Iowa House Defeats Patterson Johnson Income Tax Plan
The Iowa House rejected the Patterson Johnson bill proposing a state personal income tax by a 37 to 71 vote. Debate highlighted concerns over replacing property taxes and potential industry impact, with opposition arguing the measure would be costly and unfair to property owners and professionals.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Stepanek
Linn County
Graham
Wapello
House
State House
Drs Moines
Patterson
Kossuth County
Johnson
Dickinson
Marion County
Wisconsin
Maxfield
Marshall County
Woman Who Killed Stepson Should Be Confined, Jury Says
A Waterloo district court jury found Marie Maharmes a 29 year old with a mental disease likely to cause violence and future crimes. They recommended confinement in an institution after she drowned her six year old stepson in the Cedar River last summer. Psychologists T B Homan and Dr T B Brennan testified. the defendant showed no apparent reaction.
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Waterloo
Marie Maharmes
Cedar River
T. B. Homan
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
T. B. Brennan
T. B. Brennan, Pyschic Stratist At the State University Hospital
Gasoline tax bill deferred again in Iowa senate
Des Moines March 17 The gasoline tax question was deferred by the Iowa Senate due to the absence of Senator Gunderson Winnebago and the failure of the special committee to agree on a compromise. The majority report by Ellis Appanoose Stoddard Woodbury Bergman favors passage similar to the Bergman bill and the Bowman plan minority report supported by Bowman Blackhawk and Buser Muscatine County.
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Des Moines
Mar
Senate
Gunderson
Winnebago
Ellis
Appanoose
Stoddard
Woodbury
Bergman
Jasper
Wheat market at Winnipeg collapses in minutes
Winnipeg, Man March 17 a market crash sent wheat prices tumbling in 16 minutes May futures fell to 1.59 on the high bulge while July futures plunged about 14 percent amid a sharp market dis order
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Winnipeg
Man
Postpone Hearing on Dennison Bank Liquidation
Federal court in Council Bluffs postponed the hearing on the Bank of Dennison's financial status pending liquidation until March 23 on the order of Master in Chancery FE J. Kelley of Des Moines.
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Council Bluffs
Bank of Dennison
FE. J. Kelley
Des Moines
Ren Nick W Dunlap Named Assistant Secretary
Washington reports Ren nick W Dunlap of Kingston Ohio was named by President Coolidge as assistant secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Rennick W Dunlap
Kingston
Ohio
Coolidge
Hericulture
Patterson Johnson bill faces tax reforms clash in Iowa debate
Mr Patterson attacks the Town Home stead and a farm journal opposing the income tax bill. He reads Governor Baine’s letter linking Homestead’s stance to tax issues and says the bill would begin a revision of the fiscal system and shift taxation to where it belongs, aiding unprofitable businesses.
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Mr. Patterson
Homestead
John J. Baine
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department
Patterson
Iowa
Air power cited as sole defense against invasion by Col. Graham
Colonel Harry Graham of Rockwell Field warned at the American Legion that nations with inferior air defenses risk surrendering to a superior air force. He said only air power can deter aerial attack, and future fleets of giant aircraft and carriers will extend reach far beyond shores.
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Graham
San Diego
Calif
American Legion
Harry Graham
Rockwell Field
Ganta
Industriel
Probe of Freight Rates Ordered by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a nationwide investigation into current railroad freight rate structures. Carriers, state and local authorities, and shippers may file briefs by May 15 with responses by June 15. A special committee will study rate practices with expert help, focusing on agricultural impacts.
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Associated Reas
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Held After Divorced Wife Complaint Incident
L H Vaseloux went to Cedar Rapids police to lodge a complaint about his ex wife. While there a call arrived alleging he threatened to kill her with a revolver shown at her home. He was detained and said he disposed of the gun in the river.
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Associated Presse
Cedar Rapids
L. H. Vaseloux
Foxhunting in Free State Threatened by Fox Destruction
Hunting in the Free State draws many English sportsmen and spends about 5 million dollars yearly. Foxes are being destroyed in large numbers for their skins, with 238 packs of foxhounds in the region. The government is urged to pass legislation to penalize fox destruction and protect the sport.
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Dublin
Free State
England
Alaska to get eleventh governor as Parks succeeds Bone
Juneau reports George Alexander Parks will become governor of Alaska on June 15 succeeding Scott C. Bone. It marks the eleventh executive in the territory since the first governor appointed in 1884.
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Juneau
Alaska
George Alexander Parks
Scott C. Bone
Territory
State Sponsored Land Settlement Faces Financial Failure
A legislative committee in Sacramento reports the Delhi colony near Merced, a state sponsored land settlement project, has failed financially. The colony, settled by eastern and middlewestern residents under an easy payment plan, prompted a recommendation that California exit the land selling and underwriting business.
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Ase
Sacramento
Calif
Delhi Colony
Merced
California
Farm Bureau Debate Set for State Championship
The Polk county Farm Bureau debating team will face the Dubuque county squad in Ames at Town State College on April 2 for the Iowa state title. Announcement was made yesterday at the state Farm Bureau headquarters in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Polk County Farm Bureau
Dubuque County
Town State College
Ames
State Farm Bureau
Civil War Veteran Dies From Train Collision Injuries
Jerry Perkins aged 75, a Civil War veteran, is dying in a hospital in New Hampton from injuries suffered when struck by a passenger train Monday evening. The incident occurred earlier this week as Perkins awaited or crossed near the rail line. Police and hospital authorities report no further details at this time.
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Associated Press
New Hampton
Jerry Perkins
Indictment Expected in Shepherd Case in Chicago
Reports from Chicago say True bills charging William D. Shepherd and C. D. Fatman, proprietor of a bacteriology school, are expected to be returned. the case involves the death of William Nelson McClintock by typhoid fever and names witnesses including doctors and nurses. The district attorney said indictments likely to be filed tomorrow before Chief Justice Jacob H. Hopkins.
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Preas
Chicago
Wim
D. Shepherd
C.D. Fatman
William Nelson McClintock
Robert EK. Crowe
Crowe
Jacob H
Thilly
McClintock
Criminal Court
Harold Levy
National University of Sciences
Charles (. Farman
William D. Shepherd
Adminster
Oman
John W. Follmer
State Department of Education
Paiman
Follmer Aid
Charlies C. Faiman
American Medical Association
Memorial Service for Sun Yat Sen in Canton
Canton China March 17 definite announcement that Dr Sun Yet Sen who died in Peking will be buried at Nan king. A memorial service will be held here. No successor to the South China provincial presidency will be appointed. Live officials will form an executive committee to govern local affairs. Military activity is evident with large troop concentrations around Canton. City affairs are unsettled and business is nearly at a standstill.
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Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Associated Press
China
Sun Yet-Sen
Peking
Nanking
South China
Frank Rathmell Dead in Kansas Funeral Services Set
Frank Rathmell died yesterday in a Ellsworth area hospital from pneumonia. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 30 PM at Jones and McElhinney chapel with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He was born February 22 58 years ago on a farm north of Washington and had lived in Ellsworth Kansas for years. He leaves brothers John Rathmell and James Rathwell and sister Minnie Hole in Oklahoma.
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Jones & McElhinney
Frank Rathmell
Kilsworth
Kansas
Elm Grove
Rathmell
James Rathwell
Ira Shenefelt
Ellsworth
Mr. Rathmell
Washington
Henry
Katherine
Page) Rathmell
Iowa
Kun
Gasoline Price Cut In Omaha Nebraska Mills Reduction
The People's Gas Company will cut gasoline prices today from 18.9 to 15.9 cents per gallon at all company stations in Omaha Nebraska. Manager H M Michels announced the lower rate citing increased business as the reason.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
People's Gas Company
H. M. Michels
Michels
Young McClintock will estate feud ends in exhumation bid
After the 21 year old heir's death, his estate valued over 1.5 million left to Shepherd with an 8000 annuity to Miss Pope. Judge Harry Olson urged an exhumation and inquest amid doubts over natural death by typhoid or poison. Chemical analysis found typhoid fever but did not rule poisons. Shepherd and wife were in Albuquerque, then returned to defend against relatives hoping to break the will.
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McClintock
Shepherd
Miss Pope
Harry Olson
Cook County
Olson
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Vermont man Sargent nominated as attorney general
Vermont native John G. Sargent was nominated today by President Coolidge to be attorney general. The Senate Judiciary Committee quickly endorsed the nomination, with confirmation expected before the current special session ends. Sargent, 64, former Vermont attorney general, educated at Tufts College, is described by friends as the best lawyer in New England.
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Associated Press
Washington
John G. Sargent
Senate Judiciary Committee
Vermont
President Coolidge
Sargent
Charles B. Warren
Senate
White House
Warren
Coolidge
Judiciary Committee
Curtis
Robinson
Tufts College
New England
Highway Control Bill Reported by State House Committee
The highway control bill to transfer primary road jurisdiction from county supervisors to the state highway commission was reported out to the House by the committee on roads and highways without recommendation. The measure narrowly avoided indefinite postponement with a 17 to 11 vote to bring out, and 14 to 14 to postpone.
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State House
Les Moines
State Highway Commission
House
Committee On Roads and Highways
Suit Against Bank at Boyer Dismissed in Federal Court
War Finance Corporation sued Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Boyer Iowa over notes totaling 14 Hoa, in federal court. The case, begun months ago, was dismissed today in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
War Finance Corporation
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Boyer
Iowa
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