Iowa legislature opens with 23 bills in play on day one
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislature opened its session with 15 Senate bills and 8 in the House. Key measures include the inheritance tax, a bluesky licensing scheme for securities, auto license fee adjustments, and a six year reduction plan. Several bills aim to raise assessors’ pay and authorize feeble minded and epileptic admissions to state facilities. The code revision bill advances in the Senate after House passage, with a 16 member committee to review revision matters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Iham
Weaver
Brookhart
Walter Ramsay
L. D. Ross
Secretary Ofate
Whitmore
Apello County
Representative Weaver
Polk
Secretary of State
Billould
Senator Whitmore
Boone County
Iowa City
Woodward
Washington County
Pitt
Harison
Price
Monroe
Would Tax U. S. Securities Held by Banks in Iowa
Iowa debates a Brookhart bill to exempt government securities held by banks from state tax. Critics warn schemes to swap securities evade taxes, while supporters cite reciprocity with federal tax rules. Real estate transfers and a note on Britain’s job plan accompany the piece.
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U. S
Iowa
Des Moines
Brookhart
Wwaetanstn
Friends of the
Brookhart Bill
Women Voters Back Big Program of Betterment for Sex
Des Moines Jan 19 At a League of Women Voters meeting the program of the nation wide organization will be outlined and discussed. A rally later in the month aims to launch a Polk county drive for 1000 memberships. The group backs Sheppard Towner Curtis-Gard Rogers Fess Smith Towner and Gronna bills advancing women and education and meat regulation.
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Des Moines
League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Nation
Polk County
District of Columbia
Rogers
Fess
Smith- Towner
Department of Education
Gronna
Federal Livestock Commission
Algona murder case friend expect confession at hearing
In Algona Iowa rumors swirl as L T Benjamin faces a hearing for the alleged murder of his wife Minnie. Neighbors and relatives expect a confession while townspeople fear mob violence. Funeral services for Minnie Benjamin were held with the community united in sorrow.
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Algona
Will L. T. Benjamin
Minnie
Benjamin
Imade
B. M. Southgate
Chicago
Paul
Ralph Benjamin
Des Moines
E. D. McDade
Congregational Church
Congrégational Church
Red Cross
Inheritance falls to vanishing point Chariton Iowa man gets $6 11
Chariton January news item notes G B Minstburp secretary of the Chariton commercial club details a tiny inheritance of $6.11 received by Eastburn from the estate of Thomas Stephenson a wool manufacturer from Bradfod England. The bulk of the property went to nearer relatives with larger sums to closer kin.
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Iowa
Chariton
G. B. Minstburp
Chariton Commercial Club
Eastburn
Thomas Stephenson
Bradfod
England
Hiesser
English and American Lawyers Paid With Low Exchange Rates
The article notes fees for English barristers and American attorneys have been paid, and accounting for the low exchange rate left little remaining.
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