Iowa Use Tax Ruled Invalid In Extraterritorial Reach
Des Moines May 14 A Iowa Supreme Court ruling held the state use tax unconstitutional to the extent it targets articles bought outside Iowa for Iowa use. The decision, 4 to 3, says Iowa cannot regulate Sears Roebuck activities outside the state, with Montgomery Ward bound by mutual agreement. Sears Roebuck annual mail order business in Iowa totals about 5.5 million dollars, and the tax would be roughly 110 thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
State Supreme Court
High Court
Wwmm. Hamilton
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward Company
Supreme Court
Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck Company
Lowa
Miner Dies in Attempt to Corral a Mule
NEWTON Iowa ge 9 coal miner heart attack while attempting to corral a mule at a boy joining Colfax. He left a wife and two daughters. In Corydon, Kivin Petty 26 was slightly injured when a 12 ton road tractor he drove went through a county bridge north of Corydon and fell five feet into a stream.
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Newton
George
Colfax. H & Daughters
Corydon
Kivin Petty
Major Iowa Civil War veterans continue service at historic building
Des Moines reports guard John S. Merriam celebrated his ninety fifth birthday on the job at the state historical building while adjutant T. J. Nel Grinnell of the state Grand Army of the Republic fears they may be the last Civil War veterans still working in Iowa. Merriam is 95, born December 12.
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Des Moines
John S. Merriam
State Historical Building
Merriam
T. J. Nel Grinnell
State Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
Noll
Grant Wood paints Adolescence with early crowing rooster
Grant Wood, renowned Iowa artist and University of Iowa faculty member, unveils Adolescence depicting a young skinny rooster attempting its first crow at dawn. Two older hens, a Rhode Island Red and a Plymouth Rock, glare in disdain as the scene captures youth's anticipation.
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Iowa City
Grant Wood
Iowa
University of Iowa
Rhode Island Reds
Craynes Divorced Wife Drowns in Hudson Plane Crash
Georgette Gay doul, 26, of Martindale New York divorced wife of Dick Crayne former University of Iowa football star, drowned when a plane struck wires and plunged into the Hudson river at Hudson New York. Crayne is coaching at Western Union college.
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LE Mars - Georgette Gaydoul
Martindale
N. Y
Dick Crayne
University of Iowa
Hudson, N. Y
Hudson River
Crayne
Western Union College
Boys Find Abandoned Baby on Their Doorstep
Fort Dodge Iowa police took a two week old baby found abandoned on a doorstep to Mercy hospital. The discovery was made by O H Gernhart’s sons while their parents were out of town. A bottle of milk and a milk formula were found with the infant.
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Fort Dodge
Thres
O. H. Gernhart
Forte Dodge
Gernhart
Mercy Hospital
Trial on Greiner Hicks suit stalls over legal points
The Blanch Greiner administratrix for Daniel Greiner sues W P Hicks for 10000 dollars over a two truck crash near Downers Grove. Trial halted as defense seeks to prove the Tri City Packing truck backed into the road. Administratrix testimony interrupted by adjournment of jury.
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Blanche Greiner
Daniel Greiner
W. P Hicks
Greiner
Downers Grove
Jib
Edward Wolfe
Cecil Long
Washington
Hicks
Chicago
Tri-City Packing Company
I. L. Block
Frank Beatty
Sigourney
Pay Bills Promptly Campaign Starts In Washington County
L. O. Willows, a special credit bureau representative, aids the Credit Reference Exchange of Washington County in surveying past due accounts. The effort stresses paying bills on time to protect honest buyers and prevent slow payments, with records that travel with families moving and a network through the Associated Credit Bureaus of America to transfer reports regionally.
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Washington
L. O. Willows
Special Credit Bureau
Credit Reference Exchange
Washington County
Mr. Willows
Associated Credit Bureaus of American
L3sv Credit Exchanges
Ankeny Fire Destroys Two Business Buildings
A blaze in Ankeny Iowa at 40 a m destroyed two adjoining structures. The brick building housed the Sexton restaurant a beauty shop a harness shop and a veterinarian office with the Sexton family escaping with only their clothes. The adjacent frame building contained Lambertis grocery and occupant Frank Miller fled in night attire.
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Ankeny
Iowa
Sexton
Lamberti
Frank Miller
Stolen Car Ring Tied to Washington and Iowa incidents
A man described as five seven, dark complexioned and wearing work clothes is accused of posing as a Washington resident to buy used cars in Iowa towns including Sigourney Oskaloosa and Wheokuk. He allegedly offered a 1929 Whippet and left with a car in Washington while a similar scheme occurred in several other Iowa locations. The suspect, a former Missouri state prison inmate released last December, is being checked by Sheriff H. M. Putnam for matching identity.
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Oskaloosa
Washington
Sigourney
Bine
Millan
Missouri State Prison
Te Wis
Grand Barcony
H. M. Putnam
Wheokuk
Shullfield
Iowa
Reckless Driving Leads to 30 Day Jail Stay for Two Albin Youths
Chief Jay Brown of the Washington police arrested two Albin youths near Lincoln school grounds for reckless driving and nuisance behavior. Silvio Donato, 23, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and Beleste Donato, 21, admitted intoxication. Both from Albia, they were sentenced to 30 days in county jail. A cousin who had been with them earlier was not arrested.
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Jay Brown
Washington Police Department
Albin
Lincoln
Justice of the Peace J. &, Hovee
Silvio Donato
Beleste Denato
Albia
Census Taker Called on You in Washington 1940 Count
Officials urge Washington residents to verify 1940 census participation as enumeration closes. Secretary O E Schmitt of the Chamber of Commerce calls on uncounted individuals and requests reports of others not counted. The city’s ten year official population hinges on this count and growth is shown by the 1930 comparison.
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Washington
O. E. Schmitt
The
Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Miller Spends Day with Manchester Parents
Clarence Miller spent today in Manchester with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harley Miller.
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Clarence Miller
Manchester
Mrs
Harley Miller
Funds For Defense debated by Roosevelt aides
President Roosevelt may ask Congress to choose between new taxes or raising the debt limit to 45 billion dollars to finance stronger national defenses. Stephen Early said Roosevelt would comment after White House meetings with war and navy leaders and military committees. The administration notified twenty other American republics of the outline.
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Washington, D. C
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
War and Pavy Department
Senate
House
Washington High on Approved List
Principal George Fields announced Washington high school is placed on the North Central Association approved list for the next year. The school has remained on the list since 1916 and will join in a protest against Germany's invasion of Holland and Belgium.
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George Fields
Washington High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Proclamation by Dutch General Calls Ceasefire Fronts
Dutch Gen Henri Winkelman orders cessation of fighting on main Holland fronts around Rotterdam and Utrecht to save cities from destruction and fire. He notes continued combat in Zeeland while blackout ends and Dutch resistance winds down.
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Amsterdam
U.P
Henri G. Winkelman
Holland
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Winkelman
Zeeland
Disease Cost in County Far Exceeds One Million Dollars
Dr. Haygood, director of local health for the state department of health, told the Rotary club that “useless” diseases cost the public about 77 dollars per year per capita. He said Washington county faces roughly one million dollars in annual losses and that the department is directing efforts to salvage part of this. He spoke of his many years in public health work.
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Mfef. Haygood
State Department of Health
Rotary Club
Washington County
Haygood
South
Haysood
D.C. Barrett
Miss Tone Steele Bang
Betty Chels
Apd
J. A. Jones
G . Father
Rotary
Market Dump Sends Bills Into Billion-Dollar Slide
On May 14 in New York billions of dollars were erased from securities values on U S exchanges amid a selling wave and wild rumors. Stocks suffered their worst decline in years with top grade investments dumped in heavy volume as market mood soured.
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New York
Grain Prices Fall On War News In America
Wheat futures slid ten cents a bushel on the Chicago board of trade with Kansas City and Minneapolis reports showing heavy liquidation. Traders dumped holdings after allied reverses in rope, sending corn and other grains to new lows.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City
Minnea
Allied
Winga Heads Y Directors In Washington Y Board Meeting
John Winga was reelected president of the Wash ing ton Y.M.C.A. for the fourth year at last night’s annual meeting. R E K Shannon became a new board member and was chosen vice president. F L Stewart was recording secretary and Leslie Dunlop treasurer. The board also approved inviting the United Presbyterian church assembly to meet in Washington in 1941 to help the local congregation observe its centennial. A delegation will present the invitation at Buffalo by Rev. W M Nichol. B Squire will attend a conference on swimming pool sanitation in Ames. Members listed include Joly Winga Ralph Shame non Fred L Stewart Leslie Duelap John Lemmon Harry Ragie sever G N Barclay Ch Davis Claude Tucker Ric A Stewart Cloud Willits R E Brown J M Bratten H Walker and Ralph L Livingstem.
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John When
Mc.a
R. EK. Shannon
FL. B. Stewart
Leslie Dunlop
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
U. P
Buffalo
W. M. Nichol
Keokuk
B. Squire
Ames
Y.M.C
Joly Winga
Ralph Shamenon
Fire Crews Quell Lumber Blaze at Local Home
Firemen were summoned yesterday afternoon to move the Parmerg Mutual truck to the Vern Hieper residence north of town where a lumber pile burned. They feared the wood would ignite but the flames did not spread and no water was thrown.
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Parmerg* Mutual
Vern Hieper
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