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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1933
Page
1
Oklahoma City oilman Charles F. Urschel, 40, released by swarthy gunmen after nine days in captivity near Norman. Ransom details kept secret. friend Arthur Seeligson confirms payment. Urschel in good health, eyes bloodshot, spoke little on return.
District Attorney Eugene Stanley prepares to inspect last November's constitutional amendment ballots for fraud as Gov. O K Allen enacts martial law to shield a grand jury. Judge O Donnell orders ballots to open court while Huey P. Long’s faction lobbies for protection and ballot destruction.
The speaker, a father named Claude Callan, expresses wish for his son Joe to take any job even at small wages to reduce idle time and save money. The quotation centers on frugal living and practical concern for family finances.
The Public Works Administration allotted $11,000,000 for the nine foot channel on the upper Mississippi River as part of a $100,000,000 package to advance major national projects. Secretary Ickes cited plans to use $124,000,000 as the estimated total needed to complete the Mississippi River project and noted pending consideration of the All American canal.
Mahatma Gandhi his wife and 33 followers were arrested at Sabarmati as they begin a noncooperation campaign for independence. They were taken to Sabarmati jail and Gandhi to Yeranda jail Poona with parole possible. Disciples including Nila Cram Cook and Margaret Spiegel were also noted in the dispatch.
Forty state troopers clashed with 400 milk strikers north of Boonville New York today. Tear gas bombs and riot sticks drove the crowd back after airmen blocked Sheffield. Several strikers were knocked unconscious and three were seriously hurt.
In Brownsville and Uniontown areas of southwestern Pennsylvania, six men were wounded in clashes between pickets and deputy sheriffs at the Star Junction mine. Dozens were gassed, and a baby narrowly escaped being hit as tear gas shells exploded along the road. Louis Podorsky of Allison died, the strike zone’s first fatality as guards and troops mobilize.
President Roosevelt today signed the wool textile code establishing a 40 hour work week with minimum wages of 14 dollars weekly in the north and 13 dollars in the south. The measure is expected to bring 27 000 more workers into employment.
The article notes a refinancing plan to loan up to 2.2 billion dollars to farmers, approved during the last session of Congress. It highlights the government’s intent to provide large-scale credit support to agricultural producers.
Des Moines announces the 1934 Iowa high school basketball tournament will be held in Cedar Falls at the city gym, replacing Des Moines as the site. The decision was made at a board meeting in Cedar Falls, with prior hosts Iowa City and Des Moines noted in past years.
Muscatine merchants and heads of department stores unanimously approved uniform opening hours as part of Roosevelt's recovery program. Starting Wednesday shops will run 8:30 a m to 5 p m Monday through Friday and 8:30 a m to 9:30 p m Saturday. The move aims to create more jobs under the 40 hour code.
Washington reports outline of a presidential agreement code for food and grocery distributors. It defines distributors including wholesale and retail, protects employee rights to organize, and prohibits forced union membership as a condition of employment. Continued on Page 7, Col. 1.
Police besiege a Springfield New Jersey hotel room for over 30 minutes using tear gas to capture the itinerant razor blade salesman known as Grumpy Moore after he mortally wounded Officer Pertory. Moore had fired a rifle at the door as officers attempted to arrest him over a complaint involving a 14 year old guest.
Across Iowa communities including Fairfield Des Moines Spencer Farragut Ottumwa and Grundy Center businesses and individuals joined the national industrial recovery code. Firms set prices and hours while others signed pledge cards displayed NRA insignia and encouraged consumer support for code compliant shops.
The Muscatine button workers union, with about 500 attending Moose Hall, will send resolutions to General Hugh S. Johnson on wage scales and hours. A 10 member committee will draft the resolutions for Friday’s meeting, with speakers including A. L. St Denis J. A. Rehmer and D. J. Lewis from Des Moines.
Washington code sections limit retail employers to pay 40 hours weekly standard with 48 hours in peak periods for up to three weeks in six months and prohibit reducing weekly hours below 52 unless preexisting. It defines minimum weekly wages by city size and region, with tiered rates from 13 to 14 dollars per week and includes exemptions for certain professionals and outside workers.
Archibald M. Johnson, youngest son of Senator Hiram Johnson, shot himself at his Hillsborough home. Found by his butler about 3 am, he left two notes for his parents. A practicing attorney in San Francisco, he served in World War I and was wounded at Chateau Thierry.
Stella Christoff a 17 year old Edwardsville girl is jailed in Madison county after admitting she killed Nelson Voss a rural mail carrier on July 13 near her home eight miles southeast of here. State's Attorney M L Geers said she fired because he tried to kiss her. Her cousin Steve Petroff 37 is held for questioning.
Industry administrator Hugh S. Johnson enforces 40 hour weeks and higher wages for retail stores, aiming to create about 1,000,000 new jobs across food, furniture, clothing, hardware and mail order sectors. Food dealers face a 48 hour week with unique clerks rules. non food retailers face 40 hours with regionally adjusted minimum wages. Child labor limits and a 52 hour minimum operation are included while steel code hearing continues.
President Roosevelt holds a conference with Raymond Moley to discuss federal aid to state efforts against the kidnaping racket. The meeting comes amid moves to expand the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation and possible uniform state attack plans.
A weary narrator describes pulling shades down and setting with feet on the table, stressing plain mood over style. The line conveys fatigue and a quiet, solitary moment without dramatic action.
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