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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
2
Washington crop reporters forecast the second smallest corn crop since 1901 and the lowest wheat and oats since 35 years. They note drought and adverse weather lowered prospects since July 1, with corn down 111 million bushels from July 1 to Aug 1.
Chicago police nabbed Eleanor Jarman and George Kennedy after a four day hunt. They confessed Kennedy shot Gustave Hoeh 71 during a holdup at a haberdashery last Friday. Leo Meneci earlier implicated Kennedy as the killer.
Ten persons narrowly escaped death near Fort Dodge when two cars tumbled over a 30 foot embankment at a bridge approach after a collision. Five injured, two seriously, and Leo Besch and Joe Thilges of Bode Iowa are held for investigation. Mr and Mrs Lee Folk of Fort Dodge are among the most seriously injured.
Mrs Ruth Stoner of North Liberty sues Eugene C Bahn speech department instructor over a fatal April auto collision claiming Bahn failed to yield space on the highway. Denison moves to substitute direct relief for work relief amid labor discontent. In Boone Grant Hammer 31 a Los Angeles transient dies after being run over by a freight train.
Community notices outline a Rotary lodge picnic set for Sunday August 20 with a full day of activities. The report lists new car registrations for Ernest A Hoopes and G Stein, plus a Chamber of Commerce board meeting at city hall.
Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson authorized a modification of the president's re employment agreement to set a 40 hour work week with exemptions for confectionery manufacturing pending a permanent code. Minimum wages in many states were fixed at 30 cents an hour unless the July 15, 1929 rate was already higher.
M Opal Fore appeals for fruit jar donations to aid county welfare and winter canning efforts. Reports indicate 318 gardens started, with co op projects in Cedar Rapids and Mason City producing thousands of tins and projected harvests as relief programs advance.
German Ambassador to the United States Dr. Hans Luther sails from Bremerhaven for New York today aboard the Columbus.
District Court issued an order relieving the Margaret Reddie McDermid estate from the appraisement for inheritance taxes. Affidavits for attorney fees were filed in the estates of Mary Sophia Fuhlman and Esther Hays.
The report notes a nationwide minimum wage not less than 27 1 2 cents per hour, with many areas set at 35 cents per hour or the rate in effect on July 15, 1929 if lower. The provision ties rates to regional conditions and prior standards.
The region sees improving conditions with fair weather promised after rainfall totaling 0.16 inches between 7 am Wednesday and today. Temperatures rose from 70 at 7 am, winds shift to a north breeze, and the Mississippi stage increases by 0.2 feet to 2.2 feet. Unsettled weather is forecast tonight and Friday with rising temperatures in northern areas.
Muscatine soldiers joined the first Iowa infantry and fought at Wilson's Creek near Springfield Missouri on August 10 1861. Companies A and C recruited in Muscatine. Shelby Norman fell in the engagement and the G A R post honors him.
Directors filed for receivership at close of business Wednesday as the Durant bank remained closed awaiting a state banking department official. The institution, operating under senate file No. 111 since spring, lists B. C. Denkmann as cashier and Louis Trede as president with $100000 capital and about $580000 in deposits as of December 1932.
David L. Hutton Jr in a Los Angeles hotel dining room with Aimee Semple McPherson gave mixed signals about reconciliation. An attorney suggested divorce proceedings might proceed, while Hutton said talk of reunion has not altered the divorce action. Aimee Semple McPherson planned a preaching tour to mend a broken heart.
The Secret Service reports more counterfeit notes and coin seizures as legal money becomes scarcer. In 1931 eleven counterfeit notes circulated and seizures totaled 36,572 dollars in notes and 44,078 in coins. 1932 saw seventeen notes and higher totals, with currency seizures reaching 540,538 dollars and coin 49,773. The 1933 figures await release with no further detail.
The superintendent of banking announced 332 state banks savings banks and trust companies were released from senate file 111 before July. Total deposits amounted to 144 million 571 thousand 848 dollars 63 cents as of June 30.
Borrowers from the government seed loan office who lack funds may use part of their 1933 crop to cover harvesting and threshing costs, as long as an equal amount is paid on the government loan. Buyers may allow up to 2 per acre without liens, with receipts held for inspection and remittance matching expenses. L. L. Dickson and L. J. Paulson discussed the plan with Carl Rylander.
Deeds recorded show Myrtle Sizek transferring an undivided half interest in lot 4 block 14 South Muscatine to Michael A Sizek. The transaction denotes a partial ownership change in a residential parcel and reflects a standard property transfer within the local records.
H E Wyninger of 400 Mulberry avenue has become a Badger tire dealer for the B F Goodrich Rubber company to handle the complete line of Goodrich tires and accessories in Muscatine Developments in tire engineering distribution and merchandising by Goodrich prompted the franchise decision Goodrich has produced rubber products for over 62 years and was America's first tire builder
The presidents modified reorganization plan took effect today affecting about 10,000 workers. Around 900 workers must seek new jobs while bureaus such as the prohibition unit and the labor department mergers undergo major changes. Secretary Roper warned of later reductions after temporary appointments and retirements are handled.
Col Glen E Edgerton, longtime chief of the Rock Island district U S Engineers, will assume Sept 5 a Washington post as head of the rivers and harbors division. He succeeds Col J J Kingman who is ill and being transferred to Providence R I. Edgerton will oversee construction nationwide under General Pillsbury.
Emma G. Wellman of Fruitland petitions for divorce from Dorace D. Wellman in district court for the September term alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple wed March 6 1928 at Rock Island and lived together until June 30 1932. She seeks to resume her maiden name and permission to remarry within one year.
The agency will eventually cut expenditures about $5,000,000. Additional reorganization is scheduled for December.
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