Tax Conference for W. E. Iowa to Be Held Here
Iowa tax reform talks expand across northeastern towns with Waterloo and Cedar Falls groups urging study of income tax as a replacement for property tax. Officials discuss five proposed methods, assess farm burdens, and seek statewide input from lawmakers and commercial clubs.
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Iowa
Waterless Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Falls
Chamber
Waterloo Chamber
Barris
Waterloo
R. H. Watters
R. T. Ashley
Retail Merchants ‘Association
Guy
J. A. Townsley
R . . Watters
Cedar Rapids
Ariesca
The
C A. Hanson
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Hansen
F. Clark
State Taxation Commission
Govermor Hammill
Clark
State Tax Commission
Hayseeds No More Chief Crop Says Iowa Leader
Col. Robert J. Shaw Sigourney attorney told the Iowa Kiwanis meeting that Iowa now leads in literacy and has produced nationally known figures from humble Hawkeye farms. He cited Iowa’s broad leadership while Richard E. Howes, governor of the east Town Er and former mayor of Clin ton, Way A, attended as a guest.
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Chicago
Iowa
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
America
Shaw
Richard E. Howes
East Town
Erwants
Clinton
Way
County Unit for Assessments Advocated
The speaker argues for county level assessment as the best method, noting current property valuations range from 30 to 75 percent of actual value and urging a uniform approach. The emphasis is on creating consistency across the state to improve fiscal fairness and accuracy.
Limit on church board memberships eyed by conference
In Eagle Grove on September 27 delegates to the northwest Iowa conference of Methodist churches debated autocracy concerns over a single man serving on four boards. They rejected a four-body limit and adopted a three-committee cap. Next year's conference likely at Storm Lake, with final action pending.
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Eagle Grove
Ufi
Methodist Church
Northwest Iowa
Storm Lake
Hawaiian Quake Damage Reaches One Hundred Thousand
Honolulu September 27 The Kona district in Hawaii sustained an estimated 100000 in quake damage as the most severe temblor yet to strike the area since disturbances began on the island Mount Hualalai residents faced renewed panic and volcanologist Jagger warned of a potential eruption within 30 days as ranch houses stores and homes were shaken and the Hind family home at Puainaa Was destroyed by a landslide
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Honolulu
T. Hi
Kona
Hawaii
Noi ‘Hyves
Mount Hualatal
Jagger
Hualatel
Templar
Robert Hind
Puanza- Waa
Missing Air Racers Found Safe After Visit to Relatives
Anxious search in Fairmont Minnesota ends as pilots Ire Packard and Marcus Day, missing since leaving St Paul for Sheldon Iowa for a race dedication, land safely with Day’s parents. The other two entrants continued but one was forced down by storms and abandoned the race won by Thorwald Thunders Johnson.
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Fairmont
Minn
Packard
Marcus Day
St. Paul to-Sheldon
Miers
St. Paul
Day
Jan Rheldon
Btarms
Thorwald Thunders Johnson
Wolfe awarded 3600 in fatal auto crash verdict
Montezuma Iowa Sept 17 Elmer Wolfe Ottawa Ti yesterday was awarded a verdict of 3600 against Ray Clarke Grinnell for damages from a May collision between their cars Wolfe charged Clarke turning onto highway 3 which Wolfe drove by and which killed Wolfe's mother A new trial will be sought Clarke's attorneys announced.
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Montezuma
Uri Elmer Wolfe
Ottawa
Isle
Ray Clarke
Grinnell
Wolfe
Clarke
U. 8
Walfe
Fragments Describe Temperature Outlook For Thursday Night To Friday
Readable fragments indicate a temperature range with a maximum for Thursday and a minimum for Thursday night into Friday. The note mentions Bem and a rough timetable, but details are unclear.
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Fridaviioa
Brookhart Tory of Booze May Be Told Grand Jury
U S Attorney Leo Rover invites Senator Brookhart to testify before the October grand jury about a senatorial dinner where liquor was served in pocket flasks. Bishop James Cannon Jr urges Congress to pass new measures to make Washington a model of prohibition enforcement. Brookhart says he may press Rover for duty and threaten a complaint if not acted.
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Washington
D. C
U. S
Leo Rover
Brookhart
Iowa
James, Cannon
Ardent
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals
Congress
Ganjman
Rover
Broakhart
Grand Jury
Howell
Alex
Becker's Brother Indicted for Help in Jail Delivery
Henry Becker brother of August Becker a bank robber and kidnapper serving a Minnesota sentence was indicted by a Bremer county grand jury for aiding August to escape from the local jail in December 1928. Testimony from Marjorie Ball foster daughter of Livermore residents linked his role to the escape and place him at the jail after the incident before leaving to have his car fixed.
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Sraveier Special Services
Waverly
Henry Becker
August Becker
Minnesota
Bremer County
August
Marjorie Ball
Harold and
Francis Ball
Livermore
Hallowall
Farm Board Plans Giant Organization for Stock Growers
On page one discussion reveals the Farm Board considering a large new organization for stock growers. Brookhart and Wheeler press for a debenture clause in the tariff to ensure sufficient funds for surplus handling while Sun Maid raisin interests loom in loan plans.
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Farm Board
Brookhart
Wilson
Wheeler
California
Sun Maid
Building Permits for Helms Baker and Tanner
W D Helm applies for a residence at 918 Mulberry valued at 2000 dollars. Baker Manufacturing bids repair at 403 Fifth West for 2000 dollars. F S Tanner seeks a garage at 710 Washington for 100 dollars.
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W. D. Helm
Baker Manufacturing Company
Jpair
Fifth West
F. S. Tanner
Washington
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Grandson Louis Ferdinand Heads to Buenos Aires
Longtime Bigelow confidant claims former Kaiser’s grandson Louis Ferdinand, 21, traveled from Berlin to New York and then to Los Angeles, Ford plant, and finally Buenos Aires to pursue a banking or industrial career with family backing amid Hohenzollern dissension and exile politics.
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Bigelow
France
William II
Germany
The
Hudson
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Wilhelon
Prussia
Louis Ferdinand
House of Hohenzollern
Berlin University
America
Crown Prince
Wilhelm of
Doorn
Louis
New York
Henry Ford
Detroit
Los Angeles
Lews Ferdinand
Doom
Ford
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Year book of Iowa department of agriculture issued
The annual year book of the state department of agriculture was released and copies are available on request. The book provides a complete review and report of department activities for 1028.
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Des Moines
U.A
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Death notices span Mosher Hoosman Nehls Ackerman obituaries
Emily B Mosher 42 died in Albuquerque after a week with pneumonia. His Waterloo return sets Sunday 11 am. Burial at Elsiner funeral home. Survived by widow Henrietta Weber and five children. Moses Hoosman 22 died of tuberculosis in Waterloo after hospital stay. Mina Nehls 68 dies at daughter’s home. service Sunday. Peter Ackerman 6 found dead from heart disease. funeral in Town Falls.
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Exol B
Faribault
Minn
Henrietta Weber
Waterloo
Modern Brotherhood of America
Evelyn
Melvin
Leland
Coral
Darlene
Charles
Arthur A
George W
William Wilgus
Andrew Schrag
Guy Burbank
Birbank
Wilgus
Mina Nehls
Gustav Guth
Franklin Street
F. Herbert Moehrmann
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Peter Ackerman
Jacob Ackerman
Third Avenue West
Town Falls
Buriat
Not Guilty Plea in Mail Fraud Case Against Colorado Banker
Charles Delos Waggoner of Telluride, Colorado bank president, pleaded not guilty to six counts of using the mails to defraud. Arraigned before Federal Judge J. Blake Kennedy, trial set for Oct. 4. Waggoner, held on $100,000 bond, seeks witnesses from Colorado.
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New York
Charles Delos
Waggoner
Telluride
Colo
J. Blake Kennedy
Tuttle
Witneses
Colorado
Rabenold
Loughran Alive After Death Rumor Reports
New York September 27 news confirms former light heavyweight champion Tommy Loughran is alive and found at his hotel having breakfast after being knocked out by Jack Sharkey at Yankee Stadium. Loughran appeared bruised but said he felt as well as could be expected.
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New York
Tommy Loughran
Jack Sharkey
Yankee Stadium
Altha
Sharkey
Loughran
Coe Manslaughter Case Goes to Jury
Onawa Iowa Sept 27 The case of Allen Goe 75 Mapleton night watchman charged with manslaughter in the death of Fred Shipley of Ute was given to the jury at 9 30 this morning The judge instructed four possible verdicts manslaughter assault with intent to commit manslaughter assault with intent to commit great bodily injury and acquittal
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Onawa
Allen Goe
Mapleton
German Poet Ernest Toller Admitted After Secret Hearing
New York September 27 Ernest Toller German poet and playwright detained at Ellis Island on orders from Washington was admitted to the United States for three months after a secret hearing before three Immigration commissioners. Toller arrived yesterday and was held without knowledge of the charges. his attorney Charles Recis was refused admission to the inquiry.
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New York
Ernest Toller
Ellis Island
Washington
Toller
Charles Recis
Sousa Stricken With Indigestion In Syracuse
Commander John Philip Sousa suffers acute indigestion in a Syracuse hotel lobby before a planned concert at the state armory. He is moved to his suite for a physician’s care. Other notices include Mrs. Perry Elliott undergoing a serious operation in Waterloo and a divorce granted in Reno between Marie Louis Blair Hamilton and Pierpont Morgan Hamilton. A hospital report notes Mrs. Guy N. Lee receiving treatment at St. Francis in Oskaloosa, and a two and a half year old boy drowns in a backyard tank near his home.
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Syracuse
John Philip Sousa
State Armory
Perry Elliott
Fairbank
Alien Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Hiroth
Reno
Nev
U Pi
Marie Louis Hamilton
G. Ledyard Blair
New York
Pierpont Morgan Hamilton
J. Pierpont- Morgan
Oskaloosa
John Terpetra
Here
London Definite Pick for Parley Naval Conference
Washington September 27 definite selection of London as the conference site and January as the time for a proposed five power naval conference was reported by the state department. Invitations to confer are expected to go from London though the exact sending date is not fixed.
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Washington, D. C
UEY
London
State Department
Oklahoma group pushes marking of Santa Fe Trail
Oklahoma Cimarron county citizens seek to revive a statewide project to mark the Santa Fe Trail across Cimarron county. They plan cement markers along the route after efforts stalled. the trail, once crossing from Westport to Santa Fe, has historical markers in Kansas and New Mexico.
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Oklahoma
City
Okla
Boise City
Cimarron
Kansas
New Mexico
Cimarron County
Cimnarton County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Westport
Kansas City
Old Bent's Fort
Arkansas
Colorado
Hent
Rocky Mountains
Taos
Santa Fe
William Becknell
Kansas, City
Great Cimarron Desert
Benknell
Bent
Simerron
Kit Carson
Carson
Cimarton County
Coe Gang
Black Mesa
Flag Spring
Holse City
Ramsey-Magnolia
Congress Today Senate Debate on Tariff Bill Proceeds
United Press reports Senate continues debate on a flexible tariff provision as the Agriculture Committee discusses farm board merits. House goes into recess until Monday.
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United Press
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Black's Tearoom Opens in New James Black Building
Black's Tearoom opens to the public in a new location on the eighth floor of the James Black Dry Goods company building. The dining room, with high ceilings and large windows, seats about 400, doubling the former capacity. Mrs. Mary Br. Patterson oversees operations and the old tearoom will host private parties and luncheons.
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Black
James Black
Mary Br. Patterson
Officials Still Seek Turin Bank Bandits
Turin county officials pursued two bandits who robbed the Turin Savings Bank. They locked the president, cashier, and a customer in the vault and escaped with about 2500 dollars. A car used by the robbers was found abandoned on the Eastona road four miles from Turin, with another vehicle believed waiting. The abandoned car had been stolen at Aurelia and bore Missouri license plates taken from a Sioux City machine.
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Turin
Monona County
Aurelia
Sioux City
Follies Beauty Myrna Darby Dies at 21 in New York
Myrna Darby a Pittsburgh born Follies beauty aged 21 died at her home in New York from heart trouble after two months illness and withdrawal from Whoopee. The death followed strenuous dancing and swimming and sinus trouble. she came to Broadway four years ago and was praised by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the era’s most beautiful talents.
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New York
Atyrna
Darby
Pittsburgh
Myrna
Broadway
Plorenz Ziegfeld
Mussolini Foe Gets 30 Year Sentence
Cesare Rossi an anti fascist reader was sentenced to 30 years by a special tribunal for conspiracy to overthrow Mussolini and foment attacks. He fled to France, crossed the Italy Switzerland frontier, and was arrested on return. Also Bedford bank closes its doors in Iowa with no public reason given and a brief notice on the door.
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Rame
Cesare Rossi
Mussolini
Rossi
Mottcotti
France
Italy
Bedford Bank
Bedford
Citizens State Bank
Francis M
Dunning
J. U. Wyant
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