Hoover Ready for Battle with Senate
Rep John N Garner accuses Secretary Mellon of misstating corporation tax refunds. Hoover signals readiness to clash with the Senate, pressuring cooperation or a direct appeal to voters if needed. Debate over drought relief and La Follette resolution intensifies the standoff as White House tracks every Senate move.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Texas
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Senate
Hoover
la Follette
White House
Mr. Hoover
Hollywood Meet Notions Of Dee With Unclear Racket
In New York Dee leaves for Hollywood amid rumors of a business plan or “racket” and weeks of talk about vacant miniature golf courses. Hollywood and industry observers await his arrival to see how his plans unfold.
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Holywood
Good Fellows Fund Drive Seeks Christmas Aid for Washington
About one third of the $800 goal for the Washington Good Fellows drive has been raised with contributions from local residents and out of town donors. The committee announces a meeting tomorrow to compile a fair list of needy families for Christmas, inviting county officials and the mayor to assist. Donations listed include $109.15 to date, with several individuals and organizations contributing including the Iowa Continental Telephone Co and employees, and Lewis Wallace of Marshalltown sending $2 plus a greeting from the Soldier's home.
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Good Fellows Department
Washington
Lewis Wallace
Marshalltown
D.C
Washington Good Fellows
Y’s
Journal
T. T. Keeley
C. H. Guther
John Timmerman
Bebe B
Wilbur Miller
Goshen
Ind
Iowa Continental Telephone Co
J. A. Bergquist
Vera Wolfe
Lyman Babcock
Frank Sage
L. P. Jackson
Brighton
R. L. Gibson
Klein Klothing Ko
A. van Recker
Independent league basketball schedule announced by Y M C A official
Secretary Lereh Soule presents the winter schedule for the Independent league. Washington area teams Wyman and Olds join as the league expands. Yesterday at the Y the Brighton Hawks beat Wyman 45 to 26 while the Y Leaders topped Cotter 4 to 6. Upcoming games will be at West Chester and Wayland with contests on three courts.
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Lereh Soule
Washington
Wyman
Olds
Brighton Hawks
Cotter
West Chester
Wayland
Soule
Budget Director Recommends $16.44 Million Annual Budget for Iowa
Iowa budget chief proposes 16 437 304 05 dollars yearly for the coming biennium to fund state purposes. The plan cuts requests by departments by 8 255 068 while relying on 7 010 970 from special sources. A 9.62 mill levy would cover the gap, down from 10 mills and 19.25 previously, with totals for state colleges and board of control set at 7 881 736 and 4 574 089 respectively.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anderson
Board of Control
General Assembly
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Woodward
Oakdale
State Board of Education
Will Drill for Oil Near Letts
Letts Iowa reports a 20 inch shaft will probe a tract near town for oil in coming weeks after natural gas was found in preliminary drilling. Gas flows with a blue flame 15 feet high. geologists see favorable oil indications. The well on the Lester Hafner farm struck gas at 105 feet with about 50 pound pressure.
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Letts
Iowa
Lester Hafner
Local Coupon Offer Recognizes Small Donors
A brief note lists amounts from several donors including George Brietenbach five dollars L. H. Orr two dollars fifty I W Shhenefelt two dollars fifty and a friend three dollars urging readers to send their coupon today.
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George Brietenbach
L. H. Orr
I. W. Shhenefelt
Train wreck attempt endangers 200 passengers in Oklahoma
A boulder placed on the Frisco Oklahoma City to St. Louis line derailed front track only, but Engineer George Westfall kept the train from a worse derailment. The voyage paused 36 minutes north of Jones, Oklahoma, as authorities detained a youth and hunted another seen nearby.
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Oklahoma City
Frisco
St. Louis
George Westfall
Jones, Okla
Here
Spanish Revolt Stalled After Madrid Air Uprising
Madrid reports that the Spanish revolutionary movement failed to maintain momentum after an aviation revolt. Government action, martial law, and heavy troop concentrations halted broader agitation across the provinces, reducing the strike threat and restoring calm despite ongoing unrest.
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Madrid
Spain
United Press Y
Buenos Aires
United Press
Six Above Zero Noted in Last Night's Temperature
The minimum dropped to six degrees above zero last night, near the cold spell high point. Today the weather began moderating as readings eased overall.
Customs Officers Seize Morphine Worth Million on Alesia
The 1,100 pound morphine shipment from Turkey was seized by U S customs on the steamship Alesia in New York harbor. Assistant Treasury Secretary Seymour Lowman said the seizure, largest of its kind, followed a week of surveillance after the ship docked at Providence.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Treasury
Semour Lowman
Turkey
Lowman
United States
Europe
Providence
R. 1
Tistanbul
Constantinople
Poultry Day Committees Mobilize Across Washington County
Tomorrow marks Poultry Day with committees covering Washington County and nearby areas. Poultry will be received locally then sent to Washington for dressing before shipping to Chicago to aid hunger relief. Not all committee names are listed but several members are active, including Wellman Homer Swartzen, Merle Munson, N A Snyder, Homer Green, Mary Hoter, Pete Yoder, Dan Yoder, Rev ACogge, Rev Dan Fisher, G Feldman, William Brenneman, and business houses such as Coffman Poultry House, Riverside Produce Co, and FatEy Van Wans Haskins.
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Washington County
Washington
Chicago
Crime as Challenge to Iowa Officers
Des Moines reports Attorney General John Fletcher warns crime tests the state’s enforcement and democracy. He notes sensational bank robberies draw headlines while later justice gains little notice and cites 22 to 28 life terms for bank robbers this year. Walter J. Freland, wanted by Iowa, waives extradition to Sioux City to face trial. Ray Scott will escort him from Des Moines, linked to Leeds State Bank robbery and Lincoln National Bank case.
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Des Moines
John Fletcher
Iowa Sheriff's Association
Mletcher
Scott
Bandit
Minneapolis
Minn
Walter J. Freland
Iowa
Sioux City
Ray Scott
Frelund
Leeds
Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln National Bank
Minnesota
Presbyterian students broadcast Christmas carols over WSUI
A group of State University of Iowa Presbyterians led by Margarita Williams will broadcast Christmas carols on WSUI Thursday from 12 to 12:30. The program invites Washington residents to listen as ministers and community members in Crawfordsville Keota West Chester Wellston Rubio Valley and Washington participate. A large community effort aims to send a substantial food gift to Chicago’s hungry, with poultry arriving in Washington for shipment to Chicago for those in need.
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State University of Iowa
Margarita Williams
Washington
WSUI
Washington County
Chicago
Julius Enslin
Ralph Gibson
Gibson
Reister Boys
Calvin Farrier Dies in Plainsville Kansas
Calvin Farrier of Plainsville Kansas died Sunday as telegrams to cousins report. He formerly lived at Grace Hill and was about seventy. burial will be in Plainsville. He is survived by his wife and several children.
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Calvin Farrier
Plainsville
Kansas
Charles Nicola
Washington Debates Chain Stores Question in District
Washington high school opens practice debates at eight o'clock in the auditorium with the negative team from Washington opposing Muscatine's affirmative on the question: That the chain store system harms American interests. The state preliminaries divide into districts and sections with five schools in Washington's section.
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Washington High School
Washington
Muscatine
William Sartor
Cherrie McElhinney
William Masson
Lucille Davison
Helen Schoonover
Junior Wells
Helen Jungbluth
Eugene Thomas
J. A. Taylor
Iowa City
Brighton
Davenport
Taylor
Salvation Army expects unemployment relief fund near six hundred thousand
The citizen's committee reports that the Army Navy Fame relief fund total likely reaches 600000 dollars. Voluntary donations from radio listeners continue to come in as the appeal proceeds.
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New York
Army-Navy
Citizen's Committee of the
Salvation Army
Mason City High School Night Football Proves Satisfactory
Mason City Iowa reports night football was satisfactory this year. Superintendent Irons said flood lights cost 4400 dollars and were paid from season receipts except 650 dollars. Heavy equipment expenses widened the deficit.
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Mason City
R. B. Lrons
Irons
Vermont Becomes First State Admitted to Union
Vermont earned statehood and was admitted to the Union in 1791 becoming the first state.
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Vermont
Four Bandits Captured After Clinton Bank Robbery Pursuit
A ILLINOIS Indiana chase ends with two bandits captured after a bank robbery at Clinton Indiana. In Danville authorities recovered 13000 as two gunmen were killed and another captured. A Second group robbed a Pittsburgh bank of 55000 while a St Louis cashier was robbed of 4500.
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Danville
Ill
Citizen's State Bank
Clinton
Ind
Sidell
Illinois-Indiana
Pittsburgh
Manchester Savings & Trust Company
North Side
Rob Insurance
ST. Louis
Frank Gerein
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Farmers Back State Income Tax Support
Cedar county and Polk county farm bureaus endorsed the proposed state income tax after their annual meetings. The two farm organizations formally went on record in Des Moines on December 16, backing the plan.
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Des Moines
State House
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Polk County Farm Bureau
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