Linn County 1939 Tax Assessments See Small 1938 Change
1939 Linn County assessments show little variation from 1938 with total moneys and credits at 25,416,166 up from 23,384,995. Cedar Rapids leads the rise to 21,577,329 from 19,881,556, while townships show a slight drop. Real estate value totals 81,397,382, personal property 8,478,964, exemptions 12,805,871, and farm lands 20,279,635. Public utilities and railroad figures are pending state tax commission data expected mid year.
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Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
Cedar Rapids
Watkins Woman Hurt In Accident Near Walford
Mrs Leoma A Schmidt 26 of Watkins was injured in a two mile south of Walford intersection auto crash while driving a car owned by C J Schmidt of Watkins. She swerved to avoid a truck driven by George Young 22 Palo route 1, owned by Bernard Stark and ran into a ditch. Schmidt suffered head cut and leg hip bruises while her 5 year old daughter riding with her had a cut lip.
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Leoma A. Schmidt
Watkins
C. J. Schmidt
Walford
Jim Smith
Schmidt
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4061 Anne Adams
Anne Adams offers pattern 4061 a simple shirtwaist dress with air flow sleeve slits and a soft low collar. Sizes 34 to 48, 3% yards of 35 inch fabric for size 36. Send 15 cents per pattern plus size name address and pattern number to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
Fire razes Glazier horse farm killing 14 horses
A blaze at the Julius Glazier horse racing farm in West Orange New Jersey on Friday killed 14 horses and a dog. Firemen could not reach the dog from the stables.
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West Orange
N. J
Julius Glazier
Fined $10 For Failing To Allow Pass In Iowa
Sunday motorists clashed as F M Huyck of Cedar Rapids reported a speeding driver behind him. Harry Bell of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to blocking a pass before Justice H R Church and paid $10 fine and costs. Assistant County Attorney Carl Hendrickson warned of the dangers of blocking a following vehicle.
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F. M Huyck
Fourth Avenue SE
Highway Patrol
Iowa
Harry Bell
Cedar Rapids
H R Churchi
Huyck
A L Taylor Speaks At Edgewood K P Picnic
A L Taylor executive secretary of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce spoke Thursday noon before the Edgewood Knights of Pythias picnic at Backbone state park. Attended by 120, his topic was The World's Bargain at 98 Cents. Montello Knapp of Edgewood presided. Frank Hite and R B Hibbs of Marengo spoke. an orchestra and entertainment followed.
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A L. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Olin
F. Critz Hahn
Jones County Rural Youth Association
Hahn
James Linsley
Hartman Farm
Hutchinson Joins DOJ Antitrust Division
Walter Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids former assistant district attorney for Iowa's northern district reported for work in the Justice Department antitrust division in Washington. He will not yet be assigned to a case and may assist on several matters under Thurman Arnold.
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Gazette
Washington, D. C
Walter Hutchinson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Anti-Trust
Department of Justice
Thurman Arnold
Hutchinson
Will Probe Wagner Wage Acts Now Proposed by Democrats
Washington Democrats plan to urge the House to investigate both the Wagner act and the wage-and-hour law. The move comes as a coordinated push to scrutinize labor policy and enforcement of pay regulations. High-level Democrats aligned with the effort expect a formal proposal soon.
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Wagner
Washington
INS
House
International News Service
Love and scandal swirl as Tarry Grimes faces a complicated engagement
Moira Carewe, during Prohibition era New York visits and a coming of age party, watches Tarleton Grises, her carefree lover from Madison and son of Joseph P. Griggs, move from flirtation to a rumored engagement with Lady Careen Kilmorny amid gossip, tours, and social pressure.
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Moira Carewe
Tarry
Moira
New York
Museum of Natural History
Madison
Connecticut
Palm Beach
Careen Kilmoray
Joseph Griggs
Europe
Mojra
Lady Careen
Careen
Joseph P. Griggs
Joseph
Tarleton
Careen Kilmorny
Ants use wireless to call friends to dinner at Hollow Tree
Bedtime stories follow Baby Bunty Johnnie and Uncle Wiggily as they observe ants summoning their mates by an internal wireless to share nut crumbs. The tale leads to a school visit where Miss Mouse greets the group and a nature lesson unfolds with a promise of more to come about tickling ants.
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Tourney Park
Tubbs
Tarry
Tarleton
Antibes
Baby Bunty
Johnnie
Squirrel
Orphan Rabbit
Jingle
Uncle
Ankie Wig
Bunty
Uncle Wiggily
Hollow Tree
Miss Mouse
Mr. Longears
Hollow Tree School
Blackboard
Eagles Install Officers and Gift Large Painting
The Fraternal Order of Eagles No 2272 installed officers at their club rooms on Second Street SE led by retiring president George Beals. Mahlon C Smith gifted a six by nine foot underwater life study painting to hang in the lounge, unveiled at the meeting alongside summer home plans.
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Moira
Tarry
Harvard
Quebec
Canada
Melinda
Tourney Park
Auntie
Careen
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Second Street
Charles D. Racer
W. L. Pickerill
William Sewell
Robert J. Hunt
Ray F. Smil
Fred M. Heumes
George Giese
J. A. Schmitt
Ray S. Dew
Godfrey Messa
Martin Polehna
William Yavorsky
George M. Beals
Eagles
Mahlon C. Smith
Hamilton Street
Portrait on oilcloth with muslin backing and beaver board
A decorator named Mr Smith, raised painting since age eight, formerly of Wyoming Ia, has created a sea life painting. His father was an artist in Germany and his cousin Orson Lowell is a noted New York painter. The work features delicate blue and pink sea plants and sea life, framed in a neutral wood frame with fossilized sea creature figures.
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Smith
Wyoming
Germany
Orson Lowell
New York City
French Nab 4 Spy Suspects In Fight
Four spy suspects were captured inside the Toulon navy arsenal after a gun battle that wounded one assailant. Authorities believe they aimed to steal a secret automatic rifle specimen from the base. The suspects were reported as French, identities withheld while probes determine any foreign allegiance.
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Toulon
France
Navy
French Plane Ville de St Pierre Starts Transatlantic Flight
A six motor Ville de St Pierre left Bordeaux with eight crew and one passenger bound for Port Washington N Y to start French transatlantic air service. The craft, expected to stop at Lisbon and the Azores, carries passenger Henri de Genouillac commander at Biscarrosse airport on its first Atlantic trip.
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Bordeaux
France
Ville de St. Pierre
Port Washington
N. Y
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Henri de Genouillac
Biscarosse
Plane Takes Off Warrington Port Washington Visit
The official noted the plane took off and will inspect facilities at Port Washington during the ensuing visit to review operations and safety measures.
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Port Washington
Beauty Shop Blast Fatal To Girl in Montana
Five year old Bernice Reed died in WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS after flame fueled by oil used to start a water heater set her mother’s beauty shop ablaze. The blaze occurred Thursday night and left the child with fatal burns.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mont
Bernice Reed
Ship completes voyage as crew battles fire
The 3,200-ton lake freighter Dalwarnic arrived in port with a blaze in its aft hold. Chicago firefighters fought the fire for three hours before bringing it under control. Capt. D. Cornett said the fire started while the ship was three miles from Milwaukee as the crew, awakened from bunks, manned pumps to halt spread.
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Chicago
Dalwarnic
Cornett
Milwaukee
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