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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
10
Muscatine Welfare Association plans to reduce transient begging by asking merchants and housewives to withhold monetary aid. Miss Grayce Weeks says social workers will handle cases in the Welfare office. The welfare group will arrange one meal for transients, with a possible second if needed, to discourage street solicitation.
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith, famed aviator, marries Mary Powell at Scots Church Melbourne. About 10 000 well wishers gather outside as airforce officers form an honor arch and witnesses attend the ceremony. The romance began in 1927 after his trans Pacific flight.
Former U S secretary of state Frank B Kellogg receives the 1929 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in the royal presence of King Haakon a distinguished audience Dr Nathan Soederblom archbishop of Upsala is awarded the 1930 prize Want Ads note appears in the copy
The final report of Amelia Lutje as executrix of John A. Lutje’s estate was filed with the clerk. A certificate of appeal was filed today by A B Funk Iowa Industrial Commissioner regarding Leora Arne’s appeal against Western Silo James Manufacturing and Employer Mutual Liabilities Insurance.
Hazell Rozell Roxen Sanders a 30 year old described by police as a film actor importer and master burglar was charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of furnishings from homes in Los Angeles Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Police recovered more than $100000 in loot over two years linking Sanders aka Al White to the burglaries through fingerprints on window ledges. An alleged accomplice Peter Ryan aka Paul Whacky age 38 was also charged with burglary. They looted scores of homes hauling rugs radios silverware and jewelry to a cache.
Miss Ruth Nichols, society aviatrix from Rye New York, left Wichita at 7 01 a m on the second leg of her cross country record flight. She flew from Los Angeles to Wichita with no stop in 7 hours 1 minute, about an hour longer than the existing single hop distance record set by Captain Frank Hawks. She aims to reach Roosevelt Field New York in a single hop today.
Delegates from temperance groups meeting in Washington seek a united front on eighteenth amendment debates. The report advocates opposing any referendum proposal while the Methodist Board of Temperance withdraws from resubmission plans. Dr. Clarence True Wilson counseled continued opposition.
Funeral services for W. E. Howe were held at his father M. Y. Howe’s home in Moline. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery with pallbearers Dr. L. C. Howe, Dr. George Howe, Charles Kern, E. J. Asthalter, Roy Kautz, and Harry Hahn and soloist Eloise Rice.
Ad copy touts Cystex for bladder irritation and related symptoms including frequent urination backache and nervousness. Claims rapid circulation within 15 minutes and an iron clad guarantee with money back, priced at 60c at Henderson's drug store.
Knoxville-Kirk Talleday, 50, farm hand, found dead in James Campbell home room. Survived by son in Davenport, daughter, and father. Fort Dodge Henry W. Schultz, 51, fatally injured in car crash into concrete railroad signal base. connected with Fort Dodge Grocery. Fort Dodge Fred Beckenbaugh fined 1000 dollars for gaming house. Fort Dodge special election set to decide natural gas franchise for Fort Dodge Gas and Electric. Fairfield Ralph Stever fractured hip after slipping on frosty creek bank and falling 12 feet. Cedar Rapids inquest planned into death of Joseph F. Anderson, 52, killed by fall from hotel eighth-story window. Minneapolis funeral set for James Wheeler of Minneapolis Tribune, died of pneumonia. born 1822 in Sioux City. survived by parents and five brothers.
Four men robbed the Interstate National Bank in the Livestock Exchange building in Kansas City taking about 50 000 to 55 000 in currency. The quartet, who wore masks, overpowered staff at opening time and held 25 to 30 people at gunpoint until the time lock allowed vault access. They fled in a car after seizing the money.
Greenville reports a political surge as Georgia mobilizes for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s imminent return to New York. The AP dispatch notes Governor Roosevelt’s statewide influence and the momentum building ahead of the national figure’s arrival.
The report notes a Roosevelt-for-President club in Georgia pledging support for a future candidate with remarks that no name is yet set and much could change. Governor-elect Richard B. Russell calls Georgia proud to have Roosevelt as an adopted son and the club the nation’s first.
The three act comedy Love's Magic was staged by the Senior Lutherleague before a full church audience Tuesday night. A repeat performance is set for tonight at the New Era community house. Cast members include Laura Mae Garrison Henry Lange Hazel McLain Irabel Kill Gladys Cox Hazel Brei Le Roy Sohn Hazel McLain.
An ad touts Baalmann's Gas Tablets as a permanent remedy for gas in the stomach and bowels. It claims to banish gnawing pain, nervous feelings, heart palpitations, and cold limbs, promising easier breathing after meals. The ad notes genuine tablets in a yellow package, $1, Havercamp's Pharmacy carries them.
The office boy returns with a bill and refuses to leave until payment is settled. He quips that his boss may not recognize him with a beard, highlighting a humorous exchange from Tit-Bits.
A boastful financier in Tit-Bits claims his career and wealth stem from one thing pluck. A bored listener asks who he plucked in return, framing the exchange as a sharp social caricature.
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