League asks legislative panel to probe Iowa tax assessments
The League of Iowa Municipalities urged the state committee on retrenchment and reform to investigate alleged underassessment by the state tax commission. The group cites wide variances in property valuations, including utilities, and notes a Polk County court setback for Frank Pierce.
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Des Moines
League of Iowa
State Legislative Committee On
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Orville B Rogers
League
Frank Pierce
Pierce
Polk County
Tax Commission
The
Iowa
Rembrandt Etching Fetches Three Thousand At Sale
A small Rembrandt etching brought 3000 dollars at a recent auction. The piece highlights the enduring value of Rembrandt’s etchings in the art market.
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Rembrandt
Prison Inmates Donate Blood To Save Fellow Prisoner
At Iowa state penitentiary 250 inmates volunteered blood after an 11 30 Sunday hospital call and two transfusions followed. No reward or questions asked as donors lined up in the radio office. Names of the recipient were not disclosed. recovery remains uncertain.
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Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Funeral services for Elizabeth Zimpfer
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Zimpfer 80 a Buchanan county native who died at her home Tuesday night She was born in Independence lived in the county before moving to Walker 20 years ago She belonged to the German Lutheran church Surviving are three children Mrs John Bloom Alburnett Mrs Emery Arnold and Raymond Zimpfer Walker
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Walker
Elizabeth Zimpfer
Buchanan County
Independence
German Lutheran Church
John Bloom
Alburnett
Emery Arnold
Raymond Zimpfer
Death by Cerebral Hemorrhage in Vanselow Case
Coroner jury rules death from external violence caused by a cerebral hemorrhage in 77 year old Adolph Vanselow, retired Great Western railroad machinist. Wife Mrs Vanselow is released after being detained. daughters and sons provide key testimonies as investigation continues. Funeral set for Thursday at Hintz chapel with Rev Braulick officiating. Vanselow born in Germany. survived by three daughters and one son.
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Ralph Woodward
Ben Doty
John Reisner
R J. Galvin
Vanselow
Hintz Chapel
Germany
United States
Pittsburgh
Great Western
Woodward
Truog
Oelwein
John Kraft
Gustav Vanselow
Walker Homecoming Fest Set for Friday and Saturday
Walker hosts its fortieth homecoming and festival with bend concerts and events including boys and girls races pie eating contest nail driving contest and pillow fights on Saturday. Coggan faces the home team in baseball and wrestling features Rough House Nelson versus Tiger Bill White with Friday night winner meeting Jimmy Bear Saturday night. Cedar Rapids K of P drill team and boys drum corps join Friday and Saturday programs.
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Walker
Bend
Coggan
Quasqueton
Joe Ernst
Johnson County Horse Show Entries Pour In
Johnson County 4-H exhibit at the fieldhouse and stadium hosts August 16 17 and 18 with more than 30 entries already received. Main judge Will be Harry Linn former Iowa Horse Association secretary now assistant state secretary of agriculture.
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Speers
Iowa City
Robert Wo Whetstone
Johnson County
Fieldhouse
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse Association
Whetstone
Cedar Rapids
Local Lumber and Business Leadership Shifts Across Iowa towns
Paul Jones will become manager of Cable Lumber in Marengo replacing L E Johns who moved to Webster City. Milo Smith will manage Marengo Lumber and Fuel. Cranford furniture partners G H Harrison and Dick Schmitt buy the Cranford firm and plan a new Cranford undertaker with a chapel in the old Bernstorf site. Adolph Ratzel opens a furniture store in the former Crawford building. E F Bernstorf moves his funeral chapel to the Vette home. BLAIRSTOWN windstorm breaks window panes. hog house toppled but livestock unharmed. heavy rain follows. MANCHESTER Lt Gov B B Hickenlooper to speak at Buck Creek fair the thirtieth annual event in Buck Creek Rug with Buck Creek and Earlville bands, movies, one act play, exhibits and athletic events.
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Marengo
Paul Jones
C. H. Westimen Lumber Company
Rockwell City
Cable Lumber Company
L. E. Johns
Webster City
Milo Smith
Adel
Marengo Lumber and Fuel Company
Harrison
Dick Schmitt
Cranford Furniture
John Lindsay
Western Auto Company
H G. Kramer
Square D
Adolph Ratzel
South Amana
J F. Crawford
E. F. Bernstorf
Eastern Avenue
Vette
G. H. Harrison
Cranford Undertaking
Bernstorf
Blairstown
Fred Birch
Raymond Birch
Manchester
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Buck Creek
Moulton Grove
Earlville
Washington parade draws 21000 for centennial celebration
The Washington Iowa centennial opened with an estimated 21 000 spectators for a 4½ mile afternoon parade featuring the municipal band concert band high school band and many groups. Indian cowboys pioneer units ox teams and decorated vehicles highlighted the pageant as reporters noted the contrast between old and new.
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Washington
Washington Municipal Band
Brighton German
Seiden’s
Iowa City Grenadier Junior Drums Corps
Comiusion
Country Club
Dc Penney New York
Betts Redlinger
Dorothy Darnell
Columbiia
Casefield
Casefield, F W Fitch
Des Moines
Film Shows Savage Duckhawk Nest Near Lansing
W M Rosene, Ogden ornithologist, presents a film of the duck hawk nest found two miles south of Lansing in a Mississippi river bluff. The nest, the first found in Iowa in 40 years, shows the mother bird guarding and attacking while four young are banded. Rosene details the bird as swift and ferocious, able to outfly and snatch prey on the wing.
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Ciarette McGregor
Wild Life
Lansing
W.M. Rasene
Iowa
George Kaufman
Cornell President to Speak at Iowa State Fair Services
Dr. John Benjamin Magee, president-elect of Cornell College in Seattle Washington, will be the principal speaker for religious services at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday August 27. He will speak in Mount Vernon August 28 with his formal inauguration set for October 27.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
John Benjamin Magee
Seattle
Wash
Cornell College
Iowa State
Magee
Cedar County Couple Wed At South Bethel
Freda A Nebergall daughter of Mr and Mrs CoA Nebergiall wed Lester Ro Chambliss son of Mr and Mrs C R Chambliss at South Bethel Church Lipton seven miles south of Lipton in twilight on Monday. Rev Otis Moore officiated with Frances Moffit Alberta Sturds as attendants Mas Nebergell James Nants as ushers music by Mrs Oren Kiser. Chambliss, president of the local Future Farmers of America, graduated Tipton High School in 1937. bride 1939. They will live with the bridegroom’s parents.
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Typton
South Bethel Church
Lipton
Freda A Nebergall
Coa Nebergiall
Lester Ro Chambliss
Myr
C R Chambliss
Rey Otis Moore
Frances Moffit
Alberta Sturds
Mas Nebergell
James Nants
Oren Kiser
Chambliss
Future Farmers of America
Tipton
Edgewood Hosts Northeast Horseshoe Tournament Sunday
Edgewood invites players from northeast Iowa and southern Minnesota to a Sunday horseshoe tournament with a $10 prize to the winner and $5 for second place. Four alleys are prepared and spectators may watch from the sidelines. Games start at 2 o'clock.
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Edgewood— Horseshoe
Towa
Pianrt
Minnesota
Edgewood
Edgewood Business Men
Clutier Harvest Festival Set for August 20
The Clutier Harvest festival sponsored by the Immaculate Conception church is scheduled for Sunday August 20. Women of the church will serve a public dinner at noon at the Community hall. The afternoon features entertainment with the Anderson players presenting a comedy drama in the Community hall.
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Cluttier
Immaculate Conception
Uwame
Anderson Players
Child Smothered In Bed At Strawberry Point
Ranald Francs Ellsbury a five month old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Ellsbury was found dead in bed at Strawberry Point. Funeral services were held Tuesday by Pastor Mathias of the Lutheran church at Dundee. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery at Manchester. Besides the parents a sister survives.
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Strawberry Point
Ranald
Francs Ellsbury
Earl Elsburs
Mathias
Dundee Burn
Oakland Cemetery
Manchester
Wilson declares Eddyvilles reform shape state politics
Governor George A Wilson hailed Townsess as a reliable state under the Republican win and urged economy in all state departments. He framed East fall election as a decision day and urged strict scrutiny of expenditures, likening Townsess to prudent business practice. The talk referenced a famous Greek ventriloquist Eurycles of Athens.
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Beddyvillae
INS
Townsess
George A Wilson
East Fall
Wilson
Woolson
Les Mien
State
Hoover's 65th Birthday Marked By Philatelists Cancellation
West Branch postmaster Dick Kinsey prepares hundreds of birthday letters for cancellation on Herbert Hoover's sixty fifth birthday. Small envelopes in various sizes and colors will receive the famous Wildrose cancellation from the town of his birth and be sent to stamp collectors worldwide.
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Hoover
West Branch
Dick Kinsey
Herbert Hoover
Irwin Elevator Mystery Linked to Sparrows Fall
The singed body of a sparrow explained the Irwin elevator mystery. Fred Rules, operator, found the elevator rocked and machinery moving after he began work. The sparrow lay where it fell after touching an electric switch, starting the incident.
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Irwin
Ins
Fred
Retention Shields Promote Rupture Treatment in Cedar Rapids
An advertisement publicizes a demonstration of Perfect Retention Shields in Cedar Rapids at the Montrose hotel on Tuesday August 13. The device claims to hold ruptures under any condition, is sanitary and waterproof, and targets abdominal hernias with a focus on non-surgical solutions and related medical services.
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L. Hoffmann
Neapolis
Mann
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Main Tod
Appointreurt
Lincoln
Andes
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