Court Decision Blocks Iowa Bond Plan For Public Deposits
Iowa Supreme Court ruled the 1941 law to borrow 20 million dollars for releasing frozen public deposits unconstitutional. The decision cited excess debt without a people’s vote and lack of proper limits, blocking the state from issuing bonds secured by a one mill tax and other revenues.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
General Assembly
Clyde Herring
Lehman Brothers
New York
Carleton D. Beh Company
Polk County Court
F. C
J. W. Hubbell
Truman S. Stevens
Evans
State Executive Council
Leo J. Wegman
Tariffs and Plans to Boost Employment and Agriculture
The article outlines recovery measures including naming supervisors for industrial units and a plan to employ over a million. a $250 million effort to relieve debt and tax burdens. loans to groups individuals and municipalities. large agricultural loans. tariff increases on meat imports from the Americas. storage and marketing support. Britain's unemployment decline linked to trade policy with Argentina Germany and Sweden. wheat quota act of 1932 raising 1933 acreage. pending agricultural marketing bill to raise prices via import limits and production control. France promises guaranteed wheat prices with farmer declarations and stock recording.
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Italy
Soviet
Russia
Argentina
Rome
Jugloslavia
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Economic Council
Americas
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
House of Commons
France
Budget for 1934 Sets Total at 378,048 Dollars
The 1934 budget shows a $90 balance and a $6,000 tax rise to cover the total of 378,048 dollars. Proposed expenditures include 4,000 for bovine tuberculosis, 9,788 for bond interest, 30,000 for county bonds, and 30,000 for emergency needs, with respective fund balances listed. Road funds outline 43,000 construction, 76,160 maintenance, and 22,000 construction or maintenance.
Carelessness Blamed as Locomotive Blast Injures Many
A destroyed station concourse and a 100 foot hurled blast injured multiple workers and bystanders. Omaha victims include R B Paul 60 and John Green listed as serious. The incident followed a locomotive wreck with emergency treatment for minor injuries among others.
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R. B. Paul
Omaha
Stephen Peters
Miss Cleta Minter
Hans C. P. Hansen
Jackie Vernon
Jimmie Vernon
John Green
Stephen Hynek
Earl Fleet
Repeal Vote Appears Won in Alabama and Arkansas
Early tallies show Alabama and Arkansas voting for repeal with Alabama's repealists ahead in 44 of 67 counties. Arkansas projected repeal by about 3 to 2 as partial returns counted, with delegates to a repeal convention elected for August 8 and bound to vote as a unit.
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Arden B. Blalock
Alabama
Arkansas
H. K. Toney
Arkansas House of Representatives
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Futrell
New York
Jouett Shouse
National Association Against Prohibition
Shouse
Rice
Ark
Corn and Hog Producers Seek Farm Act Benefits
The conference urged raising hog and corn prices to parity, reducing production, expanding export markets, and including producers in trade deals with Secretary H A Wallace. About 225 spectators attended amid harmony. one disruption occurred when John Chalmers protested floor access but rules were suspended. W R Ronald credited the meeting as a long step forward for corn and hog producers.
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H. A. Wallace
John Chalmers
Madrid
Iowa Farm Holiday Association
John Norton
Polk
Neb
William McArthur
Mason City
W. R. Ronald
Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota
McKeown Declared Legal Owner of Cattle Estate
In Muscatine County district court M Parker McKeown won a second round against the Rhoda Emma McKeown estate. Judge D V Jackson ruled the cattle listed since years past were his property, based on county assessment records and testimonies from ten witnesses.
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M. Parker McKeown
Rhoda Emma McKeown
D. V. Jackson
Clark Altekruse
Muscatine County
Kenneth Coder
John McColm
W. S. Hunter
Richard Lord
Ady Royal McKeown
Harley H. Blake
Blake
Leaders of Farm Riot to Surrender
Judge C. C. Bradley described a brutal assault in Le Mars during a Plymouth county Farm Riot trial. He recounted being dragged from the bench, blinded, roughed, and threatened as protesters demanded no more mortgage foreclosures. Twenty others pleaded guilty to resisting a court process and contempt.
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Bradley
Primghar
C. C. Bradley
le Mars
A. A. Mitchell
Iowa National Guard
Plymouth County
Farm Act Support Grows From Corn and Hog Producers
A spokesman notes that corn and hog producers are united in favor of including their products under the farm act, signaling broad industry backing for proposed policy coverage.
County Reimbursed for Special Election Expenses
Muscatine county received 209.50 as partial payment from State Comptroller C B Murtagh for expenditures in the special election on the prohibition question. Remaining claims total 250.
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Muscatine County
C. B. Murtagh
Allot Time for Filing Briefs in Daut Estate Case
Judge D W Jackson set a 10 day deadline to July 29 for written arguments in the Daut estate dispute brought by guardian Harry G Nicolaus. He extended time after receiving additional testimony this morning regarding the removal of executors Mr and Mrs M J Lindle.
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Harry G. Nicolaus
Kate Daut
M. J. Lindle
Daut
D. W. Jackson
Post Delayed by Bad Weather
The aviator planned to land at Blagoveschensk, following a mishap in the earlier flight with Gatty between the Yablonovoi and Sihota ranges. He hoped to reach Khabarovsk about 400 miles farther on to regain time, arriving 16 hours 34 minutes ahead of his previous record after a Nosovibirsk landing.
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Blagoveschensk
Gatty
Yablonovoi
Sihota
Khabarovsk
Novosibirsk
District Court Notes In West Liberty Land Suit
H. E. Carr and Gertrie Carr sue to establish title to rotaine in Morgan's First Addition after paying 975 dollars. Defendants include John P. Bleeg Agnes Bleeg and John Bleeg Jr. A court entry allows W. R. Schmitt to continue as receiver in the Hooley versus Schmitt case.
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H. E. Carr
Gertrie R. Carr
Rotaine
Morgan
West Liberty
John P. Bleeg
Agnes Bleeg
John Bleeg
W. R. Schmitt
Theresa C. Hooley
Nicholas G. Schmitt
Iowa Coal Operators Draft State Code
Iowa coal operators plan to present a state code to the national recovery act administrator as an alternative to the national code. The Iowa group argues the national code favors mechanized mines and hurts hand mining in Iowa, seeking rights for diggers and operators under a separate Iowa framework. A Des Moines trio chaired by Hugh A. Shuler and Sam Ballantyne will submit the proposal to administrator Hugh Johnson.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
George Heaps Jr
Albia
Heaps
Hugh A. Shuler
Sam Ballantyne
Hugh Johnson
Approval Process Sets Blanket Code in Motion
The article notes formal presidential sanction is required before the program proceeds and expects immediate results. It mentions separate agreements drafted for manufacturing industries and business and trade organizations to govern the code.
Guilty verdict in manslaughter case ends trial
Guilty verdict delivered by jurors in Justice H. D. Horst's court found Mellicent Tompkins of Muscatine guilty of reckless and imprudent operation of a motor vehicle. She was fined $10 with costs $17.40 after the Tuesday trial session.
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Mellicent Tompkins
Muscatine
H. D. Horst
Tompkins
Elmer Zimmerman
T. D. Mitchell
Liberty Street
Zimmeran
Zimmerman
Farm Bureau Announces Annual Excursion to Davenport
The Muscatine county Farm Bureau declares its annual excursion will be held Friday, Aug. 4. The all day trip sails to Davenport on the steamer J. S. with committee members C. T. McCabe Cloyce Downer and Mrs. W. B. Nelson in charge.
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Farm Bureau
Muscatine
Blanket code plan aims to boost workers purchasing power
Johnson urges a temporary blanket industrial code to lift purchasing power for the working masses while awaiting detailed codes for each line of business. Public hearings proceeded on electrical and shipbuilding codes as the cabinet board met.
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Johnson
Cabinet Board
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