Bill Would Allow Merchants To Absorb Retail Sales Tax
Des Moines report notes House Ways and Means committee approved a measure letting merchants absorb the 2 percent sales tax without adding it to the sale price. Price adjustments would reflect the tax instead. Sponsor Rep. LaMar Foster called the current method “an obnoxious procedure.” Senate panel meanwhile advanced a measure to bar diversion of gasoline tax and highway revenues. A Beatty Bennett tax reduction extension bill cleared House Tax Reduction Committee, extending current reductions to 1937 with no other changes.
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Des Moines
INS
House
Ways and Means Committee
LaMar Foster
West Branch
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington Civil War Veteran Dawson Dies at 91
Alexander Joseph Dawson 91, a Civil War veteran and former county treasurer, died Sunday after five weeks illness in Washington Virginia. He served in Company F Eleventh Iowa, fought at Shiloh Vicksburg and Sherman’s march. Survived by widow Martha Harbison and three daughters Anna Elizabeth Etha, all of Washington. Funeral held Tuesday at Sherman chapel.
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Washington
Sherman Chapel
Alexander Joseph Dawson
A. L. Malcolm
Associate Presbyterian Church
Dawson
Washington Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Eleventh
Iowa Infantry
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Kansas
Martha Harbison
John Shields
Anna
Elizabeth
Etha
Delaware County Sells Road Bonds
Delaware county taxpayers will save about 78000 over seven years by refunding 480000 in primary road bonds. White Phillips company of Davenport bought the issue at 234 percent with a 301 premium. The old issue carried rates of 446 and 434 percent.
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Manchester
Delaware County
White Phillips Company
Davenport
Traer Girl Heads Grinnell Co-eds
Jean Marie Smith of Tracer has been elected president of Grinnell College’s Women's Self Governing Association defeating Sabeth Mix of Danville and Margaret Mordy of Des Moines. She belongs to the glee club vesper choir and athletic and forensic groups.
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Grinnell
Jean Marie Smith
Tracer
Women’s Selfgoverning Association
Grinnell College
Sabeth Mix
Danville
Margaret Mordy
Des Moines
Miss Smith
Women’s Glee Club
Vesper Choir
Women's Athletic Association
Miss Erma Beckey and Maurice Prior Married in Iowa City
Miss Erma Beckey daughter of Mr and Mrs Adam Beckey of Conesville and Maurice Prior son of Mr and Mrs Frank Prior of Columbus Junction were married Saturday evening in the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church at Iowa City. The Rev Ilion Jones officiated with attendants Misses Frieda Beckey Marjorie Hall Melvin Metzgar and Lloyd Prior. Mr Prior attended Iowa State college at Ames and belongs to Kappa Sigma. They will reside in Columbus Junction where he works for Weber and Huston.
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Columbus Junction
Erma Beckey
Adam Beckey
Conesville
Maurice Prior
Frank Prior
First Presbyterian Church
Iowa City
Ilion Jones
Frieda Beckey
Marjorie Hall
Melvin Metzgar
Lloyd Prior
Prior
Iowa State College
Ames
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Weber and Huston
Troy Mills Domestic Science Banquet Honors School Board Members
The Troy Mills domestic science class held a Saturday night banquet at the high school honoring the faculty and school board members and their wives. Guests included Supt. and Mrs. W A Shupp, Mr. and Mrs. W B Guthrin, and several ladies and couples from the community.
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Troy Mills
Troy Mills High School
Board of Education
Avere
W.A. Shupp
Cotch
W. B. Guthrin
Wandtla Bell
Blanche Norris
Ruth Garrison
Janet Murray
Louise Hronik
O. BR. Kremer
Ashley McCright
Williamsburg Boy Scouts Surpass Three Year Record in Ten Weeks
Williamsburg The March Court of Honor of Boy Scout troop 25 saw rapid progress as the boys surpassed their prior three years of Merit Badge totals in ten weeks. Eagle Scout Evan Parry and Melvin Witte led a large class who advanced to first and second class ranks, with 167 merit badge awards pushing 1935 totals to 203.
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Williamsburg
Boy Scouts
H. F. Witte
Scout Committee
George E. Meyer
William Cash
Carlton Lytle
Court of Honor
Lytle
Willard Huntelman
Witte
Frank Thomas O’dowd
Frank S. Hite
Glen G. Fordyce
Iowa City Area Council
J. P. Gaffney
Evan Parry
Ralph Matheson
Melvin Witte
Richard Keil
Charles Harris
James Hodgson
George Parker
Truman Parkey
Robert Sinn
Horace Cook
James Butler
Bob Finn
Russell, Jones
Star Scout
John Hansen
Life Scout
Bob Jones
Oxyman Jones
David Jones
Francis Quinn
Malcolm McGrew
Willard Hunzelman
Ross Soulis
James Havkland
John Bullers
Bernard Hansen
Henry F. Witte
Frank Holt
Billy Keegan
Wendryx
Dick Roberts
David Cresswell
Matheson
Thomas Gaffney
Paul Giblin
Merle Reader
Richard Kell
School Election Results Across Iowa Voter Turnout High
Reports from multiple towns detail school board elections with turnout near 850 in Maquoketa and local results in Tama Lisbon Conesville Orono and more. Notable wins include Imogene McIntire 575 votes and Wherry 468 in Maquoketa while Pulley and Schroeder trailed. Others saw re-elections and write ins, with varied party and financial considerations noted.
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Maquoketa
Imogene McIntire
John A. Wherry
Lillian Pulley
J. A. Schroeder
Board election results and vacancies filled
The vote total was 238 with Blodgett receiving 210, Johnson 199, and Mrs. R. M. Sawyer 62. Two board seats will be filled with Mrs. W. V. Brown, serving eleven years, and Ben Sherman retiring.
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Blodgett
Johnson
R. M. Sawyer
W. V. Brown
Ben Sherman
Des Moines Police Captain Dies After Shooting
Capt. S. T. Howard of the Des Moines police died Monday night in a Des Moines hospital from a chest wound suffered when he was shot by two holdup men outside a beer tavern at 2 am on March 2. An obstruction in the blood stream was the attributed cause of death.
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DES Moines
S. T. Howard
Des Moines Police
Howard
Calmar Bridegroom Works For Funeral Firm In St Paul
Miss Theresa Nienhaus of Calmar wed Bert D. Cameron of St Paul at Cathedral church in St Paul. The ceremony was performed by Rev Father Trainer with Mr and Mrs Joseph Lansing of Ossian as attendants. The bride, a Calmar High and Ancker Hospital graduate, has practiced nursing in Calmar for three years. They will reside in St Paul where the groom is employed by Barrett Mueller funeral directors.
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Barrett-Mueller
Conesville
Charles Buser
Ruth Walker
Lyle Ramer
Junior Sprouse
Kathleen Abbott
Winifred, Jones
Maxine Sprouse
Virginia Stafford
Madeline Sprouse
Clarence Buck
University student strike planned against compulsory military training
The Iowa City League Against War and Fascism calls a student strike at the University of Iowa on April 12 with about 36 adherents pledging an educational campaign. Organizers cite opposition to war and fascism, distribute literature, circulate petitions, and hold mass meetings to influence students and authorities.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City League
Robert Stuart
Cedar Rapids
The
League
Stuart
James Porter
Omaha
Communist Party
Minneola Perry
Des Moines
Nathan Whiting
Iowa City
Communist Party Organization
Morton Tonken
Hartford
Onslow Pair To Observe Their 52nd Anniversary
Onslow William Fletcher and Agnes Gault celebrate their fifty second wedding anniversary at home near Onslow Iowa. Married March 14 1883 in Anamosa by Reverend Fisk they lived in Ireland and various U S states before settling near Onslow now in town. They have daughter Margaret Lozier and grandson Gilman Lozier. Both active in church and charities. health decline noted. OELWEIN two city officials face opposition in March 25 election. W N Doty challenges Mayor Knapp. Regina N Ingersoll seeks judge seat opposing Jay Cook.
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Onslow
William Fletcher
Anamosa
J. H. Fisk
Congregational Church
Fletcher
County Antrim
Ireland
America
Agnes Gault
Presbyterian Church
Oelwein
Citizens
W. N. Doty
Independent
L. C. Knapp
Regina N. Ingersoll
New Deal
Superior Court
Jay Cook
Fayette Voters Approve School Building Plan
Fayette voters approved a 10 000 school building proposition on Monday by 261 to 220. The grade school building burned years ago will be rebuilt using on hand funds and a small levy with no bonds. A J Steggall elected school director with 312 votes. Henry Hettler 104. Milo Schneider 44.
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Fayette—Fayette
A. J. Steggall
Henry Hettler
Milo Schneider
Grand Jury Takes Up Berlovich Case in Des Moines
Witnesses to the fatal shooting of Donald Merrigan, 32, testified before a Polk county grand jury. Dewey Berlovich, 41, described by the county attorney as public enemy number one, is jailed without bond on murder charges. He denies the murder, previously cleared in bank robbery cases. Merrigan was shot in front of his wife and young son as he left Sportsman's club.
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DES Moines
Donald Merrigan
Polk County
Dewey Berlovich
Berlovich
Des
Moines
Public Enemy
Carl Burkman
Lincoln National
Ottumwa Savings Bank
C. Edwin Moore
Merrigan
Donald
Sportsman's Club
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Independence
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John Phillips
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