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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1934

Page

2

State Income Tax Starts Soon For Iowa Residents

Lavern Clark outlines the new Iowa personal income tax with rates ranging from 1 to 5 percent on successive $1,000 income blocks. He explains deductions for wages, property gains, life and health policies, and family credits. The example covers single and married filers with children and notes a 600 dollar minimum for singles and 1200 for heads of families.

Des Moines Lavern Clark George W Clark George United States

Otriners Return to Work at Mason City

Workers at Decker packing plant resume duties after a two day strike. Majority vote to work five hours on Thursday and all missed Friday. Thanksgiving hog handling noted. Union official cites gains while company estimates two day strike cost at $25,000 and 10,000 hogs lost.

Mason City INS Decker Packing Butcher and &.L Department S. P. McCoy St Paul The Butchers Union

Bridge Plans For Cedar River Span At Vinton

Special to The Gazette VINTON Plans for a 78000 three span steel bridge across the Cedar river were filed with County Auditor Carl Culver by J A Paulsen of Waterloo. The bridge, about 500 feet long, will rest on four concrete piers and include rerouting of highway 101 north of Vinton. The new bridge sits one block east of the present one and construction may start early next year pending Washington approval.

Vinton Cedar River Carl Culver J. A. Paulsen Waterloo Washington

Funeral services for John J. Walenta in Spillville

John J. Walenta 87 of Spillville dies Tuesday. Funeral Friday at St. Wenceslaus church with Rev. J. P. Broz officiating. Born May 10 1847 in Austria he came to America as a child and settled near Spillville. A leading Aberdeen Angus breeder and long time nursery operator, he is survived by Rosa B. Walenta and six children including Frank Nora Walenta Emma Walenta Jessie Walenta Sr Jessie Drew.

Bpecal Spillville John J. Walenta St. Wenceslaus J. P. Broz Austria Walenta America Sumner Township Valenta Iowa Rosa B. Lukas Frank Nora Walenta Peter Soukup New Hampton Emma Walenta Rochester Minn Jessie Walenta Sisseton Will Drew Cresco

McCormick Set for Friday Arraignment in Reckless Driving Case

Clarence McCormick 28 of Van Horne faces a reckless driving charge filed by County Attorney Victor Visquain after a grand jury failed to indict him in connection with the death of Everett Meyer 15 of Van Horne who died the night of October 21 while a car driven by McCormick was involved.

Vinton Clarence McCormick van Horne G. W. Burnham McCormick Victor Visquain Everett Meyer Nf van Horne Ort Wile Mcormick

Pioneer Independence Woman Is Honored at 86th Birthday

Mrs Helen Manning widow of a Civil War veteran and longtime Independence resident celebrated her eighty sixth birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs MoT Jayne a granddaughter of Vis Manning. Forty relatives attended including H Manning George Faulk, Julia Manning, Charles Corbin, W Evers, Fla Wevranch and family, Wallace Winegar, Amblin, Landstrom, Carv, Clark, Dorr Winegar, and Cliff Rogers among others from Oelwein Vinton Vinson City Iowa Falls Bran don and Belle Plaine.

Helen Mannng Independence Mot Jayne Vis Manning H Manning

Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Events

Vinton initiates Dorothy Geiger into Chi Delta Pi honorary literary group. Edith Ostrander and Millard Larson marry in Clermont with reception. Belle Plaine hosts Rebekah Assembly officers. Anamosa bank pays fifth dividend as North Western trims section crew. Center Point honors Folkins anniversary. Agnes Glennon and Roger Lynch wed in Vinton. Washington Red Cross roll call tops 700 memberships. Columbus Junction couple wed at Davenport. Maquoketa elects Eastern Star officers. Mildred Adams and Earl Modlin wed in Rockford Illinois.

West Edith Ostrander Millard Larson Clermont George Def. Binher Mildred Ostrander Esven John Lamar Call Ostrander Larson Ostrander Fayette John Larson Willam Radebaugh Radebaugh M. Radebaugh Riverside J. D Radebaugh W. Lafourek Kate Schreiner John D Brower Church of the Brethren Belle Plaine Sincere Rebekah Lodge I. OQ. O F Rebekah Assembly of Vera Bohlman Virginia McLennan Monzetta Marsteller Ruth Ann Ruhl Anamosa North Western Railroad Here Clinton Anamosa National Bank Center Point Charles Folkins Glen Sanborn Minerva Ashlock Garnie Mather Lewis Folkins Frank Bowers Hess O. W. Carpenter Nancy Henry Sage Central City David Shepard F. W. Gilchrist Geraldine Gilchrist Walker Strawberry Point Agnes Glennon T. C. Glennon Roger Lynch Frank Lynch Vinton St. Mary's Catholic Church Francis Churchill Florence Kester Gladbrook Richard Lynch Waterloo Gates Business College Tangney McGinn Hotels Company Independence Washington Roger Sherman Washington County Red Cross West Chester Haskins Wellman Brighton Crayfordsville Ainsworth Kalona Columbus Junction Rebecca Irene McRoberts HL. McRoberts Rudulph J. Votroubek Louis Votroubek Della Votroubek Solon St. Ambrose College Davenport Urban Ruhl Carol Marsden Citde Harbison Vatroubek Columbus Solon High School Elgin Watch College Maquoketa Nellie Crawford Eastern Star Chapter Beth Harrington Stanley Swaney Edith Anderson Paul

Administrator of Maquoketa Estate Has Difficult Job

Edward M. Eaton of Silvis Illinois serves as administrator of the Eva Frances Eaton estate in Maquoketa. The estate totals about 9 100 dollars in property and debts, with 71 heirs across 17 states. He and his lawyers work to determine each heir’s proportionate share under Iowa law.

Maquoketa Edward M. Eaton Silvis Eva Frances Eaton Eaton Iowa Joseph Pierce Eaton Connecticut Celia Brown Eaton District Court

New Serum Helps Check Iowa Measles Epidemic

Dr. Carl F. Jordan, director of Iowa health's division of communicable diseases, said a new serum from recovered patients is lowering new measles cases in Muscatine Buchanan Bremer Clayton and Black Hawk counties. It can prevent infection or lessen severity.

Des Moines Iowa Carl F. Jordan Division of State Department of Health Muscatine Buchanan Bremer Clayton Black Hawk Jordan

Grant Wood Offers Advice To Painters At Public Clinics

Grant Wood conducts a second University of Iowa art clinic in East Hall where more than sixty artists from several states seek practical technical critique. The event follows a November 17 session and invites amateurs and professionals who work alone to submit paintings for review with Wood’s guidance.

Grant Wood the Gazette Iowa City University of Iowa

Silas Beddow Sentenced to Six Months in County Jail

Silas J. Beddow will serve six months in the county jail and pay a 500 dollar fine for involvement in an attempt to sell counterfeit municipal bonds in Clayton county. Judge H. E. Taylor imposed the sentence after denying a motion for a new trial by attorney G. W. Hunt. Herbert Northrop received a twenty year term at Fort Madison after a statutory conviction.

Gazette Eleader Silas J. Beddow Clayton County H. E. Taylor G. W. Hunt Beddow Taylor Herbert Northrop Fort Madison

Iowa Tax Burden Cut 29 Percent Across Jurisdictions

Des Moines AP reports a four year 1931 1934 tax levy decline of 29 percent across state county school town and city levies totaling nearly 32 million dollars. State board reductions and assessment cuts drive the change with larger counties showing smaller cuts than Guthrie and Davis. County by county figures follow.

DES Moines Iowa Des Moines Bureau of Municipal Research State Board of Assessment and Review Bureau Polk County Guthrie Davis

Pioneer North Liberty Woman Celebrates 89th Birthday

Mrs. Cathrine Bowman Bane, a lifelong Gazette reader born November 28, 1845, celebrated her 89th birthday in North Liberty. She enjoys good health, can read and sew without glasses, and has long kept up with events. her parents were early Iowa settlers arriving in 1843.

North Liberty Catherine Bowman Bane

Ohio Woman Named Washington County Hospital Director

Miss Dessa Shaw of Yellow Springs Ohio was elected superintendent of Washington County Hospital taking duties December 1. She succeeds Margaret Hales Rose who left for Wichita Falls Texas. Shaw is a Harrisburg trained nurse with Columbia and Kings County Hospital experience.

Washington Dessa Shaw Yellow Springs Ohio Washington County Hospital Margaret Hales Rose Wichita Falls Tex

Anna Otterman Named Supervisor of Oakland Nursery School

Mrs Anna Otterman has been appointed supervisor of the nursery school at Oakland Iowa from Des Moines. She will have an assistant and a nurse. The school serves 25 children.

Toledo Anna Otterman Des Moines Oakland

Ten Criminal Cases On Clayton Docket

The December term docket before Judge W L Eichendorf includes ten criminal cases, twelve probate matters and twenty three new civil actions. Criminal counts feature bastardy complaints against Morris Trumm and Julius Wittman, securities fraud against Marcus J Dunley, and liquor charges including illegal transport and bootlegging against George Hamann. Harold Gass and Carl Madaus face illegal liquor possession. Civil filings include eight notes judgments, seven foreclosures, four divorces, a partition suit, an accounting suit, a guardianship petition and a $500 auto accident damage claim. Divorces listed: Marjorie Pugh v Glenn Pugh, Effie R Loetz v Frank H Loetz, Agnes McCoy v Forrest McCoy, Phyllis Patterson v Harry A Patterson.

Eleader District Court W. L. Eichendorf McGregor Morris Trumm Julius Wittman Marcus J. Dunley George Hamann Harold Gass Carl Madaus Marjorie Pugh Glenn Pugh Effie R Loetz Frank H Loetz Agnes McCoy Forrest McCoy Phyllis Patterson Harry A Patterson

North Western to honor retiring Frank Walters in Chicago

Frank Walters vice president in charge of operation and maintenance will retire Friday. Walters began railroading in 1880 as a flagman at Cedar Falls Iowa and rose to division superintendent at Sioux City before reaching the senior executive post.

Chicago North Western Railroad Frank Walters Friday Walters Cedar Falls Sioux City

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