State Republicans weigh scrapping assessment board
Incoming GOP leaders discuss abolishing the state board of assessment and review and shifting three point tax collection to the state treasurer. The move would restore real estate valuation to the executive council and trim a payroll of about 280. Governor elect Wilson backs consolidation of bureaus. The board now collects nearly 19 million yearly in three point taxes and includes members Louis Roddew ig, David Murrow, and C. F. Green.
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George 5S. Mills
Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Executive Council
George A. Wilson
Wilson
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
Davenport
David L. Murrow
Corydon
C. F. Green
Sioux City
Executive Council
Secretary of Agriculture
G. O. P. Powers
State Comptroller's Office
Portray Leads In Fayette Opera
Lois Kiel and Wayne Timm head the Fayette High School production of H. M. S. Pinafore at the high school auditorium Friday at 8 p m. Basil Rowland Robert Wooldridge Ralph Thomas Warren Johnson La Verne Proctor Gene Wooldridge Jane Clinton Ruth Ingels fill other leads with the chorus taking sailors and relatives.
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the Gazette
Yette
Lois Kiel
Wayne Timm
Fayette High School Chorus
Opera Comique
London
Basil Rowland
Robert Wooldridge
Ralph Thomas
Warren Johnson
la Verne Proctor
Gene Wooldridge
Jane Clinton
Ruth Ingels
First Lord
State finance units merge after comptroller abolition
Observers say uniting the insurance department banking department and securities division under one secretary of state unit would eliminate the comptroller and restore the old budget system for state finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Department
Banking
Secretary of State’s Office
Comptroller
Grand Jury Urges Reforms at Cedar County Poor Farm
Tipton Cedar county grand jury filed a district court report after investigating the county poor farm. It cites lack of cooperation, disobedience to orders by steward and matron N A Finch and wife, and workers pulling up or plowing under garden produce. The board of supervisors is urged to take action. otherwise the farm was found satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guezette
Tipton
Cedar County
Grand Jury
N. A. Finch
Board of Supervisors
Cornell Receives Gifts of 120000 And More
The Cornell board of trustees announced two major gifts. The Forbush Memorial fund, endowed by the late May Montgomery Smith, amounts to 65 000 to 70 000 dollars for general college support. A separate 50 000 dollar endowment creates a chair of ethics philosophy and religion, merged with the philosophy and religion department. The chair is funded by the late J E Johnson. Elmer A Johnson spoke to students as the board met, noting full dormitories and a growing freshman ranking.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Forbush
Montgomery Smith
Marshalltown
J. E. Johnson
Waterloo
Elmer A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Cole
H J. Burgstahler
Merner Hall
W. B. Gray
MacGregor
S. J. McLaughlin
Russell Cooper
F. G
Frank Court
Dean Peirson
Eldora
Fred Wesley Sargent
Evanston
Willard Stuckslager
Lisbon
J. Arthur Young
Davenport
G. J. Chalice
Osage
Samuel Fouse
John T. Moffit
Tipton
Ray Nyemast
F. C. Witzigman
Oelwein
Robert Courson
Belmond
D. A
Building In Iowa Gains In October
Iowa saw a sharp rise in building activity in October 1938 from a year earlier. The 16 first class cities issued 178 permits for new dwellings totaling 786 807 dollars and 484 remodeling permits totaling 133 074 dollars, with Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo Council Bluffs Dubuque Burlington and Marshalltown listing specific counts and values.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Burlington
Marshalltown
Goodell Voters Reject $23,000 School Bond Issue
Goodell voters rejected a 23 000 dollar bond request for a new school building by a 93 to 74 margin in Tuesday balloting.
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Goodell
Wood Farm Tranquility Returns After Assault Charge Dismissal
In Tipton Iowa the Howard E Wood family reunites after a district court dismissed assault with intent to murder charges. Mrs Wood did not testify and divorce actions were dropped. Wood, hospitalized in Iowa City, recovered fully and absolved his son of blame. The Aug 15 farm incident involved a claw hammer assault on Mrs Wood and a gunshot wound to Howard Wood.
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Tipton
Howard E. Wood
LaVerne Wood
Howard Wood
Iowa City
Wood
Tama County Petit Jury Panel Brawn
Tama County selects the December term petit jury with a list of residents from Toledo Dysart Garwin Gladbrook Traer and other towns. November 25 is the last filing day and the December term opens December 5 with Judge L. J. Kirkland presiding.
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Toledo
Tama County District Court
Harry Alber
Reinbeck
Grace Allen
Tracy
Green Applegate
John Kenneth
Argall
Tama
Otto Bartels
Beaman
Christina Bloss
Dysart
Lottie Bobsin
Montour
David Bodle
Tracer
Florence Bogle
Lawrence Bell
Gladbrook
C. T. Bond
Garwin
Edna Becker
John Gray
Frank Hanus
Will Hanus
Tracr
George Harden
Gilman
Roy Harris
Ruth Harrison
Mary Husak
John A. Husak
Clutier
William M. Jensen
Herman Keidel
Joe Krezek
Agnes Lally
H. Leuseh
Glen Lovig
L. P Marsh
Cecil Martin
Elsie Mason
Lincoln
Art Meecker
Minnie Merrill
Lew Mechal
Guy Monroe
Leo Moran
Wilbur McNall
Chelsea
C. EE
Naylor
Agnes Novotny
William C Overturf
Elberon
O ' Owens
Joe Peterka
John Posekany
L. J. Kirkland
Fire Hits Hillsboro Business District Sharp Fire Disaster
A $10 000 blaze Wednesday swept through five buildings on the edge of Hillsboro Iowa business district. The fire likely began in the Philip Hohl blacksmith shop and spread to a garage produce station a storage building and a private garage.
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Mount Pleasant
INS
Hillsboro
Philip Hohl
State builds fire safe facilities for six mental institutions
Iowa board of control proposes 4.25 million dollars over two years to replace and retrofit buildings at six state mental institutions in Cherokee Clarinda Independence Mount Pleasant Glenwood and Woodward. Main Mount Pleasant fireproofing costs 200000 plus dozens of specific new structures and employes homes at each campus. Total requests by site range from 606100 at Clarinda to 820000 at Glenwood.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Cherokee
Clarinda
Independence
Mount Pleasant
Glenwood
Woodward
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Mount Pleasant Institution
L. P. Ristine
Embrace
Clarence Farmer Hurt Entering Corn Picker
Clarence farmer John Krionbring was badly injured Monday when his left hand and foot were caught in a corn picker as he cleared a clogging stalk. He attempted to free the machine and sustained the injuries at his Clarence farm.
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Clarence
John Krionbring
Clarence Farmer
Remarkable Rheumatic Pain Relief Testimony Ad
Mrs. B Luttman of Brainard Minnesota shares relief from painful rheumatic attacks after using RAX and urges others in Minnesota and the Great Lakes region to try it. Advertises Podzimek Pharmacies in Minnesota and Edison Pharmacy in Marion Iowa and notes doctors endorse RUX ingredients.
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B Luttman
Grove St. Brainerd
Minnesota
Great Lake Territory
Podzimek Pharmacies
Second Ave
16Th Ave
Edison Pharmacy
Marion
Iowa
RUX
Mason City Bank Sues Officer Of Court For 9658
The First National Bank of Mason City sues Emmett V Ryan and U S Marshal John B Keefe in federal court for 9658 claiming funds from a 14500 embezzlement found in the Ryan home after his conviction. The bank seeks return of the money held by Keefe, arguing federal custody no longer applies.
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Mason City Bank
Sioux City
First National Bank of
Mason City
Emmett
Ryan
United States
John B. Keefe
Keefe
Iowa Weather Outlook Shows Unsettled Skies Ahead
Fair weather held in Iowa on Wednesday with unsettled skies forecast for Thursday. Temperatures ranged from one degree below normal in Charles City to eleven above in Keokuk, with warmer readings expected in the northeast. The official high in the last 24 hours was 56 at Omaha and the low 30 at Charles City Iowa Falls and Dubuque.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles City
Keokuk
Omaha
Iowa Falls
Dubuque
Ma Wrote One Letter Too Many
A misaddressed pension letter reveals an Iowa applicant asking her son to “make out the blank test with the man you work for” and cite doctor bills. State rules require children to support parents, and pensions are issued only when children cannot help.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louisville man sentenced to ten years in Iowa penitentiary
Alfred Parker, 38 year old Negro from Louisville Kentucky, had his wish granted when Judge P J Nelson sentenced him to ten years in the Iowa penitentiary for breaking and entering a local drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Alfred Parker
Louisvillee
Iowa
P. J. Nelson
Iowa Petroleum Men Seek End to Federal One-Cent Tax
The Iowa Association of Petroleum Retailers adopted resolutions opposing any Iowa gasoline tax increase and calling for the elimination of the federal one-cent gas tax. They also urged constitutional amendment to protect state gasoline tax receipts for highway construction and maintenance and sought elimination of the four-cent-per-gallon lubricating oil tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
U. S
DES Moines
Iowa Association of Petroleum Retailers
Association
Poslam Box Promises Quick Relief for Complexion
A single box of Poslam is advertised to relieve pimples and blotches from irritation. It is endorsed by physicians for two fold action, penetrating outer skin layers while soothing and healing affected surfaces. Instructions included with each box sold at druggists for 50 cents.
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Fayette Opera
Phillips
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Moon
Moen
Funeral Home
First Avenue East
Persiee
Family Reunited
Tama County
Petit Jury
Pain Victim
Bux
Mrs. B, Luttmann
Fox DE Luxe
Gome
Smulekoffs
Smulekoff
West Side
3Rd Ave. Bridge
Ismulekoff
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