Fight Looms Over Liquor Profits Use in State Fund
Iowa lawmakers debated using liquor store profits to balance the general fund for 1937 and 1938. The comptroller warned profits should not be disturbed before January 1, 1938, or a deficit and unpaid warrants would likely follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jews Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
State Comptroller’s Office
Appropriations
Senate
E. P. Donohue
Rep
Chickasaw
Board of Control
Appropriations Committee
Comptroller's Office
State General Fund
Des Moines Pastor Lives on Faith Wages
Rev. Clifton E. Rash of First Federated Church says he will take no salary beyond what members choose to contribute. His four month faith wages totaled 226 in November 187 in December 252 January 160 February, reflecting church refinanced debt and steady support.
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Des Moines
Clifton E. Rash
Christ
Rash
First Federated Church
Jones
Smith
Wayne
Paul
Assistant Congressmen Play Important Part in Iowa
Five eastern Iowans serve as secretaries to U S representatives in Washington. They are not elected officials but they wield influence in routing votes and shaping district ties. The group includes Raymond Douglass, Tom Slowie, Margaret Lowry, Elsie Hudson Coleman, and James France, with varied careers from doctor to merchant.
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Iowa
Washington
ED Hadley
Gasette Correspe
Ashington
Congress
Clinton
Margaret Lowry
Grinnell
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
Ray Douglass
Postville
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Elsie Hudson Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
Wm. S. Jacobsen
Tom Slowie
Tom
Bennie” Jacobsen
Margaret Lowry Welsh
Welsh
Fess
Capitol Hill
Douglass
E. C. Eicher
James France
Tipton
France
Coleman
James W. Good
Dickinson
Linn County
Iowa Couple Caught After 4 Holdups
A quick thinking farmer near the Missouri border captured Vern Prather and Edith Prather after four abductions across three states. The couple faces highway robbery and assault with intent to kill charges as authorities recount a dawn to dusk escape route from Charles City Iowa to Drexel Missouri and St Joseph Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paola
Kan
Iowa
Oliver Rinehart
Vern Prather
Edith Prather
Charles Hogue
Missouri
Drexel
Hogue
Kansas City
Des Moines Girls Win Sitdown Strike
Seven Des Moines girls staged a two and a half hour sit down strike at Hiland Potato Chip company in protest of Edna Austin being fired for talking. The manager rehired Austin after a conference with strikers company officials and union secretary J W Sputters. Five policemen on site joked with the demonstrators and the workers returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Hiland Potato Chip Company
Edna Austin
Miss Austin
J. W. Sputters
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
Iowa Tax Deadline Sparks Rush on Returns
Iowa residents scramble to file income tax returns before the March 15 deadline after a new rule states that a Monday postmark will not avert tardiness penalties. Internal Revenue Collector C. D. Huston urged filers to meet the due date to avoid penalties.
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C. D. Huston
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Charles D. Huston
Guy T. McKibben
Huston
McKibben
Cedar Rapids
Spillville Girl Killed in Crash En Route to Tournament
Miss Margaret Spernatz 23, a Farragut school teacher, died when her car skidded into a ditch near Casey Iowa and overturned twice. Six others were injured as the party traveling to the girls basketball tournament at Des Moines. Driver Mrs. C K Phillips of Farragut believed to have lost control on slippery pavement. Other occupants include Miss Annabelle Woodward Hal Davis Robert Long D Barton and Mr Phillips all of Farragut.
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Atlantic. Tar
Margaret Spernatz
Farragut
Casey
Des Moines
Bernatz
Spillville
C. K. Phillips
Annabelle Woodward
Lewis
Hal Davis
Robert Long
D. Barton
Mr. Phillips
Snapshots Link Britt Slayer Case to Iowa Bank Gang
Missouri cabin snapshots helped identify Thomas Runyon and others as suspects in a Britt mass murder and a north Iowa bank robbery gang. Iowa Governor Kraschel opposed a house amendment diverting primary road funds to secondary roads, warning it would delay farm to market programs and reduce available construction funds.
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Des Moines
Missouri
Steelville
Thomas Runyon
Bethel
Minn
Iowa
Runyon
Robert Markword
Clair Gibson
Paul J. Gruber
Wichita
Kan
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Saturdy
Senate
Millhone
Page County
House
Iowa's Most Eligible Bachelor To Host Own Wake
George S. Wright, a 69 year old Union Pacific attorney and Iowa political influencer, plans to host his own wake next fall unless fate or a more entertaining idea ends his plans. The famed bachelor, who declined marriage proposals from about 200 women, jokes about life, women and whisky while reflecting on his wealth and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
George S. Wright
Wright
Union Pacific Railroad
Iowa
Girl shoots mother in new home accident
In St. Angsar a 6-year-old girl found and fired a revolver she saw in a closet killing her mother during a family move. No further injuries reported as authorities investigated the accidental shooting.
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St.ansgar
Ed Schultz
27 900 Iowa families on relief in February
Des Moines reports February relief rolls in Iowa rose to 27 900 families, up 249 from January. Of 97 counties, 45 saw increases while 50 declined. February 1937 shows a 1 percent rise versus an 11 percent drop a year earlier due to WPA certifications.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Relief Administration
WPA
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East Fall
Jacobsen
H. R. Lininger
Charles City
Jake Shaftner
Janesville
St. Joseph
Des Moines Girls
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
ES Moines
Ozark Cabin
Britt
James Zrostlik
Britt, Jr
Farmer
Zrostlik
Gruber
North Iowa
Eppo Gremmer
Woden
New London
Ozark
Minnesota
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