago passed away at his Camp Hill home near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The journey began in Hartford Connecticut and concluded in Los Angeles California.
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America
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Lester F. Hickok
Camp Hill
Here
Hartford
Conn
Los Angeles
Opening of the Sixty ninth Congress in Washington
Congress opens as Republicans push for tax cuts and Democrats fight tariff hikes. Senators and representatives from private interests arrive. capital buzzes with hotel lobbies filling and rents rising. Observers predict clashes over aviation and religious divides.
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VD. C
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Representa
Senate
Man Impersonator Seized in New Rochelle Padded Cell
A stranger, claiming to be Leonard Kip Rhinelander, entered a neighbor’s home and announced he returned to the Rhinelander bride. Police placed him in a padded cell. the man, Teddy Dorn of Newark, said he has a wife and two children. Mrs Rhinelander awaits service in a separation suit as Rhinelander remains at large from a White Plains hotel.
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Kip Rhinelander
New Rochelle
N. Y
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Lannard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Mra
Albert Muller
Alice Jones
Mra. Rhinelander
Muller
Teddy Dorn
Newark, N. J
Newark
Lee Parsons
White Plains
Accuser says teacher plotted man's murder near Washta
A Cherokee Iowa dispatch reports Edward Flickinger 18 accuses Gertrude Weaver school teacher of slaying Morris Hardy ex convict found shot to death near Washta. Flickinger claims they planned to lure Hardy drive to a lonely road and Weaver fired as he stopped. Grand jury in session. bond set at 10000. motive unclear but suspected three way love affair.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Journal Today
Cherokee
Iowa
Edward Flickinger
Washta
Gertrude Weaver
Morris Hardy
Miss Weaver
Young Flickinger
Hardy
Flickinger
Billy
Seventy Converts At Mason City Meetings
Seventy converts and 117 volunteers for church service were reported from weekend evangelistic services led by Dr. James Rayburn in Mason City. Over 2,000 men approved his condemnation of dancing cards theatre and movies as he urged moral standards before a standing room only crowd at the tabernacle. The gathering drew an estimated 4,500 people.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Dee i
James Rayburn
Rayburn
Tabernacle
Sioux City Vernon Sommerville Dies After Auto Crash
Sioux City-Vernon Sommerville, age 5, died from injuries sustained when struck by an automobile. Authorities reported the accident occurred in the city limits and a pedestrian incident investigation is underway.
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Sioux City
Vernon Sommerville
Coolidge Gets Big Ovation In Chicago Today
President Coolidge addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago urging government backing for cooperative marketing while opposing direct government buying or price fixing of farm products. He praised cooperatives, warned against tariffs harming farmers, and outlined plans to aid agriculture through storage, credit, and expansion of farm loan banks.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
White House
Sherman Ball
Mra. Coolidge
Hooter Sherman Ball Room
Hoe
Department of Agriculture
Mod
Winter weather cuts auto deaths across nine mid western states
The Associated Press reports winter weather reduced weekly automobile deaths in nine mid west states led by Ohio with 33 of 84. Illinois and Chicago tallied 14, Indiana 9, Texas 6, Oklahoma 6, Minnesota 6, Missouri 1, plus indirect fatalities in Minnesota and Illinois. Two men died in St Paul from snow shoveling strain, a Chicago lodging death occurred, a girl near Chicago perished after stepping into wreckage, and an air crash killed two and injured two others. One death in Thorne California from a plane plunge.
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Mid-West
Ohio
Buckeye
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Missouri
St. Paul
Thorne
Calif
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