Incomes Tax Figures Stir Mixed Reactions Worldwide
A summary of income tax figures reveals notable shifts among celebrities and business leaders. Rudolph Valentino trails Fairbanks and Swanson while Charita Chaplin shows sharper financial strain. Ford, Edsel, Rockefeller and John D. Jr. show strength with multi million contributions. Acknowledges public fascination with wealth and tax policy.
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West
Charita Chaplin
Ben Turpin
The
Friendly Eyes
Rudolph Valentino
Douglas Fairbanks
Gloria Swangon
Los Angeles
Ford
Edsel
Rockefeller
John D., Jr
Fords
Smudged orchard saves most of Cedar Heights apples this spring
Victor Loosbrock of Cedar Heights reports a smudging effort saved about 95 percent of his apple crop after a damaging May hail. Despite poor quality this year, planned frost protection and earlier smudge trials preserved marketable fruit for confectionery stores this season.
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Victor Loosbrock
Cedar Heights
Franks' Teacher Sues Father for $100,000
Chicago AP report states Walter Tr. Wilson, former Harvard Schoolteacher, sues Jacob Franks and others for 100000 in a damage action. The suit targets Franks, his attorney, and police officers who questioned him after Bobby Franks’ kidnapping and murder by Leopold and Loeb. comments were not provided.
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Sve
Harvard School
Chicago
Robert Franks
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Walter Tr. Wilson
Bobby Franks
Jacob Franks
Wilson
Foue
Four Bruised When Airplane Crashes in Eagle Grove
An airplane crash in Eagle Grove Iowa injures four, including three boys and pilot C. E. Tuttle of Red Oak. The craft burned after impact late Monday. two boys were thrown clear and the third was rescued from the flames. All suffered only minor injuries.
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Eagle Grove
Sept. L
C. E. ‘Tuttle
Red Oak
One Dead Several Missing In Ship Fire
Erie details say the Lake Erie steamer Colonial of Western Reserve Navigation Company burned as it neared Westfield New York while en route to Dunkirk. One dead and several missing were rescued or retrieved by lifesaving crews from Erie Buffalo and Dunkirk.
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Erie
Lake Erie
Colonial
Western Reserve Navigation Company
Westfield
Dunkirk
N.Y
Crystal Beach
Buffalo
Kearney Brings Sinking Steamship Into Harbor
Party officers and crew aboard the United States Shipping Board steamship Kearney fought a time battle to reach port as water seeped through holes ripped by rocks off Seal Island, N S. It neared the boilers while the ship steadied into harbor.
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Bostom
INSI
United States Shipping Board
Kearney
Seal Island
N. S
Local Democrats reject the Reform idea in Illinois
Democratic leaders in Illinois dismiss the new Democracy movement from Chicago aimed at taking party control. Sullivan cites persistent radical attempts since 1912 and endorses the two thirds rule, saying the revit effort will have no effect on the party.
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Democratic Party
New Democracy
Chicago
Illinois
George EB. Brennan
Sullivan
Chien- Ho
Roger Sullivan
Seaplane PN-9 No. 3 Tow Attempt Fails
Navy reports PN-9 No. 3, on a San Francisco to Honolulu flight, developed engine line failures and was towed back toward San Francisco by the destroyer William Jones. Earlier PN-9 No. 1 made progress toward Hawaii while PN-9 No. 2 was forced down off California.
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Weg Scaptane
San Francisco
Hawaii
California
Arctic
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
U.S. S. Reno
Los Angeles
Reno
Cal
Navy
Corry
Golden Gate
Aber
Doyen
Langley
Point Bonita
San Fransisco Bay
William Mowat
Naval Aeronautical Bureau
Cane
Stanford FH. Moses
Fn Tht
Gannett
Taylor
William Jones
Moffat
Seattle
The
Ireless
tYil
Taxlor
San Francho Bay
PRT
William Axeffett
Navs Bureau
Rcraft
Washington D. C
J W Elmore Improves After Powerhouse Fall Injury
J W Elmore aged 32 a repairman at the W C L F N Co powerhouse sustained a severe head cut and body bruises from a scaffolding fall Sunday morning. He is reported improving at Alten Memorial Hospital and plans to return home at 546 Teland Avenue in a few days. The accident occurred while he worked atop a boiler when a board slipped sending him to the concrete floor.
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J. W. Elmore
W. C
Lieutenant Makes Manslaughter Plea
Lieutenant John B Thompson of New York pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a court martial for the death of Audrey Burleigh, a society girl he loved, whom he shot in a taxi on Dewey Boulevard last April 16.
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Mantis
John &. Thompson
Far Rockaway
Audrey Burleigh
West Pointer
Dewey
Shenandoah Set for Four Day Western Flight
Lakehurst N J Sept 1 The navy dirigible Shenandoah will depart Sunset hangar tomorrow for a four day western trip heading to Sealtfield St Louis Mo On the return she will pass over Kansas City St Joseph Des Moines Fond du Lac Milwaukee and Minnesota after reaching Detroit on Saturday morning
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Lakehurst
N._s
Navy
Shenandoah
Sealtfield
St. Louis
Saturda
Paafs
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Fond du Lac
Wis
Milwaukee
Minnesota
New Dry Force Hits at Chicago Saloons
Federal actions swept Chicago saloons and soft drink wagons with 74 injunctions served by assistant United States attorney Mary D Bailey under orders signed by Federal Judge Adam Cliffe. The crackdown targeted prohibition enforcement in the district.
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Chicago
Mary DD. Bailey
Adam Cliffe
Gasoline Prices Drop Across City Service Stations
Gasoline prices fell again at all city service stations with Standard Oil cutting to 18.5 cents per gallon plus tax of two cents. Hawkeye Oil Black Hawk Oil Bartles Shepherd Oil and Sinclair Refining matched, lowering tank wagon price to 16.5 cents. Predicted further declines rely on ample crude supply, says Black Hawk Oil secretary Henry C. Wurter.
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Waterloo
Standard Oil Company
Hawkeéye Oil
Black Hawk Oil Company
Bartiles Shepherd Oil Compan
Sinclair Refining
Henry C. Wureter
Dry enforcement reshapes Midwest prohibition office
William E. Dunigan of Sidney Montana named assistant administrator to McCampbell as head of enforcement for Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. Fort Dodge deputy Benjamin Wilson and Sioux Falls South Dakota headquarters staff named in new line of command. Salaries pending but higher than prior field chiefs with McCampbell raising enforcement push nationwide.
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Omaha
Neb
Wiliam E. Dunigan
Sidney
Mont
National Prohibition Force
Andrew W. McCampbell
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
McCampbell
Washington
Glen A. Samson
Promisition
Robert Samardick
Thorsen Maile
Oscar Thorsen
Des Moines
Wils
Benjamin F. Wilson
Fort Dodge
Fort Dade
Eimer L. Senn
Deadwood
5. D
Sioux Falls
Elmer Thomas
Elmer Thomas, Former Prohibtion
McCampbel
Gee
Finks
Andrews
Vein of Hard Coal Found by Iowa Oil Drill
Drillings at Sermour Iowa resumed near an oil well and revealed a 12 foot vein of gyphion at 651 feet and a hard coal vein at 760 feet. Report says the drill penetrated seven feet in the coal seam and the coal is declared superior to Pennsylvania hard coal.
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Iowa
Sermour
Fee
Mico
Pennsylvania
Dry Agents Raid Rooms of Foreign War Vets
Federal prohibition agents raided a Tulsa hotel hosting the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual encampment. About several score delegates were present. 18 former service men were arrested but released after protests from convention leaders. Agents say the raid targeted bootleggers, not service members, and a small quantity of fighter was seized. Four thousand delegates from multiple expeditions attended the convention.
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Tulsa
Okla
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Prohibition
Vigoros
United States
MacKenzie Tops Amateur Golf Qualifiers with 74
Roland MacKenzie led after two rounds in the National Amateur Championship at PakMone Country Club Pittsburg PA with a 74 today for a two day 144 total. Fellow leader Lebby Jones the champion trailed by two strokes as MakKenzie’s iron play shone despite errant tee shots.
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PakMone Country Club
Pittsburgh
Roland MacKenzie
Washington Goiter
Lebby
Jones
MacKenzie
Fight Forest Fire Close to Cheboygan
Cheboygan Mich Sept 1 Volunteer fire fighters were called to battle a forest fire advancing toward the Martin Amber Company plant at the city limits. The blaze is about one mile away with no rain in sight. Sheriff Slade ordered 25 men to work with shovels as only a barn burned so far with limited property damage.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Martin Amber Company
Coolidge Will Make No Speeches on Trip to Omaha
President Coolidge will not deliver speeches during the trip to Omaha Nebraska for the American Legion convention nor on the return journey. He is expected to be in Omaha on December 1 and will give the only speech of the trip at that time.
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Coolidge
Trip
Swampscott
INS
Omaha
American Legion
Italian submarine Sebastiano Veniero Still Missing
The Italian submarine Sebastiano Veniero and its crew remain missing after disappearing during naval maneuvers off the Sicilian coast last week. An intensive search by airplanes and naval vessels continues. the craft carried 30 men.
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Sicily
Fane
Sebastiano Veoniero
Sicilian
Magnus Johnson to Speak at Forest City
Forest City Iowa September 1 through efforts of the local commercial club the services of farmer Senator Magnus Johnson Minnesota have been secured as speaker for Commercial day September 10 at the Winnebago county fair Congressman L J Biekinsen will speak Farmer Bureau day September 9 also reported two masked holdups at a filling station in Marenzo Ta with less than 25 dollars taken and the suspects fled east in a touring car.
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Forest City
Magnus Jeknean
Minnesota
Winnebago County
L. J. Biekinsen
Farmer Bureau
Marenzo
Delivery deadline missives with carrier error notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5:80 o'clock. If by carrier error or other cause you do not receive your paper by that time, please phone and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach before 2:20.
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Hoy
Newton Manufacturer Tops Tax List in OWA District
New York statistics show John D. Rockefeller Jr paid 1924 income taxes of 6 277 669 the highest in downtown Manhattan. Rockefeller itself paid 13 355 169 in 1928. J Pierpont Morgan paid 4 574 078 and J K Gary 270 820. John W Davis the last election Democratic nominee paid 49 533.
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New York
John D. Hockefeller, Jr
Manhattan
Wall Street
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. K. Gary
John W. Davis
City Receives Draft to Reimburse Waterloo Bank Loss
City treasurer Leo Rt Leeper announced receipt of a draft for 16875 from Hartford Accident Indemnity Co to cover the Waterloo Bank and Trust Co failure. The payment assures the city will suffer no loss due to the bank collapse and includes interest to cover the balance.
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Leo Rt. Leeper
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co
City of
Waterloo
Waterloo Bank & ‘Trust Co
Legion Seeks Iowa Endowment Fund Quota
Mason City Iowa September 1 American Legion state commander Hen Webster said history will repeat itself in Iowa as the legion endowment fund campaign opens on September 13. He noted the state organization with district and county chairs is ready and readers are instructed to raise the Iowa quota of 225000 in one week.
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Mason City
Hen Webster
American Legion
Iowa
Campalen Onens
Rough Channel Blocks Miss Ederle Start
Cape Griz Nez France Sept 1.3 AP English Channel conditions hindered any start by Gertrude Ederle the American swimming star in her second attempt. A strong westerly breeze created rough seas threatening to delay progress until conditions improve.
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Cape Griz-Nez
France
Gertrude Ederle
School reopening risks spreading illnesses warns officials
City Clerk Charles McKay urges immediate care for sick children and keeping them home when ill. Anne Way notes fall reopenings bring reports of illnesses and quarantine cases, urging parents not to send sick children to school to prevent epidemics.
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MacKay
Charles C. MatKay
AnneWay
Sham Mins
Incomes Cut Mark Down in Iowa and Chicago Figures
Iowa figures show a sharp drop in income taxpayers and total receipts with 2 878 filers paying 10 716 428 and last year 72 303 filings yielding 30 260 000. Maytag leads Iowa payments at 9 250 91 while Chicago lists large cuts and Willis Wrigley Jr drains headlines with 326 565 in 1924 taxes.
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Dubuque
Internal Revenue
United Press
J. W. Bettendorf
Daven
Smith
W. Brookham
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Chicago
AP J
Wrigley
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Reformed' Party
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Ginee
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William Dunigan
Brunson
Walch
Vicking Staifs
Haynes
Iaynes
Thinese Bandits
Rttisil Missionareas
Shanghai
Reahuvei Mise
Chengtu
Miles
Magnus Johnson
Martin
Newton
PORDS
John D Rockefeller
Legion
Ederle
Revenue Office
Florence E. Curtiss
Emma E. Young
Clinton
B .T.meredit
Clydas
W.hubbel
F. M. Hubbel
A. Blank
Cowles
Lafayette Young
John T. Adams
J. S. McKee
Muscatina
Henry Weis
Anna R. Blank
James M. Sprich
Warren Sy Thomas Walsh
Davenport
Tos R. Lane
L. O. Hillyard
Dubuqué
G. TB. Hillyard
B. J. Palmer
Mabel. H. Palmer
C. F. Seibold
Sioux City
McGregor
Henry Reaves
A. N. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Erastian
Burlington
Watzek
G. Dows
James H. Martin
Arthur ' S
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Osake
E. RL Baker
Keokuk
Beulah Wachtmeister
Flo
L. Loomis
Irene Et. Douglas
Cedar Rapid
W. EL Rice
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