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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1933
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune issue dated September 2 1918 is listed. It reflects the wartime era coverage and local happenings of that period with standard newspaper notices and briefs.
Governor Herring criticized the federal land bank’s refinancing delays for Iowa mortgages, urging relief for farmers now. The plan’s strict appraisal and terms, echoed in Wisconsin, threaten widespread losses if many borrowers lose access to credit and farms fail.
Federal investigators under Prof. Raymond Moley have seized Harvey Bailey linked to the Urschel kidnapping and multiple other cases. Courts hold Touhy gang members, an East St. Louis abduction suspect awaits trial, and a Kansas City murder kidnapper faces capital punishment, proving kidnapping is a national issue.
In a policy of over cautious conservatism, under such procedure most of that 108000000 dollars will be untouched and most of the people for whom it was intended will go down beyond the possibility of rescue.
The piece identifies Chartie Curtis as the Forgotten Man, clarifying long held questions about his identity and role in the story.
Washington gossip notes General Johnson, head of the NRA, orders a Lincoln after inspecting a surplus LaSalle from the emergency fleet. Roosevelt's order directing trade only with the blue eagle looms, and Ford reportedly declined to join the code, while Johnson hints he knew Ford was ready to capitulate.
In New York James McMullin reports chatter that owners of the St. Louis Browns and the Brooklyn Dodgers may seek a 30 hour week code for pitchers. Andy Mellon’s Aluminum Company of America disputes NRA codes, claiming products are sold below cost, hindering others from meeting code terms.
Side Glances notes resistance by big industry to NRA policies on aluminum and the code. It cites threats of sanctions and publicizing dissent while insiders warn rulers about enforcement and publicity moves. The piece highlights Walter Teagle and James A. Moffett as examples of pressure and loyalty.
Fifty years ago today ex alderman Coln of Muscatine drew Democrats’ attention for state legislature nomination. Suel Foster, a prominent Muscatine figure, returned from the American forestry congress in Dubuque. Twenty five years ago today W F Chevalier was re elected Muscatine Chautauqua president, J F Devitt named VP, Launch club prepared for clubhouse opening, Rev J Scholz of Burlington elected president of the German Baptist Church association. Ten years ago today gas prices in Muscatine fell 6.6 cents a gallon as a regional gas war spread from South Dakota to Iowa, canvassers moved to start the 1923 city directory, and a protest over scrapping the Muscatine Burlington and Southern railroad was filed with the interstate commerce commission by Wapello farmers.
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