State to Join in NRA Drive
Institutions under Iowa state board of education plan to conform to President Roosevelt’s blanket code as much as possible. Iowa State College will align hiring and hours with local conditions in Ames. University of Iowa officials pledge cooperation with local groups and reduce office hours to 44 per week. Druggists protest inclusion in the code. Des Moines unions total 12 with 2500 members. Barber and laundry prices rise in Des Moines and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
State Board of Education
Roosevelt
George T. Baker
Davenport
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
Jessup
Iowa Union Memorial
Daily Iowan
Des Moines
NRA
Washington
Drug Institute of America
Clyde
Herring
William E. Sweet
Colorado
Iowa
Muscatine concert postponed. band practice moved
The Muscatine boys band concert at Weed park tonight is postponed to next week. Regular weekly practice, planned for Thursday night, will be held tonight in the basement of the Hershey building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Boys
Weed Park
Hershey
German Communist Hugo Volck Injured in Civil Unrest Axe Incident
Wilhelm Volck, a German communist, was severely harmed by an executioner's axe during civil unrest in Hamburg. He had fatally wounded a police officer in a February 28 raid on a Nazi gathering, during which several stormtroopers were injured and Volck faced a harsh sentence for his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Wilhelm Volck
Volck
Morrell Announces Wage Increases Across Plants
John Morrell and Company announced wage increases through the employees plant council. The raises apply to Ottumwa Sioux Falls and Topeka plants, retroactive to Aug 1 and tied to the Washington code agreement with the NRA administration. The Ottumwa payroll will rise by about 200000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
John Morrell and Company
Sioux Falls
S. D
Topeka
Eas
Washington, D. C
NRA
Rev Peterson to Lead Sunday Service at Local Presbyterian Church
The Rev Alfred Peterson, Presbyterian pastor from Pana Illinois and former Muscatine boy, will conduct the Sunday morning services at the First Presbyterian church. He was born and raised in Muscatine and served there in the church Sunday school and as a Journal carrier. He is a grandson of Chris Zeug of Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Peterson
Pana Ill
Muscatine
First Presbyterian Church
Peterson
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Chris Zeug
Deeds Recorded For G Glen Beik To L A Andrew
Deeds recorded transferring a tract in section 4 77 1W from G Glen Beik to L A Andrew receiver of American Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Glen Beik
L. A. Andrew
American Savings Bank
Muscatine NRA Insignia Rush and Crafting Work Rules
Muscatine employers rush to display NRA insignia with total supporters near 350 reported at the post office. Local print shops adopt 8 am to 5 pm hours with Wednesday and Saturday afternoons off, while Weber and Sons uprate shifts as they await a industry code. Carpenters approve 35 hour week and 75 cent minimum wage with 8 am to 4 pm days on a five day schedule. Druggists from Des Moines discuss a drug trade code and return trip includes a fox collision on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Muscatine
Postoffice
Weber and Sons Pearl Button Company
East Sixth Street
City Hall
L. R. Henderson
Julian Havercamp
Ray Grimm
W. P. Strain
Gross Income Tax Revisited at Des Moines Hearing
Des Moines hearing on gross income tax proposals drew attention during a two day session led by the legislative committee on governmental reorganization and the senate tax revision committee. D C Horton urged an act similar to last session's bill, assailed the Beardsley plan for a combined tax, and said Harrington’s earlier bill could reach about 90 percent of nonpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Special Assembly
Senate
D. C. Horton
Horton
Legislative Committee On
Woolen Firm Reports Profit After Six Years in Red
The American Woolen Company, a leading woolen goods maker in New York, earned a net profit of 197700 in the first half of 1933 after six years of operating at a loss. The report published today notes the turn from red to profit amid a difficult period for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Woolen Company
District Court Notes Costs and Property Actions
District Court proceedings include costs allowed as a judgment in a $5,000 note case with mortgage security. Receivership actions authorize sales of real estate interests in Mercer county for $100, and various estates and guardian reports authorize deposits, sales of bonds, and trust payments. Multiple actions involve merchandise accounts, rent liens, and chattel mortgage filings with creditors seeking judgments or asset dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bates
The
American Savings Bank
John G. Dermedy
Mary C. H. Dermedy
Pierce Earns State Vice Commander's Seat At Legion Meet
Roy Pierce of Morning Sun, longtime district commander, was named one of three state vice commanders at the Iowa American Legion convention in Dubuque. Other vice commanders are James Landry of Stuart and Glenn L. Gray of Rockwell City. The slate also includes Adjutant R. J. Laird and other officers, with Warren Davis and State Senator E R Hicklin among alternates for the national convention in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pierce
Morning Sun
American Legion
Dubuque
Associated Press
Pierce
Muscatine
James Landry
Stuart
Glenn L. Gray
Rockwell City
R. J. Laird
Algona
J. A. Nue
Ida Grove
Earl Burgess
Des Moines
Leonard J. Pint
Fort Dodge
W. J. O'Connell
William N. Oler
Ottumwa
Warren Davis
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
Iowa
Chicago
Ottumwa Man Killed by Train
Ottumwa 57 year old Joseph Jesse Bennett Simmer was killed at 10 55 am when struck by a Burlington railroad motor car near Ottumwa. He walked between tracks and waved to the conductor before stepping into the train path. Officials say the eastbound track was used because the westbound track was occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Joseph Jesse Bennett Simmer
Burlington
Atalissa Lumber Company Files Articles of Dissolution
Articles of dissolution for Atalissa Lumber were filed today at the office of G. C. Parks County Recorder. The notice is signed by Fred C. Stortz vice president and Kate Stortz secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa Lumber Company
Atalissa
G. C. Parks
Fred C. Stortz
Kate Stortz
Mason City Firm Wins Low Bid for Post Office Project
The M. M. Moon company of Mason City was the low bidder at 5900 dollars for extension and remodeling of the post office and courthouse in Mason City. The items include related civil actions such as Katherine Banker vs Ernest W. Shoenig and matters involving the estate of J Luchterhand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. M. Moon Company
Mason City
Treasury
Gunnery Drills Begin After OS Council Purchases
First drills in machine gun use were conducted by officers after a firearm purchase funded by the OS council. The session focused on basic handling and safety as part of the training program for new gunnery skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OS Council
of Under
September Jury Panel Drawn for District Court Term
Petit jurors for the September term were drawn by the ex officio jury commission and must report Tuesday Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. The list includes jurors from multiple wards and townships such as F. A. Bringer, Estelle Heezen, Fred Horton, R. S. McNutt, A. Diercks, Earl Cooper, Frances White, W. H. Goodwin, Elmer Wildman, H. D. Abbot, and many others across Bloomington, Cedar, Fulton, Goshen, Lake, and Wilton townships plus Sweetland, Wapsinonoc, and Moscow townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Bringer
Pag Te’ Dutro
Estelle M. Heezen
Frank Delaney
William Becker
Edith van Zyl
George Ellman
John H. Roth
Grant Sample
Richard Nabor
Fred A. Horton
Glen F. Barnard
McNutt
Harry Brown
Gail Gibson
F. K. Rambo
Ed M. Reinicke
Walter Weber
A. Glass
Nelson Graham
Andrew Diercks
August Klebe
Ross Hurlbut
Earl Cooper
William Allbaugh
Bloomington
Frances White
Charles Rensink
Cedar
W. H. Goodwin
Fulton
Ora Cacherell
Elmer Burk
Goshen
Elmer Mea Lake
Phillip l Ludman, Jr
Harry Stange
Moscow
Elmer Wildman
Pike Township
H. D. Abbot
Sweetland
Fred Martz
Wapsinonoc
Ernest Dunker
C. G. Brown
Charles Peters
Carl Schooley
T. McCabe
H. V. Herr
W. C. Anderson
Wilton
George Nolte
Fred Raib
C. D. Connell
Thomas Smith
George Delaney
Crops Benefit From General Rains Across Iowa
The steady morning to afternoon rain moistens crops in the region. Early measurements show .06 inch locally with higher totals since, while Associated Press reports place Iowa rainfall widely with Creston leading at 2.91 inches and Atlantic 1.71 inches. Forecast calls for continued showers tonight and fair Thursday with little temperature change. Local Mississippi levels rose about two feet by 7 a.m. compared with Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Molis
Associated Press
Iowa
Creston
Atlantic
Clarinda
Lamont
Carroll
Mississippi
West Liberty Jersey Breeders to Exhibit at State Fair
Two West Liberty exhibitors Dale Hazlett and L A Whitacre will show at the first all Iowa Jersey show at the state fair this year. More than 100 Jersey cattle will compete, entries chosen from seven parish shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty Jersey
West Liberty
Associated Press
Des Moines
Dale Hazlett
L. A. Whitacre
Shopping Brisk Despite Showers on Dollar Day
Despite rain Muscatine shoppers kept to the semi annual dollar day event and many stores extended the sale to Thursday to help all participate. The note mentions rural free delivery of mail beginning in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
United States
McNatt Committed to Boys' School
Kenneth McNatt a 14 year old Muscatine boy was committed to the state training school at El Dora until he is 21 after a juvenile court appearance before Judge D W Jackson. He was found guilty of larceny of an automobile and was arrested in Washington last Friday in connection with the theft here.
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C. K. Healy
Washington Street
T. R. Truempy
West Second Street
J. A. Bloom and Sons
Hershey Avenue
Delbert Ewing
Muscatine
J. C. Coster
L. D. McHard
Pine Street
Muscatine Button Workers’ Union
Moose Hall
Harold Umlandt
West Fifth Street
Umlandt
Moscow
Ed G. L. Hoffman
Smalley Avenue
Paetz
M. and W
Salisbury Bridge
Louis Lake
Garden Grove
Calif
W. C. Knight
Burnside Avenue
Frank Peyers
Logan Street
Chicago
Cecil Hall
Grand Avenue
Jack Crist
John Benz
Dorothy Jones
Eva Jones
Hampton
Augusta B. Rumsey
East Ninth Street
Kenneth McNatt
Eldora
D. W. Jackson
McNatt
Washington
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City News
Mary Shemaitis
Muscatine Damendor
E. E. Bitzer
Pearl
East Fourth Street
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Hoover
George Luckhardt
East Tenth Street
Charles TeStrake
Morrell
Presbyterian
Regio Faca
Isaac Mahaffey
Bertha Mahaffey
Mercer County
Clara Radda
W. L. Mackey
Harry M. Hoxsey
N. G. Baker
J. M. Roth
A. C. Aye
van Nostrand Saddlery Company
Clifford Schreurs
Alfred Schreurs
Schreurs
Paul Kapnison
Janet McKenzie Kapnison
R. G. Tipton
C. H. Brown
Johnson Hardware Company of
Keystone
Rudy Krombach
Anna Krombach
Durant
Lewis A. Frye
William H. Riemcke
Retta M. Frye
F. E. Miller
Catherine Welsh
Central State Bank
First National Bank
Rachel Shingledecker
Ethel and
Leota Chapman
Amy Junkin Hinkhouse
John Hinkhouse
S. D. Folsom
Quincy Howard
W. W. Scott
Marie L. Hutching
Frank Schoenig
Legion Meet
Corporation
Katherine Banker
Ernest W. Shoenig
Banker
J. Luchterhand
Johanna Luchterhand
Nannie M. Stark
Grand Lodge
Frank Hogan
Cedar County
Batterson
RED Paint Store
Iowa Ave
Westinghouse
Maser
Laurel
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