Tax League Plans Next Friday Meeting in Washington County
The Washington County Taxpayers League will hold next Friday at 7 30 p m at the city hall with a session aimed at reviewing the state committee report on reducing government costs and endorsing or disapproving proposed bills. A. J. Johnson will chair and the committee will report on several bills from a supplementary report while two measures No 58 and 59 on court procedure were disapproved. The federation proposal and county funds investigation will also be discussed by the executive committee on Tuesday evening.
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Washington County
S Taxpayers League
A. J. Johnson
Claire Dewey
District Tax League
Wanella
Federation
League
Legion Members Have Oyster Stew at Crone's Shack
Legion members held an oyster stew social at Crone's shack north of Columbus Junction on the Iowa river. About 25 attended the evening with skating on the marsh as entertainment. Commander Jay Brown organized the event with Preston Wolf Vic Crone Ed Squire and Aaron Stafford on the committee.
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Legion
Crone
Columbus Junction
Iowa River
Jay Brown
Preston Wolf
Vic Crone
Ed Squire
Aaron Stafford
Democrats Clash in Senate Over Banks
The piece notes a Senate clash between Carter Glass and Huey Long over banking policy. It mocks congressional theater and highlights ongoing debt debates, France’s costly financial disputes, and Japan’s actions in China, remarking on the era’s media sensationalism.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Senate
Carter Glass
Huey Long
Paris
France
Japan
China
Senate Agriculture Group Promises Prompt Action on Farm Relief Plan
Washington January 13 Senator Gerald P. McNary of the Senate Agriculture Committee promised that the domestic allotment plan for farm relief, passed by the House yesterday, will receive prompt Senate attention. He favors amending the bill to cover all crops and will convene a committee meeting Monday to consider it. He does not expect hearings and hopes for quick action. The chairman believes a favorable report will be possible if the bill is simplified. In Iowa voting, eight Republican members supported passage, one Democratic representative supported, while Ramseyer was paired and Cole voted against it.
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Washington
Chaimoaan McNary
Seate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
McNary
Everett Coon Visits Washington on Business
Everett Coon of Ainsworth traveled to Washington yesterday for business matters spanning meetings and site visits.
American Tractors to Build Pipe Line Across Syrian Desert
American tractors and autos haul 45 ton pipe segments across the Syrian desert as two parallel pipelines are laid from Kirkuk to Haifa and Tripolis. The project, to be completed by 1935, aims to move Iraqi oil to Mediterranean ports with cost approaching 500 million dollars and shares held by Franee Britain and America.
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Syrian Desert
Paris
Haifa
Tripolis
Mediterranean
Kirkuk
Mogul
France
Britain
Anglo- Persian Oil Company
Royal Dutch Shell Group
C. 5. Gulbenkian
Strom Kirkuk
Haditha
Euphrates
Lis
Tigris
Fratee
Buitain
America
Irak
Iran
Italy
Germany
Russia
Washington Demons Face Ottumwa in Little Six Showdown
Washington high school travels to Ottumwa for a key Little Six clash aiming for a fourth straight league win after beating Burlington Muscatine and Mt. Pleasant. Coach Carlton will likely field the same starting five Kupka Weiss Jackson Dusenbery with McElhinney Crone Cantoni Glider Leeper. Other Little Six games tonight include Burlington at Muscatine and Oakfield at Mt. Pleasant.
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Washington High School
Ottumwa
Demons
Burlington
Muscatine
Mt. Pleasant
Guy Carlton
Washington
Ottummwa
Eames
Tonign
Ai Chanee
Carlton
Kupka
Weiss
Jackson
Dusenbery
McClure
McElhinney
Crone
Cantoni
Glider
Leeper
Oakfield
Hull Fighter Better
NEW YORK. Sydney Franklin the bull fighter who has been ill with pneumonia is recovering.
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New York
INS
Sydney Franklin
Cardinals Beat Albia in Thrilling Narrow Win
Washington Junior College coded as hard fought game led by regulars starting second period to overcome Albia’s early 12-4 edge. Final score 51-47 with key scoring from Lytle Wells Cline Wells and Jones before substitutions shifted momentum.
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Albia
George Freshwaters
Washington Junior College
Cardinal
George
Washington
Hoya
Lytle
Walt Wells
Cline
Curt Wells
Jones
Marshall
Passenger Trains Collide on Trestle Near Donnelley
A Burlington railway passenger crash near Knoxville killed five and injured twenty eight as two trains met on a trestle at 79 mph. Coral Talbot of Peoria, a railway mail clerk on train 179, was identified among the dead along with engineers Warren and Hayes, conductor Baker, and brakeman Hallbert.
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Knoxville
Burlington
Here
Coral II
Talbot
Peoria
J. L. Warren
Ottumwa
H. D. Hallbert
J. A. Baker Ottumwa
Charles Eh. Hays
Des Moines
Doumwa
Wtrain
Donnelley
Sidine
Charles Conwell
Warren
Jury Deliberating in Brown Personal Injury Suit
At 2 45 this afternoon the jury is still out on the Bell va Brown case a damages suit for personal injuries. The court began the case at ten this morning and placed it in the jury's hands.
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Bell Va
Brown
Volume printed by Benjamin Franklin resurfaces in Newton
A 182 year old volume printed in Philadelphia and authored by Abel Morgan, a defense of infant baptism published in 1750, has appeared in Newton Kansas. The rediscovered book links to colonial religious controversy and early American publishing.
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Newton
Kan
Benjamin Franklin
Abel Morgan
Czar’s Guard Died at Home in Fort Morgan
Olas II, long time bodyguard to Czar Nicholas II during service in the Russian army, died at his Fort Morgan home after 21 months with the INS. The obituary notes his earlier career guarding the Russian imperial family and his 12 months of service in the czar’s guard.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Ins Olas II
Nicholas II
Winfield Man To Open Hardware Store Here
Final papers signed between Claire Dewey and Walter Rukgab er to occupy the west side building. Workmen remodel the room for a March 1 opening and a removal sale will start early next week. Rukgabers will bring Les Gilmore. the store will feature a modern display and front.
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Claire Dewey
Walter Rukgaber
Pancy
Rukgabers
Winfield
Washington
Iowa
Winfield Community Club
Les Gilmore
Weat
Governor Herring Urges Complete State Government Reorganization
In his inaugural address Governor Clyde L. Herring called for a businesslike reorganization of Iowa state government. He urged authority to enact full tax system revision and drastic government economy to move the state out of the Bergen and stage coach era. He spoke before a packed joint session of the General Assembly.
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Clyde Herring
Des Moines
Iowa
Generil Assembly
Clyde L. Herring
Bergen
Herring
House of Representatives
Bie
Governor Elect Calls for Broad State Power and Tax Reforms
The governor elect outlines a program demanding direct state control of revenue and expenditures by legislative action, extending business efficiency to counties, repealing mandatory levies, reforming banking for agriculture, curbing junior mortgage abuses, seeking federal farm mortgage refinancing, and appointive judiciary reforms. He argues the governor must have expanded authority to meet state needs.
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Federal Congress
Eclipse Lumber Firm Names Wilson Yard Manager in Washington
Lawrence ER Wilson of Washington business circles has been named manager of the Eclipse Lumber Yard in Washington replacing Pauls Lumber. George Pauls Jr. remains as assistant manager. Eclipse boast four generations in lumber with W H Dulany ancestor and G W Dulany Jr now company president.
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Lawrence Er, Wilson
Washington
Eeclipse Lumber
Pauls Lumber Company
George Pauls, Jr
Pauls Company
Wilson
Wilson-Karel
Nick Roth
Eclipse
Eclipse Lumber Company
W. H. Dulany
Kentucky
Howard County
Missouri
G. W. Dulany, Jr
Iowa
Eelipse
Clinton
van Vieck
Inflation Plan Seeks Three Billion Dollar Currency Influx
A secret inflation bloc session proposed a three billion dollar currency expansion to be issued via bonds and federal reserve backing within 150 days if price levels rise, with funds to cover government running expenses and bonds maturing at ten years. The move aims to coordinate multiple inflation measures and faces potential Senate filibuster and a counter bankruptcy bill in the judiciary committee.
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House Judiciary Committee
Geerat
Louse
Senate
Federal Reserve Bank
Pew
Partnership Ends As Roth Continues Solo Contracting
Wilson and Roth dissolve their partnership. Roth plans to carry on contracting and building work under his own name with no partner or firm. Lawrence Wilson becomes the new manager of Eclipse Lumber Co here.
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Wilson & Roth
Roth
Lawrence Wilson
Eclipse Lumber Co
Iowa Sees Light Snow in North as Cold Weather Tests State
Des Moines reports zero weather for tonight with light snow in the north and northwest. The Iowa weather service director Charles D. Reed notes the record cold and scattered snowfall across the region yesterday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
North
Northewal
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather Service
State Appropriation Bill Slashes Iowa Government Costs
Des Moines Jan 3 Reduction of 1 796 032 yearly in Iowa 1934 25 operating expenses shown in the new appropriation bill on file in the senate. Budget director Oscar Anderson led a total cut of 1 101 920 below departmental asks with further room for floor reductions. Salary cuts total 129 885, with boards of control and education institutions bearing major shares. Several state facilities including Woodward epilepsy hospital, Independence state hospital, and Clarinda sane hospital face notable reductions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Oscar Anderson
Board of Control
Board of Education
Supreme
District Courts
Iiatle
Woodeward
State Insane Hospital
Independence
Woodward
State Hospital
Insane
Chamokee
Mt. Pleasant
Sane
Clarinda
School For Deaf
Corneil Bluffs
Sehool of Blind
Vinton
School For
Unive
Jowa
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