Mellon Tax Rates Spar In Senate Battle For Revenue Bill
Washington May 6 Republican leaders rally to salvage the administration's revenue bill amid Democratic and insurgent resistance. Insurgents led by Senator Brookhart threaten a vote on a plan restoring the excess profits tax, while Senator Jones advances a moderate alternative. Expect a final Senate vote within 48 hours, then conference with the House to resolve differences before possible White House action or an extra session.
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Itornational News Wire
Washington, D. C
Senate
Althe
Mellon
Jones
New Mexico
House
Longworth
Simmons
White House
Coolidge
Congress
Platt Will Allocates Large Estate Share to Daughters
The will of Judge Platt allocates a substantial portion of his estate to his daughters with a trust to aid a named boyfriend, Vernon Jaynes, toward a college education. If he misbehaves or fails to maintain good scholastic progress, the trust reverts to the daughters. The document, drafted hours before the judge’s death, also provides substitution rules if valued securities lose value and specifies stocks to be used for the trust or gift at par value.
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Vernon Jaynes
Parkersburg
Ondeavor
Marshal Disarms Cowboys For Concealed Weapons in Newhall
In Los Angeles May a city marshal disarmed movie cowboys at Newhall and arrested them on duress of carrying concealed weapons. Forty five revolvers loaded with blank cartridges were held as evidence while their owners were at large on bond.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pierre Rowbars Laday
Justice Court
Newhall
Here
State Briefs Eagle Grove Safeplane and Glider Gains
Eagle Grove notes the safeplane as Iowa’s latest travel mode. Leroy Waugh of Clarion built a six passenger glider. Mason City police say the Northwestern Flour and Feed Distributing Co safe wasn’t locked during a robbery. The Arlen gang members were captured after a horse aided pursuit with trials and lengthy sentences. Over 45,000 dollars raised toward a 100,000 dollar University of Dubuque fund. Woods Memory discount sale ongoing.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa
Leroy Waugh
Clarion
Mason City
Northwestern Flour & Feed Distributing Co
Arlen
Buicby
University of Dubuqua
Women’s convention duties laid out for New York
Miss Elizabeth Marbury leads the women’s committee guiding care and entertainment for delegates and wives at the Democratic National Convention in New York. Officials promise safe crowds, expanded boundaries, hotel rooms, and 160000 dollars for visitor amusement while pledging no profiteering, with 54 subcommittees organized to serve state and territorial delegations.
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Misslisabeth
Marbury
New York
Ity Guesis
Board of Estimate
Hotelsmen’s Association
Cody Island
Elizabeth Marbury
Temain
George F. Mara
Merchants’ Association
Producing Managers’ Association
Mura
Stanley J. Quinn
Song
Union Report Urges Methodist-Episcopal Church Unity
Springfield May 6 The joint commission proposes uniting the Methodist-Episcopal church and the Methodist-Episcopal Church South into a single United church with two jurisdictions covering current territory The joint organization name to be decided at the first joint conference and the treasurer plan to be announced tomorrow Also a resolution urging a liberal policy toward Japan was introduced and ordered printed for tomorrow's conference debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Wire
Springfield
Mass
The
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Methodist-Episcopal Church South
General Conference
Wiliam F. McDowell
Washington, D. C
United Church
Trefort
O.flerert J. Johnson
Betsy
Cal
AME Conference Denounces Divorce Threats Prohibition Praised
In Louisville, May, during the opening session of the AME church general conference, speakers condemned divorce as evil and extolled prohibition. Bishop A J Carey, Chicago, chairing the general conference commission, recalled historic sacrifices for independence and pledged readiness to defend Old Glory. A missionary mass meeting was scheduled for tonight.
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Louisville
General Conference
The
African Methodist Episcopal Church
A. J. Carey
Chicago
General Conference Commission
Boston
France
Mrs. E. W. Comfort Hurt in Auto Mishap
Mrs. E. W. Comfort of 217 Sunnyside Avenue was injured when the car carrying her and her husband overturned at the Falls and Sunnyside intersection. An ambulance transported her home. injuries described as not serious.
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E. W. Comfort
Sunnyside Avenua
Falls
Sunnyside
Essay Contest On Reds Menace Attracts U S Students
Thousands of US schoolchildren compete in the third annual American Legion essay contest. Entries must be submitted to county superintendents by midnight. Topic is Why Communism is a Menace to America. State winners advance to national judges by August 10. Prizes include 7 dollar cash first prize and 560 second prize with funds for use in education. Communities and organizations support regional, state, and national awards.
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Associated Frasay
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
American Legion
Garland W. Powell
National Americanism Commission
Burglary Device Said to Simplify Safe Openings
Paris police report a newly found appliance that measures lock wards to craft false keys, enabling easier burglaries. The device uses a lever to probe keyholes and records ward positions on a sliding scale, potentially defeating secure locks.
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Paris
Smithsonians Lone Osteologist Cleans Bones for History
United Press report profiles Joseph W. Behotitek, renowned Smithsonian osteologist, who has spent 39 years rebuilding bones and preparing whale skeletons and hummingbirds. Jim Schollick, 74, describes his unmatched tactile method and lifelong devotion to osteology, noting scarce specialists and the museum’s historic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington, D
Walla
Smithsonian Institution
Ruby Brother
Lefentises Tiese
Srey
Joseph W. Behotitek
Smithsonian
Ald
Doc’ Reese
Youngstown
Museu
Polly
Siza
Scherlick
United Press
Scholilck
Seholtick
Tie
Newfoundland
Schollick
England
America
Ward Institute of Natural History
Rochester
Washington
Commencement Week Activities at West High
West High seniors begin commencement week May 30 with class day in the auditorium. A Sunday sermon by Reverend Fred Clark follows. The class play Turn to the Right is set for June 2, with graduation exercises June 4. Junior senior banquet at Galloway Club includes toasts and dancing.
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West High School
Hev. Fred. Clark
Galloway Club
Cedar Falls High Principal Resigns
Cedar Falls high school principal Ray E. Tidman resigned after the board of education meeting. The vacancy remains unfilled as teachers elected the previous evening include senior high staff Ruthven, Giiman Smith, Sylvia Hansen, Pauline Burns, and Frieda Powell among others for English, history, and science roles.
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Cedar Falls
May
Ray E. Tidman
Cedar Falls High School
Board of Education
Rma Logan
Ruthven
Commercial
Giiman Smith
Des Moines
Scienen
Sylvia Hansen
Jewell
Pauline Burns
Sigourney
Frieda Powell
Montezumi
Evangeling Powers
Waterian
Marie Park
Stonx City
Delia Mulder
LeMars
Swisher Funeral, Judge Delays Prosecution in Iowa Case
Towell Swisher died at Iowa City prompting tributes from family including BF Swisher and Mabel Swisher. BF Swisher, an assistant prosecutor in Grundy Center, saw the state v Charles Hel case postponed to September as Judge G W Wood excused the jury. Funeral plans set in Iowa City for Swisher. Also notices the death of Mrs Emma Sweet of Waterloo, died in California. body to be cremated and ashes returned to Belle Plaine for burial. daughter Mrs PW Smith and husband traveling to Long Reach California.
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Oveldl Swisher
B. F. Swisher
Towell Swisher
Iowa City
Sega
Grundy Center
State
Charles Hel
G. W. Wood
Swisher
Lowell Swisher
Illinoisland
Iowa
Miss Mabel
California
Emma Sweayt
Emma Sweet
Waterloo
Long Reach
Cal
PW. Smith
Belle Plaina
Washington legislative actions span Senate and House
Today in Washington the Senate and House convene as President and cabinet meet. Senate and House immigration conferees gather while the Daugherty investigations loom. Committees continue Muscle Shoals hearings and patents hearings. The copyright bill and Philippines measure face insular affairs scrutiny. Shipping Board reconsiders certifications under the Merchant Marine Act section 28.
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Senate
House
Cabinet
Senate Daugherty
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ct House Insular Affairs
Shipping Board
Global Briefs from War-Torn Weeks in Early 20th Century News
AP dispatches cover Saghin island oil wells under Soviet flag and Japanese occupation, Berlin raids on Russian trade offices, Ulster frontier talks, Japan migration bill debates, Morocco front clashes with Spanish forces, Riff tribes orders, and a French engineer setting a heliocopter record with a kilometer flight in seven minutes forty seconds.
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Associated Press
Tokto
Saghiin Island
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Polfast
Ulster Cabinet
Taukio
Nichi Nichi
Coolidge
Gibraltar
Morocco
Melilla
London
Abdel Krim
Tangler
Daily Express
Paris
M. Gehemichen
Collapse of Sand Loading Bin Kills Three In Road Job
In Des Moines on June 6 three men died and two were injured when a sand loading bin on a paving project a few miles east collapsed burying workers under twenty tons of sand gravel and stone. The deceased are W. H. Donéglas Ames state highway inspector Dale H. Layman Des Moines state highway inspector and B. Farrell Kansas City laborer. A coroner's inquest will be held tonight to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Here
W. H. Donéglas
Ames
Dale H. Layman
B. Farrell
Kansas City
Suspected Gangster Found Dead in Road with 17 Bullet Holes
Granite City Tl May s An unidentified man about 30 and thought to be a St Louis gangster was shot from a car and dumped in the street early today Mornin g witness Liza Mihoczic heard shots and found the body in the road with seventeen bullet holes the clothing a dark suit and silk collarless shirt
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Granite City
May ‘S
Hieugie
St. Louis
Liza Mijhoczic
Wardens deny Iowa prisons use solitary confinement for work failure
Des Moines May 6 AP officials at Fort Madison and Anamosa say inmates not punished with solitary confinement for inability to work. Warden Hollowell says over 90 percent of Fort Madison inmates can perform assigned tasks. only those refusing work face confinement. Anamosa warden Baumel cites lighter duties for those unable to work. Both deny dirty conditions and call confinement rare, used to preserve morale.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ford Maddigan
Reformatory
Anaooes
Board of Control
O. Woodmansse
Board of Parole
Senate-House
T. H. Hollowell
State Prison
Fort Madison
Hollower
J.N. Baumel
Anamosa
Baumel
Hollowell
Itheny
Hoth
Spiders and Ground Glass Fed Husband Mob Seeks Pair
In New Orleans on May 6, Mrs. Collie F. Dykes and John Hogan are sought after a confession that Dykes fed her husband ground glass and spiders to kill him. He died when struck by a boat paddle wielded by another man. Bodies found, mobs move the couple between jails to escape crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Collie F. Dykes
John Hogan
Ofhers
Bogalusa
Unknown Aged Man Dies in His Buggy in Perry Ta
Authorities seek relatives of an 85 year old man who died in his buggy near a farm in Perry Iowa. He said his name was Streader and he had a son in law named Clark in Panora Iowa. A memorandum in his pockets referenced points in southern Iowa. Clark cannot be located.
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Perry, Ta
Cate
Here
Streader
Clark
Panora
Iowa
Marshall Declares He Wouldn’t Want the Presidency
In Youngstown Ohio on May 6 Thomas R. Marshall former vice president told the Young Men’s Christian Association annual banquet he would not want the presidency. He said no president is happy after entering the White House and that a president must lead and hold a large political party, which he believes cannot be achieved.
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Youngstown, O
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Boy Playing Indian Firecracker Incident Wounds Girl Eye
In Maquoketa Iowa on May 6 Laurence Bell an 18 year old lost an eye after a bullet fired by six year old Cecil Maioffi struck him while the boy was playing Indian and called to Miss Bell that he would shoot her Miss Bell was taken to University Hospital at Town City where the bullet and eye socket were removed.
One Man Killed in Powder House Blast
Oil City report says a powder magazine owned by an oil well shooter exploded killing one man and injuring several. The blast's shock reached Oil City and Franklin about 20 miles away, apparently caused by a forest fire set off by the explosion.
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Oil City
Franklin
Two Mundy children die in Norwalk house fire
A fire at a Norwalk home early today killed three year old James Mundy and two year old Donald Mundy while their mother Mrs Paul Mundy 26 and an older brother were severely burned. George Mundy five was rescued and burned while trying to save them. The two younger boys died. the mother and George were in critical condition.
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Norwalk
James Mundy
Donald Mundy
Paul Mundy
George
Bnth
Dr Jane Wright Elected President Of Iowa Medical Women
Des Moines May 6 The State Society of Iowa Medical Women elected Dr Jane Wright as President at their twenty seventh annual convention. New officers named include Dr I Grace Doane as vice president Dr Eleanor Hutchison as secretary and Dr Helen Johnston as treasurer. Several prominent women doctors from Town addressed the convention.
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Des Moines
State Society of Iowa
Jane Wright
I Grace Doane
Eleanor Hutchison
Helen Johnston
President Seeks Jap Exclusion Policy Endorsement
Washington May 6 President Coolidge backs Japanese exclusion and states exclusion is now in effect under the gentlemen's agreement with Japan. The White House issued an authorized statement confirming the president's support for the policy and its current application.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Coolidge
Japan
Noted Astronomer Regaining Health
Tos Wangeles reports that Gar Liteley Larken, long time Mount Lowe Observatory director and science writer, has shown marked improvement after a weeks long illness. Physicians expect his departure from Pacific Hospital by week’s end.
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Tos Wangeles
Cal
Edgar Liteley Larken
Mount Lowe Observatory
Here
Jony
Pacific Hospital
Iowa Supreme Court Bears Oral Arguments
Des Moines May 6 The May term of the Iowa supreme court will meet today to hear oral arguments in first division cases. The second division will convene next Tuesday. Three men drowned Sandusky G May 6 when the boat Protection turned over and sank in Sandusky bay this afternoon. Marriage license Harry Datis Waterloo Stella Rhodes Minneapolis 11-20.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Sandusky, G
Protection
Sandusky Bay
Harry Datis
Waterloo
Stella
Rhodes
Minneapolis
Poor Nellie and the distant aunt's uneasy pity
Mrs Simonds travels to visit Eleanor in her so called paradise a distant farmhouse marriage after a hasty union between Eleanor and Bruce Manning she finds a loving home and a hopeful future despite the family doubts The scene shifts from the strained city life to a warm autumn hillside home where Nellie finds happiness with Bruce and a faithful partnership while her aunt lingers on the old hopes and fears
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Mrs. Simonde
Mrs.Simonds
Eleanor
Charlie Stuyvesant
Walls Barker
Charles
Marion
Charles Stuyvesant
Mrs. Simonds
Bruce
Manning
Greater use of radio urged for farm data
Washington reports a push for broader radio and telegraph use to collect and spread farm management, land economics, and marketing data. The proposal will be presented to the American delegation at Rome for the International Institute of Agriculture seventh biennial session. Berlin birthrate declines shift public school enrollments. 1923 births fall to 38,651 from 76,665 in 1913, altering class sizes and early grades.
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Washington, D. C. Mary
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Berlin
Darwin Seizes Water System In Desert Town
In Darwin California citizens seized and began operating the water system after the Pat Redy estate and Darwin Silver Company, long the water source, failed repairs. A three-member board will manage rates for hotels restaurants businesses families and individuals while vowing no profiteering. Authorities cite a California Supreme Court ruling supporting public appropriation of abandoned utility property.
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Darvin
Iit
Death Valley
Cosmo Valley
Cosmo Range
Argus Range
Darwin
Pat Redy
Darwin Silver Company
Justice of the Peace
Clark
Railroad Commission
California Supreme Court
Phin
M. O. O'Shaughnessy
J. B. Strauss
War, Department
San Francisco
California
War Department
Golden Gate
Delegates Hit Marshalltown for Ta S S Convention
With 1 600 delegates registered the fifty ninth annual convention of the Town State Sunday School Council of Religious Education opened in Marshalltown Iowa forenoon and will run through Thursday Dr Hugh S Magill of Chicago could not attend substitute Dr P R Hayward of Chicago will take his place The principal business meeting and divisional conferences will be held Wednesday afternoon with officers to be elected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Town State
Council of Religious Education
Hugh S. Magill
Chicago
P.R. Hayward
Canadian Council of Religious Education
Young Peoples
International Council of Religious Education
Magill
Dentists Demonstrate Teeth Adjustments For Face Remodeling
Des Moines May 6 Dentists Dr Thomas Ward of St Paul and Dr Howard Keeler showed at the Iowa dentists meeting that facial deformities can be softened by teeth adjustments. Over 50 patients received treatment at the clinics today. Dr M N Finn of the University of Pittsburgh will lecture tonight on Care of teeth. A stray line of text mentions an Arctic strike in Queenland with a stream flow found at 3,000 feet.
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Des Moines
Fust
Thomas Ward
St. Paul
Howard Keeler
Ctate
Towa
M. N. Finn
University of Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids
The
State Society
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Poor Nellie
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