Jowa House Passes Highways and Auto License Bill
Des Moines reports the Iowa House passed the motor vehicle license bill and a good roads measure, while debates continue in the Senate. The bill sets a minimum $15 license fee for cars and trucks, with 12 percent extra on cars over $1,000. The measure faces Senate action Thursday as joint bills move through committees.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Arch McFarlane
Speaker McFarlane
Kimball
Judiciary Committee
Evans
Butler County
No License for Fishermen Follows Senate Vote
The Iowa senate defeated a bill requiring fishermen and hunters to obtain licenses. It passed a companion measure to loosen funds for state parks by restricting use of hunters stem funds until fish and game law goals are met. A Haskell bill on supervisor bounds lets voters decide board size and districting, with districts aligned to supervisors and residents. counties may choose at large or district elections.
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House
Pocahomtasa County
Towa Animal Health Commission
Senate Insurance Committee
Insurance Bureau
State Insurance Commissioner
Senate Committee
Rating Bureau
Brookhart
Senate
Whitmore
Parker
van Alstine
Price
Board of Supervisors
Haskell
Quaker Oats Plant Closes in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa April 9 250 workers lose jobs as Quaker Oats plant shuts down due to nationwide oversupply of substitutes. The mill will not be dismantled and may reopen later. Superintendent RK McCormack to move to Peterboro Ontario.
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Fort Dodge
RK. W. McCormack
Peterboro
Ontario
Davenport Masons Plan $500000 Temple in Davenport
Davenport Masons announce a new permanent temple on the half block south of Seventh Street between Main and Brady, with total cost about half a million dollars including building furnishings and site. The project will be funded largely by existing assets, with possible sale of the current Third and Main temple. The temple will be for Masonic use only, including an auditorium for 2500, dining hall for 1000 to 1200, multiple lodge rooms, and clubrooms.
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Davenport
Kaaba Temple
Trinity Church
Main Street
Masonic Temple
Man's life saved by rubber roots
A live wire knocked down by the storm danger in Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 9, prompted a quick rescue. A man’s life was saved by rubber roots and prompt action as officials responded to the downed line.
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R. E. Spaur
E Spaur
Sater
Council Bluffs, In
Conductor Finds Woman Passenger In Dying Condition
On a Burlington train near Hamburg the conductor found Mrs. J. H. Crownover 63 of Hickory Plains Ark in dying condition after boarding at Hamburg from Kansas City. Doctor Coleman of Warragut arrived but she died before Shenandoah. Crownover family moving to Shenandoah. sister Mrs. James Kelsey in Hand Memorial hospital. other relatives in Shenandoah.
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Burlington
Hamburg
J. H. Crownover
Hickory Plains
Ark
Kansas City
Coleman
Warragut
Crownover
Alue
Burlington Station
James Kelsey
Hand Memorial Hospital
Thomas Tyner
Sheridan
Wyo
Farm Help Scarce Wages Are High
Indications point to a farm labor shortage in Iowa this year. A Guthrie survey shows nineteen counties requesting eight to 25 workers, with wages for single men $60 to $60 and married men $50 to $70 on average. Highest top wage for a married man is $100 in Ida county. Sioux county pays $90 for a married man. The overall average is $40 to $65. Hamburg elected a mayor and business remained unchanged.
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Iowa
W. J. Guthrie
Iowa State College
Ahowe
Guthrie
Ida County
Sioux County
Walburn Anounced As Retired Preacher Turned Fire Insurance Agent
A. A. Walburn, former preacher and fire insurance agent, is identified in Des Moines materials as returning to lead via Methodist church conference by Friday. He stands on a platform favoring pene business cafe homes and a clean city, though he has not preached for some time.
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A. A. Walburn
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Teachers Strike Forces Double Wage Increase in Nevada
Nevada Iowa teachers, refusing the board’s offer, held out and won a doubled raise. Superintendent J R Cougill’s pay rises from 2100 to 2400 dollars a year as teachers continue to press for better terms.
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Nevada
J. R. Cougill
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