Iowa Gov Explains $7.5 Million Rise in State and Local Taxes
Governor Clyde L. Herring announced that state and county government expenditures will grow by 7.5 million dollars this year, led by a 5 million local levy increase and 2.5 million in state spending. Total taxes are projected at 104 million, with at least 12 million refunded to taxpayers, setting the tax bill at 92 million versus 84.5 million last year.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Board of Control
Board of Education
Second Indianola Victim of Highway Accident Is Dead
Richard Watson aged 29 an Indianola attorney died in Fort Dodge hospital bringing the death toll from the Gilmore City highway crash near Jan 31 to two. His father J O Watson also Indianola attorney died soon after. Richard survived by his widow an infant son his mother and two brothers J O Watson Jr and Vinton of Indianola.
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Fort Dodge
Richard Watson
Indianola
Gilmore City
J. O. Watson
Watson
J. O. Watson, Jr
Vinton
Escaped Sanitarium Patient Hangs Self Near Facility
Dr. Oscar J. Dotzel 29 a Galena Illinois chiropractor fled Davenport sanitarium Friday noon and hanged himself in a tree near the institution. The body was found Saturday by a searching attendant. Coroner rules death by own action no inquest necessary. Dotzel had been an inmate at Water town NL state hospital for mental illness treatment.
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Watertown
Indict Farmer For Killing Neighbor Over Fence Quarrel
Ivan Rhone 53, held in Madison county jail after grand jury indictment for murder of Sherwood Carney 46. Rhone on a farm near Barney twelve miles south of Winterset, accused of shooting Carney February 21 during cattle drive on Rhone land blocked by snow drifts. Officials cite a quarrel last fall over a line fence between farms. Carney died Thursday. Rhone had been released on bond before re arrest.
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Winterset
Ivan Rhone
Madison County Grand Jury
Sherwood Carney
Rhone
Barney
Here
Carney
Six Nurses Suspended Over Two-Hour Hospital Strike
Mercy hospital in Des Moines suspended six student nurses for one week and cancelled their special privileges for two months after a two hour strike on Thursday over room reassignment. The action followed the protest by the student nurses at the Des Moines hospital.
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Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Judge Willett Celebrates 90th Birthday In Tama
Judge James W. Willett active as head of a three generation Tama law firm marks his ninetieth year. He began practicing in 1871 and served twelve years as a judge in Iowa. His son James H. Willett and grandson Walter J. Willett also practice law in Tama and hold city attorney positions. A veteran of the G A R he recently met with Roosevelt and LaGuardia during travels.
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Willett
Tama
James W. Willett
Iowa
James H. Willett
Tama High School
University of Iowa
Leander Clark College
Toledo
The
State University
Walter J. Willett
Tama County
Stivers and Safley
Seventeenth Judicial District
Washington
New York
Naval
New York City
Marinus Willett
Walter
William S. Willett
C. J. McCortney
Des Moines
Marcelle
Margaret McCortney
S. Baumgartner
Jene Seabert
Mr. McCortney
G A R Members Visit Judge Willett on 90th Birthday
Representatives of the G A R will visit Judge J W Willett in Tama to greet him on his ninetieth birthday. Oley Nelson national commander John P Risley adjutant general and Katherine Flood national secretary join the party expected about 2 30 p m The G A R also plans a state wide birthday greeting shower for Willett.
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TAMA
J. W. Willett
Oley Nelson
Slater
John P. Risley
Katherine Flood
Willett
Fayette Boy 16 Becomes State Weather Reporter
DeWitt Clinton a Fayette high school junior and Iowa's youngest official weather reader filed February reports. He follows two elder observers and inherited equipment from Civil War veteran R. Z. Latimer. State meteorologist Charles Reed appointed him after Prof. Van Ness retired. The thermometer house moved to the Methodist parsonage. Clinton is a Boy Scout of star rank and optimistic about earning a weather merit badge.
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Fayette
DeWitt Clinton
Iowa
R. Z. Latimer
W. C. van Ness
van Ness
Charles Reed
Clinton
Government House
DeWitt
John D. Clinton
Refuse Transfer On Court Row Over Gas In Iowa City
In Davenport AP report, D C Nolan special attorney for Iowa City asks to transfer the remainder of the injunction hearing by Iowa City Light and Power Co to block interference with natural gas installation and rate increases. Special Master A A Herrick overruled the motion as the federal hearing adjourned until Monday. Cross-examination of Baldwin Kansas City consulting engineer completed before adjournment. The five week hearing may continue for several weeks.
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Davenport
D. C. Nolan
Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Co
A. A. Herrick
Baldwin
Kansas City
Lincoln High Debaters Win McCahill Tournament
Lincoln High School of Council Bluffs defeated Thomas Jefferson High School to win the David I. McCahill debate tournament in Des Moines. Final judges favored Lincoln 2 to 1 after seventeen high schools competed. team members were Marian Saks Barbara White and Harry Jensen.
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Des Moines
INS
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson High School
David I. McCahill
Marian Saks
Barbara White
Harry Jensen
Horton Manor Property Sale Aids Defense Fund
Floyd Horton's nephew Pete Horton of Clearfield bid $8 for the cot on which Horton's wife died, part of an auction that raised over $1,000 for his defense against a murder charge. Lem Ross, father of neighbor Anna Johnston, plans to sell property Thursday for the same fund as the pair head to trial on March 16.
Man Given Eight Years for Kiss Slaying of Daughter's Suitor
Charles H. Brown of Phelps City Missouri was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $100 for the death of W. J. Mawher who Brown said had attacked his daughter Ruby 18. Brown appealed locally and plans to seek a supreme court review within four months. He admitted shooting Mawher on December 2 at Mawher farm during a dispute over Mawher's advances toward Brown's daughter.
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Sidney
INS
Charles H. Brown
Phelps City
W. J. Mawher
Brown
Supreme Court
Ruby
Mawhor
Milk Route Students finance U I careers Maney brothers
Paul and John Maney of Cedar Rapids serve as university students and weekend milkmen to fund their Iowa City education. The brothers manage up to sixty work hours weekly while carrying seventeen credit hours, balancing studies with a dairy route business started in Cedar Rapids. Paul, a senior pharmacist major, was elected to Rho Chi. John pursues pre law.
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Iowa City
Joe College
University of Iowa
Paul
John Maney
John R. Maney
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids
Coe
John
Maney Brothers
Rho Chi
Honorary Pharmaceutical Society
Funds for Hospital and School Projects Show May Start
Iowa State comptroller says May 1 marks start of a million dollar building program approved by the last legislature. Annual state funds of 445,375 will back remodeling and new construction at hospitals and schools, with work continuing through summer.
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Des Moines
Comptroller’s
Executive Council
Comptroller
Clarinda Hospital
Cherokee Hospital
Mitchellville Training School
Oakdale Sanatorium
Woodward Hospital
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ames
Iowa State College
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Vinton
School For the
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Fair
Kraschel Urges United Stand On Iowa Farm Program
Lieutenant Governor Nels Kraschel urged Iowa residents to back a unified farm program to protect the state’s key industry. Speaking at the Randall Cooperative Creamery meeting, he emphasized solidarity beyond partisan politics to maintain agricultural protection amid national policy changes. He noted federal actions have boosted state wealth and called for continued support of an effective farming program without political interference.
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Iowa
Farm Labor Party Plans First Iowa Primary Entry
In Des Moines AP reports the Farm Labor Party maps its inaugural Iowa primary bid after eligibility gained by surpassing 2 percent in the 1934 general election. State Chairman Gus Erickson names a resolutions committee as Rachel Revell of Guthrie Center enters the race for secretary of state.
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Des Moines
Farmer Labor Party
Iowa
Gus Erickson
Rachel Revell
Guthrie Center
Farmer-Labor
Six Iowa women named Mecca queen candidates
The University of Iowa engineering students announced six candidates for Mecca week queen from 22 nominees. They are Ruth Flynn Quincy Illinois Mary Louise Meersman Moline Illinois Mildred Yarnall California Pennsylvania Nancy Rendleman Davenport Florence Paine Iowa City and Mary Elizabeth Irwin Ida Grove. The queen will be elected by students this week and revealed at the Mecca ball Friday night.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ruth Flynn
Quincy
Ill
Mary Louise Meersman
Moline
Mildred Yarnall
California
Nancy Rendleman
Davenport
Florence Paine
Mary Elizabeth Irwin
Ida Grove
Stranger held for federal agents after name changes
A man wanted in Atlanta for defection of postal laws was held here Saturday for federal officers from Omaha. He gave officers the names Muse then changed to Hasse and Kirk during questioning.
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Shenandoah
Atlanta
Omaha
Muse
Hasse and
Kirk
Grant Wood Illustrates Iowa Farm Book For Children
Grant Wood has completed eight full page color illustrations for Farm on the Hill by Madeline Darb rough Horn to be published by Charles Scribner Sons on March 20. The book features adventures of Bill and Tom on a middle western farm with lively pictures and jacket art.
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Grant Wood
Middle Western School of Painting
Madeline Darbrough Horn
Charles Schribner’s Sons
Missouri
Mr. Wood
Anamosa
Bill
Tom
Bedell pardon request rejected by federal prosecutors
DES MOINES AP Attorney General Edward L. O Connor said he was advised that Walter B Bedell Spirit Lake attorney’s application for a presidential pardon has been rejected He had urged serious consideration after Bedell was convicted of jury fixing and sentenced to a year in prison.
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Des Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Walter B. Bedell
Spirit Lake
O’connor
Bedell
Man's rifle discharge injures woman. tooth knocked out
Mr and Mrs Ernest Beaupain hear a rifle misfire as the hired man cleans the weapon in the kitchen. A bullet struck Mrs Beaupain in the neck and exited through her mouth, narrowly missing her spine and jugular. She spent two days in Eldora hospital and recovered.
Charles E Hearst Stricken, Farm Bureau Leader in Critical Condition
Charles E Hearst 66 Cedar Falls longtime American Farm Bureau vice president and former Iowa Farm Bureau president is critically ill at Sartori Hospital. He has a heart ailment with kidney complications and has been hospitalized for two weeks.
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Cedar Falls
Charles E. Hearst
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Sartori Hospital
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Roosevelt
LaGuardia
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Lincoln High
Paul and
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Kraschel
United Stand On Farm
Farm-Labor Party
Mecca
JU. S
Farm Bureau
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