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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
3
Partial OCR showsMuscatine Journal and News Tribune printing house line with cities Chicago New York Kansas City Detroit Atlanta NOEZEE ROTHENBERG JANN. Dated Sept 2 1918 carrier collection note lists C $6.00.
A book review contrasts Business Under the Recovery Act by Lawrence Valentine and E. B. Weiss with Eastman’s note on human motives. It argues NIRA may only partially meet goals yet could reshape American business, while praising higher motives beyond profit in human progress.
A report notes that exploitation, uncontrolled expansion and flotation of stocks and bonds, and unregulated cut-throat competition are gradually fading. It cautions the present method may not be perfect but indicates these practices appear to be moving out.
Ottumwa Courier urges federal action to combat kidnapping gangs after a Kansas City leader is convicted and sentenced to death. The editorial calls for stronger federal coordination, more death sentences, and persistent effort to run down kidnap gangs despite public indifference after cases fade from headlines.
The article surveys utility and energy topics with references to French Ranch near Altus Oklahoma, bank and utility fees, NRA impact, Muskie Shoals power costs, rail valuation acts, steel industry tactics, oil politics among Rockefeller interests, and local politics involving Grover Whalen and Tammany around 1930s context. It notes intercompany rivals, federal probes, and shift toward collaboration among big players.
The article outlines a national push under public works to raze slums and replace them with model tenements funded by self liquidating projects. It notes Ickes favors loans over direct subsidies and highlights proposals for toll bridges tunnels and subways within the big program.
In Washington the treasury post is filled by a selected appointee awaiting Secretary Woodin’s return. The department lacks a publicity man since wartime, while Italy faces tax woes and Mussolini’s fate sparks political anxiety. Utilities face anticipated congressional restric tions as Rayburn committee actors push for reform input.
Fifty years ago today Colonel Warner of the Commercial House sold the business to J J Phillips of Oskaloosa and transferred the lease. Miss Nellie Huttig left Muscatine for Boston to study art a new pursuit for her.
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