Iowa Governor outlines tax plan and road program in legislature
Governor Kraschel proposes fast action on farm tenancy and mortgage moratorium, a homestead tax preference, and a state relief fund. He urges passage of road improvements, old age pensions, and a three point tax plan funded by state revenue. Des Moines lawmakers focus on motor vehicle law revision and highway department reform with higher fees and patrol staff.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa House
Nelson G. Kraschel
Har
Iowa
Pais
Paul Millhone
Clarinda
Wallace
General Assembly
A K Rife Former Shellsburg Bank Cashier Dies
Aaron K. Rife 73 died at 2 a.m. Saturday at his brother James Rife’s home after weeks of illness. A lifelong Benton County resident born May 24, 1863 in Ohio, he taught in local schools and served two terms as county superintendent. He was cashier of People’s Savings Bank for 25 years and is survived by three children, a brother, a sister, and by lodges and churches affiliations. Funeral arrangements not set.
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Shellsburg
Aaron K. Rife
James Rife
Mr. Rife
Ohio
Benton County
John
Mary Rif
Nebraska
Tilford Academy
Vinton
People’s Savings Bank
Sarah Weinland
Blairstown
James A
Bethlehem
Sarah Marie
Keystone
Kenneth Eggleston
James
Dora
California
Rife
Eastern Star
Masons
IOOF
Rebekah
Presbyterian Church
Federated Church
Cedar Rapids Firm Pays 11011 Tax Under New Iowa Unemployment Law
Des Moines AP Garritt E Roelofs said 205 Iowa employers filed returns under the new state unemployment insurance law with total taxes of 87020 22. The Cedar Rapids firm paid 11011 28 the largest so far. the smallest was 78 cents. About 3 million expected revenue is projected for 1936. The state receives 90 percent of the one percent tax with 10 percent going to the federal social security board.
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Des'moines
Garritt E. Roelofs
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Iowa
Roelofs
Cedar Rapids
Federal
Social Security Board
Municipalities Seek Beer License Cap and Fees
The League of Iowa Municipalities reports a bill plan to standardize beer licenses with a $200 minimum fee. It would set a city license cap of five for the first 2,500 residents and one per 750 additional residents, with licenses issued only in business districts.
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DES Moines
League of Iowa Municipalities
Iowa Legislature Employees Finally Get Pay Checks
Des Moines reports that Iowa legislature staff, many short on funds for three weeks, split a $20 000 payroll. Senate workers including clerks and pages received $380 and House staff about 150 were paid by Chief Clerk Gustafson. Senators and representatives will not be paid until Feb 10 under the law, receiving $500 of their $1 000 salaries after 30 days.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Walter Beam
House
A. C Gustafson
John Mason Brown to Lecture at Mt. Vernon Friday
John Mason Brown, drama critic of the New York Evening Post and author of The Art of Playgoing, will review Broadway plays at Cornell College Mount Vernon on Friday February 5 as the third program in the 1936 37 artist and lecture course. He has written five theater books and led the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences dramatic department.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
John Mason Brown
New York Evening Post
Cornell College
Brown
Mr. Brown
George Fierce Baker
Louisville Courier- Journal
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Sheriff Solves Jail Mystery in Light Plague
Burlington AP report says Sheriff Harry Hunt uncovered why jail lights flickered at night. Prisoners had wired lights to an electric plate, a technique passed among inmates.
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Burlington
Harry Hunt
King of Circus Clowns Felix Adler Crafts Act With Barbara Pig
Special to The Gazette reports Clinton native Felix Adler the Ringling Brothers clown trains Barbara a nine pig in Iowa to perform in the sawdust ring. Barbara debuted at the Shrine Circus in Detroit and is the ninth pig in Adler's act guiding training with milk bottles slides and custom equipment built by Adler and his father.
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Circus
Felix Adler
Clinton
Little Pig
Gazette
Linton
Lowa
Barbara
Clinton County
Parker
Ringling Brothers
King of Clowns
Felix B. Adler
Bob
Mr. Adler
Ringling Outfit
Joseph Adler
John Kruse
Miles
Shrine
Detroit
Bab
Adler
Felix
No. 9
Iowa
Hawkeye
Clown
Miss Pig
Chicago
Ani
Mrs. Adler
Felix” Adler
Ringling Brothers Circus
Washington Flood Gives City a Taste of River Valley Weather
Residents endured an inch and a half of rain as floodwaters backed up in frozen sewers and flooded streets in Washington. The sample highlighted the strain faced by Ohio and Mississippi river valley communities.
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Washington, Inc
Ohio
Mississippi River Valley
Belle Plaine Women Learn First Aid Methods
Belle Plaine high school closes a Benton county first aid course with forty five students. Sponsored by the Belle Plaine Boy Scouts, the program trained men and women in treating injuries and reviving unconscious victims under instructors from Cedar Rapids and Belle Plaine.
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Belle Plaine
Gazette
Elle Plaine
Benton County
Belle Plaine High School
Boy Scouts
Twenty Slot Machines Seized In Dubuque Roadhouse Raids
Federal and state agents raided five roadhouses near Dubuque and seized twenty slot machines and 70 bottles of liquor. Proprietors ordered to appear in justice court at Dyersville. Agents found no federal law violations.
Delaware County Reports Flood Relief Subscriptions
Delaware County reaches $1 134 in flood relief pledges led by H D Schnittjer of Delhi with 100 and Frank J Geste of Hopkinton at 25. Contributions totaled from Manchester Hopkinton Delhi Colesburg Earlville Ryan Greeley Masonville Oneida Robinson and soil conservation staff, with Hopkinton and Delhi among top towns. Funds sent include $800 to St Louis and $200 later.
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Manchester
Red Cross
Delaware County
Fred W. Hermann
St. Louis
H.D. Schnittjer
Delhi
Frank J. Geste
Hopkinton
Soil Conservation Program
Manchester High School
Schnittjer
Colesburg
Earlville
Ryan
Greeley
Masonville
Oneida
Robinson
Soil Conservation Officers
Viola flood relief benefit raises funds in Viola
A flood relief benefit in Viola drew a crowd of over 200 and collected more than $57. The event featured a picnic supper, a musical program including Jean Calvert and others, and basketball. Seventh grade boys fell to eighth grade 13 to 4 while high school girls lost to the alumni 22 to 14.
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Gazette
Viola
Jean Calvert
Betty Strait
Ben Strait
Florence Potter
Patricia Dolan
May Stickley
Crystal Shelly
Dorothy Shelly
Dorothy Gorius
Ruth Condit
Norma Larson
Hazel Rotert
Jean Rotert
Edwin Gorius
Patricia Boots
Dewain Calvert
Escort service for lovelorn Iowa coeds opens
In Iowa City a privately run escort bureau began operating with four lonely coeds as customers. Jack Reed and Don Stranberg say twelve women may use the service, with nine escorts listed. They expect demand to grow after exams end.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jack Reed
Munhall
Don Stranberg
Chicago
Escort Bureau
Reed
Daily
Iowan
Iowa
Ottumwa Fireman Killed Near Maxon in Rail Accident
Ottumwa Burlington railroad fireman James Pluyzinski was killed at Maxon Iowa when he leaned from a locomotive cab and struck a water tower. Engineer E M Epperson of Ottumwa said the fireman was looking for a hot box.
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Albia
James Pluyzinski
Ottumwa
Burlington Railroad
Maxon
E. M. Epperson
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts planned at Cornell College Mount Vernon
Cornell College announces a $160000 Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts to house music plastic arts and drama. The three arts will be combined in one building, with a 420-seat theater, air conditioning, and soundproofing. Groundwork hoped by March 15. W. J. Brown is architect and Dahlin and McCall handle plumbing and heating.
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon
United States
H. J. Burgstahler
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
Blanche Swingley Armstrong
Evanston
Bowman Hall
New Merner Hall
University of Louisiana
Presser
Illinois Wesleyan
Burgstahler
Cornell
Frederick Paul Keppel
Carnegie Corporation
Walter A. Jessup
Carnegie Foundation For
Ae Ecement
T . Head
Teins
Michigan
T. R. Watson
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
Paul Packer
Rufus H. Fitzgerald
G. W. Stewart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick A. Stock
Armstrong Halls of Fine Arts
Max Mildenstein
Dahlin and McCall
Lisbon
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Fred Peiper
A C Walker
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Marion Yavorsky
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Cecelia Comer
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Helen Ogburn
Josephine Brand
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Helen Morris
Winifred Miller
Evelyn Mansfield
Ross Wheeler
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Billy Hough
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