West Economic G ue Upholds AAA Processing War
The Modern League for Economic ity plans a brief in the MHoosac Mls case to challenge the constitutionality of the AAA processing tax. The group aims to align the tariff and revenue taxes under the Constitution and form a broad fundraising and organizational drive across 14 states, with 50 law firms aiding and meetings planned in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UX City
Modern
League For Economicity
AAA
League
Mhoosac Mls
Boston Ait Court of Appeals
Drake
Hich
Vernon Rooman
Drake University
O. L. Brownlee
Defense
Liberty League
Brownlee
Iowa
Nebraska
South
Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arizona
Carolinas
National Farmers Committee
Alvern Wendell of Bronson
Kansas City
Kraschel Appeals From Foreclosure On Shelby Co. Farm
In Des Moines authorities report Lieut. Gov. N. G. Kraschel and Allan R. Shepherd filed an appeal with the state supreme court Saturday over a Shelby county farm foreclosure. A $22,500 mortgage from 1926 to Prudential Insurance Co. of America was ordered foreclosed last May by Judge E. M. Miller of Harlan, who cited lack of mortgage moratorium extension because Shepherd was not in financial distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Supreme Court
N. G. Kraschel
Allan R. Shepherd
Shelby County
E. M. Miller
Harlan
Kraschel
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Miller
Shepherd
Permanent Wave Tests Iowa NRA Law In Fort Dodge
In Fort Dodge the first court test of the state NRA law governing service trades came Saturday with charges against Velma Plate. The home beauty parlor operator is accused of giving a permanent wave for $2, below the city fixed price of $3.50. The charge was brought by another local barber under the city ordinance permitting rate setting on petitioned percentages of barbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
INS
Velma Plate
Decorah Couple Observes 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Benjamin E Jewell celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a family dinner in Decorah with all children present. Their son John Jewell and family of Helena Montana, Leo Coughlin and Walter Jewell families in Decorah, plus Katherine and Margaret Jewell, attend. The event also marks John Jewell and Katherine Elliott’s 25th anniversary. Benjamin Jewell was born 1850 in Wyandotte County Ohio and moved to Winneshiek County in 1860. He served six years on the county board of supervisors.
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Decorah
Benjamin E. Jewell
John Jewell
Helena, Mont
Leo Coughlin
Flint
Mich
Walter Jewell
Katherine
Margaret Jewell
Benjamin Jewell
Wyandotte County
Ohio
Winneshiek County
Jacob Jewell
Katherine Elliott
John Elliott
Middlesex County
Mass
St. Benedict's Church
Jewell
Board of Supervisors
Protest Proposal For 10 Day Open Pheasant Season
ALGONA I A P The Kossuth county conservation league urged north Iowa sportsmen to meet Sept 17 in Algona to protest a proposed 10 day open pheasant season in north Iowa counties. The state conservation commission announced a tentative 10 day period after recent years limiting shooting to three days. The league warned the measure could cause virtual extinction of pheasants in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth County Conservation League
North Iowa Sportsmen
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Four new deans expected at Iowa U this year
Special to The Gazette Iowa City two deans already appointed at the University of Iowa, with the state board of education likely to approve two more in the 1935 36 year as Dean Clement C Williams resigns engineering college leadership and Dean Carl Seashore may also depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Clement C. Williams
College of Engineering
Carl Seashore
Graduate College
Dean Williams
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Eugene A. Gilmore
East
Engineering College
Williams
Iowa
University of Illinois
Iowa Athletic Board
University of Kansas
United States
Nitro
W. Va
Judge Willett Opposes Blue and Gray Unity Encampment
Grand Rapids news reports Judge Advocate General James W. Willett of Tama Ia opposing a joint G A R and Confederate veterans encampment in 1935. Alfred E Stacey of Elbridge N Y favors the plan if the Confederate flag is kept at the museum. Nearly 1 000 G A R members expected. Iowa candidate Oley Nelson of Slater vies for commander in chief as six contenders age 449 years combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Willett
Tama
Alfred E. Stacey
Elbridge
N. Y
Confederate Veterans
Gettysburg
Amarillo
Tex
Willett
Rice A. Prince
Union
Tenn
Iowa
Oley Nelson
Slater
Two Oelwein Men Die Funeral Services Set
Funeral services will be held Monday for Fred Howe 70 a contractor who died Saturday morning after a stroke. Howe served 31 years in the Oelwein fire department and is survived by his wife and one daughter Mrs Max Jensen. Also mourns Roy H Brink 53 who died Friday night from injuries in an auto accident July 21 at Clear Lake Wisconsin with a broken collar bone. Brink’s funeral will be at Murphy church Westgate. he leaves his wife and two daughters Mrs Lulu Westergaard and Mrs Marie Dudley of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Fred Howe
Methodist Church
Howe
Fire Department
Max Jensen
Roy H. Brink
Clear Lake
Wis
Murphy Church
Westgate
Brink
Lulu Westergaard
Marie Dudley
Waterloo
Liberal demand stirs Seymour race as Moore issues bolt threat
W C Moore, attorney and announced 1936 Republican gubernatorial candidate, warned Saturday that if the GOP fails to nominate a liberal for president he will bolt the ticket and run for Congress as a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
INS
W. C. Moore
Congress
States Financial Teeter Totter Lets Taxpayer Break Even
Iowa August tax box score shows the average taxpayer faces 6.15 dollars additional state property tax on a 2000 dollar home. State levies 3.1 mills and expects 9 million in levy revenue while returning about 8 million through refunds and credits. The August box score details sales, gasoline, income and auto taxes totaling 17.19 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Lowan
Amott
State Liquor Sales Rise Across Iowa in August
Iowa state stores posted an August total of 445 752 dollars, up 126 451 from July as 108 stores operated. Des Moines led gains at 11 859 dollars with wide increases in Waterloo Cedar Rapids and several other cities. Hawarden McGregor and Sheldon showed declines.
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DES
Algona
Newton
Hawarden
McGregor
Sheldon
West Des Moines
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Atlantic
Creston
Waterloo
Plan Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration At Spillville Church
Spillville marks the diamond jubilee of St. Wenceslaus Church with a Sept. 28 29 30 celebration. The stone church housed Dvorak during his stay as he crafted the New World Symphony and Humoresque inspiring pieces in a village of about 400.
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Spillville
Dvorak
St. Wenceslaus
Kattenberg
Antonin Dvorak
Iowa
Midwest
Yale
New York Symphony Orchestra
Japan
Chicago
New York
St. Clement's
Joseph Kroutil
St. Wenceslaus Church
Father Federman of
Festina
Interest Rate Cut Dims Sinking Fund Revenue
DES MOINES A 57 907 drop in sinking fund revenue from interest payments on public deposits during June and July, the first two months of a trial period at reduced rates, was shown Saturday on state treasurer records. Interest rates were lowered from 2 percent to 1 percent effective June 1 by the executive council on authorization of the last legislature. Banks had refused to take public monies, claiming it involved a loss. Revenue during June and July 1935 was 94 889 as compared with 152 796 during the same period in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Executive Council
Decorah Building Program Lists $300,000 Projects
In Decorah a record building season is delivering $300,000 in under way improvements. Five new houses are permitted totaling $17,000, three remodels at $4,500, plus $1,700 for new garages and additional storefront work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Gazette
City Budget Adds Major Projects and Repairs
The Decorah city plan reports a new well at 8300 dollars and a pumping plant cost of 11640. It includes a 12000 dollar reservoir project and a 2300 dollar roof repair. A 55000 dollar sewage plant, a 42000 dollar bridge on highway 52, and 135000 dollars for high school additions and a gymnasium are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
State Highway Commission
Independent School District
Davenport Masonic Veteran Edwin T. Morgan Dies
Edwin T. Morgan longtime Davenport lodge No 7 A F and A M past master and member of the consistory and shrine died Saturday at his Davenport home. He served as master in 1884 1885 1887 and 1888 and joined the lodge in 1875. He was 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Edwin T. Morgan
Davenport Lodge No. 7
Davenport Lodge
Mr. Morgan
Steal Bull At Tama Tama Stockyards Reported
Officers told the state bureau of investigation that a 3 year old Angus bull was stolen early Saturday from Tama stockyards. A truck was seen speeding away from the yards about 3 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Bureau of Investigation
Tama
Lamont Woman Named Superintendent of Local School
Stella G Taylor, a Lamont native and Upper Iowa University graduate, has been elected superintendent of the Lamont Consolidated School. She has taught locally for nine years and led the high school for eight as principal. She succeeds Paul A Young, who moved to Davenport High School as assistant principal and dean of boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Lamont
Stella G. Taylor
Lamont Consolidated School
Upper Iowa University
University of Iowa
Mary Taylor
Miss Taylor
Paul A. Young
Davenport High School
Summer CCC enrollment in Iowa exceeds revised quota
Washington AP reports Robert Fechner announced that 2,435 Iowans joined the civilian conservation corps from June 15 to Aug. 31, raising Iowa’s total to 9,667 under an expanded quota of 9,500. The summer enrollment included 1,919 juniors 180 local emergency men and 336 war veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CCC
Iowa
Robert Fechner
Emergency Conservation
Federal projects and road program gain largest WPA funds
Des Moines AP says Iowa WPA chief L S Hill reports the state has $45 million in projects approved and sent to Washington for federal funds, with 69 000 potential workers and 56 000 employed for a year. Washington has cut $34.3 million from the work relief fund for Iowa, while 26 public works projects totaling $1.76 million have been signed. Mason City Dubuque Storm Lake leaders each host multiple approved projects.
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Des Moines
L. S
Hill
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Washington, D. C
Washington
Iowa
PWA
Progress’ Administration
L. S. Hill
Civilian Conservation Corps
Indian Creek
Council Offs
Mason City
Dubuque
Storm Lake
Ats
Towa Pwa
P. F. Hopkins
Towa
War Veteran Near Waukon Takes Own Life
Olaf Forde a 45 year old World War veteran from Hanover township twenty miles north of Waukon shot himself with a .22 rifle Saturday at 5 0 a m He arose early to load hogs then vanished His brother Herman searched and a neighbor Gustave Onsager found Forde dead in a corn field Despondency over ill health blamed No inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett Waukon
Olaf Forde
Waukon
Hanover Township
Forde
Herman
Gustave Onsager
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West Economic Gue
Hoosac
Shelby Co
Nra
Henning
Mrs
B. E. Jewell
Iowa U
Dean C, C. Williams
Willet
Grand Rapids, Mich
St. Wenceslaus Edifice
Father Spacek
Father Urban
Laixenberger
Father Mikota
Ehrenberger
Billy Chmelar
Gaidousek
Father Dostal
Father P. Kloss
J. P. Broz
Father Broz
St. Clement's Church
Red Oak
Iowa Daily Press
Leonard Breese
Breese
Tru
Wpa Serdoff
Bulletin
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