The Nation's Condition by Raymond Moley
Attorney General Cummings pursued a cautious federal approach to racketeering and kidnapping, coordinating with states and avoiding sensational promises. He issued periodic crime reports, educated the public on legal complexities, and distinguished between simple and collusive racket schemes, especially in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings
Semua
Department of Justice
Chicago
Colonel Randolph
Randolph
Final Action on City Mill Levy Delayed
City council in recessed session Thursday night debated the 1933 mill levy and appropriation ordinance to fund city operations for the coming year. The tentative levy of 14.27 mills is based on real property assessed at 9,518,016 and credits around 2,921,125, lower than last year's 26 mill levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Burns
Ed Vanatta
George Meerdink
Contractors sign building code at Muscatine meeting
At Muscatine city hall a meeting Friday night saw two more contractors agreeing to sign a building code. A grievance committee of three members Lee Rainbow Dan Barton and Will Runyon will receive complaints of unfair competition. Postmaster W S McKee reports four more signed NRA blanket code agreements, totaling 387 locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Organization
Lee Rainbow
Dan Barton
Will Runyon
NRA
W. S. McKee
Former Resident Returns for First Visit in 53 Years
Dr. George Rubelman and his wife and daughter Tecumseh Nebraska visit Muscatine to see Sr. Rubelman’s cousins John G. Kuebler and W. F. Kuebler before heading to Chicago for the World’s Fair. He is the son of Jacob Rubelman who founded the Van Nostrand Saddlery in 1861 and notes the loss of Papoose creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rubelman
Tecumseh
Neb
Muscatine
Sr. Rubelman
John G. Kuebler
Hershey Avenue
W. F. Kuebler
West Third Street
Chicago
Dr. Rubelman
Jacob Rubelman
van Nostrand Saddlery Company
Papoose Creek
County Land Values Cut 3.6 Million in 1933 Assessments
County Auditor Kenneth Coder reports Muscatine county land and city property fell sharply in 1933 from 1931. Farm land dropped from 16 179 380 to 12 687 053 and city property from 9 967 345 to 9 779 180. Statewide totals show a 20.90 percent drop from 1931 to 1933 with farm land and city valuations adjusted to 2 443 747 198.
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Muscatine County
Kenneth Coder
State Board of Assessment and Review
Board For
Episcopal Bishops Gather in Davenport for Fall Meetings
New York report says the meeting of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church will be held in Davenport with Rt. Rev. Harry S. Longley as host. The session is set for November 7 8 and 9 in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Davenport
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Harry S. Longley
Iowa
Japanese Chief Sees No Conflict With America
Editor's note reports Japan's Minister of War stating no conflict with the United States on migration and naval ratios. The article notes discussions as obstacles to accord and references California land as a continued discussion piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sadao Arakl
Japan
United States
California
Iowa seeks 120000 from oil firms over fuel tax interpretation
The state of Iowa filed suits in Polk County district court seeking 107 565.71 from Standard Oil Company of Indiana and 17 754.75 from Phillips Petroleum Company to clarify tax deductions for waste and evaporation in gasoline shipments. The action questions whether tax is due on refinery shipments or delivered gallons and involves only legal interpretation, with no fraud alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Phillips Petroleum Company
Leon W. Powers
Powers
Monmouth Triumphs Over Moline 9 to 2 in Semi Pro Opener
Monmouth Illinois team defeats Moline 9 to 2 at League field in South Muscatine opening the semi pro baseball tournament. Monmouth built early lead with successive doubles by N Shook and Bell and added runs in each inning while Gardner limited Moline to four singles. The game extended to nine innings due to a forfeit in the second game of the doubleheader.
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Monmouth
Moline
League Field
South Muscatine
Jefferson
Muscatine Palace Cafe
Monmouth Strikers
Jordan
Gardner
Monmouth Moundsman
N. Shook
Bell
Unsettled Weather With Warm Spells Across Iowa Week
Forecast calls for mostly unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with local thunderstorms in southern areas this afternoon and warmer nights in the east. For Aug 21 26 in the plains and upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys temperatures stay near or above normal with a few shower periods. River readings show modest rises in St Paul La Crosse Keokuk Hannibal St Louis Cairo Memphis with varying up or down changes.
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Iowa
Plains
Mississippi
Missouri
Mississippi River
St. Paul
la Crosse
Aitanet
Keokuk
Hannibal
Fall
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Rise
Washington letters clash with Senator Johnson over code
A writer from Washington claims to challenge Johnson on a code plan meant to create more work for senators and congressmen. The author asserts public support and positions themselves as the first to confront the "tough guy" Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Johnson Alters Restaurant Code to Stop Meal Charges
Washington announces a modification of the restaurant industry agreement to bar owners from charging employees for meals. The order targets evasion of minimum wage rules and the president’s re employment pledge, specifying no meal deductions unless pre June 16 1933 practice existed, with caps of 25 cents per meal or $3 per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Policy Board
Hit and Run Driver Slams Farm Truck Killing Six
A van struck a farm truck carrying Elkhart county families six miles west of South Bend Indiana on U S highway 112. Six people died including Mrs Walter Berkey and Walter Berkey of Wakarusa and others injured as the van fled the scene.Further details describe the truck owners Orvill Metzler and John Laughlin stating the van forced them off the road and departed rapidly. The injured were taken to Epworth hospital with multiple injuries.
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South Bend
Ind
Elkhart County
Chicago
Here
Orvill Metzler
Rum Runner Nabbed Here In Iowa City Case
Dale Jones of Iowa City faces arraignment at 4 p m on a charge of transporting liquor after police found 225 gallons of alcohol in his Plymouth coupe in the 100 block on Walnut street at 4 55 am. Officers say Jones was seen leaving the toll bridge area. Also listed for hearings or sentences are William McKamey Muscatine for intoxication and several others receiving suspended sentences or fines in Muscatine and Nichols.
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Dale Jones
Iowa City
Walnut Street
Jones
Harry Lanfier
Ted McGill
Toll Bridge
William McKamey
Muscatine
W. H. Perkins
No Address
Emery Cone
Nichols
Emil Peetz
J. C. Coster
Howard LaGrange
Strikes End as 60,000 Dressmakers Reach Agreement
Grover A. Whalen reports a breakthrough after an all night session in New York. The dressmakers strike, afflicting 60,000 workers, ends with a pact favoring collective bargaining a 35 hour week and general wage scales. Workers to return to jobs next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Blue Eagle
Grover A. Whalen
New York
McColm Estate Leaves All to Widow Laura McColm
The will of Edwin L. McColm leaves his entire estate to his widow Laura Musser McColm. She is named executrix without bond. The will on file in the clerk of court, dated December 5 1918, is set for hearing September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. McColm
McColm and Company Store
Laura Musser McColm
McColm
Cuba Eyes Peace After Week of Bloodshed
Havana reports a tumultuous week ending with regime overthrow and new leadership. Provisional President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes praises progress in government reorganization and talks with U S Ambassador Welles on finances, while facing harbor strikes and communist agitation in Santiago. Page 5 continues.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
United States
Welles
Young
Santiago
Pacts for Roosevelt approval on oil code pressed in talks
Industrial administrator Hugh S Johnson pushed for a White House review of a trade practice code for the oil industry amid conferring with rival factions. Indications pointed to a possible agreement ground. Johnson declined comment as recovery officials faced stubborn groups.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
White House
NRA
Death Claims Mrs. Fix 77 of New Era Illinois
Parmerlia Alaton Reeves Fix 77 of New Era died at 2 a m at her son Ed Fix's home in Andalusia after an 18 month illness. Born in Moscow Iowa she spent most of her life in the area. She and Charles A. Fix married in 1875 and their golden anniversary was in 1925. Surviving are eight children and two deceased siblings. Funeral at the Wunderlich home and Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church with burial in Blue Grass cemetery.
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Parmelia Alaton Reeves Fix
New Era
Ed Fix
Andalusia
Moscow
Charles A. Fix
Fairport
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
William Wunderlich
Leland Lesher
Grace Lutheran Church
Blue Grass Cemetery
Gandhi Begins Fourth Day of Death Fast in Prison
Gandhi enters the fourth day of his death fast in Poona India refusing Britain's offer to free him in exchange for ending his noncooperation movement. Official doctors monitored his health but gave no update on his condition.
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Poona India
Mahatma Gandhi
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Eleanor Jarman
Gus
Hoeh
Maite
Roz
Detthot Hardware Co
Journal
Santa Clara Valley
Hollywood
Pottsville, Pa
Alabama
Newberry
S. C
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Mrs. Fix
Gandhi
Robert Quillen
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