Iowa Officials Discuss National Recovery Act Uses
Gov Herring said repeal or amendment of Beatty Bennett iswo not needed for Iowa cities to access National Recovery Act funds. He spoke in Waterloo en route to New Hampton, noting the act allows the president to extend benefits to states and municipalities. Treasurer Wegman warned Iowa could lose a $20 million bond sale due to delays in ruling on constitutionality, risking higher interest from lenders.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Herring
New Hampton
E J Feuling
Democratic State Central
Des Moines
Leo J. Wegman
Civil War Veteran Seeks Divorce After Twenty Years
J. P. McDonough an 86 year old Civil War veteran asked Burlington court for a divorce from Eliza Mc Donough 67. Judge Oscar Hale heard the case after a Thursday hearing and took it under advisement. The couple wed in Ottumwa twenty years ago.
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VLP
J. P. McDonough
Oscar Hale
Eliza McDonough
Hale
Ottumwa
Tax collections in Winneshiek rise toward year total
Decorah reports Winneshiek county tax collections up to July 1 total 289 094 58 with June receipts just over 71 000. Since April 1 collections amount to 95 115 60 and the year’s tax to be collected stands at 644 501 93 despite difficult early conditions the news is seen as exceptionally good.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Iowa postmasters told that forces will not be out
OTTUMWA AP Ambrose OConnell representing Postmaster General Farley assured Iowa postmasters there will be no reduction in postal forces. He outlined cost cutting without trimming personnel and cited a nine day furlough for July to September as well as planned gains from natural separations and hours reductions. He hoped mail volume and conditions would improve by September. COLUMBUS JUNCTION Robert Alloway 11 suffered severe cuts and bruises after a truck fall on highway No 2, requiring stitches.
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Farley
Columbus Junction
Robert Alloway
Carernce Alloway
Highway No 2
Iowa Board of Assessment Faces Tough Utility Valuations
Des Moines AP The Iowa board of assessment and review moves into final tabulation and correlation of property assessments ahead of tax levy equalization on July 10. Utility valuations for water gas pipe lines railroads and telecoms are a new task this year with about 40 000 local officers aiding real estate assessments.
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Iowa
Board of Assessment and
J W Foster
Foster
Cut Virgin Timber In Edgewood Forest
Edgewood workers dig into virgin timber seven miles northeast of here as M. L. Appleton, owner through Webster Lumber of St Paul, harvests red and white oaks for Milwaukee and Great Northern railroads. Sixteen men plus boss and drivers work the forest, with hard maple ash and cherry abundant. Sawing began Thursday and crews earn about two dollars a day.
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M. L. Appleton Timber
Here
Webster Lumber Company
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Minnesota
Mrs. Cherry Responds in 33000 Dollar Damage Suit
Mrs. Louise Cherry of Tama filed an answer to the $33,000 damage claim by Caroline Shelldorf of Manning. Shelldorf alleges injuries from a collision between the Jones auto and the Cherry car on an overhead bridge at Gladstone in January. Cherry asks Shelldorf to specify the damages and charges. Attorneys for Cherry are Carl Jordan of Cedar Rapids and Mr Hyland of Tama. In Iowa City, Fred W. Sargent, a University of Iowa graduate, won the Benjamin W Rosenthal medal for civic service in Chicago for 1932. Sargent, who earned a law degree in 1901, is president of the Northwestern Railroad.
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Louise Cherry
Tama
Caroline Shelldorf
Manning
Iowa City
Fred W. Sargent
University of Iowa
Benjamin W Rosenthal
Chicago
Sargeant
North ‘Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids Car Goes Off Bridge After Collision
Mrs. Mary Hartz of Marengo and her son M J Hartz suffered bruises when their car collided with a Cedar Rapids driver Lester Mo Kane on the Coon Creek bridge north of Marengo. Kane escaped with minor injuries as his car fell through the railing into the water. Mrs. Hartz was hospitalized and Mr. Hartz uninjured.
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Mary Harts
Coon Creek
Hartz
M. J. Harts
Lester Mo Kane
Cedar Rapids
Kane
Johnson County Seeks Federal Funds for Two Projects
Johnson County seeks 27000 in federal funds for two projects. The board of supervisors requests 22000 for a concrete viaduct over Rock Island tracks near Iowa City and 5000 to finish a bridge and grading on Black Diamond road at the county line. They note a 52966 construction fund balance tied up in a bank, preventing 70 percent county funding.
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Johnson County
Board of Supervisors
Rock Island
Black Diamond Road
Iowa County
Public Works
Iowa Receives $510 594 Emergency Relief Grant
An additional grant of 510,504 was awarded to Iowa by Harry L. Hopkins federal emergency relief administrator under the federal emergency relief act. The grant, based on state relief expenditures in the first quarter, brings Iowa total to 699,787 for the period. Nationwide allotments to all states sum to 62,179,619.
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Washington Uns
Iowa
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Sioux City Firms Boost Wages Across Four Companies
A wage increase of $15,000 monthly will be distributed among 1,000 families employed by Warfield Wholesale Grocery and its subsidiaries Council Oak Store Johnson Biscuit and Robb-Ross. The four firms have a combined monthly payroll of $150,000 and the raise restores half of a 20 percent pay cut over the past two years.
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Warfield Wholesale Grocery Company
Council Oak
Johnson Biscuit Company
Robb-Ross Company
Traer Indiana Post Office Reclassified to Third Class
Washington AP reports the Traer Indiana post office has been downgraded from second class to third class, adding to the department's previous changes. The move reflects administrative reclassification within the postal system.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Traer
Cedar Rapids Boy Shoots Tama County Youth
Carl Mahurin a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs George Mahurin four miles west of Traer was in serious condition at St Francis hospital Waterloo with a bullet wound in the chest from an accidental shooting by 19 year old companion Donald Johnson of Cedar Rapids who fired at a sparrow through a barn doorway as Mahurin stepped into the opening.
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Carl Mahurin
George Mahurin
Lving
Traer
St. Francis Hospital
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Mahurin
Fall Fails To Stop 94-Year-Old Veteran From Picking Cherries
Missouri Valley Iowa dispatch reports Civil War veteran Joe Ragan 94 fell from a cherry tree Friday but his son-in-law Bill Bruner held the belt and tree, saving him, and Ragan returned to work in the same tree after the rescue.
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Missouri Valley
Joe Ragan
Ragan
Bill Bruner
Martelle Man Abner Lacock Dies at 82
Abner Lacock of Martelle died at home July 4 after years of illness aged 82. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Friday.
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Abner Lacock
Methodist Church Friay
Rain Limits Hit Western Iowa After Storm Span
Rain was general in western Iowa and moved east. Council Bluffs and Omaha reported 1.8 inches, Sioux City had 0.76, Clarinda 0.40, Inwood 0.54, Carroll 0.06, Estherville 0.02. Highs reached 95 in several towns while lows fell to 65 at Inwood.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sioux City
Clarinda
Inwood
Carroll
Estherville
Alta
Atlantic
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Taxes Paid in Jackson County Savings and Delinquent Figures
Maquoreta. The Jackson County treasurer reports taxpayers saved 1558.94 in penalties by delaying delinquent date to June 30. Total taxes paid April 1 to June 30 amount to 98879.93. annual levy 304763.20, with 18008.56 unpaid or 5.9 percent. Penalties will date from April 1 on the remaining balance.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County
Jones county tax collection nears half paid
A total of 321603.26 dollars of the Jones county tax levy has been paid to date, according to County Treasurer T. E. McNamara, or nearly half of the total tax of about 657000. Seven hundred dollars in penalties were saved by extending the delinquent date to July 1. A large portion of payments arrived in the final week of June.
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Anamosa
Jones County
T. E. McNamara
Horace W. Baker Former Louisa County Auditor Dies at 60
Horace W. Baker, age 60, former Louisa County auditor, died at his Wapello home Wednesday. He was born February 2, 1873, in Wapello and graduated from the University of Iowa Law, class of 1900. He served as county auditor 1904–14, state examiner of county records 1919–26, and again as state examiner in 1932. later ran H. W. Baker and Company with his sons. He married Kate H. Pierce in 1897 and is survived by four sons Kenneth, William, Verne, and Pierce.
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Horace W. Baker
Presbyterian Church
C. E. Burdine
West Liberty
J. R. Fraser
Baker
University of Iowa
Arthur Springer
Louisa County
H. W. Baker and Company
Kate H. Pierce
Winfield
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William
Verne
Pierce
Farm Boy Hurt When Team Runs Away Near Brooklyn
Brooklyn Iowa Thursday afternoon Dean Mitchell son of Eugene Mitchell farmer south of Brooklyn suffered nine broken jaw and cuts and bruises when a team hitched to a mower ran away. He was dragged several rods before bystanders stopped the team and he was taken to Grinnell hospital for treatment
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Dean Mitchell
Eugene Mitchell
Mitchell
Grinnell Hospital
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