Preparation of Tax Bill Is Delayed
Washington March 3 The house ways and means committee split over excises and the rate of the proposed manufacturers tax delaying final drafting of a bill expected to raise over one billion dollars annually. A two and a fourth percent rate was tentatively set to yield 625 million, with demands from the farm bloc for meat exemptions and debates on income tax exemptions for individuals.
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Washington
INS
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rawley
Oregon
Hawley
Crisp
Georgia
Marriet
Gard
Real Estate and Loan Activity Shows Light March Start
The March period saw fewer farm sales and scarce loans, while the county recorder reports similar instrument filings as last year. On the last day of February and the first of March, filings were 70 this year versus 71 last year. Miss Accie Clapper of Keota visits the Clapper home, sister to Mr. Clapper.
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County Recorder
Accie Clapper
Keota
George Clapper
Mr. Clapper
Cease Hostilities Declared in Shanghai Front
Formal note to Secretary Stimson reports cessation of Chinese and Japanese hostilities on the Shanghai front. Japanese declarations say firing will stop unless Chinese attacks occur, with withdrawal to a 20 kilometer line. Chinese officials question good faith and fear invasion of Nantao.
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Washington
INS
Shanghai
Stimson
K. Debuchi
Debuchi
Shirakawa
Nanjiang
Nantao
Japan
Six Iowa cost-cutting proposals from interim committee
The Committee on Reduction of Governmental Expenses in Des Moines announced six recommended measures to ease Iowa’s tax burden. Proposals include optional county secondary road levies optional general school levies centralized county purchasing optional teacher salaries and limiting mileage reimbursements to five cents per mile.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed R. Brown
Brown
Board of Supervisors
Board (of Supervisors
City Water Samples Return Satisfactory Test Results
Supt. P. L. Jordan reports two water samples from Washington city deep well and reservoir tested at the state university lab in Iowa City. Analysis date February 23 shows results satisfactory at this time.
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P. L. Jordan
Washington City
Journals Cooking School Set for April Dates
The Journals annual cooking school will be held in April on the 12th to 15th under the supervision of the Home Economics Service Corporation of New York. The State theater will host the four afternoons with enlarged capacity, comfortable seating, lighting, and ventilation to accommodate crowds at capacity again.
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Home Economics Service Corporation of New York
Fires at Wellman Farms in two days devastate barn and house
Three fires struck Wellman in two days. At Elmer Swartzendruber’s Swartzendrute farm barn burned last night injuring him while nine six month calves two pigs and a pony perished. The Gardner family home and garage burned with five residents escaping via a window. Insurance is expected to cover most losses. A chimney fire at the August Miller home caused no damage.
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Wellman
Elmer Swartzendrute
Junior
Dean Teeters to Speak at Boys Work Leaders Training
Dean W. J. Teeters of the State University of Iowa will headline a training school for boys work leaders at the high school tonight from 7 30 to 9 00. He is known for Boy Scout activity and will discuss Hikes and Outdoors Activities. Leigh W. Soule of the YMCA also speaks on dangers and pitfalls in boys lives.
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Dean W. J. Teeters
State University of Iowa
Dean Teeters
Leigh W. Soule
Rogers Says War Termination Confusion Across Columns
In Beverly Hills a split column reports the war ended, while another column lacks notice. The Japanese claim they do not want China and the Chinese say they would stop if Japan returned 20 miles from Shanghai. Neither side clarifies the true reason for the fighting.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
China
Japan
Shanghai
Norman Baker Loses Libel Suit in Federal Court
Norman Baker of Muscatine lost his $500 000 libel claim against the American Medical Association as a federal jury returned a verdict for the defendant after a trial lasting more than two weeks. The suit centered on alleged libelous reports about his cancer cure institute in Muscatine.
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Davenport
Iowa
Norman Baker
Muscatine
American Medical Association
Baker
Association
Institute For the Cure of Cancer
Firemen Receive Gift From Whittakers
Chief C. Reister of the Washington fire department announced a $25 gift from H. L. Whittaker and son Martin in appreciation of firemen who saved the Whittaker farm home from destruction on January 0. The department and the Whittakers expressed mutual appreciation for the timely aid.
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Co. C. Reister
Washington Fire Department
H. L. Whittaker and Son
Martin
Whittaker
Whittakers
Committee weighs sending grain relief to South Dakota
Five member Leon Beatty post committee did not reach a definite decision on plans to send a carload of grain to relieve farmers in South Dakota where grasshopper damage last summer caused livestock losses. A future meeting will be called to act and plan if the drive proceeds.
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Fhve
Leon Beatty Post
South Dakota
Announcement of Journal Want Ad Service on Page Three
The page three notice informs readers that tomorrow the Journal want ad service will be located on page three. It directs customers to check the upcoming issue for classified advertising details and submission guidance.
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Tomorrow’s Journal
Letter Tells Where Boy May Be Hid
State troopers questioned a 17 year old boy who reported seeing a car on Featherbed Lane near the Lindbergh home at 6 30 with a wooden ladder on the running board like the one found outside the window of the Lindbergh house. The boy’s name was withheld. Troopers also investigated a Boston mailed letter to Colonel Lindbergh claiming the baby was held by two men and a woman at 169 Thus Read Provinceline Provincetown area but no clue was found. A second letter from a nervous old woman in black claimed urgent action for the Lindberghs.
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New Jersey
Hopewell
Lambertville
Trenton
N. J
INS
Featherbed Lane
Lindbergh
Princeton
Boston
Charles A. Lindbergh
Proevence Line Road
South End
Provinceline
Provincetown
Lindbergh denied direct talks with kidnapers says governor
Governor Moore reports Lindbergh flatly denied bargaining with the kidnapers and did not hear from them directly since the baby's disappearance. He cautions against sensational rumors and notes both Lindberghs are worn by constant scrutiny and police cooperation. An air mail letter to Colonel Lindbergh claims to reveal the missing son’s location.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
A. Harry Moore
State House
Lindbergh
International News Service
South End
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Tokyo
Army
Navy
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State University of Town
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Wellman Farms
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Will “Rogers
McNau
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