Plan for sales tax stamps eyed to reduce inequity
Iowa Senator A. Claire Dewey proposes a stamp system for sales taxes modeled after cigarette stamps. Merchants would buy stamps from county treasurers and affix them to goods to ensure tax accuracy and limit leaks. The scheme aims to prevent undercollection and cut costs for merchants.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Dewey
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Absent Voter Ballot Rules for Illness or Travel
The text defines absent voters as those who are away on business or unable to attend the polls due to illness or disability. It outlines eligibility conditions for casting an absent ballot and emphasizes the need to request such ballots before the election.
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Davis
Escaped Prisoner Nabbed At Wife’s Funeral
Robert Millhouse, 29, of Ottumwa, was sentenced to three years for larceny and one year for breaking jail by Judge P. J. Seigers. He was captured Saturday at Pattonsburg, Missouri, by Keokuk County Deputy Sheriff Chet Banes and Sigourney Marshal Harry Kleinschmidt during his wife’s funeral. Millhouse had escaped on June 3, 1938, two days before his sentence, after a Keokuk County sheriff and others had been searching across several western states.
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Robert Millhouse
Ottumwa
P. J. Seigers
Newton
Millhouse
Pattonsburg
Keokuk County
Chet Banes
Harry Kleinschmidt
Seigers
Union Men Held At Sioux City Over Labor Fracas
Sioux City dispatch reports A F of L organizer Jack Maloney and union member Raph Johnson charged with malicious mischief and resisting an officer after a clash at the Labor temple. A large truck toppled during the incident prompting eight officers to intervene amid months of tension between truckers and operators.
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Sioun City
INS
Jack Maloney
A. F
L. Truckers
Raph Johnson
Labor Temple
Maloney
Johnson
Four Bank Robberies Reported in Dubuque
Police revealed four bank robberies in Dubuque over the past week. They noted Mrs. Ltricier reported four children's banks stolen from her home, with a total loot of five dollars.
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Dubuque
Maquoketa Officials Object to Audit Cost
Maquoketa city council tabled a $94 773 bill from the state auditor for the last city audit covering 1935 to 1937. They questioned subdivisions and account classifications as unnecessary and argued the timing and total cost strain the city budget.
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Maquoketa
J G. Thorne
Paul Ahlers
State Auditor
Thorne
Partridge
Woman at Waterloo Held for Shooting Man While He Slept
Waterloo police held 36 year old Mrs Clarence Bolin after she shot Floyd Karns 32 in the face while he slept on a Davenport. Karns, a former Fort Leavenworth resident, was roomer at her home for over a year. physicians say he likely will live though his injuries include a torn lip shattered upper jawbone and possible blindness from a pellet near the eye.
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Waterloo
Clarence Bolin
Floyd Karns
Karns
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Bolin
Davenport
Bolins
Iowa High Court Recognizes Illegitimate Child In Estate Ruling
In a 5 to 4 decision Iowa Supreme Court grants Merritt Milton Yancey an estimated 16000 dollar share of Kate Ellis's Charles City estate. Justice Stiger writes the common law view on inheritance for illegitimate children is outdated and humane. Dissent by Justice Hamilton contests the will interpretation and inclusion of illegitimates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Floyd County District Court
Jennie Yancey
Ellis
Hattery Warns Of Danger Of Crashes At Grade Crossings
Des Moines reports Chief John Hattery of the state highway patrol urged motorists to redouble efforts after seven deaths in auto train collisions in central Iowa over 10 days. He noted 32 auto-train deaths year to date, 12 fewer than 1937, yet warned November and December rise again. He cited daytime crashes, closed car windows, and frosted windshields as factors. Includes remark on tall British Army recruit R C Bateman, 21, six feet nine inches.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Hattery
State Highway Patrol
Hattery
Cosgrove Religious Garb Case Remanded By Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court remanded the Cosgrove public school case to Johnson county district court for trial on the merits of an intervenors petition alleging religious instruction during school hours and nun teachers wearing religious garb. The decision did not rule on the right of sisters to wear garb in classrooms. Eight nuns taught at Cosgrove at filing.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Cosgrove Public School
Johnson County District Court
Cosgrove
High Tribunal
Mary
Eugene Schwartz
Edward L. O'Connor
Iowa
Johnson County
Cosgrove School
O'Connor
Melrose
Monroe County
Parnell
Iowa County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Missing Solon Boy Writes Home
Relatives of Kenneth Stahle 19 Solon youth missing since last Friday after wrecking an employer's car near Draport Inn on highway 218 say a letter from Hannibal Missouri arrived. The note reassures his parents on his safety and says he fled after the crash to avoid fear and plans to write after finding a permanent location.
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Kenneth Stahle
Draport Inn
Highway 218
Hannibal
Stahle
John Zimmerman
West Branch
Dubuque Weekend Traffic Toll Rises With Two Deaths
Dubuque reports two fatalities from weekend crashes. Jerry Callahan, 22, died Tuesday morning after an early Sunday automobile accident. Earl Bolsinger, 46, a World War II veteran, died Monday from injuries including a broken neck and back.
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Dubuque
Jerry Callahan
Earl Bolsinger
Dubuque Youth Injured In Rockdale Road Crash
Sunday a Dubuque youth named Callahan suffered a double fracture of the neck and spinal injuries when his car skidded on loose gravel on Highway 161 about a half mile north of New Melleray Abbey after failing to negotiate a curve on Rockdale Road.
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New Malleray Abbey
Callahan
Dubuque
Rockdale Road
Chicago Police Nab Man Who Escaped In 1935
Chicago police held Richard Clark a 30 year old fugitive from Oskaloosa on charges of attempted murder and extortion. He allegedly escaped from the Oskaloosa jail in 1935 while awaiting trial and was captured after a private detective identified him by fingerprints.
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Chicago
INS
Richard Clark
Oskaloosa
Clark
Jack Cernik
A% Loop
Cernik
Trimming Fall Fatal for Jewell Man Henry Larson
Henry M I Larson of Jewell Iowa died after a 25 foot fall from a tree he was trimming fracturing his skull. He was 48. The accident occurred Monday in Webster City according to AP reporting.
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Webster City
Henry MI Larson
Jewell
Iowa Eyes Stricter Highway Laws to curb speeds
Des Moines reports eight legislative proposals to harden Iowa highway rules. Key ideas aim to redefine intoxication, require blood tests for alcohol content, create an independent motor vehicle department, remove driver license stubs, empower speed limit designation, expand speed zone enforcement, ban red advertising near railways and roads, and push a minimum speed limit statewide. The measures, debated at the public safety conference at Iowa State College, reflect safety council and citizen input.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Public Safety Council
Towa State College
Phil Sproul
Safety Council
Motor Vehicle Department
Highway Commission
Inghwarrs
Railroad
Miss Nannie Smith, Pioneer Iowa Lawyer, Dies at 87
Keokuk Iowa. Miss Nannie Smith 87 longtime lawyer and second woman admitted to Iowa bar died Monday night after a long illness. She was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Keokuk with her brother the late J F Smith.
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Keokuk
Nannie Smith
Iowa
J. F. Smith
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