Iowa Tax Revenue Surges Despite Suspension During War
The Iowa legislature suspended 60 percent of individual income tax but year end reviews show only a small drop in revenue. Total income and sales tax receipts for 1944 rose versus 1943, funding aged pensions and a postwar surplus. Missouri River governors meet in Omaha to discuss navigation and irrigation aims. The piece notes political snubs at national meetings and hints at local sewage concerns around the Iowa great lakes.
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Iowa
Missouri River
Omaha
Dale Moffit
Ralph Olson
Iowa Committee
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Carter Lake
Thomas E. Dewey
Willis York
Ed’ Hill
Blue
St. Louis
Dan” O’brien
Syria
Legislative Interim Committee
Iowa Great Lakes
Dickinson County
Band Concert Program August 19 at 8 30 P M
Big band program features Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever and Old Timer's Waltz. Vocal solos by Wanda Hamman and Nona Peterson. Selections include You Are My Sunshine and American Patrol. Conducted by Peter De Rose and W Meacham with Mary Fraser Leonard and Ralph Mongan featured.
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John Philip Sousa
Edwin Franko Goldman
E. de Lamater
M. L. Lake
Berlin
Wanda Hamman
Stout Hearted
Sceneceeess
Teereess
Paul Yoder
Billy Sunday
Henry Fillmore
Huldigungmarseh
Griegg Bohemian Girl
Honey Song
You Are
My Sunshine
Nona Peterson
Mary Fraser Leonard
Ralph Mongan
Ten Years Ago Local Notices and Marriages in Watertown
Ten years ago in Watertown Miss Clarissa Belle Sleezer wed Glen Parker at the Christian church. Carolyn Kay, daughter of Mr and Mrs Verne Culver, born Monday and a son to Mr and Mrs Henry Pingel last weekend. Mrs Alva Hill dies in Sioux City after kidney surgery. George Cave dies after illness in Afton township. Groundwork begun for water tower as contractors clear land east of power house. Bond election set for seven thousand dollars to fund an electric light plant. Minnie Schulke and Herman Schulke marry at the bride’s parents home. C M Jones buys the A L Belew residence and six acres. plans to move next March.
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W. H. Bischel
Carl Carlson
Clarissa Belle Sleezer
Glen Parker
Christian Church
Watertown
S. D
Verne Culver
Carolyn Kay
Henry Pingel
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Alva Hill
Sioux City
George Cave
Afton Township
Minnie Schulke
Herman Schulke
Theodore Schulke
C. M. Jones
A. L. Belew
Two Additional Farm Machinery Items Brought Under Price Ceiling
M. E. Rawlings of the Sioux City OPA announces added items to the price control list for farm machinery sold between individuals or at auctions. New and used equipment including garden tractors and mounted mowers now fall under ceilings of 85 percent for under a year old and 70 percent for older stock, with exact figures available at the Sioux City district office or local War Price and Rationing Board.
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M. E. Rawlings
Sioux City
OPA
Laws
Mother Knows Best guides state on reducing school absences
Iowa officials from public instruction and health back a campaign urging mothers to enforce early bedtimes and proper breakfasts to cut absenteeism. They warn health checks and immunization help, but only if parents act at home, noting absence records will reflect mothers' adherence.
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Iowa
State Departments of Public Instruction
Heart
Johnny
Mary
Servicemen Birthdays With Censorship Affects Addresses
Publication lists birthdays of servicemen with overseas addresses redacted. The August 27 entry names Dean W Thiel Prim 81 at Fleet Post Office San Francisco California. Other entries note S Sgt George R Wharton Jr AP0 559 New York NY and Pvt Virgil E Harden Lowry Field Denver CO with partial addresses.
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Dean W. Thiel
Clo
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
California
George R. Wharton, Jr
A.P.O
New York
N. Y
Virgil E. Harden
Section L
A.A.F. B
Lowry Field
No. L
Denver
Colorado
Arlin L
Lehnhardt
Two Extra To Go Kitten At Pleasantville Home
A kitten at the G A Oliver home in Pleasantville is described as having two extra legs. The animal can scamper fast with hips and legs joined at the abdomen center between the front and hind legs.
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G. A. Oliver
Pleasantville
Farmers Picnic Plan Sets Aurelia Free Day of Events
Plans for Aurelia Farmers Picnic Friday August 26 feature free noon barbecue and afternoon free show at City Park. Morning baseball Aurelia vs Cherokee Boy Scouts 9 am then park contests with cash prizes, noon barbecue, 1:30 pm Aurelia high school band, 3 pm Aurelia vs Reisen baseball, tug of war, 8 pm free show, 9 pm outdoor dance with Leo Daeges Orchestra.
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Aurelia
Ball Park
Cherokee Boy Scouts
Aurelia High School
Remsen
Aurelians
Reisen
Reisen Boys
Raymond Sturgeon
Albert Johnson
Leo Daeges
Carroll
Albert Johnson Wins Army Good Conduct Medal Honor
Staff Sgt. Albert E. Johnson of the Twelfth Air Force receives the Army Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior and fidelity. He served as head carpenter overseas for eighteen months, participating in Tunisia Panettiera Island Sicily and Italian campaigns. He is Aurelia High School graduate, married with one son, and has two brothers serving in the armed forces.
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12Th Aaf
Albert E. Johnson
Rosalia Johnson
Aurelia
Army
Johnson
Twelfth Air Force
Tunisia
Pantelleria Island
Army Air Forces
Leslie Johnson
Albert E. Johnson, Jr
Baton Rouge
Wilfred
United States
North Africa
Italy
Edwin
England
Vernon Ohlson Enrolled in Naval Radio Training School
Vernon Ohlson aged 21 of Aurelia Iowa has enrolled in an intensive Radio Naval Training School course on Northwestern University campus Evanston Illinois Navy selection based on aptitude test scores. The program covers use operation and maintenance of radio equipment and Navy radio transmitting and receiving gear with theory in electricity and radio fundamentals. Successful completion will earn him eligibility for petty officer radioman third class.
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Vernon Ohlson
Bonnie B. Ohlson
Aurelia
Iowa
Radio Naval Training School
Northwestern University
Evanston
Illinois
Navy
Easy Catch Brings Eight Carp to Shore in Cedar Rapids
George Peacock and Frank Sourak reeled in eight carp by a single pull. Days earlier a boy fishing in Cedar Rapids lost a stringer with the same eight fish, which traveled about five miles downstream and remained alive when recaptured.
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George Peacock
Frank Sourak
Cedar Rapids
Don’t Destroy Heating Equipment Warns OPA
M. E. Rawlings Sioux City District OPA Director authorized Local War Price and Rationing Boards to withhold fuel oil rations from anyone who destroys coal or wood burning equipment or who sells or gives it away without good reason to obtain a fuel oil ration. Previously boards could revoke only existing rations for equipment destroyed or made unusable after issue.
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M. E. Rawlings
Sioux City
OPA
Aurelians Beat Germantown 7 2 for Eight-1 Season Start
The Aurelia baseball team defeated Germantown 7 to 2 on the home diamond to raise their record to 8 wins 1 loss and stay atop the Cherokee county league. Stabelfeldt struck out 11, Hinkeldey led with three of four, and Aurelia built a late lead after scoring in the second fourth fifth sixth and eighth innings. Next games: August 20 at Washta and August 25 at 3:00 p.m. vs Remsen as part of Farmers Picnic.
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Aurelia
Germantown
Aurelians
Washta
Rapp
Hinkeldey
Morall
Huseman
Larson
Holstien
Stabelfeldt
Remsen
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State Capitol
Sentinel
Thrift
Farmers National Bank
Federal Depost Insurance Corporation Esearessgied
H. E. Schneider
W. H. Kiefer
Peter de Rose
W. Meacham
Frank Loesser
The
Manhattan Beach
March
Clarence Oakes
J. P. Sousa
Key-Smith
Naval Radio Training School
the Sentinel
H Pet
John Scott
Northfield
Evens Staner
Mueller
Vanes Schmecht
Fiddelke
Ceed Ennesnessaeen
Meier
Ib Schultz
Strempe
Focom
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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