State Tax Commission proposal shifts taxes and duties
The text outlines the renaming of the State Board of Assessment and Review to the State Tax Commission with responsibility for collecting additional taxes and duties across state and administrative taxes. It also notes a consolidation plan to merge the banking department, securities division, real estate board, and Insurance Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Tax Commission
State Banking Department
State Securities Division
Secretary of State
Real Estate Board
State Insurance Department
State Cost Up If Enacted Measure Reaches Budget
Budget item notes state highway commission maintenance costs would raise the administration budget bill by about 6 million dollars annually for the next two years if signed by Gov. Wilson. The extra funding would appear as bookkeeping, with actual cash drawn from gasoline taxes and motor vehicle registration fees in the state primary road fund.
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State Highway Commission
Wilson
Iowa Senate Debates 100 Million Bond Farm Plan and Beer Bill
Senate File 343 would issue 100 million in bonds to create a state farm credit board to buy and resell farms, funded by a state levy, with key supporters Breen Augustine Shaw. Passage seen as unlikely amid wary lawmakers concerned about state business. Separate measure 5 F 315 targets large landowners with a stepped tax on excess 160 acre units to push land to individuals. Beer bill SF 257 proposes Iowa liquor commission as distributor for out of state brewers and bans bottling except at Class A breweries.
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Senate
Breen
Augustine
Shaw
Commonwealth of
Senate Committee On
Frossing
Woodbury County
Elthon
Worth County
Iowa
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Senator Beardsley Plans State Liquor Fund Transfer
Senator Beardsley of Warren county pushes Senate File 260 to divert excess state liquor fund balances into a large transfer to support construction of state owned buildings. The measure directs the state comptroller to move the next five million dollars into the state treasury when funds exceed needs.
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House
Beardsley
Warren County
Senate
State Liquor Commission
State building fund eyed for capital office and institution improvements
The plan proposes using 2,000,000 for a state office building on the capital grounds and 2,000,000 for improvements at state institutions under the state board of control. The interim committee on retrenchment would direct expenditures as a measure tied to school finance reforms. A six million dollar educational appropriation is considered to shift school tax burden from local districts, with Speaker Irwin forming a special committee to study school problems. Members include Knowlton, Pine, Risse, Lichty, Dykhouse, Heffner, Keeney, and Troeger.
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Building Fund
State
State Board of Control
Legislative Interim Committee
Knowlton
Winneshiek
Pine
Louisa
Risse
Mitchell
Lichty
Black Hawk
Dykhouse
Lyon
Iowa farming notes and crop reports from Ames
Iowa State College economists expect pork demand to rise while cows fed liberally when dry boost future production. Juicy green vegetable soybeans will debut this spring from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association, and Ladak and Cossack lead alfalfa yields over the past decade. An Iowa Jersey cow died at 17 after producing 6685 pounds of butterfat. Nurseries in Ames offer wood lot trees at 2 to 6 dollars per thousand under Clark McNary act, not suitable for wind breaks. Corporate land ownership rises as farm consolidations increase, with 7,000,000 dollars of Farm Security loans aiding low income farmers in Iowa.
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Ames
Farm Aid Loans Reform in Iowa and Poultry Crossbreeding Caution
The Farm Security Administration runs a four fold Iowa program including rehabilitation loans tenant purchase loans farm debt adjustment and community and cooperative service loans. Iowa poultrymen warn farmers to avoid crossbred stock from mating Leghorns with heavyweight breeds deeming some crosses undesirable while noting hatchability growth and feathering benefits in early life for others.
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Farm Security Administration
Iowa
Iowa State College
Elgin High Receives Gideon Bibles for Classrooms
Through Ethel Rennison the Gideons provided new bibles for every room at Elgin high school. Watch for final Echo notices about the Junior class play A Crazy Mix-Up at the high school auditorium Friday evening March 10. End of six weeks. report cards mailed Wednesday. two thirds of the school year completed.
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Brainard
Clermont
Ethel Rennison
Gideons
Autobiography of Betty Strauch starts in Elgin childhood
Betty Strauch recalls born November 2 1925 in Elgin to Mr and Mrs BR Strauch and named Hilda Elizabeth Strauch. She describes early memories including a Methodist preacher visit, a mischief with a neighbor's garden, a Chicago lighting trip, school at age five, a tonsil operation, a dream about electric fans, and a 1934 camping episodes with cousins and friends.
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Betty Strauch
Elgin
BR. P. Strauch
Hilda Elizabeth Strauch
Betty Ann Snyder
Betty Ann
Champaign
Chicago
My Childhood Tales Of Hair, Cars And Dreams
A nostalgic reminiscence recounts simple adventures from 1936 to 1938. The narrator recalls hair stuck in fly paper, a surprise bicycle gift, trips with uncles to Champaign Indianapolis and Chicago, a mumps setback, hobbies such as bottle collecting and collecting sample offers, and a broken ankle while hanging curtains. The piece ends with a wish to learn piano and clarinet and attend college.
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Champaign
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Decatur
Gunder News Residents Share Visits and Health Updates
Arthur Landsgard and family accompanied by George Lands gard spent Friday in Waukon. Emma Gunderson and Bertha Larson were guests in the Mrs. B. Nelson home Thursday afternoon. Minerva Johnson looked after the house work at the Kenneth Kjosa home. Mrs. Nicolas Johnson has been sick but is much better. Mrs. Kenneth Kjosa, who cared for her, was released Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Anderson were callers in the Mrs. J. Kjosa home Friday afternoon. Mabel Heuser, employed at the Postville hospital, came home Monday for a few days. George Larson spent Saturday afternoon in Clermont. Mrs. Roy Meyer of Clermont helped Mrs. Gilbert Loftsgard with can meat last week. A. O. Wold and J. K. Hoag and families of St. Olaf, H. E. Landsgard and Eliza Nelson of Clermont were supper guests at the Mrs. B. Nelson home Sunday. Alfred Vikesland returned to Decorah after a couple weeks in the Hang Bilden home. Edwin Loftsgard moved Saturday to the C. Christianson farm in Wagner township. Flu illness affects many in the vicinity. Mark Hanson moved from the Tom Lands gard house in Gander to the Tom Holm place.
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Arthur Landsgard
George Landsgard
Waukon
Emma Gunderson
Bertha Larson
B. Nelson
Minerva Johnson
Kenneth Kjosa
Nicolas Johnson
Clarence Anderson
J. Kjosa
Clermont
Franco Ascends as Spain’s Recognized Ruler
General Franco rises in Spain’s power structure after enduring civil conflict. With formal acknowledgment from England and France, he consolidates authority as Spain’s acknowledged leader.
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Franco
Spain
England
France
Landagard family plans spring farming move and helpers
Landagard and sister Lena Clark moved back to Gunder from the Jones farm. Lands gard will farm the Jones place this season with Trane Halverson assisting Mrs Edwin Loftsgard to settle in her new home. Lloyd Loftegard helps Tom Herbranson with farm work. Pill the 17 year old cat of an apothecary in Burbank California died of dropsy after a long life of chasing dogs and maintaining weight on a daily diet of ice cream and beefsteak. A large flock of over 1000 wild geese was seen over Decorah on Feb. 15, honking as they headed north, sparking questions about signs of spring.
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Landagard
Lena Clark
Gunder
Jones Farm
W. Landsgard
Jones Place
Trane Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Lloyd Loftegard
Tom Herbranson
Pill
Burbank
Calit
Iife
Decorah
Post Office Site Talks Calm in West Union
Mr. Deutsch of St. Louis, the Post Office inspector, spent about a week in West Union reviewing possible post office locations for 1939 construction. He remains favorable to the Baptist church site, though some church members oppose selling. Other sites were viewed and measured, but no details were released.
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Deutsch
St. Louis
Post Office Department
West Union
Baptist Church
Argo-Gazette
Direct Factory Paint Sale Warns Against Big Money Tricks
A newspaper blurb cautions readers about exaggerated paint salesman pitches. It promotes Dutch Boy white lead and oil as affordable quality while warning that factory-to-consumer schemes often favor the seller’s profits over true value.
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Denmark
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