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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1934
Page
3
Des Moines report notes the house passed administration bill H F No. 1 after days of debate while the senate, after six weeks of taxation discussions, prepared to report to conference committees. A Monday vote set the bill as a special order with amendments likely to alter income and sales tax structures and impact property tax relief.
After years in Europe society girl Stanley Paige returns to New York and confronts love as Perry Devecrest and Drew Armitage compete for her heart. Drew declares passion during a mountain drive and Stanley yields to romance, fatefully choosing love in a scene of springtime escape.
After ten days of study the senate committee on liquor control agreed Wednesday night and reported Friday morning. The bill would create a five man commission with $5 000 salaries and state dispensaries with $1 consumer licenses. It is expected to pass both houses in this form, possibly after conference. Senator Frailey urged making the house bill a senate special order after the tax measure. The hard liquor act may not be a January passage.
A new Indiana law lowers annual automobile license fees with tiered reductions after each registration year and eventual elimination of car value tax with a $7.50 minimum. Refunds are available for 1934, and counties may extend bond payments for up to one year to avoid direct property tax increases. The measure, along with other small bills, passed amid broader tax actions in the legislature.
The house votes swing wildly as a steamroller effort to replace the original tax bill with a gross income tax proposal begins, led by Arch McFarlane and others from Blackhawk Polk Story and Iowa. The party searches for five leaders to head liquor control while noting candidate speculation and Governor material questions.
Havre co operative association sent a double deck car of hoes to Farmers Union Livestock Commission in Chicago. Load weighed 27 270 pounds with 140 pounds shrink and hogs sold at 3 60 on a 3 65 top. Direct selling and shipping cost hog raisers much, but farmers value their shipping association again.
The article notes that two thousand years ago the idea of unselfishness and the principle of treating others as one would wish to be treated were unfamiliar. It compares these ethical notions to early absence of railroads, automobiles, or airplanes in the common mind.
A historical quotation credits Madame de Stael with noting that empires and rebels both eventually submit to the same fate. The line underscores inevitability of power and submission across eras.
The piece argues that the voice of history forbids despair yet demands progress and reform for a better future, urging reflection and action.
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