Linn County Tax Totals and Bond Debt Report
Linn County reports current taxes collected total $3,307,498.70 from the 1937 levy payable in 1938, with delinquent collections to Oct 1 amounting to $109,114.83. Aggregate 1931–1936 tax levies collected reach $19,202,679.46 from a $20,043,528.33 levy. Net taxable valuation for 1937 stands at $85,750,630 and net taxable money values at $26,007,477. Primary road bonds total $2,127,000 with no defaults. other debt totals $940,000, making total bonds $3,067,000. County cash on Oct 25 reported as $1,241,766.13, with $30,447.31 impounded in closed banks. Bond retirements reduced road improvement funds to $175,000 and courthouse and poor fund bonds accordingly. The county issued $100,000 in anticipatory certificates on secondary road funds for 1939–1940 to leverage PWA road grants.
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Linn County
Milo Sedlacek
PWA
Wallace Seeks To Speed Up Wheat Export Program
Washington remains behind schedule on the 100 million bushel wheat export subsidy program as Secretary Wallace seeks new foreign markets and expanded existing ones. He hinted the government might directly sell wheat abroad but would wait for a formal announcement. He stressed real sales efforts and possible re alignment with South American buyers including Brazil.
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Washington
INS
Wallace
Brazil
Treasury
Burglar trio smash doors steal from Philadelphia drugstore
In Philadelphia, three burglars forced open two 200 pound steel doors of a drug store. They took $1,000 from a cash register, smashed a toy bank, and grabbed $1 in tip money from a waiter’s savings.
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Philadelphia
Marion 4-H elects officers for year at Tuesday meeting
Arlene Quaas was elected president of the Marionette 4-H club at a Tuesday gathering at Mary Conn's home. Betty Lou Scott is vice president and others named to secretary treasurer historian and press reporter posts. Plans include a hayrack ride and wiener roast Nov 10 attended by 19 members and five guests.
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Arlene Quaas
Mary Conn
Betty Lou Scott
Jean Stamy
Dorothy Pflughaupt
Corrine Knapp
Rita Remington
Kiwanis Official Urges Vocational Programs for Youth
Kiwanis International official C Byerle Newton, of Columbus Ohio, urged expanded vocational guidance for youths at a Chicago meeting with 100 Kiwanis officials. He said about 2,000 clubs will offer practical guidance and training to help youths find suitable employment in 1939. Murl McDonald of Ames Iowa outlined 1939 agricultural activities, stressing farm opportunities and campaigns against discouraging youth from choosing farm life.
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Chicago
C. Byerle Newton
Columbus
Kiwanis International
Service Organization
United States
Canada
Newton
Kiwanis
Murl McDonald
Ames
Iowa
America
McDonald
Old Fire Horse Honored In Hollywood Manner
In Fredericton New Brunswick a fire horse named Bill received a ceremonial honor when a new station pavement was laid He was brought out of retirement after twenty years posted at the station and his hoof impressions were set in concrete with his name inscribed above them
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Hollywood
Fredericton
N B
Coe Plans Armistice Day Ceremony on Campus
Cedar Rapids veterans groups including thirty nine American Legion posts invited to send colors and color guard for Armistice Day on November 11 at Coe college. The 1 45 p.m. observance precedes the Coe Grinnell football game and features a massed colors display, taps, twelve volleys, flag raising, and exhibition drills by drum corps and the Coe band.
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American Legion
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Coe-Grinnell
Coe
Legion
Coe Reserve Officers Training Corps
Hanford Post No. 5
Cedar Rapids Boys
Veterans Bands Parade to Lead Armistice Ceremony
Veterans groups including Musketeers Drum and Bugle corps National Sojourners Linn County Reserve Officers Association and Grand Army of the Republic will participate. The Armistice day ceremony at 11 a.m. on the island plaza will be conducted by Han ford post and other veterans.
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Musketeers Drum and Bugle Corps
National Sojourners
Linn County Reserve Officers Association
National Guard
Disabled War Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Eastern Iowa Legion Posts
Hanford Post
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Dean A. Reese of Milan Michigan and Careta M. Padgett of Rock Island. Arlie P. Jons and Dorothy Morris, both of Marion. Richard E. LeMont and Maxine A Boyd, both of Cedar Rapids.
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Dean A. Reese
Milan, MI
Careta M. Padgett
Rock Island
Arlie P. Jons
Dorothy Morris
Marion
Richard E. LeMont
Maxine A Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Marmola Tablets Offer Slimming Claim for Fat Persons
Ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a method to slim the face and figure by taking four tablets daily until fat loss occurs. It notes thirty years of sale and over twenty million boxes distributed, claims the remedy targets hypothyroid fat and warns against diagnosis, urging physician consultation.
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HEA Service, Inc
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Hease
Gry
Rwiuami Wiigt
Pat Off
Marion News
Subway Cafe
Leone Neill
Oakland
Mrs. W. G. Neill
Natex
Owens Drug Store
Comforter
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
H B Leasure
Frank Mason
South Bend
Ind
Leslie Morrison
Neal Miller
Robins
Daisy McLain
Harry Snell
Ed Sigfred
Richard
Western Auto
Earl Booze
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Marion Dye
West Coast
Public Library Board
H. C. Inman
LW. Inman
Fort Des Moines
Burnside
Arthur Peterson
Dickey’s Foods
Reading Circle
L. A. Levasseur
Eighth Avenue
Women’s Auxiliary
W. W. Lary
E. C. Hamm
Rural Garden Club
Clifton Hawk
William Ambdenstock
Marty Milligan
G. A. Storck
Byron Ambdenstock
Leslie Dunn
Carl White
James Woodsworth
A. J. Taube
D. &. Moothart
David
Bedford
Mr. Moothart
CCC
H. B Hammond
Mr. Hammond
W. B. Jeffery
Des Moines
J. G. van Sickle
Springville
Jeffery
Doris Jeffery
van Sickle
Hammond
J B Hammond
Charles Franks
Everett and
Vernon
Marion Lodge
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A.M
Masonic Temple
Fidelis
King’s Daughters
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Fifth Avenue
G. A. Hutchinson
Gary
Mir
Robert G. Hutchison
Jesse B. Howell
Vinton
Della Garretson
Edna, Tex
Carlsbad, N. M
J. W. Scott
I. B Willey
Independence
Walter Hall
Adeliza Daniels
Congregational Church
Lloyd Curtis
Town City
Sylvester Curtis
Guy Berlin
Mr Berlin
Matilda Berlin
Carl Anderson
Sunshine
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Lottie Dawson
Catherine Larkin
Mary Larkin
Stewart Hawk
Hattie Alsop
Jane Scott
Harold Domer
Nancy Jo Pfeiffer
Dickie Oxley
Lora Maxson
Fourth Avenue
Indian Creek Fish and Pane Club
Shadowland
Percy Hutton
Hugh Hutton
Luella Hutton
Donald Dermeyer
C. B. Vernon
Clifford
Johnson
Norman J. Waffle
Rose Wilcox
Miss Davin
Harvey Trimble
D. B. Storck
Miles Sutera
Storck
Ellen Davin
William Murrin
O. M. Carson
Carl Fernow
G. A Storek
Kenneth
Richard Wager
Central City
Secrist
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Clockwork” Cogn
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