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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
7
Announcement by Muscatine State Bank officials of the second annual amateur flower show sponsored by the bank on Friday. Classes cover various flowers of the season and mixed exhibits. entries must be grown by exhibitors with professional growers welcome for display. First prizes offer $2 in seeds or plants. ribbons for runner ups. Exhibits received 9 am to 3 pm with morning entry preferred.
Robert Cumming Schenck 79, longtime Muscatine resident, died at 12 15 today at 611 East Ninth Street after a three month illness. He was born April 6 1851 in Wapsinonoc township, son of Col Egbert T S Schenck and Sophia Greene Schenck. He married Clara Burtner in 1877 and Elma McCart in 1884. his first wife died in 1877 and second in 1926. Surviving are his son Robert C Schenck Jr and two grandsons, plus a brother James of Berkeley. He worked for John H Kaiser and Iowa Pearl Button Co as an auditor and accountant, retiring three years ago. He served on Muscatine city council and belonged to several fraternal orders and the Presbyterian church. Funeral arrangements are with Fairbanks Home for Funerals.
Berland resident Mr. Black, married to Jessie A. Gary and father of five, gained fame in 1927 for world spanning flights promoting commercial aviation. His routes included Amsterdam to Batavia with a 15 day first leg and a 17 day return, earning honors from Queen Wilhelmina.
Investigators found eight and ten year old checks in Zuta's box. One payable to Tony Lombardo and another to Joseph D Esposito, both slain in gang conflicts. A note for Zuta for $500 signed by Martin C Mulvihill appeared. Evanston police chief and Chicago Daily News city editor named in financial dealings with Zuta.
Chicago officials report a third strong box uncovered by state's attorney investigators. The box contains papers with more recent dates, potentially bringing the documents within the statute of limitations and reopening grand jury action that had been barred on earlier papers.
The story centers on Bill Freeman and John Craig tied to Zuta's secret records. Freeman, head of the North Shore police, admitted borrowing $400 from the Moran-Aiello gang ally and failed to repay. Craig, city editor, signed a false check drawn on his wife’s account. he says Zuta helped cash it but the bank had no such account for him. The Moran-Aiello leader Zuta was killed in Wisconsin and his papers showed payments to judges, politicians, and police.
Hack Wilson tied Chuck Klein for the National League single season home run record with 43 in the first game of a doubleheader against Philadelphia. The hit came in the seventh inning as Lester Sweetland pitched for the Phillies, and Wilson was one behind Babe Ruth for the season.
Chicago Aug 19 AP William W Grant Denver attorney told the criminal law section of the American Bar association that idleness and overcrowding breed a new, more criminal prison population. He cited Colorado's prison where 580 cells house over 800 inmates and warned that idle hands fuel mischief more than ever in the penitentiary.
In Albuquerque New Mexico hundreds of bronzed Indigenous tribesmen from the Painted Desert gather for The First American pageant as a four day re-enactment of Southwest history begins. Gov Richard C Dillon leads a parade of 1200 Indians weaving with cavalry and distant city contingents through a vivid festival scene.
London reports well informed circles say Conservative MPs plan a heavy campaign against Ramsay MacDonald’s socialist government. They will focus on unemployment as 2,000,000 jobless seek relief. The Tory push begins next month with Parliament due to reconvene October 28.
City Treasurer Emmett Powers reports that a $30,000 portion of the Des Moines airport bond issue has been sold to White Phillips and Company of Davenport. The bonds carry 414 percent interest.
Des Moines general manager James Morse, 44, of the Robbins brothers circus, died yesterday after a six month illness in a sanitarium. His body was being returned to Des Moines for burial, with Morse having lived there before joining the circus.
Residents on East Sixth Street relocate to Phillip Lanzarotta residence at 517 Mulberry Avenue unit 1B.
In Fairmont Minnesota Aug 19 AP members of the Fairmont Recreation Club vowed to play rummy in relays day and night until rain returns. Martin county suffers drought since July 3 with pastures burned and corn output down 25 percent. Weather forecasters scoff at the plan but locals push the idea as a hopeful stunt.
Two Seattle school teachers Miss Jean Lane and Mrs Irene Lansing may be stranded for a year on Rarotonga after the Tahiti liner sank near the island. The pair planned U.S. return on the Tahiti and cabled relatives about their predicament. Officials may seek special transport to bring them home.
Cleveland Ferrell pitched for a 7 to 2 victory over Boston in the first game of a doubleheader. Indians scored in two runs in the first, one in the third, two in the fifth and two in the ninth while the Red Sox managed two in the ninth. L Sewell, Gason, Bushey, Berry cited in lineups.
Readings show 64 degrees at 7 a.m. today matching Monday at the same hour, with 76 degrees at 2 p.m. today versus 80 on Monday. Skies stayed cloudy as a north wind cooled temperatures, with forecasts calling for more clouds and possible showers tonight and Wednesday. The Mississippi River level remained at 2.7 feet, unchanged from Monday.
An English remedy Radox claims to remove corns in a few days with nightly foot baths for 3 or 4 nights. It says corns roots are lifted and stay gone, offering hard or soft corn relief and calluses, with first sale in America advertised via Henderson Drug Co. and drugstores.
Iron Ridge Wisconsin August 19 AP A formal demand will be served tonight on Rev John Henning Evangelical Lutheran pastor to admit American Legion members to communion or resign. The board cites Christ centered faith as a reason for denying Legionnaires while acknowledging the Legion rule allows conscientious objectors.
Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa former Legion national commander and new minister to Canada started state department instruction in preparation for Ottawa post. He defended the Legion's conduct at its conventions and argued the group does constructive work benefiting members and the nation. Read the ads on Classified Page.
Eastern hopes for the national women's tennis title brighten as Marjorie Morrill of Dedham gains momentum in the national championship in Forest Hills New York. She advances in late rounds amid strong competition.
Gen Seng Yu Hsiang, leading northern rebels along the Haichow Tungkwan railway in Henan, rejects nationalist claims of gains. He says heavy rains slowed fighting, but reports 5,000 Kuominchun allies attacked 50 miles east of Lanfeng, with 2,000 nationalist casualties, and waves of combat near Mamutsi where 600 bodies were seen in flooded canals.
Mass, a leading local player, debuted strongly by defeating Clara Zinke of Cincinnati in straight sets. The victory sets her up for the next round as she proves her form in the early stage of the event.
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