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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
5
In Anita precincts of a special election on repealing the amendment, 169 votes favored keeping the wets and 155 opposed, with 2 ballots spoiled. About half the eligible voters participated, with 48 voting against repeal and 88 in favor in township precinct No 2. Overall, the repeal vote carried by a 21 vote margin, reflecting a wets majority of 21.
The report details statewide repeal margins around 3 to 2 with 108000 votes in rural counties and a total around 600000 across precincts including 304478 to 289858 for repeal. South and interior counties show strong support while Linn and Miss counties tilt heavily. Also notes reactions from leaders Clyde Herring and Iowa Prosperity Committee on temperance and revenue motives.
In Cass County a special election on repealing the 18th amendment produced 5,244 votes across 22 precincts. The wets won 2,681 to 2,663, with 9 precincts wet and 18 dry. Atlantic had wets in three of four precincts. Griswold and Massena favored dry. Casa Township and Noble also dry. The first supervisor district showed wet majorities in most precincts, totaling 481 to 862 against the repeal.
Slim Summerville and ZaSu Pitts headline the Rialto showing of Out All Night, a fast moving comedy with a Niagara Falls honeymoon caper and chase sequences. The feature stars Summerville and Pitts with Laura Hope Crews and Alexander Carr. Art Jarrett musical acts and Nick Kenny radio segments accompany the Universal release priced at 10c and 26c.
Ida L. Eby Smith widow of J B Smith died last Wednesday evening at her Adair home after a year of illness. Born November 17, 1856 in Tama County Iowa she was 76 years old. She lived in Eureka township Ohio and Anita before moving to Adair in March. Funeral services were at Eureka Center church Friday afternoon with Rev E L Anderson officiating. Burial in Eureka Center Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wm Sivadge John Pearce Dennis Pearce Wm Steele O S Plummer and James Broadfoot.
A concert in Anita Sunday afternoon features bands from Anita Adair Greenfield and Fontenelle. Over a hundred juvenile players perform under Prof Karl Blue at the Concert Park band shell. Public invitation to attend and enjoy the music. Dr C H Johnson and wife visited Gowrie Iowa last week.
A Des Moines report by D. W. Bates shows 433 of 712 Iowa banks operate without restrictions, with 379 under S. F. 111. Deposits at end of 1932 reached $261 million in unrestricted state banks and $127 million in banks under emergency provisions.National licenses and conservatorship figures are given, with $146.2 million in unrestricted state and private banks and $114.7 million in national banks, and $96.7 million and $31.2 million respectively in restricted banks.
At a managers meeting in Atlantic a season schedule was drawn up for Cass County baseball league play. The slate lists games from June 25 through August 20 featuring matchups among Atlantic Massena Anita Diamond Wiota Lewis and Wiota with results and venues. Ed L Newton and son in law Charles Salmon visited Nevada Iowa to see their son Glenn Newton and his family and attended a lumber company dog show.
The June meeting of the Greater Anita Club at the Voorhees Lodge elected officers for the year. Carl Hi. Miller became president with Glen A. Roy as vice president and H. P. Ziegler as secretary A. R. Robinson as treasurer Directors named H. C. Faulkner Dr. C. H. Johnson Ed. L. Newton A. R. Kohl and Frank A. Black. The program featured Hal Stone's Players music dancing numbers Mrs. Anita East Marsau of Springfield Missouri vocal notes a comical sketch by James Nelson and Raymond Barber and a talk by contractor John Gebuhr about the new Methodist church. Visiting followed the program.
The article warns that six weeks of scant rainfall in Towa and Anita areas has left lawns, gardens, and crops stressed. Strawberries and fruit have suffered, corn now at risk if dry conditions persist, while potatoes can be re planted before July 1. Local farmers and residents hope for a soaking rain as drought threatens a historically productive region. J W Long of Des Moines visited the area with his son Chester A Long. K J A club elected new officers: Mary Lowden president Anita Witte vice president Donna Dorsey secretary Amy Way treasurer Helen Zastrow reporter.
Dr. A G Black appointed production administrator for corn and hogs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, visiting Washington to assume duties with the U S Department of Agriculture. The move aims to raise farmer prices while coordinating with farm organizations, with no 1933 corn control planned this year and possible action on the fall pig crop. The article lists key aides and outlines broader AAA efforts in adjusting production and trade agreements across commodities. Also notes local social visit of C O Z club to Mrs Flavia Hook.
General Johnson Hagood, commanding the seventh corps area in Omaha, announced that no basic or first year candidates will be trained in Citizens' Military Training Camps this year. Only those with prior CMTC training may attend, and camp quotas are reduced due to lower funds.
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