Congress Ends Session Amid Tax Cut Push And Widespread Concern
Congress closes the term as lawmakers depart for home after agreeing to revenue act changes that cut more than 222 million dollars from the tax bill. The measure lowers corporate rates, ends motorcar tax, exempts small theater admissions, and repeals foreign-built yacht tax, while a polar airship search and memorial day observances populate the remaining notes of the period.
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Coolidge
United States Chamber of Commerce
Towans
Nye oil probe report foreshadows reform in industry
Senator Nye filed a supplemental report condemning naval oil leases and the Continental Trading deal. He described the Teapot Dome Elk Hills case as a vast conspiracy and theft, predicting a general housecleaning in the oil industry and political reforms as a result of the probe.
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Washington, D. C
Continental Trading Company
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Walsh Democrat
Montana
Robert W. Stewart
Harry F. Sinclair
H. M. Blackmer
Supreme Court of the United States
Doheney
Sinclair
General House
Probe of Hoover funds sparks Iowa inquiry demand
Des Moines May 29. In a telegram Milo Reno head of the Town Farmers union asks a subcommittee from the senatorial committee probing presidential campaign finances to visit Iowa. He alleges Hoover and Hammill funding flows into the state to aid Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Gov Hammill as he seeks renomination. The claim states Hammill favors Hoover though claiming loyalty to Lowden.
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Des Moines
INS
Republican
Congress
Milo Reno
Ute Town Farmers Union
Senatorial Committee
Iowa
Hoover Group
Smith W. Brookhart
Reno
Secretary of Commerce
John Hammill
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Peter Beck, an Eagle township farmer, says farmers need relief through policy and criticizes tariffs while noting the Midwest links to other industries. He cites 1904 Cleveland convention aims, laments postmasters and revenue agents aligned with Mellon era views, and praises President Coolidge for conviction yet condemns platform hedges.
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Peter Beck
Eagle Township
Middle West
Republican Party
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Cleveland
Hoover
Cal & Co
Middlewest
United States
Schons
Coolidge
CURTIS NEW HEAD OF ORDER OF RAILROAD CONDUCTORS
Jacksonville May 29 F E Curtis Cedar Rapids Ia was elected president of the Order of Railroad Conductors in grand session here S N Perry Cedar Rapids was named senior vice president and J BE Rogers Omaha secretary treasurer succeeding Curtis The Yank win another New York May 29 WINS The Yanks beat the Griffs 3 to 2 in a pitching duel Pipgras vs Jones six hits enough for three runs Boozers arrested Algona May 29 Floyd Ash Wesas held for intoxication and liquor possession S A Guam Emmetsburg held for DWI Killed by blast Audubon May 20 L C Nissson 47 Audubon was killed blasting a ditch after his tool touched a high tension line
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F.E. P. Curtis
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railroad Conductors
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J. BE. Rogers
Omaha
Curtis
YANKS
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Griffs
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Sam" Jones
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Wesas
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Guam
Ermmetsburg
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Courier delivery by 6 30 each day
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 6 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 8 30 p m.
Cohen Buys Syndicate Building in Waterloo Investment
Le Cohen secretary treasurer of the Davidson company today acquired legal title to the Syndicate building on Bridge street Waterloo. The five story brick structure fronts 75 feet on Bridge street and encompasses about 25 000 square feet of vacant floor space. Cohen plans to attract tenants while maintaining existing leases and views Bridge street as a future commercial hub.
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Syndicate
Hall-Ekfelt Company
Thomas Gascaden, Jr
F. F. McElhinney
Waterloo West
Waterloo East
Schulte Realty Company
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Two Men Killed in Triple Train Wreck at Barberton
A triple train wreck at a Barberton railroad crossing killed two men and injured two others as a B&O freight crashed into a westbound Pennsylvania freight in dense fog. An eastbound Pennsylvania freight then struck the wreckage and derailed, tying up traffic on three railroads. An Ames notice references host housing for 4-H girls short course with 2,499 expected nationally and dormitory limits of 1,028.
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Barberton
B. & O. Freght
Pennsylvania
Ohio police seek fiend who slew 7 year old girl
Toledo Ohio May 29 police question two suspects in the death of Dorothy Silagowski seven abducted from her bed and slain after a man entered the home through an unlocked back door and carried her away in a small black suited figure seen fleeing police describe a small man in a black suit and the killer left the body on the grandparents porch in a case tied to fingerprint leads and a toddler family member eyewitnesses say the assailant knew the house and a back door was used to enter the home
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Dorothy Silagowski
Toledo. O
Alex Sielagowski
Dorothy
Felix Dobrezeniecki
Sielagowski
Silagowski
Stella
Bofly
Dobrezeniecki
Defense Seeks to Prove Slayer of Woman Is Insane
In Des Moines district court defense argues Dewey Doss an army deserter guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting Martha Smith at her Ris ing Sun home on March 6. The trial features mental-illness testimony from the defendant’s mother Alma Harvey and Drake University psychology instructor Reud H. Sylvester, with more experts expected to testify as the State rests.
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Indiana
Reud H. Sylvester
Drake University
President Signs Postal Rate Bill
President Coolidge signed today a 16.285 million dollar postal rate reduction bill. Sponsored by Chairman Griest, the measure reduces rates on most mail classes to the 1921 basis and takes effect July 1.
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Washington, D. C
Mass
Coolidge
Griest
Hone Post Office
Poison deaths in a family linked to brothers in Dubuque
In Dubuque on May 2 a third family death is blamed on poison after John Coleman died from a potion. Earlier winters saw Archie found dead in the street and Edward dying from a fatal dose, while Washington reports on a deficiency appropriation bill signed by President Coolidge in May for the 1928 and 1983 fiscal years.
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John Coleman
Archie
Edward
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Iu.p
Coolidge
Clubwomen Face Leadership at San Antonio Convention
The General Federation of Women's Clubs faces a leadership contest at its biennial meeting in San Antonio. Indiana lawyer Mrs Edward Franklin White leads those favoring a professional president for at least one term, while Baltimore's Mrs John F Sippel heads the supporters of a home woman for the helm.
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Tex
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Edward Franklin White
Indianapolis
Supreme Court of Indiana
John F. Sippel
Baltimore
Clara Olson Case: Father Accused of Dual Murders
Martins Gilbert of Detroit told police he had proof that Chris Olson, Clara Olson’s father, killed Clara and her sweetheart Erdman Olson in Wisconsin over four years ago. He arrived in town and spoke freely. police questioned him though doubts remained. The missing Erdman was never found after Clara’s body was allegedly buried in a Portage area shallow grave per Olson’s dream description.
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Martins Gilbert
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Olson
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Wis
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Erdman
Chrysler to Take Over Dodge Brothers Property
Chrysler Corp plans to acquire Dodge Brothers through a merger exchanging Chrysler common stock for Dodge preferred and common shares. Chrysler will assume all Dodge liabilities including $47,276,000 61 percent debenture bonds and subsidiaries abroad.
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Ono
Boulder Dam Debate Drags Through Senate Overnight
Washington May 28 final adjournment talks dominated a late session as Johnson and Bruce clashed over Boulder canyon dam status. Ashurst and Hayden staged a lengthy filibuster denying a vote, while the chamber prepared to end the first session of the seventieth congress with adjournment sine die.
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Boulder Dam
Hiram Johnson
Washington, D. C
Boulder
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Johnson
Republican
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D. C
House
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Hayden
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Steck
Iowa
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West Virginians End Hot Primary in 1932 bid
West Virginia voters faced a tight GOP primary as Herbert Hoover campaigned against Guy D. Goff. Delegates at stake included 19 from Kansas City, with national attention on results shaping Hoover’s path toward the nomination. Gov. Al Smith opposed by Senator James A. Reed for 16 Houston-based votes in a closely watched contest.
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W. Va
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West
Hoover
Six Convicts Convicted of Prison Guard Murder in Polson Riot
In Sacramento on May 29 the six Polson prison rioters Roy Stokes Tony Brown Walter Burk Albert Stewart Joseph Gregg and Eugene Crosby were found guilty of first degree murder. The verdict carries automatic death sentences. Deputies armed with revolvers and a mounted machine gun monitored the courtroom amid fears of a possible breakout.
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Cal
U.P
Polson Prison
Roy Stokes
Tony Brown
Walter Burk
Albert Stewart
Joseph Gregg
Eugene Crosby
George Baker
Exoneration in Deputy Shooting Case at Dex Malnes
Coroner Jill jury exonerates Deputy Sheriff J P Scovel in the shooting of George Ross a 60 year old black squatter. It ruled the deputy acted in self defense while serving a court order to eject Ross from a shack in cash city. Luther College baseball ends season with 12th win 3 to 1 over Upper Iowa University in Devoran Ta.
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George Ross
Scovel
Ross
Devoran
Luther College
Upper Iowa University
Iowa Weather and Highways Update
Weather across Iowa shows varied conditions with many cities reporting clear and good viability. Rapids and Dubuque show clouds. Ottumwa and Keokuk indicate fair or cloudy, while Mason City Boone and Iowa City report clear or bright conditions.
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Boone
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Iowa City
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Muscatine
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