Iowa Supreme Court orders gas tax refunds repaid
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil of Indiana and Phillips Petroleum must repay 109,688.81 in gasoline tax refunds deemed illegally granted. Judgments set at 93,400.79 for Standard Oil and 16,288.02 for Phillips, with interest from the lower court date. The case centers on three percent evaporation and loss deductions and refunds claimed for years through 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Phillips Petroleum Company
High Court
Standard Oil Company
Phillips Company
Polk County
Allen A. Herrick
Supreme Court
Iowa
R. E. Johnson
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Louis Clay Loses Second Appeal in Slaying Case
The Iowa Supreme Court denied Louis Clay's second appeal, ending any further state appeals in the George J. Folsom slaying case. Clay, an Iowa City resident, was sentenced to 30 years for the Johnson County pioneer's death after more than two years of court action in various forms.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Louis Clay
Iowa City
George J. Folsom
Johnson County
Clay
Iowa
Martelle Fred Martin Celebrated for 79th Birthday
Fred Martin of Martelle was honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by his children and grandchildren to mark his seventy ninth birthday. Born in England he came to America as a young man, farmed west of town and retired twenty years ago. He has long served as school janitor. His wife died last June. Attending were numerous children and spouses plus grandchildren including Clarence and Merle Stewart, Ray and Guy Martins, Reginald Touro and others.
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Martelle
Fred Martin
Mr. Martin
England
America
Here
Ray Martin
Charles
Wayne
Ruth
Margaret Ellen
Guy Martin
Reginald Touro
Darlene
Lesta Jean Pirie
Pauline Larson
Iowa junior farm bureau drama tournament set for Jan 27
County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced six counties will send teams to a drama and music tournament in Iowa City on January 27. Represented counties are Benton Scott Linn Poweshiek Muscatine and Johnson. The program features folk dances plays quartets and choruses.
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Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardner
Farm Bureau
Benton Scott
Linn
Poweshiek
Muscatine
Johnson
Independence College Boy Fatally Injured In Coasting Crash
Franklin Spangler 17, Independence junior college basketball player, died at People's hospital from brain concussion and spinal injuries after a coasting accident at the Wapsipinicon golf club grounds. He was thrown against a tree when a bobsled hit by a car driven by Keith Smith skidded. Survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Spangler and sister Eleanor.
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The
Gazette
Independence
Franklin Spangler
Wapsipinicon
People’s Hospital
Spangler
Keith Smith
E. T. Spangler
Winthrop
Eleanor
J. J. Carroll Enters Iowa City Mayoral Race
J. J. Carroll, four time Iowa City mayor, declared his candidacy for mayor on the Democratic ticket. The Democratic primary now has three entrants: L. L. Crowder, Grover C. Watson, and Carroll.
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Iowa City
J. J. Carroll
Carroll
L. L. Crowder
Grover C. Watson
Grand Mound couple honored on forty-ninth wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Gray were celebrated Saturday for their 49th wedding anniversary. Their children grandchildren and great grandchildren attended a picnic dinner with family members gathered to mark the milestone.
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Grand Mound
Pattern 4253 Frock Adverts and Local Notices
Pattern 4253 from Anne Adams showcases a V neck frock with puff sleeves, back flare skirt, and half belt. Include 3 7 yards of fabric and 15 cent pattern price. book offers fall fashions. Also local notices report deaths, lodge installations, and public notices across Wheatland and surrounding towns.
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Anne Adams
Pattern
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York
N. Y
IOWA City Forum to Feature University Scholar Davies
The second community forum in Iowa City will be addressed by Prof. George F. Davies of the University of Iowa college of commerce. Davies, editor of the University of Iowa’s business digest and author on economics and sociology, has taught at the university since 1928.
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Iowa City
George F. Davies
University of Iowa College of Commerce
University of Iowa
Business Digest
Davies
University
Iowa House considers graduated tax on large landholders
Rep. John W. Moore proposes a bill taxing owners of more than 320 acres, starting at two percent on the first 320 and reaching a full double tax at 1,200 acres. Revenue would fund schools by student count, with penalties to deter title transfers to dodge the levy.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
John W. Moore
Sioux City
Supreme court upholds Iowa liquor seal law
Iowa Supreme Court ruled it is unlawful to possess liquor in Iowa that does not bear the state liquor commission seal. The decision denied Luther Johnson’s appeal after his Page county conviction for illegal liquor possession. The court rejected the claim that the seal requirement only applied to liquor bought in state borders.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Luther Johnson
Page County
Iowa Highway Survey Tracks Trucks and Buses West of Cedar Rapids
A state highway survey station ten miles west of Cedar Rapids weighs and measures trucks and buses. Five crew members led by Hassett operate eight hours daily for six weeks with 24 hour sampling. Data collected include load, destinations, dimensions, tire types, weights, and owner details, part of a nationwide study with federal cooperation.
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Cedar Rapids
R. J. Hassett
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Ames
Sioux City
LeMars
Hassett
R. T. Messer
Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Messer
Cascade Business Man and Poet Francis J Tallman Dies
Cascade businessman and poet Francis J Tallman died at Hotel Faber Monday noon after eleven months illness. Born in Garry Owen 74 years ago he was reared by his uncle and aunt after his mother died. He wrote poetry published in magazines and spent 30 years in real estate and insurance. Survived by sisters Theresa Campbell and E L Schweppe of Madison. Funeral at St Martins Church Wednesday at 9 30 with a requiem mass by Rev Thomas J Rooney.
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Gazette
Cascade
Francis J. Tallman
Hotel Faber
Garry Owen
Frank Tallman
Patrick Tallman
Tallman
Theresa Campbell
E. L. Schweppe
Madison
Knights of Columbus
St. Martin’s Church
Thomas J. Rooney
Willie Willis Seeks Night Training Behind Cemetery
In a terse note, Willie Willis expresses determination to practice track after dark near a cemetery. He emphasizes the desire to train outdoors and improve performance despite unusual hours.
New Cold Wave Forecast At Iowa Blasts In
A new cold wave is headed for Iowa with snow and rising temperatures expected to give way to much colder air by Wednesday night. Meteorologist C D Reed cautions forecasts are provisional while noting readings from North Dakota and Minnesota show extreme lows. Charles City logged 14 below while Keokuk reached 20 above and Iowa Falls reported eight below.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tall Corn
C. D. Reed
North Dakota
United States
Bemidji
Minn
Charles City
Keokuk
Iowa Falls
It Was A Good Dog Story But Untrue
A German police dog named Max vanished from a Denver home and later returned there, not to Des Moines. Meanwhile a dog found in Des Moines by Mrs. Stanley C. Wilmore, named Rex, resembled Max and was misidentified until correct owners were confirmed.
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Des Moines
INS
Max
Denver
Colo
Stanley C. Wilmore
Rex
Robert L. Martin
Oldest Iowa graduate recalls 1865 degree
Iowa City. Mrs. Kerseyager of Carpentaria California earns status as the oldest living University of Iowa graduate, having received a bachelor of didactics in June 1865 from Etta Raymond Holmes, the sole survivor of the class of 1865.
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Iowa City
Kerseyager
Carpentaria
Calif
University of Iowa
Holmes
Etta Raymond
Oxford Junction installs OES officers
Mrs. Bess Harris and assistants installed Oxford Junction O E S officers led by Lizzie Nowachek as worthy matron and A Grimwood as worthy patron. Other officers included Anna Powelka associate matron and Dr. J E Davies associate patron with Emma Shimerda secretary and Emma Thorne treasurer.
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Traer—Hesperia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bona Dea
Eastern Star
Blanche Steffen
Zulu Bower
Ruth Fleming
Ethel Taylor
J. W. Dodd
Celia Owens
A. J. Norton
Lola Ames
Hazel Morrow
Pearl Street
Frances Earley
Grace Crippen
Jean Cottrell
Marshal
Florence Ulstad
Adah
Margaret Griffeth
Ruth
Mary Beecher
Esther
Mary Neidick
Martha
Elizabeth Earley
Electa
Eva Vorba
D. M. Cottrell
Sentinel
Worth
Bess Kern
J. T. Ames
L. H. McComas
Harry Everts
Earl Griffeth
Moore
Stevenson Earley
W. E. Bower
Merle Beecher
A. L. Wise
D. P. Jordan
Tyler
Oxford Junction
Bess Harris
Lillian Berner
Jennie Phillips
Mae Davies
Lizzie Nowachek
E. A. Grimwood
Anna Powelka
J. E. Davies
Emma Shimerda
Emma Thorne
Anna Belle Zak
Anna Burda
Clara Claussen
Lula Koranda
Tillie Pashek
Anna Kalouse
Christina Ahrendsen
Grace Stuhr
Tillie Stewart
Emma Cave
Gladys Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan in Stanley
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Eliza beth Morgan 71 longtime Stanley resident who died at Mercy hospital Oelwein of pneumonia. Her husband died eighteen years ago. She is survived by nine children Anna Berger of Iowa City Will George Elmer Charles Harold Mamie Kraft of Stanley Frank of Aurora and Rose O'Brian of Oelwein. Services were at the Stanley Methodist church with Rev. F. A. Smith of Gladbrook officiating.
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Wheatland
J. R. Rogers
Jennie Mines
Wayne
Neb
Presbyterian Church
A. C. Fischer
St. Paul’s Church
Presbyterian Cemetery
Rogers
New York
Belle Plaine
John Henry, Jr
John
Margaret Henry
Miami
Henry
Andrew
Scott
Archie
Charles Lenze
Mason City
Hrabak Chapel
A. C. Walker
Congregational Church
Marengo
Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood
D. H. Zentmire
George Fiser
Howard Myers
Jay Zahrt
Stanwood
Charles Koering
Dorothy
Eugene Pye
William Pye
New Port
Tipton
Viola Koering
Louis McGuire
Olin
Pye
Grinnell
Edith A. Sternfeld
Grinnell College
American Water Color Society
Fine Arts
Carol Sax
Tama
Florence Cuthbertson
LaRue Howard
O. A. Hennesy
Dallas
Arthur Hennesy
Watson Mason
Walter DuToit
Roy Harris
Adria VanHorn
Dorothy Goodman
Sidney Smith
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
Fillmore
Daniel McPoland
Milton Walsh
J. J. Leen
Holy Family
McPoland
Dubuque County
Herman Riedesel
Esther
Clarence McAllister
Tom C. McAllister
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Davenport
DeWitt Armory
Ryan
Harry Delancey
Friends
Doran Aldrich
Rowley
Rowley Savings Bank
P. C. Thedens
C. C. Clayton
D. H. Dingsley
L. D. Wallace
Chris Gunzenhauser
Francis Williams
Edgewood
Addie Southwich
Anna Lee
Fanny Gardner
Flint
Mich
Addie Gardner
Masonville
Delaware County
Henry Gardner
Elizabeth Blanchard Gardner
Arthur Southwick
Seward Southwich
Southwich
Hopkinton
Phyllis Jane Parsons
Albert Parsons
F. Cochel
Iowa City
Independence
Doris
Richard Lee
Mount Vernon
George Lindsey
North Liberty
Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Johnson County
Joe P. Dvorsky
Newport Township
Glen Stevens
Scott Township
Fred Gegenheimer
Oxford
J. P. Burns
J. A. Brown
C. K. Wolfe
Ernest Myers
Lee Colony
L. L. Stoner
Stanley
Elizabeth Morgan
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Anna Berger
Will
George
Elmer
Charles
Harold
Mamie Kraft
Frank
Aurora
Rose O’brian
Methodist Church
F. A. Smith
Gladbrook
John McLachlan dies at 80 in local home
Stanley John McLachlan 80 years old died Saturday in the city where he had lived with his niece Miss Effie Manning for several years. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Union church with Rev. Horace Bethel officiating.
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Stanley — John McLachlan
Effie Manning
Union Church
Horace Bethel
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Washington
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Noble Grand
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Inside Guardian
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Outside Guardian
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Robert Siver, Jr
Nannie Hainen
E. D. Thompson
Iowa News
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M. F. Bullis
John Engel
Art Bachus
A. R. Stevenson
Hoyt Battolph
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Brandon
G. A. R. Hall
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Velma Davis
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Fairbanks
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Kula
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Etta Holmes
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Oak Grove
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Norma Schuelke
Rowley Methodist Church
George Woodall
Clutier
Immaculate Conception Church
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Charles Boyer
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Joseph Hanus
Stanley Stodola
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Messinger & Sons
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Ly St
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Florida
ST. Louis
Dearborn Sta
Ckei Ry
St. Petersburg
Cuba
Tyas Bs
LaSalle
D.P.A
Boatmen’s 'S Bank
St . Louis
D. T. O'Neal
W.P.A
N.C
St. L.ry
Railway Exchange
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Daisy
Cascade Business
Willie Willis
Owa
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