Fight Over State Income Tax Becomes Active Political Issue
Iowa debate centers on who pays the income tax as policymakers consider a full return to taxation next year. The piece traces theoretical and practical fairness between farmers and nonfarmers, noting how rural property and nonfarm incomes shape revenue and the Farm Bureau push for state funding of schools and roads. It discusses tax division among urban and rural areas and the role of labor and education groups in the lobbying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Henderson
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Community and livestock sale notices and local visits
Weekly sales schedule lists Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday and Tuesday livestock auctions at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Ollie and at Ollie Livestock Exchange. Public auctions planned for Crawfordsville Kahoka Washington and other local towns with estate and Hampshire sheep sales. Local residents and visitors noted including Mrs R G Humston Frank Skubal Riley Greetan and the Coon family with 4H events and visits near Clearfield and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Crawfordsville
Daisy R. Huber
Rev Rollens Speaks At Eicher Church Missionary From India
Rev John Rollens a former India missionary of 18 years spoke at the Eicher Church Sunday evening. He now attends Iowa Wesleyan College as a medical student. The program was sponsored by the C E K of the church with Crawfordsville high school students performing.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Sexton
Dallas Leichty
Leonard Leichty
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Edward Freyenberger
Goshen
Ind
Riverside Says Farewell to War Hero Robert C. Kucera
Riverside mourns T/5 Corporal Robert Clair Kucera killed when his ship struck a mine off New Caledonia en route to a mission. His body arrived in San Francisco, then Chicago, then Riverside for burial with services at St. Mary’s Church by Rev. Thomas L. Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Robert Clair Kucera
T/5
Corporal Kucera
New Caledonia
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Mary's Church
Thomas L. Wolfe
Robert
Arthur
Louis Libenguth
Jimmie Schnoebelen
St. Mary's High School
American Legion Post
St. Marys High School
St. Mary’s Holy Name Society
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Walters
Texas
Camp Gordon
Clement Thomas
Stephen Dautremont
Melvin Bone
Francis Rice
Charles Rotenburger
American Legion
Ivan Shradel
Oral Rath
Clayton Wingler
Norbert Thomann
Bernard O'Conner
Edward Dunn
Burton Fox
Maynard Schneider
Edwin Waldschmidt
Art Hill
Glen Younkin
John Soukup, Jr
Iowa City Friends Dined with H Coon Family
Sunday dinner guests at the Filton Coon home in Round Grove included Mr. and Mrs. John Swartzendruber and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards of Iowa City, and others. Additional visits came from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Showalter with Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Showalter of Rock Island, and more locals calling on Hilton Coon. The gathering continued with Mr. and Mrs Pill Crandall, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Werr and family, Flora Greiner, and Hazel Amlong joining in the evening alongside Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Whetatine, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Zahhs and Mike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Filton Coon
John Swartzendruber
Joann
Jimmy
Fred Edwards
Iowa City
Fred Showalter
Donald
Robert Showalter
Rock Island
Harry Showalter
Pill Crandall
Dale Werr
Flora Greiner
Hazel Amlong
Hilton Coons
Edgar Whetatine
Dean Zahhs
Mike
Demand for Soybeans in Wartime U.S. Agriculture
Demand for farm products shifts continually with wartime needs. Soybeans rose to high prices as foreign fats and oils sources closed during World War II, with future demand tied to competition and new uses under development.
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United States
Egyptians Cultivated Watermelon During Pyramid Age
Ancient Egyptians growing watermelons amid pyramid construction, evidence from early agricultural practices and crop history. The text notes cultivation alongside monumental building and food supply needs in antiquity.
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Pyramids
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T. L. Brookhart
Washington
Mary Sechantz
Office
Raymond Rich
Roberta and
Keith
T. F. White
W. R. Sechantz
William
Rebecca Safely
Axura
Calif
Harris Beese
Wayland
Bieber Sunday School
MCC
Akron
Leon Lodders
Newton
Lodders
P. P. Wenger
Eicher Sunday School
Utah
E. L. MaccMillen
Jack Guenther
George Greisbach
Shirley Hickey
Bryce Canyon
International Soundphoto
By Ken Reynolds
Alvin
Journal
Sales Pavilion
Kahoka
Missouri
R. G. Humston
Frank Skubal
Lone Tree
Skubal
Riley Greetan
Carl Kauffman
Hilton Coon
Merle Colton
Elvin McMath
Winfield
Clearfield
Mary Lou Coon
Judy Skubal
Dorothy MccCreedy
ROY Brewer & Sons
Rollens
Eicher Church
Speaker
India
Iowa Wesleyan
Vernon W. Frey
Charles Ingmanson
Olds
Kenneth Goff
Sam Nebel
Clayton Nebel
James Stoops
Wm. Leichty
Daniel Schantz
O. F. Frey
Evoready Plumbing & Heating
Kucera
Pacific Area
H. Coon
George
Jim Hotle
East Washington
Reister
Reamery
Hatchery
John Blick
Honeymead
Occident
Nicola
Feed & Grain
West Chester
Finance
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank System
GEO. D.umphrey
Sec.treas
Washington, Jefferson & van Buren Counties
Jeffrey Bldg
Local Representation
Hostetler
Kalona Bank
Kalona
Toa
Purina
Purina Broiler Chow
Mangold
South Ave
D. W.L
Col
Little
Mangold’s Service
South Second Avenue
Bill
Ralph H. Eden
Limestone
Willis Richards
Brown Finance Co
Auro
Court House
Ward A. Edwards
Marion
McAllister
McAllister Seed Farms
Mt. Union
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
Call
Washington Concrete Co
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