Kraschel Sees End To Iowa Legislature Bickering
Des Moines AP Gov Kraschel predicts party feuding will fade in the Iowa legislature this week and that constructive bills will emerge. He credits fraternizing among members and notes senate committee appointments shift from the lieutenant governor. He outlines recommendations from his inaugural message and appointments to his staff.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Kraschel
House
Senate
Senate Journal
Committee On
State Board of Control
Robert Burlingame
Eldora
G. W. Kirtley
Harlan
Walter L. Bierring
C. B. Murtagh
Iowa Democrats And Republicans Agree On Homestead Bill
Iowa lawmakers from both parties support a homestead tax relief bill. The measure would exclude part of home values from property tax, with exemptions up to a set amount. Governors and leaders praised its principles, signaling likely smooth passage after past vetoes.
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Iowa
Moines
Senate
Nelson G
Kraschel
Clyde L
Herring
C. L. Rice
Delta
LaMar Foster
Foster
Charles L
Zylstra
Hawarden
Albert
Beltman
Prisoner Makes Stone Model Of Cell House
Harold Grimes a 29 year old inmate at the state reformatory completed a one eighth inch to the foot stone model of the new cell house detailing 500 hours of labor. Warden Frazer says the model is accurate and first of three to represent buildings on the south property line. Grimes hopes to work as a copy clerk after release in 18 months. he is serving time for larceny of an automobile.
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Ramosa
State Reformatory
Harold Grimes
W. H. Frazer
Grimes
Reformatory
Ed Doyle
Warden Frazer
Decide One Of 9 Contests For Iowa Legislature Seats
Des Moines AP report notes the legislative committee backed Democrat Rep. J P Gallagher of Williamsburg in a contest between Loren I Peel and J K O Neill. The panel counted about one third of 6000 ballots as Peel conceded O Neill’s election. the county canvassing board had shown O Neill winning by 62 votes.
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DES Moines
Legislative Committee
Iowa House of Representatives
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Loren I. Peel
Keosauqua
J. K. O'Neill
House
Gallagher
Peel
O'Neill
Two Children Die in Home Fire at Albia
In Albia two children, George Tusing 4 and Mary Ann Tusing 1, died in a house fire that destroyed their home at 1 35 p m Saturday. Their mother suffered burns but is expected to recover. Firemen attributed the blaze to a collapsed stovepipe. a later explosion occurred while Mrs Schuck prepared dinner.
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Albia
George Tusing
Mary Ann Tusing
Sam Tusing
Burned farm tragedy claims mother and toddler near Royal
A young mother Mrs. William Schuck 22 and her two year old daughter Janet Kay died from burns after a fire destroyed their farm home near Royal. Both were enveloped in flames.
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Spencer
Royal
William Schuck
Janet Kay
Shot starts windmill by blasting ice from gears
Farmer Charles Conrad tried to mount his windmill after a sleet storm but ice on the ladder and gears blocked it. He fired four shotgun charges at the ice covered gears, shattering the ice and restoring the windmill to working order.
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Lowden
Charles Conrad
Conrad
Iowa Ready 15000 Tax Forms For State Unemployment Tax
Iowa unemployment insurance officials prepared 15000 blank forms for the 1.8 percent state tax on payrolls of eight or more workers. Forms go to chambers of commerce banks and business groups Monday for Iowa employers. Deadline Feb 15, federal deadline Jan 31. extensions possible. About 5000 town employers fall under the state unemployment rules.
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Iowa
Schneider
Plan Observance Of State Centennial In Library Project
Iowa City plans to celebrate the centennial of statehood with a permanent educational program. A compilation of fifty volumes on Iowa development would be placed in every public library, proposed by Prof. Benjamin F. Shambaugh and the State Historical Society. The nine year effort runs 1937 to 1946 and relies on existing society research.
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Iowa City
State Historical Society
Iowa
Iowa Public
Problems Of River Control Solved By Laboratory Models
Iowa City doctoral era study highlights University of Iowa hydraulic lab pioneers in model testing. The Des Moines Mississippi and Tennessee river projects showcase scale models, locks, dams, spillways, and erosion control aiding field construction. Prof. F. T. Mavis led a 40-engineer staff before resigning to focus on other work.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Engineering
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Towa Hydraulics Laboratory
United States
Des Moines
Ottumwa
U. S. War Department
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Keokuk Dam
St. Louis
Missouri River
Pickwick
Tennessee River
University Dam
Iowa
Institute of Hydraulic Research
Department of Mechanics and Hydraulics
University
Mavis
Iowa Assembly to Hear Broad Set of New Laws Next Week
Des Moines AP notes that after a partisan opening, the Town legislature will reconvene Tuesday afternoon to consider many bills. Key items include a homestead tax exemption, unemployment insurance changes, a new state motor vehicle department, liquor law reforms, and potential funding moves via higher drivers license fees. Committees to guide proposals will be named Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Assembly
William S. Beardsley
New
Virginia
Senate
Pendent Motor Vehicle Department
State Highway Patrol
Nelson
G.kraschel
House
Birds fed as ice cuts forage in Linn county
Amid sleet and icy ground volunteers in Linn county distributed two and a half tons of grain to feed birds over two weeks. Civilian Conservation Corps recruits built shelters and placed 75 nail keg feeders, funded by Cedar Rapids Marion and Mount Vernon stores, to protect seed from ice and snow and aid communities.
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Man
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mount Vernon
CCC
Former Waukon Man Sentenced for Manslaughter
Edward Siekmeier of Madison, formerly of Waukon, was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter in an Evansville area automobile crash on November 15 that killed Miss Bessie Trunkhill and his wife Anna Sickmeier. Sickmeier’s boyhood home was in Waukon. his elder brother died in an auto accident near Chicago a year earlier.
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Janesville
Wis
Edward Siekmeier
Madison
Waukon
Evansville
Bessie Trunkhill
Anna Sickmeier
Sickmeier
Chicago
Judge Dismisses 53000 Tax Refund Suit
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey dismissed a 1931 tax refund case brought by the government against the Davenport firm French and Hecht. The court ruled the action was barred by the statute of limitations.
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DES Moines
Charles A. Dewey
French and Hecht Company
Davenport
Musical mouse charms Modale family in Iowa
A prized pet named a musical mouse lives in a cake box with a common mouse in the Paul Behm home near Modale. The Behm rodent is Iowa’s second known captive singing mouse after Tiny Tim in Garner.
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Modale
Paul Behm
Here
Behms
Iowa
Tim
B. L. Prouty
Garner
Fireman’s Life Exciting On Duty Or Off In Des Moines
AP reports life of Des Moines firemen. Fay Hatch of hose company 11 went downtown with his wife on a day off. On returning, his unit fought a serious fire damaging the first floor of his house. A recruit rushed to the alarm but forgot his pants.
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Des Moines
Fay Hatch
Hose Company 11
Company 11
Boy Robbers Get Chance To Reform
Six boys from respectable families formed a robbery brig and raided more than 25 Audubon stores before being caught. Judge H J Mantz gave a lenient ruling calling the case a continuation of investigation and ordered rigid police surveillance and checkups. Ages noted as 14, 15, and 16.
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Audubon, Ia
INS
Audubon
H. J. Mantz
Few Women Buy Liquor In Iowa
Iowa liquor commission reports that only 1.3 percent of liquor purchase permits issued by state stores go to women. Store managers in smaller towns say some have not issued a single permit to a woman. Most women permit holders are married.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Commission
Iowa
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