Death Takes Mrs. Aikins in West Liberty
Mrs. Cather ine Aikins 83 longtime Muscatine county resident died at 2 30 am at her North Columbus street home after prolonged illness. Survived by husband Albert Aikins daughter Mrs L A Whittacre and three sons Irwin Aikins C L Aikins and Raymond Aikins nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete. Born 1849 in Baltimore she moved west as a child and lived on a farm northeast of West Liberty before moving there in 1900. She was active in the Presbyterian church Woman's Relief corps and the Floriculture society.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
Catherine Aikins
Muscatine County
North Columbus Street
Phineas and
Cynthia Buckman
Baltimore
Davenport
Muscatine
Atalissa
Albert A. Atkins
New Japanese Military Drive Is Anticipated
Informants expect a major Japanese push in eastern Manchuria to shift troops south for a Jehol campaign. Japan’s capture of Shanhaikwan opens a path into Jehol while Pazification of eastern Manchuria completes control of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Tokyo directs authorities to avoid flare ups and seek a localized settlement with Chang Hsiao-Liang in North China.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Jehol
Shanhaikwan
North China
Manchukuo
Pogranichnaya
Vladivostok
Hirose
Manchur
Suo Ping-Wen
Soviet Russia
Tokyo
Peiping
Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang
North
China
Henry Bennett Dies Here at 77
Henry Taylor Bennett aged 77 died at his home 614 East Eighth street after an illness with complications. Born May 12, 1855 in Henry county Iowa, he lived near Conesville most of his life and with his children in Muscatine the last seven years. Survived by four sons Ed Kansas City Fred Marietta Harvey Muscatine Henry and four daughters May Watters Galesburg Sylvia Nester East Fourth street Alice Pollock 614 East Eighth street. 11 grandchildren. Wife Mary Louise Butcher Bennett preceded him eight years. Funeral arrangements are indefinite.
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Henry Taylor Bennett
East Eighth Street
Mr. Bennett
Henry County
Conesville
Muscatine
Ed Bennett
Kansas City
Fred
Marietta
Harvey
East Fifth Street
Henry
East Sixth Street
May Watters
Oak Street
Edward Jones
Galesburg
Sylvia Nester
East Fourth Street
Alice Pollock
Mary Louise Butcher Bennett
Senate weighs currency inflation amid Glass bill debate
Washington AP reports rising demand in western states for inflation to cut debts. Senator Borah plans to gauge senate support to amend the Glass banking measure with deflation proposals. Proposals include bond based money, remonetization of silver, or lowering dollar gold content.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Privatcy Agreeing
House Rules Committee Advances Farm Relief Bill
The House Rules Committee approved a resolution granting privileged status to an emergency farm relief measure. The bill calls for minimum prices on major agricultural commodities and funds a farmer bounty via a processing fee on wheat, cotton, tobacco, and hogs.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Agriculture Committee
Jones
Haugen
Iowa
Rules Committee
Pou
Tax Payments Heavy for Day
County Treasurer Arthur J. Nicholson reports a record tax intake on Tuesday totaling 5147.94 for 1932 taxes due 1933. The first day of 1933 transactions and the new tax books marked the strong start, with January 1932 receipts only 882.86 and prior years showing two or three payments.
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Arthur J. Nicholson
New Year Predictions and Public Mood Reflections
A Beverly Hills interview captures mixed forecasts for 1938 with residents discussing predictions, technocracy, unemployment, and the idea of progress. Respondents remark on debts, mood shifts, and potential remedies while noting skepticism toward political and economic solutions.
New Taxes Loom As Roosevelt Sets Budget Course
President elect Roosevelt arrives in New York to meet with Democratic leaders on budget plans for the new administration. Talks focus on new taxes beyond the beer levy, economy, and farm relief, with possible shifts from a sales tax proposal to a levy on interstate shipments.
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New York
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Hoover
Senate
Pittman
Nevada
Rayburn
Texas
East Sixty-fifth Street
County Board Keeps Relief Policy For Needy Unchanged
The Muscatine board of supervisors and social worker Mrs. M Opal Fore decided to continue the county relief policy of cash aid instead of grocery orders for six weeks more. Relief rules remain the same with no aid to car owners and rent paid only for blind crippled or too sick or old to work. Fore noted 300 families on relief in the past month and 62 individuals employed in a wood cutting project delivering over 90 cords, replacing coal orders in many cases.
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Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
M. Opal Fore
Cash balance of Muscatine county ends year at 322448.44
Muscatine county’s semi annual treasurer report shows total funds of 322 448 44 dollars as of December 31 including cash in banks 308059 64 vault 2622 00 and various specific funds such as county road construction Web search results show detailed allocations across General state revenue soldiers bonus county fund and more with a breakdown totaling 322 448 44 dollars.
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Muscatine County
Arthur Nicholson
Board of Supervisors
George Sauer
W. J. Barclay
Fair Ground
Teachers’ Institute
West Liberty
Wilton
Muscatine Corporation
Bill to Refinance Farm Mortgages Introduced in Congress
Washington reports a bill to empower a Reconstruction corporation to loan farmers funds to refinance debts secured by mortgages on farm land. Senator George and Representative Cox of Georgia introduced the measure, backed by Georgia Democrats.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
George
Cox
Georgia
Deficit Tops One Billion Dollars in First Half of 1932
The federal government closed the first half of its 1932 fiscal year December 30 with a deficit of 1,159,286,502 dollars. Revenue for the six months ending June 30 totaled 1,022,885,840 dollars, while expenditures reached 2,182,172,342 dollars. The new tax measure boosted miscellaneous internal revenue by 117 million, but income taxes declined by 272 million, offsetting gains.
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Washington
Treasury
Registered Mail Heist Strikes Minneapolis Depot
A gang robbed the Milwaukee depot in night darkness, stealing at least 100000 in cash and bonds from three registered mail pouches destined for Portals Port Aberdeen and Chicago. Six or more men fled by car, protected by armed guards. Several workers were held back as the crime unfolded.
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Minneapolis
R. H. Griggs
St. Paul
Northwest
Griggs
Soo Line
Portal
N. C
Milwaukee Road
Aberdeen
S. D
Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee
Chicago
George A. Longquist
F. C. Rogers
Harvey Spencer
Mrs OBrien 86 Taken by Death
Mrs Mary Jane OBrien Aged 86 died at her daughter Mrs Nancy T Bierman s home 216 Gilbert Street at 210 pm Tuesday after a short illness Surviving are her daughter 12 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren The body remains at the Bierman home until 230 pm Thursday funeral services will be conducted there Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery
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Mary Jane O’brien
Nancy T. Bierman
Gilbert Street
Bierman
Greenwood Cemetery
Letts and Rover Exonerated by Court of Appeals
Washington AP Justice F Dickinson Letts former Iowa congressman and U S Attorney Leo A Rover were exonerated in district court of appeals on charges they falsified the record in a liquor case. Chief Justice George E Martin said there is nothing in the record to support the charges. Jesse C Duke the defense attorney had made the charges but did not file a brief or appear in court.
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Washington
Duke
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
State Banks Named Depositories for State Funds
Muscatine saw the Muscatine State Bank and the Hershey State Bank named official state depositories for 1933. The selections were made by four state officials Mrs. Alex Miller, secretary of state Leo J. Wegman, state treasurer Ray Murray, secretary of agriculture and C W Storms state auditor after an Associated Press briefing from Des Moines.
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Muscatine
Iowa City Youth Sentenced to Life for Gas Station Slaying
James Regis Martin a 16 year old Iowa City youth was given life imprisonment in Jackson State Prison for the November 4 slaying of Hans Nielsen a gas station operator. He was convicted by a circuit court jury after defense witnesses including Iowa physicians testified he may have had dementia praecox. Martin was captured the next day on a bus at Benton Harbor and readily confessed.
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Muskegon
Mich
James Regis Martin
Iowa City
Jackson State Prison
Hans Nielsen
Martin
Iowa
Nielsen
Young Martin
Benton Harbor
Weather Outlook and River Stage Summaries
Weather Iowa fair and colder in parts tonight with warmer winds in the west and north central areas Thursday. Illinois partly cloudy and cooler with brief rain along the Ohio River tonight and generally fair Thursday. River stages list Dubuque 3.6 and fall 0.4 Davenport 4.8 and fall 0.8 Muscatine 5.2 and fall 0.3 Keokuk 3.2 and fall 0.4 St. Louis 7.0 and fall 0.1.
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Iowa
Illinois
Ohio River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Militia Quits Again After Two Killings in Illinois
Five national guard companies were ordered to Christian county Illinois to quell mining disturbances. It is the second call to restore order after two miners were killed and miners ambushed. Troops return under Lieut. Col Robert W. Davis. Alex Jevalttas, a night officer, was jailed after a shooting incident in Kincaid.
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Taylorville
National Guard
Illinois
Christian County
United Mine Workers of America
Robert W. Davis
Carbondale
130Th Infantry
Carlose Black
Progressive Miners of America
Peabody Coal Company
United Mine Workers
John W. Coale
Charles Weineke
Omer E. Davenport
Kincaid
Black
Alex Jevalttas
Bulpitt
United Mine
Action on Repeal Bill Delayed by Senate Panel
Washington AP Final action on repeal of prohibition was postponed by the senate judiciary sub committee until Thursday due to the absence of Senators Walsh and Herbert. Chairman Blaine said a final vote would be reached then as the panel plans separate votes on repeal, anti import provisions, and possible submission methods. No action was planned on the 3.2 per cent beer bill until after Saturday hearings.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Blaine
Walsh
Montana
Herbert
Rhode Island
Congress
Woman Returns to Employer's Office After Unkind Home Life
A censored diary-like fragment describes a woman agreeing to return to her employer's office to seek better treatment, hoping his behavior will improve. The text implies domestic unhappiness and a plan to resume work to regain stability.
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