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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
4
Economic advisers tell President Roosevelt of a projected two to four year expansion with rising production and employment if labor conflicts stay limited. They credit a shift toward private enterprise and a new congressional independence as the key driver behind a hopeful recovery era.
The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune merged on Sept 2 1918 forming the Journal and News Tribune. Subscriptions: daily issues weekdays 2 cents per day by carriers. yearly mail rates $5 inside zones and $10 outside. all mail subscriptions in advance. second class mail at Muscatine Iowa under March 1879 act.
The article notes a clash between President Roosevelt and Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins over business conditions. Hopkins, presenting July data, claims a continued recovery since May with improved third quarter prospects, rising wholesale retail commitments, increased industrial purchasing, and freight movement above 1938 levels, contrasting the president’s earlier caution.
The article reports two Japanese factions split over joining a military alliance with Germany and Italy. Some officers push for the pact to gain Monroelike dominance in the Far East, while conservatives fear siding with Europe’s dictators could invite British and Chinese resistance and alter trade dynamics.
Thirty to fifty years ago items note William Beardsley opening a grocery on Second street in the Wilmering room once used by the Ribak and company cigar store. Other items mark YWCA secretary appointment, reunions of Iowa regiments, and K of P lodge convention attendance with Heinz plant employment growth.
Warden James A. Johnson of Alcatraz argues that most inmates lack education and that crime stems from ignorance, highlighting prison education as a remedy.
The puzzle presents horizontal and vertical clues with definitions for items like dove, shield, gems, and various words. It lists entries such as a Turkish commander, gibbon, and river, with cross references including eye part and evergreen tree.
The piece notes Mussolini as head of Fascism since the 1922 March on Rome and recalls his unlikely path from Communist to editor of a Socialist magazine. It explains his name origins honoring Juarez Cipriani and Costa, two anarchist-internationalists who opposed him. Tomorrow: Man Who Flies on the Ground.
In the reminiscence Poor Pa by Claug Callan Aunt Ellen admits she was a terrible sinner when young while Ma defends older people bragging as natural. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and perceptions of aging within a rural setting.
Craft's motive in averting its stock sale via a Dutch bank syndicate was to boost European airplane sales. It expected to secure most Royal Dutch Airlines orders, but Royal Dutch favors German Junkers planes, prompting Douglas to scramble to win back the business.
A London housewife recounts a surprising balloon sighting during a civil defense drill. The incident occurred as Britain tested the balloon barrage system meant to counter aerial threats.
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