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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
2
About 1200 poll tax delinquents owing the city roughly $6,000 are to be pursued with legal steps after a unanimous council resolution. Delinquents 21 to 45 will get registered notices, then face municipal court. judgments will double costs for the taxpayer. The move funds the street department and next year’s budget.
J C McClune announced plans for administration changes in the state auditor's office. Mervine spent yesterday at the attics making notes and outlining reforms for the new term.
A fragmented Christmas pageant prose envisions a world of unity and joy. It contrasts wealth and poverty, calls for trust and assurance, and imagines peace between nations and hearts through belief in a central figure born in Bethlehem.
Washington News Bureau reports Iowa representatives back either William Madden or Nicholas Longworth for House Speaker. Madden gains western support but faces opposition. Longworth seen as central Eastern choice. Kansas Rep Ti nch er alleges Madden’s ties to agrarian foes and anti Japanese backing as leverage in the contest.
Representative Tincher backs Longworth from the start in the House leadership contest, opposing Madden. His outspoken endorsement and condemnation could sway western lawmakers toward the Ohio statesman in a pivotal party fight.
Willard H Indra head of the commercial department at West High School and Bruce G Gates president of Gates Business College will leave Saturday for Louisville Kentucky to attend the annual convention of the National Commercial Teachers federation. Indra will speak on Commercial Subjects and their correlation with other topics. Gates College will dismiss classes for Christmas holiday and reconvene January 5. J Giltserie department head will spend the season at his Lansing Michigan home.
State and federal officers swept Carroll County in a major liquor raid planned by James Dixon. The operation seized twelve trucks of bootleg liquor, 50 slot machines, 20 punch boards, 160 gallons of pure alcohol and wine, and raided many speakeasies and cigar stores. One bootlegger, Breda, fled in a truck. authorities recovered no identification, but have the truck numbers. Several arrests await regal action as the county clean sweep continues.
Three months ago authorities raided illicit liquor operations as state agent George Atkins and Wak led the investigation. A recent raid yielded new leads and clarification on the Elmarue case tied to the hooch operation.
Des Moines dispatch notes snow and rising temperatures across Iowa. Southern counties such as Keokuk report 12 degrees above zero while northern cities Charles City and Sioux City show 12 degrees below. The system forecasts snow in portions of the state with warming in the south.
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