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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
4
The Hatch act becomes law aiming to stop federal employees from paying forced campaign dues and to prevent national party conventions from overrepresenting office holders. President Roosevelt calls it a step forward though it creates funding questions for party organization, with states and voluntary contributions as possible fixes.
Ohio faced evasion of sales tax stamps after enactment. Stamps were kept by buyers, reused by dealers, then partly torn to prevent reuse. A 3 percent refund for returning stamps to the state boosted collections by about 3 million dollars from January to June 1939 as churches and charities urged stamp saving.
The piece argues for genuine voluntary funding of political parties, avoiding lump-sum pre election gifts from a few, notes risks of automatic payroll deductions in other systems, and stresses that readers prefer knowing candidates before supporting a party. It urges constant year round voluntary support as essential to a democratic party system.
New York world’s fair officials have arranged many educational exhibits while visitors remember the fun aspects such as the fan dance roller coaster and the hot dog stand. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes the contrast between learning exhibits and entertainment draws at the fair.
Highlights from Muscatine history note Henry Kemper at the Forester tournament in Davenport. It recalls concrete steps on Hershey Avenue, linking Hershey Avenue to West Hill, and a shortened route to Greenwood cemetery.
Dr John Stewart Burgess of Temple University argues that German style unemployment and social insecurity create fertile ground for anti Semitic agitators, urging vigilance against such movements and their rhetoric.
The piece outlines Roosevelt's repeated dismissals of warnings from Senator O'Mahoney on a cheap credit scheme and court-packing, notes anti Dewey forces forming in Washington, and describes optimism about military production and defense spending, with notes on public figures and political maneuvering in 1940 politics.
Janet Roper, head of the Missing Seamen Bureau, known as Mother Roper, has aided families of sailors since 1920. Based in New York, she has located over 5,500 missing seamen and is celebrated across the world’s seas. Tomorrow features The Battle That Was Stopped for Breakfast.
A crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues from 1.5 Actor who depicts famous men to 55 Pedal digit teaching wordplay, with entries range across professions, objects, and ancient terms, including gods, animals, and geometric hints. The page presents a dense, themed clue grid.
The humorous Aunt Het by Robert Quillen offers a wry domestic vignette in a 1989 Publishers Syndicate column.
Susan seeks understanding and trust from her husband while Ma argues that both cannot be achieved. The brief excerpt hints at family tension and differing parental counsel within a 1939 publishing context.
Quotes from Dr John P Peters Yale professor and Representative Roy O Woodruff debate education debt and government role. President Roosevelt urges moral strength at the Moral Reformation Conference in Hollywood.
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