Farmers Rush to Get Loans Under Emergency Act
Washington reports a surge of farmers seeking aid under the emergency farm mortgage act. The Farm Credit Administration notes over 1,200 trained appraisers exist but 2,100 are needed to handle current business promptly. July applications already outpaced all of 1931 and 1932 combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
The
Credit Administration
Morgenthau
U. S., Japan Send Ships to Foochow
US and Japanese ships move toward Foochow as Communists push in Fukien since August. Amoy port attacked and repelled by Chiang Kai-shek’s 19th Route Army. Eight American missionaries from the Pittsburgh Passionist mission, including six Sisters of Mercy, missing after two months of siege and reported to have been driven from Yuanchew in Hunan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fukien
Amoy
Chiang
Shanghai
Passionist
Pittsburgh
Sisters of Mercy
Yuanchew
Hunan
Golden State Wreck Leaves 8 Dead in Arizona Train Crash
Emergency crews cutting through wreckage at the ar royo to remove locomotives as the Golden State Limited wreck near Tucumcari leaves eight dead. Eleanor Day of Tucson, wife of a realtor, died in a coffin aboard the train en route to Odebolt Iowa for funeral services. The eastbound Rock Island Limited suffered after plunging into a draw, delaying through Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Eleanor Day
Golden State Limited
Odebolt
Iowa
Rock Island
Muscatine
Tucumcari
N. M
Los Angeles
NRA Victory Parade Scheduled in City
The report urges cooperation for swift economic recovery under the blue eagle program. Officials call on county leaders to ease labor-business tensions and settle differences quickly within 60 days to advance the national recovery plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
State Recovery Board
Whiteside
Roosevelt
Johnson
Boston
Henry Ford
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse Jones
President Roosevelt
Ford silent on code as NRA presses Johnson push
Roosevelt seeks a report on Henry Ford amid NRA efforts to impose the auto industry code. Johnson touts progress as Ford remains noncommittal while planning a sea trip and Roosevelt considers naming a planning and conservation panel. Retail code faces midweek revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ford
Roosevelt
Oil Planning and Conservation Committee
Ickes
Detroit
Henry
Edsell Ford
Ford Motor Company
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Henry Ford
Arthur D. Whiteside
NRA
Bandits Kill Cop in $30,000 Holdup
Witnesses described a machine gun in the street before the post office as bandits held observers at bay. Police believed the weapon was a submachine gun. Gunfire shattered windows as Pavlick fell fatally and Yeaman suffered serious wounds. Bandits fled in a car after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavlick
Yeaman
Firemen On River Bank Misread as Drowning Sign
Muscatine residents believed a drowning occurred when a fire truck and firefighters appeared at the riverfront foot of Sycamore Street this morning. The crew was actually clearing refuse buildup at Purose Creek sewer mouth with a hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Sycamore Street
Puroose Creek
Boys Marooned on High Ledge Near Adirondack Lodge
Three Plattsburgh youths William La Due Robert Glenn and Tyler Grey were stranded on a 400 foot high ledge above Wallface mountain in the Adirondacks since Tuesday. State Trooper Harold Muller secured 500 feet more rope and planned an airdrop as rescue attempts continued from Lake Placid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondack Lodge
Lake Placid
N. Y
Wallface Mountain
Adirondack Wilderma
Harold Muller
Heart Lake
Muller
William la Due
Robert Glenn
Tyler Grey
Plattsburgh
Favorites Win in Golf Meet
In a golf meet summary, Miss Van Wie dominated tight battles defeating Mrs. Harley Higbie of Detroit 4 and 3 with two eagles and a long Spoon shot. She then beat Mrs. Leo Federman of New York 4 and 2. Other survivors in the top five included Leona Cheney San Gabriel Calif, O S Hill Kansas City, Helen Hicks Inwood N Y, Maureen Orcutt Haworth N J, Charlotte Glutting West Orange N J, and Lucile Robinson Des Moines western champion who beat Margaret Maddox Atlanta 5 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Higbie
Detroit
Miss van Wie
Leo. Federman
New York
Leona Cheney
San Gabriel
Calif
Aniela Gorczyca
Fort Worth
Tex
O. S. Hill
Kansas City
Frances Williams
Philadelphia
Helen Hicks
Inwood
N. Y
Ben Fitzhugh
Vicksburg
Miss
Maureen Orcutt
Haworth
N. J
Charles Newbold
Wichita
Kas
Charlotte Glutting
West Orange
Miss Wilson
Salem
Peggy Watties
Buffalo
Lucile Robinson
Des Moines
Margaret Maddox
Atlanta
Typhoid Linked to Wilton Deaths Amid Postmortems
The Wilton community faced three deaths blamed on typhoid fever with university postmortem examinations. Early unverified reports suggesting tainted tomatoes from a sprayed patch were discredited as the diagnosis showed an infectious cause. Two other children remain in the family, one away and one as a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
University
Wilson
Restaurant Owners Meet to Discuss National Industry
Restaurant owners from Missouri Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas are invited to a meeting here Friday to discuss the national restaurant industry basics. The invitation is issued by C. M. Hayman of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
The
Dakotas
Muscatine F F A Outing Posts 25 At Watermelon Feed
Twenty five members attended the Muscatine high school Future Farmers of America outing at the Rotary lodge. A noon luncheon followed by games and sports, with watermelons donated by Gerald Hoyt and Vernon Bardin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Future Farmer Club
Rotary Lodge
Gerald Hoyt
Vernon Bardin
Leroy Peterson
Harlo Ricketts
Lindley B. Hoopes
Des Moines
Forrest Bill
Minnesota
28 Veterans to Move to Atlantic Iowa
Des Moines Iowa coordinator L Perkins said 28 Iowa World War veterans from the citizens conservation camp and Fort Lincoln Bismarck will be moved into the Atlantic Iowa camp. Also notes comparisons of body temperatures across birds mammals and reptiles and mentions resinous sap sealing wounds in coniferous trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
L. C. Perkins
Iowa
Citizens Conservation Camp
Fort Lincoln
Bismarck
N. D
Atlantic
Restaurant Code Sets Weekly Hours for Workers
An industrial code from the National Restaurant Association outlines a 54 hour maximum workweek for male employees and 48 hours for female employees. The standard aims to regulate labor practices across districts and restaurateurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enth
National Restaurant Association
Wheat Growers of Townships Advance Organization Plans
Wheat growers groups in Muscatine County hold meetings in Seventy Six township and Lake township with sixteen attendees each. Lee Riggs elected township director in Seventy Six with John O'Brien and Ed Dodder as assistants. Lake township to elect leaders at Monday night meeting. Moscow township to organize tonight with County Agent Carl Rylander at Moscow school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Arden
Lake Township
Bayfield
Lee Riggs
John O’brien
Ed Dodder
Moscow Township
Carl E. Rylander
Moscow School
Moscow
Mars Moons Far Smaller Than Earth’s Companion
The two satellites of Mars terrify the planet more than our Moon does Earth but are nearly insignificant in size compared to Earth’s Moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Earth
Teachers Seek Tax Act Revision in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislative tax revision committee considers revisions proposed by the Iowa State Teachers' Association to the Beatty Bennett act. The changes define attendance as the average daily attendance over the period and set per pupil amounts for several cities including Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Sioux City and Waterloo at 83 dollars, while others like Burlington and Muscatine get 78 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association
Des Moines
Iowa Legislative Tax Revision Committee
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Burlington
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Herring Outlines Bond Issuance by Cities for Projects
Des Moines report says Governor Herring proposed delayed maturity bonds for public works to avoid Beatty Bennett amendments. Interest to be paid from non tax levy funds, with bonds dated to mature after 1935, awaiting Attorney General O Connor opinion. He cites 1933-35 levy limits and Sioux City chamber of commerce push for legal clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Herring
O’connor
Beatty-Bennett
Sioux City Chamber of Commerce
Sioux City
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Japan
Foochow
Golden State
Arroyo
John R. Lee
John Knarr
Christina Knarr
First
Sistie
Buzzie
Grandpa
Highland
Curtis B. Dall
White House
Hyde Park
Washington Monument
Mount Vernon
Coal Fields Going Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
St. Mary’s
Uptown Theatre
Uptown Theater
Aghios
4Th Ave
Minneapolis
Hollywood
Vee Allen
Vee
Mallorca
Palma
Mallorcan
Tapiana Marloff
Russia
Smyben
Tonigh
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
James
Sally
Graham McNamee
Loretta Young
Gene
Budapest
Fox News
Fred Eichenauver
E. Lehreurs
Mickey
Odevil
Yorkshire
England
Zambesi River
South Africa
London Metropolitan Police
China
Journal
Rumba Rockets
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!