Muscatine Journal merged and publication details
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, merged by Journal Printing Co. in 1887, consolidated with the Journal and News-Tribune on Sept. 2, 1918. It is a member of the Associated Press and Lee Newspaper Syndicate. Subscription terms note daily and weekly rates, advance payments, and mailing zones.
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the Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune BY Journal Printing CO
Journal and News-Tribune
Associates Press
Associated Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Iowa
Daily Journal
Muscatine
Goldfish bowl and a new deal in steel hearings
Washington correspondent Ruby A. Black reports General Hugh S. Johnson calls the NRA a goldfish bowl as hearings on the steel industry code highlight Frances Perkins urging a new deal for steel workers. Perkins outpoints Robert Lamont in lucid forceful testimony praising safety gains and proposing abolition of both business and labor espionage. The piece notes the limit of disclosure in the goldfish bowl and reflects on communism's limited gains in America.
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Ruby A. Black
Muscatine Journal
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Commerce Building
Miss Black
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Miss Perkins
Robert P. Lamont
Iron and Steel Institute
The Man Who Cares About Nazi Fashion Dictator’s Hat Edict
The piece portrays Adolf Hitler’s plan to control women’s dress via Frau Goebbels and a state fashion bureau. It argues the scheme overreaches by dictating hats for 30 million German women, predicting strong resistance and possible failure.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Frau
Magda Goebbels
Propaganda
Hitler
Artist Revealed Behind Glow on Flowerseed Packets
A remarkable figure emerges as the unnamed artisan who creates the glowing artwork for flowerseed packets. The description credits a man whose skill elevates natural imagery beyond typical seed art.
Centenarian Georgia Woman Has Never Seen An Automobile
A Georgia woman over 100 years old reveals she has never seen a car. The remark is tied to a local belief that reckless drivers face punishment, implied by the idea that speeding motorists “land in the cooler.”
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Georgia
Shadow of a plane proves sunlit rules explainable
The cartoon explains that sun parallel rays keep a plane's shadow the same size at any altitude while ground observers see a halo as the shadow blurs at high altitude. It notes how shadows change with air clarity and altitude and predicts shifts in dollar and economic outlook in August.
Recognition and policy shifts stir Washington chatter
The National Whirligig reports that the Roosevelt administration may back into recognizing Soviet Russia starting with trade agreements, possibly sending a commission headed by Richard Washburn Child. Fechner gains sole control of large CCC expenditures, and federal pay reforms and jobless figures loom. Mrs. Roosevelt travels with Loren Hickook. Prof. Ray Moley returns to Washington after a housing setback.
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Washington
George Durne
Roosevelt
America
Soviet Russia
Child
White House
Russia
Richard Washburn Child
Harding
Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
News Behind the News in Washington and New York Gossip
The report describes government aides moving a person to a hotel for directions from Assistant Mullen, the search for a rented home, and Moley’s energetic tour of rooms. It notes an Irish Chicago girl quietly typing confidential material in the Postmaster General Farley’s ante room and the job-placement tensions among insiders. It adds a remark on Secretary Hull’s aide seeking a minor diplomatic post and the adage about inside influence.
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O. K
Sprague
New York
London
Treasury
Wall
Federal Reserve
William Woodin
Wall Street
Washington
LABOR
Green
Richberg
Federation
NIRA
William Green
General Johnson
NRA
White House
Ray Moley
New Wesley Heights
State
Mullen
Moley
Chicago
Whea
Farley
Hull
Fifty Years Ago Muscatine School Name Second Assistant
E F Schall of Detroit was named second assistant principal at Muscatine High School succeeding Wicher. W H Schafer joined J A Bishop and Company before moving to Charles B Fuller in Muscatine.
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E. F. Schall
Detroit
Mich
Muscatine High School
Wicher
W. H. Schafer
J. A. Bishop and Company
Muscatine
Charles B. Fuller
Pitt Parker
Plymouth
San Francisco
National Capital
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