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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
7
The fragment lists percentages and numbers for months and crops, mentioning oats and various percentages. It reads like supply notes with figures such as 14514 and 14614, and percentages around 138 to 149, plus 73% for oats. No coherent event or names are identifiable from the text.
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers introduced bills to repeal the 1947 county assessor law and adjust the system to ship townships. The senate proposed six year terms for deputy assessors and appointment by county supervisors. A separate house measure would restore township assessors citing suffrage and centralization concerns. Deputy appointees would face qualifying exams under the senate plan.
President Truman signs Senate Bill 103, increasing his annual salary from 75,000 to 100,000 and granting a new tax free 50,000 expense allowance. He already has 40,000 tax free travel and entertainment funds requiring no immediate public accounting.
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