Goolidge signs tax cut bill amid revenue reductions
President Goolidge signed a compromise tax reduction bill projecting a $222.5 million revenue loss over two years. Provisions include lowering corporate income tax to 12 percent, repealing the motor car sales tax, and raising theatre admission exemptions to $3. The measure also repeals cereal beverage tax, tightens narcotics fees, and changes earned income credits while excluding broader rate cuts. Treasury had urged $201 million, Chamber of Commerce supported larger cuts. Automakers face new sale restrictions after signing.
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Bii
House
Senate
Treasury
United States Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Chamber
Administration
Bia,m
Washington Park Summer Concerts Start June 7
The American Legion band will open the summer park concert series at Washington Park on Thursday night June 7, announced today by director C. R. Whaylen. Concerts will alternate weekly every Thursday night between Washington and Lincoln parks during June, July and August. The June 7 and June 14 programs feature soprano soloist Miss Agnes Thompson.
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The
American Legion Band
Summer Park
Washington Park
C. R. Whaylen
Washington
Lincoln Perks
Agnes Thompson
East Junior High Cantata Tonight At East High Auditorium
East Junior High presents a cantata titled By the Sea along with a musical program featuring the girls glee club bars glee club and orchestra totaling 174 students. Miss Norma He Gatser and G T Bennett supervise the event at 8 p m tonight in East High auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Junior High School
Bars
East High
Norma HE. Gatser
G. T. Bennett
Brain Tests and Answers in Society Page
A reader note explains an unusual intelligence test where a set of words share a letter pattern except one. Groups include box bring pride black bird bone banister and others with similar quirks. The exercise asks four minutes for each set to identify the odd word.
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Aida
Ara
Agora
Abaca
Abracadabra
America
Rabbit
Sins
Paris
Innes
Lover
Oto
Apa
Eve
Aroma
Madam
India
Feminder
Belinda
Windag
Panama
Revere
Canad
Bolivar
Alphebet
Fragmented Weather Brief Readout
Readable fragments show temperatures for Monday and Tuesday with partial numbers and unclear units. Missing context and most digits are unreadable. The item appears to be a local weather snippet with inconsistent notation and garbled wording.
Congress Ends Filibuster On Boulder Dam Bill
Congress adjourned after ending the Boulder Dam bill filibuster with aid from Heflin and Blease while Ashurst and Hayden led the debate. Senators lingered through the night in Capitol rooms, taking relays for brief rests as the chamber considered house approved amendments and other business.
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Congress
Boulder Dam
Heflin
Alabama
Blease
South Carolina
Ashurst
Senate
Hayden
Muscle Shoals
Arizona
House
Johnson
Capitol
Haberling Rites Held at Waverly
Funeral services for Henry Haberling, 67, who died of heart disease, were held at St. Pauls Lutheran church in Waverly. Born in Germany, he came to the United States in 1881 and lived in Waverly since 1914, survived by his widow and nine children. Relations report additional deaths in Chicago as Father T H Collins, pastor of St Marys, was recalled after traveling there following the funeral of an uncle.
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Aurier
Waverly
Henry Haberling
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Haberling
Germany
United States
Chicago
T. HR. Collins
St. Mary’s Church
James Maloney
Maloney
Elizabeth Duffin
Ann Collins
Father Collins
Malone
Duffin
Belgrade police clash injures students and others
In Belgrade, Jugoslavia, on May 29, police and gendarmes clashed with students protesting the Nettuno convention. Four students were seriously wounded, 26 others injured, and about 100 people arrested as reinforcements arrived at 2 am. Italian minister A Bordiero filed a protest demanding strict action against local authorities.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
A. Bordiero
Jugoslav
Reverend C V Lannholm Accepts Union Pastorate
The Congregational Church announces Rev. C V Lannholm will begin his pulpit duties at Union Congregational next Sunday. He previously served at Edgewood Is. He succeeds Rev A A Moore as pastor of Union Congregational. In Carlisle county, a recluse, 70-year-old J R Wellens, found dead by his shack, died of self inflicted gunshot after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Lannholm
UNION
Congregational
GC. V. Lannholm
Union Congregational Church
Lannholm
Edgewood
William Hardcastle
Plymouth Congregational Church
A A. Moore
Indienoie
A. B. Wellens
Carlisle
Beilke Rites Held For Olga Ida Beilke At First Lutheran
Olga Ida Beilke 63 died of carcinoma at 204 Cottage Street yesterday at 3 am. Survived by five sons, one daughter, and sister Mrs. Hulda Burt. Children include F Beihke, Wapello. Harry Beilke, Leonard Beilke, Harold Beike, and Fed Beike. Burial in Fabre View after services at First Lutheran Church conducted by Rev. Mueller. Body taken from Kearns mortuary to Cottage Street residence prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Ida Beilke
Beiilke
Hulda Burt Denver
Ross Worrell
F. Beihke
Linn Meel
Harry Belke
Cottage Maret
William Beilke
Newton
Harold Beike
Oelwein
Fed Biike
Wapello
Beilke
Kearns Mortuary
Cottane Street
First Lutheran Church
Henry “Mueller
oMeianig
Fabre View
Waterloo names Garelon Silas city attorney
The Waterloo city council unanimously appointed Garelon Silas of Pike, Stas, Zimmerman & Frank to be city attorney. Silas succeeds Walter P Jensen who was elected in 1986. The five hour session covered riverfront reclamation, traffic issues, stoplight monuments, and sewer and sidewalk projects plus budget concerns for the playground commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garelon Silas
Pike, Stas
Zimmerman & Frank
E. A. McFarlane
Silas
Walter P Jensen
Congress Today Senate Debate on Boulder Dam Continues
Senate continues debate on the Boulder Dam question with campaign fund inquiries led by Perry Howard a Republican national committeeman from Mississippi. House moves to consider an Austrian loan and an unanimous consent calendar bill.
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United Srepo
Senate
Boulder Dam
Perry Howard
Mississippi
HOUSE
City approves engineer report on 8199 expenditure and parking limits
City Engineer Barber's report covering a total expenditure of $8,199 was approved. Reports were received and approved from the finance committee the water sewer and gas committee and a special Committee of Investigation. An ordinance prohibiting parking for more than one hour on Jefferson street between Fourth and Fifth streets was adopted.
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Sycamore
Second Streets
Barber
Water, Sewer and Gas
Jefferson Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Independence Chautauqua Week Set for June 11 16
Independence will host the twenty first annual chautauqua on the Redpath Vawter circuit for a one week program starting June 11. A burglary at Burg Company’s Scent Lot 1 store showed receipts weekend loss at 300 dollars all cash. entry suspected through a roof access. Mrs W J Davison remains critically ill at People's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feowvier Spreial Service
Independence
Redpath-Vawter
W. J. Davison
People's Hospital
Methodist Men Council Session At Oelwein Church
Du buque district Methodist men's council drew hundreds to Oelwein for three sessions on Monday with speakers Dr. G W Cleworth Dr G A Challace and Dr Frank Mossman president of Morningside college delivering addresses Special music from Upper Iowa university quartet and Independence glee club Also noted are a wedding at 529 Fourth Ave SE and a Memorial Day program in Rock Island Park plus local club and personal items from Oelwein and vicinity
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Couriet
Oelwein
Dubuque District
Methodist Men's Council
G W. Cleworth
G. A. Challace
Neon
Frank Mossman
Morningside College
Sioux City
Upper Iowan University Quartet
Independence Glee Club
Wilson Albright
Hulda Albright
A. HK. Albright
George Wilson
Fourth Avenue
Oklahoma
Great Western Railroad
Rock Island Park
Merchants’ Committee
Kittenbaill
Kitthenball
Church League
First Baptist
Gospel Baptist
Christian
Methodist
Presbyterian
Watena
E. Hillis
Illinois
Thomas Edgar
Kankakee
Chebanse
J. H. Campbell
H. ¥. Hoyer
E. RB. O'Brien
Des Moines
Frances Morton
Frances Worley
Hazleton
Oelwein Business College
Ira. Shippy
Harold Shippy
Newton
Maytag Company
Mohlis Names Guyer and Cheney Waterbury Patrolmen
Chief of Police Charles Mohlis announced Max N. Guyer of 240 Maple Street and Damon Cheney of 76 Lane Street have passed civil service exams and will assume full time positions on the Waterloo police force. The openings arise from the resignations of Patrolmen Earl Wray and Warren Buckley who were part time workers. Cheney, formerly of Greene, Ta, moved to Waterloo eight years ago after seventeen months as a machinist at John Deere. Guyer, a mason, formerly from Dunkerton, Ia, previously worked in the construction trade.
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Charles Mohlis
Max N. Guyer
Maple Street
Damon Cheney
Lane Street
Waterloo
Earl Wray
Warren Buckley
Cheney
Greene, Ta
John Deere Company
Guyer
Dunkerton, In
Search for missing Italia dirigible in Arctic weather
Kings Bay Spitzbergen May 29 unfavorable weather hampers base ship Citta di Milano hunting the missing dirigible Italia in polar sea. Oslo reports unconfirmed sightings as plans for relief by air advance with Lieut Holm and the sealer Hobby ready to reach Spitzbergen.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Citta di Milano
Polar Sea
Prt
Uhru
Oslo
Norway
Altho
Amsterdam Island
Riiser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Lieut. Holm
Troimsee
Hobby
Spitsbergen
Capt. Riiser-Larsen
King’s Bay
Italia
Delegates Arrive for Colored Women's Federation Meeting
Thirty four delegates of the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Club convention arrive today at Payne chapel Mobile and Albany with six more expected. The federation's executive council met last night with Mrs. D Mae Lee Fine presiding. Dr L B Fergerson and M F Fields spoke, music by Backstrom orchestra and Fullilove tie, health talk by Dr Fergerson on afternoon session. Officers to be elected at the annual business meeting tomorrow. A miscellaneous program follows tonight.
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Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Club
Payne Chapel
Mobile
Albany
Executive Council
The
Federation
D. Mae Lee Fine
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Fergerson
M. F. Fields
Backstrom Orchestra
Fullilove
Fergerson
Whittier Pupils in May Day Frolics at Glory Quarry
Whittier schoolchildren and about 350 pupils with 250 parents participated in a May Day event at Glory Quarry supervised by Beulah Fletcher and staff. The program included grades presenting acts, a maypole, folk dances, and a demonstration of a new $6,000 railway scale operated by fifth and sixth grade students. A test car from the Western Weber company circulated, and the scale will weigh products not routed through Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and North Iowa lines.
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Bymes Park
Whittier School
Sheerelory
Waterloo
Cedar Falls & North
Hawkeye Quarry
Glory
Mann
West District
Beulah Fletcher
Johnny Rappold Teaches Boys How to Build Speedy Model Airplanes
Johnny Rappold of Chicago leads free model airplane classes for Piftéen boys in Courier hall this week under Kiwanis sponsorship. Students build indoor tractor monoplanes with balsa wood frames, rice paper skins, and rubber band propulsion. An exhibition of his miniature planes is set for 6:30 p.m. today at Highland park.
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Johnny Rappold
Piftéen
Courier Hall
Chicago
Rappold
South America
Johnny
Kiwanis Club
The
Courier
Highland Park
Rhode
Waterloo
Bank official charged with embezzlement in Iowa shortage
L J Ortman, vice president of Farmers State Bank Hopkinton, Ia, posted 2400 bond after arraignment for embezzling about 3600 in Liberty bonds left for safekeeping. Disappearance and a $500 cashier's check raised suspicion. bank closed to forestall a run. Ortman allegedly fled to Cedar Rapids, New Mexico, then returned to Iowa, seeking to surrender in Dubuque at E L Gifford's home. He has made no public statement.
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Ortman
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
New Mexico
Iowa
Dubuque
E. L. Gifford
Earl W Watson fractured vertebra after elevator fall
X ray shows Earl W Watson of 247 Prospect avenue sustained a fractured vertebra after falling from the Lauerman building elevator shaft Sunday evening. His condition is not dangerous. he rests easily at St. Francis hospital where he was taken, his physician reports. Watson is president of Black Hawk Construction. Additional items list building permits and quarantines.
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Earl W. Watson
Prospect Avenue
Lauerman
Watson
Black Hawk Construction Company
St. Francis Hospital
Fire Alarms Report Mild Grass Fire On Utility Right of Way
Fire crews responded Monday to a grass fire along the Great Western right of way at 8 21 p m with no damage reported. A separate incident at 1 14 p m damaged the roof of a garage at 205 Lane Street, home of FLA Mad berg, with about 4 on the property noted.
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Grass Fire Talon
Great Western
FLA
Madberg
Lane Street
Joss
Lindbergh Opens Pacific Route Flight Across U S
Col Charles A Lindbergh took off at 6 25am in a Ryan monoplane from Curtiss Field for Columbus Ohio on the first leg toward the Pacific coast to map an aerial route for the Transcontinental Air Transport Inc He is chairman of the technical committee and was joined by three companions who gave no names.
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Curtiss Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbus
Pacific Coast
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Lindbergh
Canopians Hear Waterloo History From J C Martman
Canopians heard J C Martman speak at the Cano pus club luncheon in Black's tearoom on Early Days in Waterloo. He noted Pike's 1803 journal mentioning the territory, Waterloo township settlers in July 1845 from Edwards county, Illinois, and the 1860 Dubuque and Pacific railroad. He recalled 1855 courthouse location debates with Cedar Falls and a 50-person patriotic program ending with songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Martman
Canopus Club
Black
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Lieutenant Pike
Hartman
Waterloo Township
Edwards County
Illinois
Dubuque & Pacific Railroad
Cedar Falls
Toy Airplanes Delight Waterloo Kiwanis Guests
Chicago visitor Jonny Rappold demonstrated model aircraft at the Hotel Russell-Lamson lobby as Waterloo Hawks and Kiwanis members watched. Planes circled the mezzanine while W J Keefe spoke on benefits of organized baseball for the town.
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Russell-Lamson
Jonny Rappold
Chicago
Waterloo Boys
Rappold
Kiwanis Club
Cletus Dixon
Waterloo Hawks
W. J. Keefe
14 States Listed for Delegations with Farm Plea
Chicago reports 14 agricultural states form a committee to present their farm aid plea to the Republican national convention in Kansas City. Minnesota farmers mobilize in four sections before traveling. the group supports Lowden and rival candidates Watson and Curtis, urging economic justice for the corn belt amid a western push.
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Chicago
Kansas City
M. J. Yobin
St. Paul
Minn
J. F P. Reed
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Lawden
Tobin
Frank O. Lowden
Watson
Indiana
Curtis
Kansas
Vielery
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Montana
Wakefield Charged With Illegal Still Operation
Tracey Wakefield, 48, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the district court on charges of illegal possession and operation of a still and maintaining a liquor nuisance. Held in county jail on 8500 bond after detectives found a 15 gallon home-made still in operation at his 416 Merriman street home. Det Crumline seized 150 gallons of rye mash and four gallons of new whisky. seizure followed a raid at 3:30 p m Saturday.
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Tracey Wakefield
Wakefield
Merriman Street
Hugh Crumline
Hughes Jr. Faces Critical Illness in La Crosse Hospital
Life hangs on hopeful surgery as John J. Hughes Jr. a Campion Academy student fights peritonitis poisoning. His sister donated blood in a second transfusion while family rushed from Des Moines to Le Crosse to be at his bedside after an operation.
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la Crosse
Wis
John J. Hughes, Jr
Campion Academy
Altho
Binad
Young Hughes
Des Moines
le Crosse
Young Academy
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Goolidge
BD. G
May
Uni
Goolinge
East Junior High
E. Evening Post, Inc
Society
Ann Coltiny
Baxdit Sugots
B. R. Poush
Poush
Mortmuary
Carleton Sies
Jensen
Gorne l University
Ithaca
Rochester
Pike & Sias
Sias
National Guard
Hasrenceeen
Becker- Chapman Post
American Legion
Misl Square
Bridge Street
Bridge
Fifth Street
Legion
Riverfront Commission
Saferno
Harry M. Reed
Harry Schulte
Earl Glasson
Arthur Zim
Merman
F. McGinn
Trafic
Wayne S$. Raymond
Lane & Fowler
Lafayette Street
Altstadt & Langlas Bakery
Franklin Street
Nathan B. Barber
Oak Avenue
Utica Street
Fourth Street
Waterloo Construction Company
Old Mill Race
Memorial Hall
J. A. Robinson
City Playground Commission
Tibbitts
Charles ©. MacKay
Round Commission
Harold K. Hafls
Quincy Street
Anu
Manson
Tor Quincy
George B. Green
Riverside Drive
D. B.toenjes
John Beck
Sixth and
Caomutiereial Streets
Lou Fuller
Falls Avenue
Fcant
Cleveland Street
Gus
Carleton Sias
Congress Today
Mohlis
Whittier
Glory Quarry
Bond
L. J. Ortman
Ernest Dg. Baker
Cleveland
Charles Clemenston
Pleasant View
H. A. Maine
Fourth West
New
H. A. Bennett
Harrison
Home Coal Company
Mullan West
William Schwerin
Ackermant
Elmer W. North
Magnolia
Eugene Arns
Armen
Lindy
Canopians
Erskine
Studebaker
UO Ria Iris
Grand Jury
Helen Fovall
Frank Campion
Vine St
Cincinnati
Addeesa
Cutieura Laboratories
Malden
Maur
Cheerio
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