Legislature Week's Work Highlights Key Bills
In the legislature a sixty percent tax bill was finally enacted and an election contest was decided. A new beer legislation was proposed as most week action occurred in the House.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1941
Page
7
Iowa Legislature Ends Busy Week With 206 Bills On File
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislature closes a busy week with 206 senate bills and 166 in the house. The week features include a corrected 60 percent tax assessment measure and a companion debt limit bill. Gov. Wilson rejected an error laden version and lawmakers replaced it with a cleaner act. The house unseated Rep. Norman Norland, and hearings on farm tenancy and unemployment benefits advance in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Senate
House
Supreme Court
George A. Wilson
Claus Randall
R. Manly
Norland
Randall
Lincoln Township
Worth County
Hugh Lundy
Albia
Farmers sought to boost corn oats and hay yields
Wanted farmers to improve corn oats clover and alfalfa yields with Four Leaf Powdered Rock Phosphate. Better stands more grain and hay and improved feeding value will result. Arrange now for early spring delivery. Share carload shipment for freight advantage. Call or write Bob Montgomery Keota representing Thomson Phosphate Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Montgomery
Keota
Thomson Phosphate Company
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Markets Report from Chicago
Market notes show limited new arrivals with an undertone steady. Week totals reveal hogs averaging 180 to 240 pounds at 7.85 to 8.15 with late sales around 7.70 to 8.00 for 240 to 320 pounds and 7.50 to 7.85 for 270 to 320 pounds. Cattle had no sales. fed steers and yearlings near week’s end, prime 1250-pounders topping at 16.00. cows and bulls mixed. Sheep at 103 pounds sold down to 10.50 with all classes steady to strong for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Grain table updates for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans
Chicago grain table reports open high low and close values for wheat corn oats and soybeans across contracts May July Sep and Sep futures. Wheat May 82 0.82 0.80 0.81 percent. Corn May 61 0.61 0.60 0.61. Oats May 35 0.35 0.85 0.35. Soybeans May 95 0.955 0.941 0.94 with July and Sep values noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Keb
Chicago Gash Corn Cash Grain Report
Chicago cash grain report lists corn and oats quality, with mixed lots and percentages. Corn samples show a range from 43% to 69% in different grades and yellow and white varieties with varying moisture and grading. Oats sample incomplete with heavy lots noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House Advances Bills Amid Republican Dominance
In a busy week, the House pushed measures including repeal of Sunday blue laws, curbs on loss leaders by merchants, and bills to place national bank employees under unemployment compensation. The chamber also approved live decoys for duck hunting and mandatory lighted bicycle tail lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
Iowa Looks Good to William Owen After Texas Visit
William Owen returned from a two month visit with son Elwyn in Amarillo Texas praising the climate and city but prefers the Cotter area. He says Iowa looks good and notes his cottage near the Cotter church as the best part of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter
William Owen
Elwyn
Amarillo
Texas
Owen
Iowa
Richard Thomas
Columbus Junction
Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Isaac Stone
Robert Duncan
Hugh Roberts
Kenneth Thomas
Roberts
Institute of International Relations
Washington
Harvey Thomas
Harold Orr
Mr. Orr
Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Will EK. Jones
White Way
Edwin Richards
John Arthur
Hiram Cramer
Cedar Falls
M. C. Martin, Jr
Howard Owens
H. Swainles
Sample XRace Race Report
Data fragment notes race shares with 34 percent to 3619 and 46 percent to 37. It mentions soybeans and a yellow figure 981 percent. Details are fragmented and lack clear events or entities.
Chicago Produce Market Reports Firm Fees and Strong Receipts
Chicago markets on February 1 show steady fees with receipts totaling 11 483 cases. Extra firsts account for 17 percent, fresh graded firsts 174, current receipts 15 percent, and dirties 14 percent. Checks also 14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Memphis Creates Boys Town for Troubled Boys
Judge Camille Kelley reframed two youths from reform school into a self run boys town in Gailor Hall Memphis Tenn Rev Vernon W Lane of Good Shepherd Church helped take on responsibility and volunteers supplied clothes and meals for the residents of Gailor Hall now known as Boys Town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Camille Kelley
Vernon W. Lane
Church of Good Shepherd
Gailor Hall
Unfaithful? Susan Rediscovers Confidence Through Change
Susan Jenkins, a devoted housewife, becomes entangled in imagined affairs as she suspects her husband contemplates a new manager. A gray hat and beauty routines spark a reinvigorated self view. Marthe Black manipulates social ties to push Susan toward a trustee role at a children’s home, renewing Ben’s pride and Susan’s interest in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Jenkins
Whittiers
Thompsons
Ben
Susan
Robert Black
Black
Douglas
Martha
Martha Black
Marthe
Guild
Rosebud
Madame
Whittaker’s Community Sale Aids Infantile Paralysis Fund
Patrons at Whittaker's sale raised 22.80 for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Clerk Mrs. Hubert Walker assisted committee members Mrs. Nels Westermark and Mrs. William Sitler. Buyers traveled from Fairfield Muscatine Batavia West Liberty Mt. Pleasant and Washington County. Top cow price 85 calves 25.75 sows 30. Auctioneers were Charles Brown and William Bruty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Hubert Walker
Nels B. Westermark
William Sitler
Fairfield
Muscatine
Batavia
West Liberty
Mt. Pleasant
Washington County
Charles Brown
William Bruty
Hollywood Stars Question Classic Film Flop Legend
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant dismissed The Aw ful Truth as an awful flop while praising their own performances. Ralph Bellamy opposed his role yet critics call the effort the finest work of the cast. Claudette Colbert resisted attending previews but later won praise and the Academy Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Ralph Bellamy
Claudette Colbert
Midway and Community Sales Schedule Across Iowa
A column lists multiple farm sales and dissolutions near Washington Keota Kinross Wellman Sigourney and Brighton with dates from February 6 to February 27. Sellers include Melo Kallous John Koch Elmus Brenneman J F and O W Lenz Robert J Shaw Roy C Steele Stewart and Thompson. Starts at 10:00 A M on sale days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Fridey City
Melo Kallous
Washington
Highway 92
Keota
John Koch
Hampshire
Elmus Rk
Brenneman
Kinross
Wellman
Traffic Police Flank Mobile Police in License Exam Sweep
Traffic officers and detectives from Mobile combined to flank two thirds of the city police force during a state driver’s license examination sweep. The operation aimed to test competence across ranks and highlighted enforcement efforts in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Three States Lead U S Whisky Production
The big three Kentucky Illinois and Indiana accounted for three fourths of US whisky. March output totaled 10,303,914 gallons with Kentucky producing 4,673,187 Indiana 1,442,125 and Indiana 1,334,935 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
United States
Americans Consume Over Five Tongues of Rattlesnake Meat Annually
Reports show U S residents eat more than five tongs of rattlesnake meat each year highlighting a niche protein trend. Researchers note regional dishes and growing interest in unconventional wildlife foods across several states.
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