Kraschel seeks survey to fix Iowa utility valuations statewide
Des Moines Iowa Gov Kraschel urged the state board of assessment to end relying on guesswork for utility valuations and order a comprehensive survey by engineers and accountants of the physical value of power gas and water utilities in the state. He warned against drastic tax shifts without solid data as current valuations total 57 million and affect local tax shares. The proposal would take months to years to complete with no immediate effect on this year’s assessment.
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Des Moines
N.G. Kraschel
State Board of Assessment
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
Roddewig
D. L. Murrow
Co. ¥. Green
Kraschel
United States Supreme Court
Utility Officer Burt Denman Dies in Chicago
Burt J. Denman age 82 of Wilmette, vice president of United Light and Power Engineering and Construction, died of heart disease in his train compartment after a New York business trip. Denman previously served as a Davenport public utility officer from 1913 to 1927.
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Chicago
Burt J. Denman
Wilmette
United Light and Power Engineering and Construction Company
New York
Denman
Davenport
Kidnapping Threat Targets 11-Year-Old Jimmie Gaeta
A letter demanded $2,000 under threat of kidnapping of 11-year-old Jimmie Gaeta. A second letter threatened the father's life. a plan to trap the extortionist failed. Sheriff Don McComas of Iowa City leads the investigation into the Lone Tree case involving Charles Gaeta.
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Jimmie Gaeta
Charles Gaeta
Lone Tree
Jimmie
Don McComas
Iowa City
Historical Hall at Stone City Razed After 60 Years
Stone City’s Columbia hall a 60 year old hotel theater and guest quarters is being razed. Workmen demolish the stone building and ship material statewide for new construction. J F Heathel Construction of Cedar Rapids bought the hall once revived by an art colony and used as tavern and dance hall.
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Stone City
Columbia Hall
Tom Thumb
J. A. Green
J. F Heathel Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Senator Green
Green
Henry Dearborn
Judge Willett Bars Confederate Flags at Gettysburg Meet
Tama veteran James W Willett 92 national G A R judge advocate and Iowa official will attend the Gettysburg 75th anniversary events. He opposed display of the Stars and Bars in public places, insisting southerners may display only at headquarters. He brings papers from the Declaration of Independence and Constitution to settle disputes if needed. He expects southern relatives to attend and jokes about arguments with women cousins over Lincoln era servitude.
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Tama
James W Willett
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa Department
J H. Willett
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Willett
South
Judge Willett
Kentucky
Illinois
Lincoln
Three Injured In Crash Near Ladora
Special to The Gazette Mr and Mrs Marcus Veith of Chicago and their son Herbert were injured Saturday when a tire blew out and toppled their car into a ditch. Hans Veith escaped unharmed. The group was en route to Audubon to visit relatives. Parents suffered cuts and bruises and Herbert had a shoulder fracture. They received treatment at Dr A C McKean's clinic. The accident occurred between Ladora and Marengo.
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Ladora
Marcus Veith
Chicago
Herbert
Hans
Veiths
Audubon
A C. McKean
Marengo
Cornell Summer Theater Thrives in New Armstrong Hall
The Cornell Summer Theater at Mount Vernon reports a successful season in Armstrong hall with deluxe equipment and a student body half of 100 in the summer colony. About 50 students study dramatics, many for love rather than college credit, as they rehearse hard from dawn to late at night with backstage workers, sewing costumes, and painting props. The group is midway through a five week run staging a different play each Friday and Saturday, after opening with Call It a Day, a modern comedy in nine scenes and set changes.
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Little Theater
Armstrong Hall
Cornell Summer Theater
Mount Vernon
School of Dramatics
Oxford merchant runs two stores and leads club work
Mrs. Anna Rapp of Oxford owns the towns largest general store and a Riverside location. She manages with clerks, backs club work nationwide, and writes pieces for trade magazines winning essay prizes. She has held roles in Eastern Star White Shrine and Rebekah lodge and commutes to Iowa City for meetings.
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Oxford
Mrs. Anna Rapp Seeks Leisure Writing Plans
Mrs. Anna Rapp of Oxford details her writing hobby and past contests. She pursued a correspondence course to improve writing and aims to use it as future insurance against boredom. She spends weekends in Iowa City with her daughter, James Angel, and has won a $50 prize for an hosiery sales article plus a radio prize for a national contest, with further contests untried.
Greeley Man with 63 Years of Railroad Service
Hans Christian Gustafson of Greeley recalls a lifetime in railroading spanning 63 years. He worked as farmer, clerk, book dealer, bookkeeper, telegrapher, and railroad ticket agent, witnessing events from the Chicago fire aftermath to the balloon ascent over Lake Michigan. Born in Stockholm in 1850, he immigrated at three months and began railroad work in Rock Island at 21, later joining the C R I and P roads.
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Greeley
Hans Christian Gustafson
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Gustafson
Nevada
Jarette Palmer
New York City
San Francisco
Council Bluffs
Coxie
Washington
C. R. I. and
P. Railway
Prof. Donaldson
Michigan
Stockholm
America
Henry County
Ilinois
Rock Island
C. R. 1. and
SITDOWN ID EXPECTED TO END AT MAYTAG PLANT
Police in Newton believe CIO workers at the idle Maytag washing machine plant will vacate within 24 hours. Sheriff Shields posted a federal court order at the gates delaying action until July 11 for a reconsideration. Maytag officials said workers may stay until Monday before contempt citations are pursued.
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Maytag
Sitdown strikers occupy Maytag plant in Newton
In Newton 350 Maytag workers occupying the plant after CIO walkout on May 9 hung an effigy from the fourth floor and painted CID on a roof tank. A federal order returned labor dispute jurisdiction to Jasper County, while an injunction restricts picketing and coercion. The plant remains closed. sitters report no move to vacate.
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Jasper County
Charles A. Dewey
CIO
Frank Bechls
Montezuma
Newton
Maytag
Relief Officials Open Sales Drive to Fill CCC Quota
Iowa relief officials launched an intensive CCC recruitment drive to meet the month’s 1,199 town recruit quota. Gov Kraschel prepares a county notice while Genung asks county relief admins to enlist youths 17 to 23, highlighting $22 sent home from a $30 monthly salary. Quotas for east Iowa counties list varied targets for July enlistments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Norman
Genung
CCC
Boards of Supervisors
N. G. Kraschel
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
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Alice Davidson
Constance Root
Cleveland
Betty Lou Evans
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Robert Hartung
Midge Owen
Osage
Mary Burke
Anna Rapp
Mrs
Hans C. Gustafson
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