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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
3
Advertising representatives listed for Hunton and Woodman press service with contacts in Chicago New York Kansas City Detroit Atlanta. The note instructs callers to ask for the person or department wanted and mentions Lee Newspaper Syndicate membership.
The Journal invites continued letters on the municipal lighting plant. Mr Willis claims higher costs and losses while Mr Baker and Mr Thompson argue results exceed expectations and future improvement is likely. The paper favors ongoing discussion and requests respectful, concise communications within libel laws.
The assistant secretary releases 24 prohibition administrators many already in federal service. Six are new to the service, with room for changes if results falter. Iowa spurs speculation as Glenn A Brunson misses the post despite wide lobbying by senators and congressmen.
Washington report by Fairbairn overstates Iowa sentiment. Representative Green of the Ninth Iowa district, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, supports crediting state taxes into the federal levy. Coolidge favors removing double taxation, but may not sign a complete abolition.
Mr. Pedersen of the state department delivers a blunt housing conditions report on Muscatine. The city does not receive praise for delaying action or addressing deficiencies, prompting calls for immediacy in reforms and oversight.
City officials are praised for tackling a long standing health problem and vow to continue until the aim is reached. While Mr. Pedersen notes some areas have not yet received attention, the effort must expand to eliminate these public health menaces promptly.
A man was arrested after sleeping in a Chicago theater. The incident is noted amid other local curiosities and media chatter about shows and theater life.
A former Iowa Californian with a fortune proposes a $50,000 fund to encourage right living among youths in Bedford. The plan emphasizes integrating ethics across schools, churches, homes, and youth programs with Boy Scouts contributing tangible values. Officials seek a viable plan for using the income before public details are released. Ft. Dodge Messenger.
A dense broadcast schedule notes Sunday programs across Eastern Central and Western regions with multiple stations. Highlights include Capitol Theatre Gang on WEAF at 5:20 pm and Seaside Hotel Trio Concert on WHAR at 7:00 pm, plus various local church services and performances.
Illinois sheriffs approve bankers plan to recruit about 7000 town guards with deputy sheriff powers to protect banks. The group aims to install signal systems and even use aircraft in some Iowa cities. Saun ders notes a dramatic drop in Iowa bank robberies from sixty to three annually.
Investigations by the Naval Research Laboratory and the Carnegie Institute confirm a deflecting roof effect in the upper atmosphere causing radio fading and skip distances. Secretary Wilbur announced the experiment results from Washington D C.
A Sunday morning radio grid lists programs across stations WJZ WJJD WBBR WCBD WGY WGR WLW KDKA WIP and WDWF WOAW. Services lectures lectures and hymnals are scheduled with concert and Sunday school segments throughout the morning.
The Washington Post accuses the Soviet government of duplicity in coal matters. It cites Zinovieff advising British miners to strike while agents in Paris sought Russian coal contracts, arguing the regime lacks truth and honor and has declared war on God.
In Madison Square a destitute fugitive named Mercer shares a bench with a stranger. They swap a cigarette and small talk as Mercer reflects on his ruined state, while the other man listens and discusses the improvised truths park loungers trade.
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