Iowa debate over liquor by the drink and tax policy unfolds
The article outlines political fights over liquor sales by the drink with party lines and local vetoes. It notes Representative Lookingbill backing restrictions as a moral stance while a May dry alarm faded. It also covers Iowa Senate action on sales and income taxes, criticized as masking property relief aims, predicting higher future taxes and broader state costs. A separate critique targets a dilapidated city market and public safety funding, blaming department leadership and fiscal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syears
Nego An
Iowa Senate
Senate
Hursday
House Defeats 10 Percent Slashing Move On Farm Bill
The House passed a $927 million Agriculture Department appropriation bill, $5 million below Roosevelt estimates, after defeating Republican efforts to slice 10 percent. Rep. Taber led the failed motion to recommit with a 10 percent cut. Democrats urged swift passage amid calls to save funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
John Taber
N. Y
Appropriations Committee
House of Representatives
United States
Taber
William E. Borah
Ida
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Clarence J. Cannon
Appropriations
Charles L. South
Tex
Everett Dirksen
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Congress
Mouse interrupts stage show at Park Theater
In Youngstown Ohio a mouse dash during the final act of Jane Cowl in First Lady caused a 17 minute curtain delay. Spectators screamed as the rodent scurried under balcony seats and escorts stomped in the aisles. Mickey or distant cousin of Mickey was blamed for stealing the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
Mickey Mouse
Jane Cowl
Shakespeare and his gospel of courage sanity and charity
Dr Newton reflects on Shakespeare as a spiritual witness and humane teacher. He cites Coleridge Emerson and others praising Shakespeare’s moral reach and contrasts tragedy with human virtue. The piece ends with Deep Sonnet lines and a tribute beside Shakespeare’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Coleridge
Emerson
Shakespeare
Stratford
Sing Sing Prison Team Hits Parole Woes
In Ossining New York the prison baseball team faces a rough season after Mahmut Blaza 38 a veteran batter was paroled by Governor Lehman and deported to Albania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Warrant Issued in Lindbergh Ransom Case Probe
A warrant for the arrest of a man identified as J J Faulkner alias John Jacob Nosovistsky is issued in Frenchtown N J on charges of conspiring to kidnap Charles Lindbergh. Prosecutor Anthony M Hauck said the suspect last seen in New York may be in Chicago with evidence from private detective JW McNalley. Federal case updates involve Ellis Parker and son charged in Newark with kidnapping and torturing Paul H Wendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
N. J
J. J. Faulkner
Lindbergh
Frenchtown
Anthony M. Hauck
Hunterdon County
Charles Aindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
JW. J. McNalley
Jersey City
Justice of the Peace
E. R. Hummer
United Press
Faulkner
New York
Chicago
Hauck
John Jacob Nosovistsky
McNalley
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
America
Ellis, Jr
Newark
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Wendel
Sitdown Shuts Ford Factory in California
Richmond California reports record a spontaneous sitdown strike by Shop Stewards of the United Auto Workers idling 1,800 workers at Ford’s Richmond assembly plant. Five hundred night shift and 1,300 day shift workers joined as management reportedly refused to recognize the union. Plant officials remained silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Calif
Richmond
Ford Motor Company
Stewards Union
United Automobile Workers of America
Jiles C. Humphreys
United Automobile Workers’ Union
John Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Clarence Bullwinkel
Oakland
Ite
Packard to vote on sole union bargaining rights next week
In Detroit nearly 15,000 Packard workers will vote in a collective bargaining election under the Wagner act. The United Automobile Workers of America and Packard officials will ask the NLRB to supervise the vote, with ballots secret and voting booths set up in plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Supreme Court
Michigan
Packard
United Automobile Workers of America
The
Motor Car Company
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Washington
Lowin
UAWA
Matthew Arnold's Words True Yet to a Certain Extent
Arthur Baer argues Matt Arnold’s dictum about national unity and limited state powers still rings true. He notes Americans’ snobbery toward English institutions and comments on how central government and local bodies shape national growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Lily Pons Hospitalized With Kidney Trouble
New York reports Lily Pons, famed soprano, hospitalized Friday in the city with kidney trouble. Medical staff and family have not released further details on her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Lily Pons
Split The Difference Between House And Senate Budgets
Des Moines AP The conference committee recommended a budget bill totaling 13 500 872 after splitting differences between the house and senate figures. The vote on a related sewage plant appropriation was 84 to 5. The committee raised education and state department funds and outlined allocations for the Board of Control and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Legislative Conference Committee
House
Senate
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
House Committee On Appropriations
LeRoy Mercer
Iowa City
Conference Committee
University of Iowa
Board ‘of Control
Board OF Control
Toledo Fort
Gaksale
Board OF Education
Univaraity
BUI Hospital
Doparnte
Doparnte A Eetate Co
Violet Wells Norton Convicted Of Mail Fraud In Gable Extortion
Violet Wells Norton an English housewife was found guilty of mail fraud in a plot to extort Clark Gable. The jury acquitted her of conspiracy and she now faces up to two years in prison or a $1000 fine or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Violet Wells Norton
Clark Gable
George Cosgrave
Phaeme
Billings
England
Gable
Gwendoline
Iowa House Approves Supplemental Money Bills
Iowa lawmakers approved more than 1.5 million dollars in supplemental appropriations. Votes included 81 to 9 for 500,000 to cooperation with the federal CCC camps, 88 to 0 for 430,000 to rebuild Mount Pleasant insane hospital, and 87 to 4 for 574,700 to state education boards. Contested university funding details delayed final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House
House
Senate
Mount Pleasant Insane Hospital
State Board of Education
State Board of Control
State University
State College
State Teachers’ College
State University At
Iowa House Defeats Roan Liquor By The Drink Bill
The Iowa House defeated the Roan liquor by the drink bill 91 to 15 ending efforts to permit buffets in Iowa cities over 12 500 population by local option votes. The measure would have kept state liquor stores and imposed strict licensing limits while allowing some cities to offer hard liquor and beer separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Roan
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
Iowa House
Forty-seventh Assembly
P. C. Rasmussen
Council Bluffs
GM Strike at Janesville Plants Ends After Four Hours
A brief walkout by 2,700 workers at two Janesville General Motors plants ended four hours after it began. Manager D G Frazer cited a misunderstanding as the cause and said a UAW committee agreed to a settlement proposal. Production to resume Monday if union ratifies, plants do not operate Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
General Motors
D. G. Frazer
Chevrolet Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union Committee
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet
Frazer
Dr Sarga Fights Duel 28 Wounded for the First Time
In Budapest Dr Franz Sarga suffered his first injury in the long duel marathon. He took a 15 inch wound to his right shoulder in the eleventh round while facing a former friend as Magda Sarga watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sarga
Budapest
Franz Sarga
Magda
Friday
Baseball Scores by the United Press National League Results
The United Press baseball scores list the National League games with teams Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago St Louis Washington Cleveland Detroit and others. Notable performances include mixed results across cities with several games completed and several reported as rained out.
Madrid defense group dissolved as government takes control
Madrid officials dissolved the defense committee that had kept the capital from Franco's forces and assumed civil powers after insurgents neared the city. In Bilbao, three British food ships entered under a partial naval escort amid six air raids as Basques celebrated relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Defense” Committee
Francisco Franco
San” Sebastian
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Guadalajara
Valencia
Defense Committee
Spain
Roberta Semple Wins $2100 Judgment in Blackmail Case
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge C. L. Kincaid ruled Roberta Semple was not liable for blackmail or intimidation claims against attorney Wilfedd Andrews. Semple received 2100 in damages plus 100 in fees, while Eva McPherson testified and later collapsed, vindicating her daughter against the allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Roberta Semple Friday
Wilfedd Andrews
C. L. Kincaid
Aimee Semple McPherson
Miss Semple
Andrews
Angelus Temple
Kincaid
Mrs. McPherson
Jacob Moidel
Phoenix
Ariz
Minnie “Ma” Kennedy
Joseph Scott
Rolf McPherson
Elia Nordin
World larg est cellophane package to open in Manhasset
Residents in Manhasset react with doubt to plans to open what is billed as the world’s largest cellophane package on Sunday. Inside the package will be a complete two story house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhasset
Senate votes to clear Harry White on board of control
The Iowa Senate, 18 to 25, rejected removal of Harry C. White of Vin ton from the state board of control after hours of debate. The body denied the minority report and debated the investigation’s findings with calls to remove White while noting friction on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Control Board
Perseus
Tetas
Harry
White
Harry ‘White
Senate
Henry J. Grunewald
Blairstown
N. G. Kraschel
J. J. Gillespie
Des Moines
Chamber
E. J.mason
Brooklyn
Stanley” Hart
Keokuk
Board’ of ‘Control
Hugh Lundy
Albia
National Want Ad Week Bargain Rates End Saturday
The Gazette offers bargain want ad rates for Saturday or Sunday placements. Ads placed by 12 noon Saturday close for Saturday ads and 8 p.m. Saturday is the final deadline to start ads for Sunday. Many readers report success with these low-cost ads. Dial 2-1121 Ad-taker or visit The Gazette office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Gazette Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
May
C. E. Kingbill
Story County
Lookingbill
Methue
Herring
Thington
Capper
Kansas
Her
Departent of Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Wes
Rk Department
F. D.R
Maury Maverick
DR. Newton
FORD
California
Alvan Maccauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Matty
Violet
National League
Boston
MacFaydes
Weir and
Lopes
Hubbell
Mancuse
Philad’phia
Henshaw
Frankhouse
Phelps
Walters
Johnson
Atwood
Grace
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Grissom
L. Moore
W. Davis
Weaver
Hoyt
Todd
Padden
St. Louis
Root
Lee
French
O'Dea
Warneke
Ogrodowski
Philadephia
Caster
Cleveland
Hogsett
Thomas
Caldwell
van Atta
Trotter
Hemsley
Huffman
Alfen
Pytlak
Lawson
Cochrane
Cain
Brown
Whitehead
Sewell
Roberta
Vinton Man
Town Senate
Harry C. White
Vinton
Child Welfare Department
Control’ Board
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
B.C
Whitehill
Marshall Town
Comparet
Breen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!