New Assessment Plan Could Cut Iowa Tax Bill Significantly
A proposed board backed 20 percent reduction in real estate valuations would cut the state's total tax base by about 720 million dollars, shifting levies to the remaining assessed value. Des Moines officials question legality, while lawmakers hope an early session could iron out the tax financing challenges for taxing subdivisions and cities.
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Iowa
Board of Assessment and Review
Reynolds
Stanwood Man To Contest Election Short One Vote
R T Moffatt of Stanwood filed a notice of intention to contest the Cedar county Fifth district supervisor election. He was defeated by W C Fairley of Mechanicsville by one vote after an official canvass, with unofficial returns showing a three vote lead. A recount is required within thirty days by a board including the chairman as presiding judge, the county auditor as clerk, and one associate judge from each candidate.
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Ipton
R. T. Moffatt
Stanwood
Cedar County
Board of Supervisors
Moffatt
W .C. Fairley
Mechanicsville
Fairley
Linn
Pioneer
30 Get Awards At Teachers College
Cedar Falls Iowa AP F W Lambertson associate professor of public speaking at Iowa State Teachers College gave the commencement address. Thirty graduates received degrees diplomas and certificates as the fall term ended. Thirteen earned B A degrees in the college auditorium.
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Cedar Falls
F. W. Lambertson
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa U Students Receive Extended Thanksgiving Break
University of Iowa assigns a rare midweek to midweek vacation. Classes close Wednesday at 6 pm and reopen Monday at 8 am. Friday and Saturday are added to the recess enabling many students to spend Thanksgiving with families. The calendar changes remove Armistice day dismissal.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jones County Ministers Meet in Morley Fostered by U B Ladies Aid
The November gathering of the Jones County Ministerial Association convened at the United Brethren church in Morley with twenty-one members attending. The UB Ladies Aid provided a dinner. The December session is planned for December 19 at Monticello.
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Morley
Jones County
Daring Jail Break Tells of Detroit Lakes Cash Robbery Case
Joe Davis, identified by fingerprints and photos, allegedly robbed a Detroit Lakes Mini Bank last summer and staged a daring jail escape here at Webster County Jail. Davis escaped by climbing three stories to freedom after grabbing bars from the kitchen window. accomplice George Klontz was sentenced to five years at Fort Madison. The Detroit Lakes robbery occurred July 13 with $3,000 taken.
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Joe Davis
Detroit Lakes
Webster County
Davis
Minnesota
Jaw
George Klontz
Fort Madison
Klontz
Defense Contends Spridgen At Home At Time Of Crime
Davenport AP Defense witnesses testified they believe Louis Spridgen of Muscatine was at his home when Nick Cain Davenport baron was slain. Spridgen stands trial for the slaying as witnesses Charles Elder Pat Welch and Mrs Welch testified. Judge D W Jackson overruled defense motion for directed verdict after the state's case concluded.
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Muscatine
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Charles Elder
Pat Welch
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Welch
D. W. Jackson
Sprigden
Des Moines Tracks Hunger Marchers Out of City
Eighteen men and three women in two truckloads of hunger marchers were met by Des Moines deputies and police led by Assistant Chief Roger West at the west city limits. They were escorted through Des Moines to the east Polk County line and sent on their way after planning an overnight stay. The marchers came from Sioux City to Omaha and then east seeking food and shelter.
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West
Roger West
Polk County
Sioux City
Omaha
Heir Council
Judge Reed Honored By West Union Attorneys
Judge Carl W Reed of Cresco ended his Fayette county district judgeship Tuesday and may return in December to hear criminal cases. Local attorneys presented him a desk fountain pen set as thanks and regret over his election defeat. H P Hancock, Fayette County Bar association president, led the presentations and speakers offered short remarks.
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West Union
Carl W Reed
Cresco
Fayette County
H. P. Hancock
Farmer To Be Tried On Conspiracy Charge
Ennis Sterner of Wapello county faces trial in Fairfield Indiana on a conspiracy to obstruct bovine tuberculin tests. Indicted with five Southeast ern Town men, they allegedly urged farmers at Batavia in October 1931 to resist militia and veterinarians conducting official tests.
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Fairfield
Ennis Sterner
Wapello
Sterner
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Batavia
Tama Couple Enter Not Guilty Plea Ye Theft Of Car
Mrs Rubee Nash and Raleigh Russell of Tama pleaded not guilty to larceny of an automobile in Tama county court before Judge Tankersley. Trial set for December term. They were jailed after information filed by Nash, who said they fled in his car last August while he was hospitalized amid a brief marriage. Mike George of Tama pled guilty to receiving stolen property in connection with a jewelry robbery at the Charles Blythe home. fined 300 dollars and four months in the county jail with credit for time served, expiring in February.
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the Gazette
TAMA
Rubee Nash
Raleigh Russell
B. O. Tankersley
Nash
Mike George
Tankersley
George
Charles Blythe
Delhi Couple Pass 65th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Wheeler of Delhi quietly celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary at home. They wed in Delhi on November 20 1867 with county judge Jerry Boggs officiating. Their wedding trip went to Manchester and Edgewood by horse and buggy. They later settled on a Bay settlement farm before moving to Delhi where they have lived since. They are parents to two children Ida Clark and Lewis Wheeler both of Delhi and have two grandchildren three great grandchildren and a great great granddaughter.
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John Wheeler
Carrie Hungerford
Jerry Boggs
Manchester
Edgewood
Bay Settlement
Ida Clark
Lewis Wheeler
Three Burlington Bankers Indicted in Insolvent Bank Case
THREE BURLINGTON BANKERS INDICTED. Theodore W. Krichbaun president A F Andersen cashier and E W Wischmeier assistant cashier were freed on $10 000 bonds today under indictment on charges of receiving deposits in an insolvent institution. Grand jury returned secret indictments after a week of testimony from more than thirty witnesses. All three defendants denied the charges.
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American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Theodore W. Krichbaun
A. F. Andersen
E. W. Wischmeier
Defense Council
North English Youth Dies of Peritonitis After Surgery
Donald Harrington, 23, a Home Lumber Co employee and Cedar Rapids native, died Tuesday night in a Town City hospital from peritonitis after an appendectomy. Survived by widow Dorothy Williams, daughter Geraldine, his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Harrington, two brothers Russell and Dean, and sister Irene who died last January. Body to Williamsburg. funeral arrangements pending.
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Williamsburg
Geraldine
Russell
Dean
Pontiac
Mich
Irene
High Court Disbars Convicted Attorney
DES MOINES IA INS In a precedent setting action the Iowa supreme court disbarred Charles T Gibson of Thayer Iowa an attorney serving a penitentiary sentence Gibson was disbarred after assistant attorney general Neill Garrett urged direct supreme court action claiming inherent power to remove him for a felony conviction Gibson is two years into a Leavenworth federal prison term for using the mails to defraud.
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Charles T. Gibson
Thayer
Iowa Supreme Court
Neill Garrett
Supreme Court
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Garrett
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Jury Finds Bancroft Jeweler Murdered
A coroner's jury concluded William Alvey, 45, a Bancroft jeweler, was killed by a blunt instrument in front of a cream station building where he fired. The skull fracture and neck break were listed as the cause of death with unknown parties implicated.
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Bancroft
William Alvey
Alvey
Westgate Man Killed by Car in Dyersville Night Collision
Adrian Rademaker, 40, of Westgate, Ia., was killed when struck by a Des Moines driver Owen Kinnard Tuesday night in East Dyersville as he spread a canvas over a truck loaded with empty egg cases. An employee on the truck, Herb Higgens, fell but was not injured.
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Dyersville
Adrian Rademaker
Westgate
Owen Kinnard
Des Moines
Rademaker
Herb Higgens
Prof Updegraff Heads Iowa City Kiwanis Club
Professor C M Updegraff of the University of Iowa law college was elected president of the Iowa City Kiwanis club at the annual election. A B Sidwell was named vice president E B Raymond treasurer. Directors for three years are H C Parsons and A E Lambert Retiring president is A C Trowbridge of the geology department. Updegraff served as vice president the prior year.
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Iowa City
C. M. Updegraff
University of Iowa Law College
Iowa City Kiwanis Club
A. B. Sidwell
E. B Raymond
H. C. Parsons
A. E. Lambert
A. C. Trowbridge
Sherwood Eddy to Speak at Iowa City Vesper Service
Dr. Sherwood Eddy of New York City, longtime YMCA figure, will address the University of Iowa vesper service Sunday with the topic What Religion Means To Me. He will deliver two more campus talks during his weekend visit and serves as Asia secretary for the YMCA and associate editor of The World Tomorrow.
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Iowa City
Sherwood Eddy
New York City
Y.M.C.A
University of Iowa
Eddy
Asia
Y. M C.A
Journal of Christian Socialism
Pleasant Thanksgiving Day Forecast For Iowa
Federal Meteorologist Charles D Reed predicted pleasant weather for Thanksgiving with a drop in temperature overnight followed by warmer fair conditions, especially in central and eastern Iowa. Wednesday temperatures were near normal with Sioux City reaching 54 and a state low of 28. Dubuque reported a trace of precipitation and overcast skies across the state.
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Charles D. Reed
Sioux City
Dubuque
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