Tax on Out of State Purchases Still In Effect Despite Ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the state cannot require out of state mail order firms to collect the 2 percent use tax. Montgomery Ward and Sears challenged the levy. Tax officials will still collect tax on new car registrations, and Iowans buying outside Iowa remain personally liable for the tax. The ruling targets mail order collection, not the tax itself.
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DES Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Attorney General's Office
United States Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Gallagher Will Provides For Toledo Juvenile Home and Glenwood School
Davenport AP reports that the Gallagher estate may provide about 2000 dollars each to Toledo Juvenile Home and Glenwood state school for manual training and playground equipment. The bequests arise from the 1932 will of Randolph L. Gallagher with residue to Toledo and Glenwood and the Tawa Children’s Home Society, pending Mrs Gallagher’s death.
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DES Moines
Toledo
Glenwood
Toledo, Ja
State Board of Control
Randolph L. Gallagher
California
Gallagher
Tawa Children’s Home Society
John Rankin
Board of Control
State Senate
New Link in Scenic Highway Completes Lustre Heights Road
A new all weather link named Lustre Heights road has just been completed in Allamanee county along the Mississippi river scenic highway. The route leaves No 13 at Yellow river hill tops and winds three miles north through wooded terrain offering motorists a 30 mile river view with Wisconsin bluffs in the distance.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Lustre Heights
Allamanee County
Yellow River Hill
Mississippi River Channel
Wisconsin Bluffs
Marion Legion Auxiliary Picnic Honors Past Commanders
Members of Marion post 298 and the Auxiliary gathered for a picnic supper honoring past commanders, presidents, and gold star families. The event featured a memorial service for Mary Hines and Clifford J. Cutler, with prizes awarded in the poppy poster contest and new member introductions.
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Gold Star
Marion Post No 298
American Legion
Auxiliary
Earl Helbig
Mary Hines
Clifford J Cutler
R. M. Clark
William Bleakly
James E. Clapp
Gladys Butler
Ralph Fitzgerald
Harold Phillips
Frances Clark
Beverly Walker
Eloise Evans
Donna Helbig
Jeanne Clapp
Cecil Seger
Eileen Miller
Nebraskans Attend Regional National Music Contest in St Paul
Five Marion school pupils will participate in the regional national music contest in St Paul this week. Bonnie Carey piano soloist and Charles Burmingham tuba soloist will perform Thursday and Friday. Ruth Ostrander cornet soloist and John Miller piccolo will also play Friday. Families plan to travel to St Paul Thursday and Friday for the contest after hosting guests from Nebraska.
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Williamsburg
St. Paul
Girls’ Glee Club
Jane Gatens
Arnold J. Running
Lois Meyer
Betty Sinclair
Barbara Lewis
Phyllis Peterson
Doris Matheson
Shirley Yoder
Ethel Kamprath
Loretta Kamprath
Lucille Forsythe
Jane Mason
Adella Peterson
Patricia Richardson
Kathleen
Marion
Bonnie Carey
EV. Carey
Charles A. Burmingham
J M. Burmingham
Mr. Carey
Bonnie
Charles
St Paul
Ruth Ostrander
J H Stanaway
John Ss Miller
May breakfast hosts and club meetings in Marion area
Mrs. Ralph Smith hosted a May breakfast at 50 Eighth Avenue with 12 guests to celebrate her sister Mrs. Floyd Slauson. The Four C club held its annual guest day with 34 attendees at Mrs. Jesse Scott’s home. Osceola lodge No. 18 T O O F meets Thursday. A farewell luncheon honored Mrs. Melvin Gallitin. Marion Teachers club set a picnic dinner at the high school. Mrs. Winfred Davis and son Richard Allen left Davenport after visiting.
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Tuckahache Club
Jack W. Bowdish, Jr
Sixth Avenue
Ralph Smith
Eighth Avenue
Floyd Slauson
Bertha Barnes
Slauson
Elizabeth Snyder
Harold B. Phillips
Mary Snyder
Ann Jordan
D. S Stewart
Clementine Schminke
Marion
Ethel Koppenhaver Bell
Charles Slauson
Cedar Rapids
Four C Club
Jesse Scott
Harold Munier
Clifton Hawk
Milo Petrak
Rd. Elkin
Dewey Lint
Fred Rauch
Herbert Gerstman
Leslie Dunn
Harry Milligan
Ralph Beckner
Susie Berry
Joseph F. Murrin
Frank Beach
Kenneth V. Murdoch
Marion Golf Club
Melvin Gallatin
Camden. Tenn
Guy W. Miller
John Gill
DeWitt Smith
Marion Teachers Club
Lillian Thada
Jeanne Russell
La Porte City Welcomes Lecturer Joe Chapple Monday
Joe Mitchell Chapple, 1883 La Porte City high school graduate, lecturer, writer and world traveler, spoke to the student body here Monday. He was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Stebbins.
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LA Porte City
Joe Mitchell Chapple
la Porte City High School
Iowa Employment Survey Shows Gain in April
Iowa's employment rose 3.5 percent from April last year with eight of twelve industries up. Payrolls increased 2 percent over March, average weekly wage reached 26.87 dollars, up 27 percent from 1939 and 0.7 percent from March. Keokuk led city gains at 12.1 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. W. Harness
Harness
Iown
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
Willkie Rejects Radio Broadcast of Des Moines Speech
Wendell Willkie told Sixth district Republican leaders he prefers not to be broadcast live from Shrine Auditorium. He said he would read from a text and speak without microphone restrictions, a stance that led George Olmsted to abandon plans to air the talk.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Shrine Auditorium
George Olmsted
Sixth District
Republican
Olmsted
Episcopal women urged to focus on education over chicken suppers
In Des Moines the Rev Charles W Sheerin vice president of the National Council of the Episcopal Church challenged the church women at the Iowa diocesan convention to reduce time on chicken suppers. He urged more effort toward self education and broader church work. The gathering heard reports on Iowa Episcopal women and institutions.
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Des Moines
Charles W. Sheerin
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Sheerin
Women
Episcopal Church Diocese of Laws
Ladies’ Guild
Fairfax High to stage Meet The Folks comedy
Fairfax The Fairfax high school will present the three act comedy Meet The Folks in St Patrick's auditorium Friday at 7 p.m. Cast includes Lorraine Selzer Herbert Thhopp Leo Johnson Anna Barsa Charlene Brecht David Burgess Maxine Cerveny Agnes Yanacek Regis Mooney Evelyn Vanorny and Keith Liste. Nellie Kruger assists Mrs Edna Perry directing. Music by a community orchestra led by Glenn W Asers. Eighth grade commencement exercises close the program.
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Fairfax High High School
St Patrick's Auditorium
Lorraine Selzer
Herbert Thhopp
Leo Johnson
Anna Barsa
Charlene Brecht
David Burgess
Maxine Cerveny
Agnes Yanacek
Regis Mooney
Evelyn Vanorny
Keith Liste
Barger Nellie Kruger
Edna Perry
Summer church conference at Camp Morrison
A notice from Clear Lake Iowa outlines tending the summer conferences of the church at Camp Morrison, indicating a schedule or gathering planned at the lakeside camp.
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Camp Morrison
Clear Lake
Iowa
Des Moines Man Named New Grand Army Head
J J Neuman of Des Moines becomes commander of the Iowa department of the Grand Army of the Republic after the death of Judge James W Willett in Tama. The 93 year old advances from senior vice commander and will serve until the encampment next month when new officers are chosen.
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Des Moines
J J. Neuman
Iowa
Man In 11th Story Hotel Fall Fights Pneumonia Threat
Keith Bown, 42, Chariton horse buyer, remained in fair condition after a fall from the 11th floor of the Hotel Kirkwood. He suffers shock, several broken bones including a forehead fracture, and a pneumonia attack that worsened his heart action.
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Des Moines
INS
Keith Bown
Chariton Horse
Kirkwood
Bown
Home Building In Des Moines Rises In April
AP reports Des Moines area building activity climbed sharply in April with 1,457 permits valued at 2.15 million, up 78.3 percent from March. New home construction dominated valuations at 1.37 million, while repairs and non residential work also rose, contrasting with April 1939 figures.
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Jtowa
Toledo to Vote on City Hall Project
Toledo council approved a special election for June to decide on buying and remodeling the 1919 brick hall as a combined city hall and community building. Indebtedness and bond issuance capped at 10000 dollars, with a tax levy not to exceed 1.25 mills. Holander was appointed to fill a vacant ward seat after Harrison moved wards.
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Holander
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Harrison
WPA Workers Shift to Biweekly Pay and 20-Hour Weeks
Des Moines AP reports a new Wage and Hour plan for Iowa WPA workers. Staff will be paid biweekly with 26 paydays per year and required to work 20 hours every four weeks, replacing the former 130 hours monthly. The change spreads to surrounding states by May 31 and aims to reduce check theft by delivering pay on a fixed schedule. Yearly earnings remain unchanged.
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Des Moines
Iowa
WPA
George Keller
Keller
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Maquoketa Club Pushes Letters to Italian Embassy for Peace
The Maquoketa Commercial club plans a flood of letters to the Italian embassy in Washington urging peace and Italy to stay out of the European war. A committee led by George Francois will draft a message to 100 national groups, while a separate discussion covered isolationist trade policies. Local junior college debate team members spoke on current matters as dinner guests included Beatrice Rosenbergs, Bette Moeller, Dorothy Mae Grager, and Alarcella Mohr.
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American Legion
US Chamber of Commerce
United States
Helen Fary
Ruth Movie
Evelyn Wilson
Mary Ann van Reek
Douglas R. Bey
Milo Lawton
Beatrice Rosenbergs
Bette Moeller
Dorothy Mae Grager
Alarcella Mohr
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