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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
6
Iowa State Treasurer W. G. C. Bagley urges careful filing of gasoline tax refund claims to avoid daily returns. Common errors include missing signatures, incorrect refund numbers, improper notarization, incomplete addresses, and missing equipment use details. Delays push payments and disrupt office routines.
A nine man nine woman jury convicts Mayor Frank Hayes and 18 others of conspiring to loot Waterbury's treasury in a decade long scheme. The verdict terms the group a ruthless band of solicitors officials lawyers and contractors who allegedly caused over a million dollars in fraudulent payments. Judge Ernest A. Inglis presides as sentencing follows.
The judge led nearly nine months of Connecticut’s longest criminal trial. He returned a like verdict in the case of a 20th defendant who chose to leave his fate to the court. Twenty convicted men and two who pleaded guilty at trial start on November 29 and another who entered a nolo contendere plea were ordered to appear before the judge Friday for possible sentencing.
Sugar beets and garden beets belong to the same species and despite under 20 percent sugar they provide about half the world’s supply. A tiny Omar Khayyam volume in Huntington Library San Marino weighs one fourth of an ounce.
A survey notes one automobile for every six people in the United States. The finding highlights widespread motor vehicle use and reflects evolving mobility patterns across the nation.
Montpelier residents and friends traveled by motor week end visiting Oska loosa Des Moines and Fort Madison with Mr and Mrs Fred Umphress and Mr and Mrs Howard Harvey of Davenport Other locals visited Davenport for the Mississippi Valley fair and exposition including Mrs Essie Wainscott Iona Betty Jane and a large group from here Walter Bohnsack went to Chicago on business and several couples hosted or visited relatives in Davenport Rock Island and Moline with funeral attendance for Gus Schroeder at Detroit Lakes Minn
A survey claims fifty percent of people worldwide still wear charms or amulets to ward off bad luck evil spirits and illness, reflecting enduring beliefs across cultures.
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