Ambitious Iowa Homestead Refund Plans Face Pension Split
Des Moines officials consider how to split the old age pension funds from sales and income taxes for this fall’s homestead refunds. The tax board debates whether to use the next 5.5 million versus quarterly payouts, with AG opinion expected to guide the fund application and timing. State funds total about 11 million in the tax pool, with potential refunds forecast around 13 million if pension deductions proceed as planned.
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Des Moines
INS
State Tax Board
Attorney General’s Office
Tax Board
D. L. Murrow
John H. Mitchell
Byron G. Allen
Allen
Pension Actuaries
C. B. Murtagh
Fred Wolf Elected President of Iowa Press Association
Fred Wolf editor of the Primghar Bell and former Republican congressional candidate was chosen president of the Iowa Press Association at the Des Moines convention. He was unable to attend due to illness. Warren K. Rogers of Mount Pleasant News became vice president, succeeding Wolf, with C. A. Coxsee of Monticello Express stepping down as president.
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DES Moines
Fred Wolf
Primghar
Congress
Iowa Press Association
Cedar Rapids
Wolf
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
Primghar Bell
Warren K. Rogers
Mount Pleasant News
C. A. Coxsee
The
Monticello Express
Harold Ellis
Marengo
S. E. Tennant
Colfax Tribune
John Moist
Ida Grove
K. C. Crabbe
Albia
Child Fatally Hurt Near Chelsea
Ruth Cubila a 4 year old girl died in a Marshalltown hospital from a skull fracture after being run over Saturday morning by a manure spreader driven by her father Albert Cubila. The family home is near Chelsea.
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Marshalltown
Ruth Cubila
Albert Cubila
Chelsea
Pella Tulip Time Celebrates Third Annual Dutch Heritage
Pella stages its third Tulip Time festival honoring Dutch heritage with a million blooming tulips. The event features Klompen parades, a crowned tulip queen, a restored 1856 Dutch home museum, windmills, and four parks hosting nightly pageants and concerts. Community leaders and descendants of the founder guide tours and preside over festivities.
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Pella
Holland of the Prairies
Marion County
Old Holland
Middle’ West
Belgium
City of Refuge
Iowa
Dominic H. P. Scholte
Lenora Scholte
Dominic
Clarence van Dellen
Cedar Rapids
Mary Ann Linder
Leo Linder
Linders
Iowa City
Palla
Antje Wormhoudt
Leatenne Vander Pol
Freda Denburger
Betty Lenkelme
Virginia van Gorp
Joan Kuyper
Grete Palmquist
E. Palmquist
Fred Visser
George Ver Steeg
Arl
Karol
Offcers Reelected By Iowa Travelers Protective Association in Burlington
The 1937 Iowa Travelers Protective Association convention adjourned in Burlington after re electing five principal officers. Paul Beppler, C. A. Anderson, Oscar Eckhardt, L. G. Maring and George Buchan were reelected to lead the group with directors from multiple cities. Beppler and Buchan were named delegates to the national convention in Savannah, Georgia, in June.
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Burlington
Davenport
Iowa Travelers’ Protective Association
Paul Beppler
C. A. Anderson
Oscar Eckhardt
L. G. Maring
Waterloo
George Buchan
Cedar Rapids
KR. F. Zeigler
Edward Hohl
Jacob Beard
H. J. Hauser
R. H. Jorden
Bruno Jacklin
H. N. Saar
Fort Madison
John Janecek
George ©. Gould
Mason City
Paige Morrison
Council Bluffs
J. G. Stadler
Keokuk
W. J. Long
H. L. Morris
Sioux City
Beppler
Buchan
Savannah
Governor Kraschel signs social welfare bill and vetoes payroll record
Governor Kraschel signed six bills including creation of the social welfare department with divisions for care of the needy blind old age assistance and child welfare and an annual $155 000 appropriation. He vetoed a bill requiring annual publication of state employee names and salaries, noting no print cost appropriation and that records are already public. He took no action on a political bill restricting solicitation of state employees and use of state cars for campaigns. The social welfare measure provides $110 000 yearly for aid to the needy and blind and $5 000 transfer to the child welfare division, plus $40 000 for department support and maintenance.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Department of Social Welfare
Board of Control
Child Welfare Division
The
Welfare Department
Social Welfare Department
Iowa Student In Crash Near Death
Davenport, AP Carl Beck 21 Davenport a University of Iowa student was near death in a hospital after an automobile collision on the outskirts of Davenport. Mary Benk 21 Conrad Iowa a student at Iowa State Teachers College was seriously injured riding with Beck. Beck collided with Jessie M. Vanzee of Pella whose car was involved. Becks car rolled about six times, landing in a ditch while Vanzee had only minor injuries.
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Davenport
Carl Beck
University of Iowa
Mary Benk
Conrad
Iowa State Teachers College
Beck
Jessie M. Vanzee
Pella
Vanzee
Old age pensioner hid $8000 under kitchen floor
Police found $8000 in currency buried under the kitchen floor of Sherman J. Wilkinson, an old age assistance beneficiary who died after a stroke. His brother and two nieces reported a note giving directions to the money. Relatives plan to repay $400 in old age assistance checks received.
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Clinton
Sherman J. Wilkinson
Jane Lamb Hospital
C. W. Wilkinson
Ottawa
Ill
Wilkinson
Horse Attacks Farmer. Nose Bitten Near Eliza Ill
A horse bit off the nose of 68 year old E. H. Erwin a farmer living near Eliza Illinois on Saturday. He was treated at a local hospital and his condition was described as serious but stable.
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Muscatine
E. H. Erwin
Eliza, Ill
Iowa City tops festival with ten superior ratings
Iowa City hosted and won the largest Iowa high school music festival, earning ten superior ratings and eight excellent marks to dethrone Mason City, which had nine superior and six excellent. About 6,500 contestants from 181 schools competed, with marching bands and piano solo events highlighting the closing day.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Mason City
Little Hawkeyes
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs
Hawarden
Conrad
Lost Nation
Lorimer
Dumont
Moras Via
Good
Baxter
Hubbard
Eagle Grove
Albia
Atlantic
Washington
Fairfield
Ackley
Carroll
Mount Pleasant
Audubon
Belmond
Corning
LeMars
Pestville
Waverly
E. Waterloo
W. Waterloo
Marshalltown
Thomas Jefferson
Council Blutts
Newton
McKinley
Superior
Steven Barwick
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Ziegler
Muscatine
Excellent
Betty Beck
Burlington
Jack Garrost
Doris Gray
Davenport
Arthur Pressutti
Lincoln
Des Moines
Russel R. McBride
Roosevelt
Bob Herald
Eldora
Marshall Barnes
Anthony Koiker
Hull
Eleanor Tenald
Kensett
Ruth Fox
Red
Oak
Ruth
Hoeck
Sibley
Robert Baustian
Sioux City
James B. H Franklin
Ruth Dunkelberg
West Waterloo
Euedora Lindman
Ottumwa
Abraham Lincoln
Dubuque
West High Waterloo
Naise Good
East Sioux
East Sioux Ity. . —— Ny Concert Band, Class A~superior, Iowa City
Centerville
Ames
Charles City
Oskae Joosa
Shenandoah
Oelwein
Spencer
Oskaloosa
Excelement
Cedar Fails
Creston
Auditor Reorganizes Staff After Audit Law Change
Des Moines AP reports State Auditor C. W. Storms will reorganize staff after a new law makes rural and township school audits optional. The change drops 3,800 of 5,310 units from annual state audits. Checks were running about three months behind. once caught up, 60 field men may be reduced.
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Des Moines
Thieves Rob Boone Service Station In Early Morning Break-In
Burglars forced a window at the Pestot nik Brothers oil station in Boone and blew open the safe. They spilled about 125 dollars in the station and nearby alley while fleeing with only part of the cash. total loss about 900 dollars. Police say crews are meager.
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BOONE
INS
Pestotnik Brothers
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Adeline Taylor
United States
Delft
Historical Museum
Schulte
Scholite
Martin Luther
Legion
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Stadsroper
Burgomester Fultz
Lon B. Wormhoudt
Bluffs
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