Iowa liquor prices rise in second step to boost state profits
The Iowa Liquor Commission raises markups on whiskies brandies cordials and liquors by 50 percent from wholesale cost in the second of three steps. The move targets up to 3 million dollars yearly extra revenue for the state and follows a 45 percent prior markup. Holiday sales will use the new pricing and several specific bottle prices increase modestly from 1.80 to 1.85 per quart for blended whisky to 4.59 for a high end imported liqueur.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Commission
Dick R. Lane
Towans
Lane
Monticello Minotaurs Upset Marion Indians 3–0 In Quiet Battle
Monticello defeated Marion 3 to 0 in a high school football game played on the Monticello fairground infield. A crowd of about 500 watched as Monticello trailed early but rallied to edge Marion with Bob Seibels booting a second quarter field goal.
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Monticello-Marion
America
Monticello
Marion Indians
Grimes
Marion
Eldon Coffman
Emil Elumpar
Iowa
Notre Dame
Jowa
Bob Seibels
Marion Boys
Ottumwa Murder Probed by State Agents and Police
Ottumwa police chief Wilbourn Hicks reports limited progress in solving the fatal shooting of Arthur Goffman a 22 year old shoe merchant as Iowa investigation agents begin detailed questioning. Authorities note similarities to a prior 32 caliber murder of Gilbert Carlson a 42 year old chicken breeder suggesting possible pattern. Relatives start a fund expected to reach 500 dollars as a reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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Ottumwa
Wilbourn Hicks
Arthur Goffman
Iowa ‘Bureau of Investigation
Grckman
Gilbert Carlson
Geifman
Extend Time For Pension Checkup In Iowa
The Iowa social welfare board extended the reinvestigation period for aged pension cases to December 1 to avoid suspension of pension checks. Delays from law and rule changes slowed county inquiries, risking removal of many pensioners. About 53,000 Iowans receive monthly pension benefits.
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Des Moines
Iowa Social Welfare Board
King R. Palmer
Baking Firms and Union Charged With Trade Restraint
The FTC files a complaint charging eight baking companies and Local 383 of a Sioux City union with restraint of trade and violence to block independents from obtaining bakery products. Named respondents include Interstate Baking and Schulze Baking, Continental Baking, Metz Brothers, Madsen Baking, Iowa Bakery, Sunkist Cake and Pie, and local union officials. Respondents allegedly conspired around August 12, 1938, banning independent route men and enforcing contracts via pledges and intimidation. They have 20 days to answer.
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Washington
Sioux City
Iowa
Field
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Baking Corporation
Kansas City
Schulze Baking Company
Omaha
Continental Baking Company
New York
Sioux City Bakery
Metz Brothers Baking Company
Fred W. Lenhardt
Quality Bakery
Emil A. Madsen
Madsen Baking Company
Jake Schlinter
Iowa Bakery Company
Anthony Pages
Sunkist Cake and Pie Company
Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Stablemen and Helpers Union
FTC
Burglar Steals $12 From Northwest Federal Savings Office
Spencer AP report says a burglar broke into the Northwest Federal Savings and Loan association in Spencer during lunch hour and escaped with $12 after receipts had already been deposited in a bank, per Keith Thomas secretary.
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Spencer
Northwest Federal Savings and Loan Association
Keith Thomas
State Center Wins One Horse Town Title Despite Trivia
Hollywood awards State Center the mock honor of being the most typical one horse town in America. The prize is the world premiere of Pride of the Blue Grass at the town’s 250 seat State theater. A citizen committee touted population under 1000, a flagstop on the Northwestern railroad, a one man police force using a 1920 Model T, and a volunteer fire department.
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Hollywood
State Center
America
Warner Brothers
State
Colesburg Woman Seeks Wordehoff Estate Through Suit
Bertha Bruner of Colesburg sues W S Millen as administrator and others to contest the will of Kate Wordehoff. She alleges undue influence and mental incompetence and seeks to limit gifts to Columbia college and Colesburg church while claiming the remainder for herself. Also Claire Barnd seeks lien on former husband’s property to satisfy a $305 judgment and Eastern Iowa Finance files a $233.65 claim.
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Manchester
Bertha Bruner
Colesburg
W. S. Millen
Earlville
Kate Wordehoff
Henry Wordehoff
Wordehoff
Wordehoffs
Claire Barnd
Daniel L. Barnd
Eastern Iowa Finance Company of
Barne
I Am Not Guilty On Wall Then Ends Life
Ralph J. Miller 30 of Grundy Center hanged himself in Cedar Falls jail after writing I am not guilty on a wall. He had been charged with driving while intoxicated after a Friday night accident that injured Mrs F L Crotty of Waterloo. Miller’s companion Roy Purvis 48 of Grundy Center was also in custody.
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Cedar Falls
INS
Ralph J. Miller
Grundy Center
Miller
F. L. Crotty
Waterloo
Roy Purvis
Limit on Retired Pastors' Payments Discussed at Conference
Webster City Iowa reports C C Harshbarger of Onawa urged a $1000 annual income cap for retired ministers at the Northwest Iowa Methodist conference. Action was delayed. The session also revised a world peace resolution to broaden conscientious objection and pledge ministry to both objectors and those answering their country’s call.
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Webster City
C. C. Harshbarger
Onawa
Iowa
Harshbarger
Gillette Purge Conflict Flares Over Census Supervisors
Iowa Democratic splits resurface as Milo Sedlacek and Thomas Wood named census supervisors for 1940. Gillette and Herring failed to consult, fueling party anger and raising ahead-of- convention maneuvering. Pay for each post is about 225 to 275 dollars monthly.
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Geous. 5
MILLS
DES Moines
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Wood
Hastings
Gillette
Iowa
Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Department of Commerce
Clyde L. Herring
Towa
Wearm-Eicher-Jaccobsen
Towa Party
Otha Wear
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hopkins
E C. Eicher
Security and Exchange
Harry L. Hopkins
Otha Wearin
W S Jacobsen
Clinton
Herring
Wearin
E. H. Birmingham
Mark Reno
Ross Ewing
Iowa Executive Council
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
Iowa students seek aviation training at university
More than 660 University of Iowa students applied for the civilian airplane pilot training course under the Civil Aeronautical Authority. Only 30 will be trained, but 150 applications have been requested due to strict medical requirements. Instruction may start late next week at the municipal airport with a government inspector assessing equipment.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Civil Aeronautical Authority
Francis M. Dawson
College of Engineering
CAA
Gove
Dawson
George Stewa
A. O. Leff
Sidney Mileler
James Allen
H.O. Croft
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Gazette Photos
Scotty McLeod
Tommy Grimes
Supt
A. B
A. B. Grimes
U. of Iowa
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