Average Iowan Pays $2.09 More Taxes This Year
Des Moines reports that Mr. Average Iowan, in 1935, pays 99.68 in real estate taxes for the year with a 2.78 refund, 19.36 in sales tax, and 22.44 in state net income tax. The Sept tax box score shows monthly and total taxes for a typical citizen in a year of no state tax levy, highlighting county and local burdens.
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George Mills
Towa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Assessment and Review
Towan
Cign
Sss
R.e
Doubt Fernekes Led Iowa Bank Holdup Gang
Des Moines reports Chief Schmidt doubts that the jailed midget Fernekes led the Gilmore City bank raid of 3800. Six witnesses described the suspect as taller than the Joliet escapee. Gruber continued the investigation Saturday as photos of several desperadoes were reviewed for a possible match.
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Fernekes
Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Henry
Gilmore City
Glen Schmidt
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Illinois
Joliet Penitentiary
Building Permits Up 100 Percent In Iowa Cities
DES MOINES AP Building permits for new and remodeled dwellings in Iowa's sixteen first class cities rose by 1,164,206 in the first eight months of the year, more than doubling 1934 levels. New construction increased to 1,609,379 and remodeling to 668,060, with cities including Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo Council Bluffs Dubuque Ottumwa Burlington Clinton Mason City Fort Dodge Marshalltown Muscatine Iowa City and Keokuk reporting.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Public Health Engineering Division
State Health Department
State
State Department
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Burlington
Clinton
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown Muscatine
Iowa City
Keokuk
Iowa Liquor Commission Profits First Year Exceed Million
Gov Clyde Herring estimated after January 1 the Iowa liquor commission will turn about 100000 dollars monthly in profits to the general fund. Operating 112 stores the unit earned over 1 million dollars in its first year, profits now going to capital investment. He will release the official report after review.
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DES Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
Iowa Liquor Commission
The
Liquor Commission
Phonograph Quacks For Duck Hunters Revealed
Davenport AP reports hunters Stewart Riley and Henry Ziebarth plan to use phonograph records of human quacks to fool ducks this season. The pair say no expedition will be without a phonograph, given the law bans live decoys. They enlisted three skilled imitators to capture quacks for widespread use.
Thurston Urged To Oppose Dickinson In Senate Primary
Washington AP report notes Rep. Lloyd Thurston urged by Iowa Republicans to seek the GOP senate nomination against Sen. L. J. Dickinson next year. Thurston weighs the bid, acknowledging the difficulty of beating an incumbent in a primary. Dickinson favors a contest, while Thurston has supported the AAA while criticizing recent federal spending and policy.
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Washington
Lloyd Thurston
Iown House
Iowa
L. J. Dickinson
Dickinson
AAA
Thurston
Cresco CCC Camp Adopts Top Educational Ranking
Cresco CCC Unit 100 percent in education led the eight northeast Iowa camps with a 870.65 score of 1000, praised for superb cooperation between staff and town. The article notes high class attendance, extensive student staffing, local business teaching, and a day school, plus garden club contests and landscaped barracks as Cresco’s model program.
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Cresco
CCC
Resco CCC
Iowa
A. E. Hodoval
Cecil Sadderis
Cresco CCC
G. A. Walker
FERA
Robbins
United States
Fairgrounds
Cresco Garden Club
Ernest Peters
One Woman Who Chose Her Career And Stuck To It
Miss Hazel Barnes of West Branch completed thirty years as chief telephone operator, showcasing a steady career choice. After teaching briefly, she embraced the line, learning business secrets and handling calls with discretion and a courteous voice.
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West Branch
Hazel Barnes
Miss Barnes
Hazel
Chamber of Commerce
Methodists Oppose Pheasant Hunting In Iowa On Sunday
Northwest Iowa Methodist conference condemned the Iowa conservation commission for Sunday pheasant hunting and cited Sunday dates as conflicting with state law and church tenets. The group chose Fort Dodge for next year and declined Sioux City’s invitation. Col Frank Ebbert urged federal liquor control under Congress as a solution to the liquor problem.
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Iowa
Dodge
Sioux City
Seven Point Challenge to Iowa Liquor Act Constitutionality
Sioux City, WTP, reports a seven point attack on the Iowa liquor control act by Correctionville, Ta, residents seeking to block a state store. Attorneys Forsling and Edith Cover argue the act covers multiple subjects, creates a corporation by law, grants privileges to commissioners, makes the state a stockholder, assumes debts, fails to repeal the prior prohibitory law, and deems state stores a nuisance.
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Sioux City
Correctionville
State Liquor Commission
L. B. Forsling
Edith Cover
Herring Proclaims Columbus Day Under New Iowa Law
Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring proclaimed Saturday October 12 as Columbus Day under a new law authorizing proclamations. He urged public officials to display flags and hold commemorative exercises while lawmakers debated Columbus and Lief Ericson, clashing over who deserved a legal holiday.
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Herring
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Christopher Columbus
Lief Ericson
Rep. J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Italy
Rep
A. H. Avery
Spencer
Thomas Jefferson
Great
Mississippi
Irving Knudson
Ellsworth
Ericson
S U S Professors And Wives Split In Hiking Club Event
University of Iowa faculty and spouses continue a Monday hiking tradition in Iowa City as the hiking club marks its fall season. The group, founded by Prof. Charles Ward and J J Hinman, has met for thirteen years with walks, dine and dance, rain or blizzard. More than a dozen couples joined from sciences medicine engineering and journalism, while wives enjoy a respite from domestic duties.
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Cial
Iowa
Strunk
Luther College
Iowa Basic Science Board
Owa City
University of Iowa
Iowa City Hiking Club
Paul Jones
Iowas Government Workforce Surpasses 290000 In Survey
The Iowa survey shows over 290000 Iowans rely on or benefit from government work or subsidies. Major groups include 147805 AAA signers, 34511 public school employees, 33598 relief cases, and 12512 state pensioners. Total actual government employees reach 56925, with state 7425 and local 9964.
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Iowa Daily Press Bereau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
NRA
WPA
PWA
CCC
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Bubuque
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Davenport
Iowa Cities
Governors Delay Trip To Get U S Funds For Bridge
Clyde Herring and Nebraska Governor Roy Cochran postponed their Washington trip to October 15 or 17 to seek a one million dollar federal grant for the Castcil Bluffs Omaha bridge. If refused, they will pursue reallocating existing Iowa Nebraska funds to proceed with the project.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Roy Cochran
Nebraska
Washington
Castcil Bluffs- Omaha
Cochran
Iowa
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Adeline Taylor
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TrueArt
H. T. Braa
W. H. Aufranc
William Watson
West Branch Telephone Office
Maud Stratton
Iowa City Group
Dorothy Pownall
Martha
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