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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1933
Page
3
The report notes a milestone of a 15 million shortfall narrowing and points to a continued push from June through July. It suggests that the favorable funds flow in typically slow months could push the total to be out of the woods before campaign end.
The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune outlines its publishing lineage joining the Journal and News-Tribune in 1918 and notes Associated Press and Lee Syndicate affiliations. Subscription terms and delivery details are listed, with rates for city carriers and mail options, all payable in advance.
The steel and oil sectors joined the blue eagle after heavy pressure from Washington, with President Roosevelt directing terms to overcome initial resistance. Coal, facing tougher odds, also confronts union-boss opposition as Johnson’s team works to make codes effective. July payrolls rose 7.9 percent and employment 7.2 percent, indicating wage growth and renewed hiring as relief costs fall and public aid declines from 18 million to 15 million.
A large folder from Friends of Germany arrives in the United States to influence opinion about the Nazi regime. Included are letters and articles arguing Jews were treated fairly and that the new Germany unites church and state. A Berlin dispatch reports Catholic youths pledging allegiance to Hitler as God’s chosen leader amid a mass event. A separate London Times dispatch recounts an American doctor in Berlin struck during the brownshirt parade filmed for a Nazi film, with US consular officials debating protest actions.
Pussyfoot Johnson, noted prohibition advocate, predicts the United States faces a five year drink era. He notes the nation is just emerging from a four year hangover and warns of continued enforcement and social change ahead.
A Thinking problem asks how many one inch bales fit inside a box that measures two inches on each side. The calculation uses volume comparison: box volume is 8 cubic inches while each bale is 1 cubic inch, suggesting eight bales could fit if packing is perfect.
The Roosevelt administration relies on full public exposure to fight crime and political corruption. High officials face scrutiny as lawmakers and ward leaders fear the political fallout. Pin feathers for NRA codes hit store executives, while coast guards fear continued bootlegging under red tape. A lighthearted baseball tale from Poughkeepsie closes the notes.
The piece threads inflation talk with political theater as economists and Wall Street weigh the impact of grain prices, rising dollar value, and currency policy. Officials acknowledge food costs rise while grain prices fall, fueling calls for government action.
The column surveys price restoration needs to hit 1924-25 levels with sharp rises for wheat corn cotton and metals. It notes speculation margin work and an RFC rail terminal loan, plus Edison Institute code appeals and a racket in union organizing. Hindenburg is reportedly ill and guarded. Sidelines touch Cord’s Checker Cab purchase and re discountable collateral.
Historical items recall ex Senator McNutt speaking at the teachers institute in Muscatine a Moscow petition drive for a new bridge a Davenport convention aiding Dawson’s congressional nomination a Muscatine baseball loss to Maquoketa and hospital board appointments.
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