Iowa Observes Corn Empire Day With Tax Reform Talk
The Better Washington club held an October meeting at the Y M C A where Supt J A Peet Washington city schools and John Speidel state legislator spoke on gross income tax and tax reform. The discussion covered replacement taxes and the potential impact on property taxes with questions from attendees. E D Morrison and A E Atchison participated in leading the debate.
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Tax overhaul ideas stir talk at Iowa tax study meeting
Speidel outlines options to curb property taxes and consider replacing them with a sales or net income tax. He cautions against universal taxation and urges a feasible plan with a stopgap approach while noting legislation passage risks and administration ease.
State Aid to Farm Group Confirmed
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld Crawford County Court findings that state funds aiding county farm bureaus benefit all agriculture and that counting 200 subscribers as eligibility is legal. The ruling affirms Judge Fuller and ties to the Blum brothers case linked to Denison unrest.
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Stores Exempt Under Code in Smaller Towns
Clarifies that exemptions under the presidents re employment order apply only to employers in towns with under 2 500 population. The confusion over store size and town population in the retail code is resolved.
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Wade Scranton of Ainsworth Wins Klein Klothing Ko Contest
Wade Scranton of Ainsworth won first prize in the Klein Klothing Ko contest for the five best ears of corn among 48 entries. T. McCoy of Crawfordsville placed second. other winners include K. Roy Bell, Leona Havel, J. O. Crawford, Arnold Pence, and James Havel Jr. The event drew strong interest as the Klein display window showcases the golden corn.
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Washington
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Aineworth
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James Havel, Jr
Klein
Corn Featured In Washington County Cor Empire Days
Harvest time in the corn belt brings display of corn and corn products in Washington's square. Washington and nearby communities honor farmers with exhibits that celebrate a corn crop valued higher than last year by forty two million dollars per U. S. Department of Agriculture. Citizens applaud farmers and corn belt leaders during Cor Empire days.
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Will Rogers tour notes and airline travel impressions
Santa Monica and Fort Worth report the Will Rogers crew traveling aboard Regular American Airways flights. Passengers slept through night landings with a co pilot converting seats into beds while flying El Paso to Phoenix. Farley tour chat drew thousands and left crowds pleased, though some hoped for postcards.
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Generally fair tonight then colder with freezing temps
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight, followed by a drop in temperature to freezing levels on Wednesday, signaling a colder spell ahead.
Catholic Bishop Thomas W Drumm Dies in Des Moines
Des Moines Oct 240 Most Rev Thomas W Drumm bishop of the Catholic diocese of Des Moines died today at Mercy hospital from high blood pressure and related complications.
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Why Iowa Is Great The Corn Empire Ranks FIRST in Corn
The piece extols Iowa as a vast fertile land with unparalleled soil and high agricultural output. It highlights Iowa leading in corn production and various farm metrics, praising wealth, land value, and literacy while lauding the state as a garden-like, model of rural abundance.
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Rural teachers attend institute in county courthouse
About 104 rural teachers joined a county wide rural teachers institute at the courthouse with geography demonstrations and talks by Dr. D. C. Steelkmith and Supt. J. H. Peet. Clara Wallace and Pearl Ritter led geography lessons for sixth to seventh grade and fourth to fifth grade. County Superintendent Lester U B Krabill directed the program following yesterday’s one day institute for grade teachers.
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J. H. Peet
Steelxmith
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State Department of Public Instruction
Pearl Ritter
Jexson
Eluseen
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Miss Ritter
Lester UB Krabill
Barn Fire Destroys J. H. McCreedy’s Horse Barn
A horse barn at J. H. McCreedy's farm north of Hackins burned to the ground in the morning amid strong winds. No one was inside. a neighbor alerted Moe Me Creedy in the basement. Insurance was reported, and a larger barn remains on the property with hay and corn burned.
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State-wide Observance Honoring Iowa Corn Empire Day
Iowa will pause on October 26 for a state wide observance of Corn Empire Day highlighting corn as the nations key crop. Gov Clyde L Herring urged widespread recognition of Iowa corn value citing 1933 crop worth about 145.8 million dollars and Iowa leading in production and farm wealth with broad industrial ties to corn processing and by products.
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