Iowa Collects Tax on Butter Substitutes
Iowa revenue from the butter substitutes tax reached 225000 for the year ending June 30 with July 1 totals at 226196.95 and refunds of 1014.65. The tax mirrors a levy on 4500000 pounds of substitutes, with no extra clerical staff needed beyond stamping costs. R G Clark notes low butter prices and the tax boosted state butter substitute use by about 25 percent last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
R. G. Clark
Dairy and Food Division
James Ireland 95 Last Civil War Vet in Central City Dead
James Ireland 95 the last Civil War veteran in Central City died at 2 p.m. Monday after five years of illness including a paralytic stroke. Born in England May 23 1837 he came to the U.S. at eight and later settled in Iowa. He served in Company C Second Iowa Cavalry under Sherman and Grant, fought at Farmington Corinth Iuka and other actions before discharge in 1864. Survived by a son Horace and a daughter Annie and three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral set for 2:30 Wednesday at Coggin Methodist church with Rev Earle A Baker of Mount Vernon and clergy from the American Legion and Odd Fellows joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
James Ireland
Ireland
Dale Rowley
Rowley
Mr. Ireland
England
John Ireland
America
New York
James
Delaware County
Iowa
Adelaide Crosier
Horace
Estherville
Annie
Second
Iowa Cavalry
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Sherman
Grant
Farmington
Corinth
Iuka
Rienza
Coggan
Opal Rowley
Cedar Rapids
H. D. Rowley
Charles Bixby
Methodist Church
Coggon
Earle, A. Baker
Mount Vernon
American Legion and
Odd Fellows Lodges
German Woman Appointed Instructor at Iowa Teachers College
Dr. Hanna Hafkesbrink of Coblenz Germany has been engaged as German instructor at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls to fill the vacancy created by Miss Anna Doffing. She comes with high recommendations from German institutions and was named best teacher of the year by Ausshdienst Berlin. She studied at Gottingen and Munich and earned a PhD from Gottingen in 1930. She will begin at the start of the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Hanna Hafkesbrink
Coblenz
Germany
Iowa State Teachers College
Anna Doffing
Hafkesbrink
Teachers College
Austauschdienst of
Berlin
International Exchange of Teachers
Gottingen
Munich
University of
Hanover
Des Moines Man Delivers Alcohol to Cop by Error
James Plunkett, 27, walked into Des Moines officer J. O. Emrich’s home and offered a quart of alleged alcohol after asking if a delivery had been called in. Emrich inspected the package and arrested Plunkett, noting on the bulletin “wrong address, right time.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines (Ap
James Plunkett
J. O. Emrich
Des Moines
Emrich
Plunkett
Judge Sets July 18 Hearing in Knapp Habeas Corpus
District Judge R W Hasner schedules a habeas corpus hearing for July 18 in the case of George R Knapp a Vinton attorney confined in the state hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
R. W. Hasner
District Court
George R. Knapp
Vinton
Two Plays Being Given At S. A. 1 This Week
Iowa City hosts two plays this week by the all-state high school drama group. A comedy Once in a Lifetime is staged Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. The premier Tread the Green Grass by Paul Green plays Friday and Saturday and again next Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Director LeMar Stringfeld and author Paul Green attend rehearsals and lectures at the Natural Science Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Iowa City
Paul Green
Mr. Green
LeMar Stringfeld
Natural Science Auditorium
Large Attendance At South Bethel Anniversary
Special to The G Tipton. The ninetieth anniversary of South Bethel church drew 190 registered attendees seven miles south of Tipton on Muscatine road amid bad roads and threatening weather. Four states and nine Iowa counties were represented. George H Johnston of Franklin Grove Illinois, born and raised in South Bethel, attended after fifty seven years away. Distant registrants included E C A Jennings of Trenton. Services began at 1130 AM with afternoon and evening historical programs.
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Ene C. A. Jennings
Trenton
Cedar County road petitions seek improvements in Tipton area
Cedar County board of supervisors received petitions asking grading and surfacing of two seven mile local roads. One route known as Muscatine road would return to the county trunk system and be improved, the other would connect primary No 38 with the county trunk road near Cedar Valley passing Mount Zion church and Antwerp site. Both measures ordered for later consideration.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Muscatine
South Bethel Church
Rochester
Sunbury
Plato
Cedar Valley
Highway Commission
Mount Zion
Antwerp
Youth Gets Ten Years For Iowa City Robbery
Walter J. Mazurek an 18 year old from Harvey Illinois was sentenced to ten years in the men's reformatory at Anamosa by Judge Harold D Evans for breaking and entering. He pleaded guilty to charges after admitting he and a 10 year old Iowa City boy robbed a wholesale grocery, stole goods and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Walter J. Mazurek
Harvey
Ill
Anamosa
Harold D. Evans
Mazurek
Dunn 69 Keota Hardware Merchant Dies in Iowa City
Frank E. Dunn retired hardware merchant of Keota died Monday night in an Iowa City hospital at age 69. He moved from Delta in 1919 opened a Keota store until 1930 retirement. Survived by wife Elizabeth Fisher two sons Ralph Marvin a daughter Marion and brother J R Dunn of Delta. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Frank E. Dunn
Iowa City
Delta
Elizabeth Fisher
Ralph
Marvin
Marion
J. R. Dunn
Christian Church
Notice of Hearing on Final Report of Receiver
In Linn County District Court Iowa a hearing is set on the final report of the Receiver in the case Rapids Bulletin and Loan Association vs estate heirs Perkins et al. All defendants and parties in receivership are notified the final report is on file and may be approved or objected at the hearing in the City of Ankeny on a specified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Linn Unty
Rapids Bullett and Loan Association
Ester A. Perkins
Helen Perkins
Reed
Hart
Man on Bond Hangs Self After Poison Plot Allegation
Pete Decpteres, 30, released on bond after being charged with assault with intent to kill his wife with poison, hanged himself in a garage Monday night. Wife had alleged three poison attempts and cited infatuation with another woman in a divorce petition filed the same day.
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Sioux City
Pete Decpteres
Decpteres
Two More Iowans Die in Drownings This Week
Des Moines reports the forty sixth and forty seventh drownings in Iowa this year. Mrs. W. J. Stevenson of Waterloo and nine year old Leo Stueland of Forest City died in separate river incidents. Stevenson fell from a Cedar River retaining wall and drowned, while Stueland drowned while swimming in the Winnebago River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
W. J. Stevenson
Waterloo
Leo Stueland
Forest City
Stevenson
Cedar River
Stueland
Winnebago River
$20 000 Suit For False Arrest Filed In Iowa
A. E. Irvine filed a $20,000 lawsuit against Constable P. L. Hart seeking actual and exemplary damages. Irvine says he was arrested in May and held two days in Fayette county jail on a charge of intoxication, alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
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Oelwein
A. E. Irvine
P. L. Hartsough
Fayette County
Im Chayanne
Officers Re-elected By Rural Letter Carriers
The Iowa branch of the National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers met in Clinton and closed its annual session with the re-election of officers. G. B. Scott of Council Bluffs was kept as president and John Culbreth of Cedar Rapids as vice-president, with W. F. Kewney of Manchester chosen secretary.
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Clinton
Iowa
National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers
G. B. Scott
Council Bluffs
John Culbreth
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Kewney
Mancheser
Auto Registrations In Iowa Total 591 159
DES MOINES AP Automobiles in Iowa registered in the first six months totaled 591 159 with 70 584 trucks and 2 345 trailers licensed. Passenger car registrations were 54 231 below the same period in 1931.
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Iowa
Des Moines
W. A. Stevens
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stevens
Des Moines Legion Pushes Immediate Soldier Bonus
The Argonne Post of the American Legion in Des Moines voted two to one for immediate payment of the soldiers bonus. As Iowa’s largest post, its action contrasts with prior Legion neutrality and will be taken to the state convention at Fort Dodge set for August 1–3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Argonne Post
American Legion
Legion
Fort Dodge
Colflesh Speaks to Ida Grove Legionaires on Bonus Issue
Robert Colflesh of Des Moines Iowa department commander of the American Legion addressed over 600 Ida Grove legionaires and auxiliary members Monday night. He outlined state and national legislation of interest to the legion and explained why the organization did not favor payment of the bonus at this time. J Ray Murphy national committeeman and candidate for national commander presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colflesh
IDA Grove (Ap
Robert Colflesh
Des Moines
Iowa
American Legion
Ida Grove
Railroads Appeal To Iowa Tax Board
Representatives of six class one railroads operating in Iowa appealed to the state tax board for reductions in their valuations for tax purposes this year. The hearing included A. S. Dudley for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific and others from Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Illinois Central and Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
State Tax Board
A. S. Dudley
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Paul
Pacific
William Mueller
Minneapolis
Omaha
F. A. Hogberg
Illinois Central
C. A. Huth
St. Louis
Wabash
Conduct Survey Of Buchanan Streams
Representatives from the state board of health the state fisheries and game department and the U S bureau of fisheries with Justice Clyde Marinus conducted a survey of Buchanan county streams. They studied fish food pollution and discharges including sewage and rendering works for the state fish and game department to aid propagation of young fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
State Board of Health
State Fisheries and Game Department
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Clyde Marinus
Buchanan County
State Fish and Game Department
Bus Queen Sues Firestone for 50000 in Iowa
Mrs. Helen Schulta Brewer, owner of Brewer Tire and Battery, files a $50,000 damages suit against Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Mason City. She alleges Firestone failed to fulfill a contract making her distributor for 24 counties in north Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Helen Schulta Brewer
Brewer Tire and Battery Company
Brewer
Towa
Iowa
Farmer Ray McMillen Arrested for Drunken Driving in Independence
Independence five miles southwest farmer Ray McMillen was arrested Monday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by Chief of Police O. E. Finuff. Finuff also detained George Coons on intoxication charges.
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Independence
Ray McMillen
O. E. Finuff
Finuff
George Coons
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Iowa Teachers College
South Bethel
Ando Ist ST. West
Peoples Savings Bank
Cthe Deoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar County
F. E. Dunn
Alfred
Bertram
Helen
Bill
Spalding and Bradley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Des Moines Legion
Iowa Tax Board
Buchanan
Bus Queen
Firestone
Armstrong
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