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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1939
Page
4
The item lists JOURNAL PRINTING Co as the publisher with Clyde Bedeaux and Walter Russell credited as publisher and managing editor respectively.
An August anniversary marks the Stourbridge Lion’s 1829 inaugural run, a steam era spark that launched U.S. locomotive development. The piece notes industrial growth, jobs, capital, and the rail network’s ripple effects across states, banks, universities, and communities.
The National Safety Council will discuss all phases of national life at its October meeting in Atlantic City. A major focus will be accidents and driving dangers, with four sessions on The Human Side of Safety led by a physician, a psychiatrist, and two experts.
The text credits railroads as the backbone of industry commerce and agriculture, noting that many counties and school districts rely on railroad revenue. It warns that a 24 hour stoppage would cause chaos, and lauds the Stourbridge Lion as an epochal initiator of progress.
An editorial notes that a billion dollar congress once extraordinary is now ordinary, as the nation grows accustomed to public funds being scattered without concern about source or destination. The Ackley World-Journal and Estherville News frame the trend as widespread and troubling.
Bill Murray advocates granting two votes to each overseas veteran. The remark appears in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald cartoonish political note critiquing wartime prices and policy worth.
Reinbeck Courier questions how to achieve less taxes and more “abundant life.” The paper notes the plan has been tried for years and clearly does not work.
Fifty years ago today Grant Springer of Keokuk leased Olds opera house for a year and began booking attractions. Twenty five years ago today a wireless receiving station was received for Muscatine per Glen Barnard of H F Barnard Co. The contract for a new pipe organ at New Era Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church was awarded to Hinner Co of Pekin.
The piece profiles General George C Marshall and Admiral Harold L Stark as modern logistics and operations leaders. It notes Marshall’s precise, desk-driven approach and Stark’s 40-year polish, plus Woodring Johnson and Edison shaping the War and Navy departments, and ongoing political speculation around resignations and appointments.
Ten years ago today Indiana poet laureate E A Richardson known as Big Rich spoke to Rotarians and their wives at the First Congregational church. One four of the county schools opened fall terms.
The source notes a quotation about democracy from Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick and adds a brief aside about lacking information. It also includes a quoted statement from a Japanese army spokesman on the bombing of two British steamers, described as a regrettable mistake.
A crossword style list titled Steamboat Builder includes horizontal and vertical clues ranging from inventor of the steamboat to musical terms and common nouns, with entries like Inventor of the steamboat and Royal.
Fred W. Ladd, 168 pounds, of Salem New York, recent 65th birthday, says he remains active as an athlete. He pitched for 35 years with the Salem Athletic club, hurled four games in 1937, plans to play right half back next season, and boasts a boxing record of 179 fights without a knockout. The Catskill Aqueduct carries water 119 miles to New York City through rock 1114 feet beneath the Hudson, at a cost of 188 million dollars. MONDAY: The Invalid Ace.
Anecdotes from Aunt Het Henry Robert Quillen suggest politics mirror public mood as prosperity keeps the country Republican and anger shifts it toward the Democratic side. The quip underscores how economic conditions influence party support.
A 1939 syndicated piece recalls a strained day as Pa comforts Ma while rheumatism and melancholy color their mood. The brief vignette hints at family tension and enduring affection within a fraught moment.
The mix features Johnny Weissmuller and Sally Rand among audience favorites. Franklin D. Roosevelt is cited, while the official answer was New Republic, the crowd preferred American Mercury for its flair.
Quote from Col. Alvin C. York urges the public to return to faith to counter rising threats. The World War hero warns of clever adversaries gaining the upper hand and calls for renewed moral action.
A quotation discusses war not as a parade but through the faces of hungry and terrified women and children. Former President Hoover addresses the Christian Endeavor convention in Cleveland while actress Helen Hayes comments on discipline for naughty children.
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