Littlemac car era shaped Muscatine hopes in 1931
The Littlemac, a two model compact car built by Thompson Motor in Muscatine, rolled out twelve units in 1931 amid high local expectations. Priced at 350 dollars for a two passenger coupe and 500 for a truckette, the car weighed 1199 pounds and advertised 55 mph top speed and 35 mpg fuel economy. Reuben Rasmussen led sales, and cars were shown at Chicago and Davenport shows. The project faltered as capital ran out in the low year of 1931.
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John Kasbeer
Littlemac
Muscatine
Detroit
Little Cars
F. C. B. Muscatine
Down
Thompson Motor Corporation of
Littlemine
Ideal
Jefferson School
Reuben Rasmussen
Davenport
Rock Island Lines Railroad
Chicago
Rock Island
Rasmussen
Kautz Baking Company
Municipal Electric Utility
Journal
Littlemac Car Story Reflects Thompson Motive and Parts
A Muscatine Chronicle feature recounts the Littlemac, a compact car built by Thompson Motor Corp, its powerful seven engines and six wheel drive, and the 1929 assembly in Moline. It notes the car’s reliability, foreign and domestic interest, and why Studebaker rejected an offer to move the plant.
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Journal
West Liberty
Littleemac
United States
Rasmussen
Mexico
Thompson Motor Corporation
Mexico City
Studebaker Company
South Bend
Ind
Cars Damaged In Collision At East Second and Brook
Two cars were damaged at 11 55 a m in a collision at East Second and Brook streets. Ronald H Hansen 30 of 309 West 11th street sustained left front damage while Patricia Kay Marshall 18 of 930 East Second had left side damage. Miss Marshall drove north on Brook and Hansen east on Second.
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Brook Streets
Ronald H. Hansen
L1th Street
Patricia Kay Marshall
East Second Street
Miss Marshall
Brook
Hansen
Second
Muscatine Journal Rates and Publication Details
The Muscatine Journal is a Lee Enterprises publication at 301 BE. 336 Ot Muscatine Iowa 52161. It notes Sunday and holiday publication exceptions, AP use for public dispatches, and subscription rates for city and mail deliveries with daily hours and a special delivery service.
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Muscatier Journal
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Muscatine
Iowa
Ally
City of Muscane
Man Given 15 Day Term for Defrauding Innkeeper
Orrin Sell of Muscatine was ordered to serve 15 days in county jail on charges of defrauding an innkeeper and passing a false check. The judge gave five days for fraud and ten days for the $5 bad check, with both offenses tied to the same downtown restaurant. The check was written last August after Sell ate a meal without funds. Ernest Nichols of 1508 Gobble Street faces a false check charge and will appear in justice court December 3, released on $25 bond. JOYF Members Elect Officers at Lincoln Blvd church elected Pam McGrew president Martha Barnes vice president Barbara Heuer secretary Terri Barthus treasurer Fileen Wright reporter. The caroling party concluded with a gathering at Rex McGrew home and a later silly gift exchange.
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Orrin Sell
Muscatine
Justice of the Peace Bay Pace
Sell
Ernest Nichols
Gobblestreet
Justice of the Peace Court
Pam McGrew
Martha Barnes
Barbara Heuer
Terri Barthus
Fileen Wright
Rex McGrew
Battered Safe Found East of Muscatine
A battered Ozark Air Lines safe from Cedar Rapids airport was recovered eight miles east of Muscatine near a private dumping ground. Deputy Miller identified the finder as Leo Cramer of 1100 East Eighth Street. The haul included $1300 in cash and checks, with $578.58 recovered, and tools with price tags left at the scene.
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Ozark Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
al Woods
Muscatine
Bob Miller
Leo Cramer
East Eighth Street
Highway 22
Miller
Photographers Rescued From Mountain Peak
Three Boulder photographers Gerald Brown John Squires and Bill Prather were rescued from Longs Peak near Estes Park Colorado after spending a day and night in sub zero cold. A blizzard pounded the mountain and the climb had been postponed due to weather.
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Estes Park
Colo
Longs Peak
Here
Gerald Brown
John Squires
Bill Prather
Man Held In Abduction Of 2 Youths
AP Mahaska County sheriff says Duane L. Allgood 31 held on fugitive charges for abducting John Clayton Jr. 17 and his 15 year old sister Catherine in Haverstraw Village New York. Children found unharmed last week in West Virginia after tip from stepmother.
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Oskaloosa
New York State
Duane L. Allgood
Mahaska County
Walter O. Tharp
Allgood
John Clayton Jr
Catherine
Haverstraw Village
N.Y
Fire damages garage and rural property from embers
Embers from a fireplace at 1107 Oakland Drive Lawrence Hoffman ignited ashes, scorching wall sheeting and ceiling, damaging a rug and tools. Firemen responded at 4:33 p.m. and again at 5:15 p.m. to rural property west of Bloomington township where Raymond Stange burned lumber in an old barn during demolition. firefighters held the danger of spread.
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Lawrence Hoffman
Oakland Drive
B. L. McKee
Raymond Stange
Bloomington Township
Stange
Plan Civic Reception For Bishop O'Keefe
Davenport prepares a civic reception for Most Rev. Gerald F. O'Keefe, Davenport's sixth bishop, on Sunday Jan 8 at 2 p.m. in Assumption High School gym with about 3000 expected attendees, featuring welcomes by city and church leaders and a reception in the cafeteria.
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Davenport
Assumption High School
Gerald F. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Assumption
Paul D.moore
Diocese of
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