Johnson Demands War Debt Payment
Senator Hiram Johnson denounced debt cancellation talks and argued Americans sacrificed to buy Liberty and Victory bonds. He recalled promises that loans would be repaid with interest and warned against misrepresentation of war debts. A separate security pouch bound for San Joaquin Valley was hijacked by two gunmen, with guards disarmed and $10,000 seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Europe
Senators Urge Action on Money Inflation Question
The article notes a growing money movement and Senate debate with Borah and senators Bankhead Logan and Wheeler urging action. Bankhead called the money issue the paramount question before the nation and the world, pressing Senate leadership to recognize the matter.
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Senate
House
Borah
Bankhead
Alabama
Logan Democrat
Kentucky
Wheeler
Montana
Troops Recalled After Mine Fight At Kincaid Peabody Mines
Two workers were wounded as gunfire erupted at Peabody mine No 7 in Kincaid with deputies patrolling the area after Tuesday's fighting left one man and a woman dead. Shots from houses and thickets sparked a night of bombing, sniping, and arrests as mines resumed operation and legal action loomed against union members.
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Peabody Mine No. 7
Kincaid
Taylorville-Kincaid
Thomas Hickman
Fulton Smith
Sheriff's Office
Peabody
Tovey
Taylorville
United Mine Workers
Coale
Progressive Mine Union
Vincent Rodems
Springfield
Emma Comerlotto
National
Mail Pouch Stolen in Bold Postal Robbery
Two armed bandits seized a registered mail pouch from guards at a railroad station. Federal inspectors and local authorities sought the robbers, who fled in waiting cars toward Wisconsin plates. The pouch contained valuable contents.
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Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Federal Post Office
Farm Relief Bill Heads To Thursday Vote
Chairman Pou questions the bill while Jones and Haugen defend its aims as a radical plan to restore agricultural purchasing power. The measure targets wheat cotton and tobacco with parity goals and provides hog producers with graduated benefits aimed at pre war values, offset by a processor levy to limit consumer impact.
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Pou
Jones
Haugen
New Federal Taxes Ahead Leaders Fear
Two weeks into the new democratic administration elected last November, leaders anticipate federal tax changes. More than twenty visitors were received by Mr Roosevelt, with many intimate friends among today’s callers at the White Stone five story Central Park area structure. Cabinet announcements are deferred until next month, with hints of February declarations during a sea voyage.
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Mr Roosevelt
Central Park
Roosevelt
New Jap Military Drive Anticipated
Marshal Chang urged sending communications to Nanking about the Shanhaikwan incident. Peiping expected to block a local settlement. General Suzuki reportedly offered truce terms to Ho Chu-Kuo. A neutral zone was proposed for Shanhaikwan. Japan notified the League of Nations of plans to localize the conflict. Evidence cited that a major campaign was not planned.
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Marshal Chang
Shanhaikwan
Nanking
Peiping
Suzuki
Ho Chu-Kuo
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Japan
Board Takes Home Inventory and Routine Business
The board of supervisors spent today at the county farm tallying supplies and handling ordinary matters. They served dinner at noon, checked warrants, and allowed two domestic animal claims while deferring one blind pension case for further checks. They reviewed office balances and authorized fence-line work and civil fee retention within Muscatine township.
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Board of Supervisors
Nella Dusenvderry
Dewey Avenue
J. O’keefe
Dan Maher
Henry Angerer
Orono
Far East Clash Grows Clearer in Washington Explanations
Chinese and Japanese representatives in Washington offered differing causes for the Shanhaikwan clash. The Japanese embassy blamed a Chinese rift while the Chinese legation cited Japanese civilians firing toward the city walls and a railway station bombing on Jan 1. U S officials pursued full facts before any action, keeping close contact with developments.
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Shanhaikwan
Washington
Far East
Chang Hsiao Liang
Manchuria
State Department
Foreclosure Sues over 40 Acre Muscatine Land
District Court notes John B. Gallagher as receiver of the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank filed a foreclosure suit against a 40 acre tract in Muscatine County naming Milton and Elva Boyle as defendants. Judgment for 3308.88 and appointment of a receiver is asked. Time to plead assigned in nine pending cases by Judge D W Jackson with specific deadlines for each suit.
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John B. Gallagher
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Muscatine County
Milton
Elva Boyle
D. W. Jackson
Norman Baker Investment Company
J. C. France
N. G. Baker
Myrtle B. Swain
Orville I. Swain
R. G. Smith
Henry C. Tomfeld
Karl W. Hoaglin
Pauline Hoopman
Muscatine Canning Company
Hahn Muscatine Company
W. M. Riggs and Son
C. P. Brown Manufacturing Company
Pound's Clothing Company
John Buterbaugh
Tom Smith
Myra Buterbaugh
L. S. McCoy
Robert G. Freyermuth
Ernest Schweitzer
Huge Stockyards Hog Receipts Hit Billion-Range Figures
Muscatine Swift and Company stockyards report 1932 hog receipts totaling 91 789 with $797 670 53 paid. Average price 3 50 per 100 pounds on 245 pound hogs. August led with 9 934 hogs and $100 546 61, October 9 528 hogs and $77 579 57.
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Muscatine
Humorousexchange on a botched operation and chloroform shortage
A quip from The Humorist recalls a surgeon stating a blow during an operation while a colleague jokes about a chloroform shortage. The exchange highlights dark humor about medical practice and resources.
Supervisors Schedule Two Special Meetings Thursday
The new board of supervisors plans two special conferences on Thursday. At 10 a.m. they will receive a delegation of unemployed led by M. S. Whitey Adams. At 2 p.m. a Muscatine Medical Association committee will discuss a 1933 indigent sick care contract. The board also inventoryied stocks at the county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
J. Henry Schaefer
M. S. “Whitey” Adams
Muscatine Medical Association
Angry Farmers Stop Mortgage Foreclosure in LeMars
About 500 farmers in LeMars Iowa seized attorney Herbert S. Martin at the courthouse steps to halt a mortgage foreclosure on John A. Johnson. Martin had entered a sealed $30,000 bid from New York Life, $3,000 short of the mortgage, and agreed to telegraph the insurer to avoid a deficiency judgment. The telegram reportedly read Rush answer my neck at risk. The USDA distributed more than 7 billion fish fry and eggs last year.
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LeMars
Herbert S. Martin
Court House
John A. Johnson
New York Life Insurance Company
Johnson
Martin
Insurance Company
New Era Church Officials Named 1933 Officers
New Era Church in New Era elected its 1933 officers and approved annual reports at a Tuesday night meeting led by Rev. E. A. Lack. Arnold Petersen and George Brei were named trustees and deacons respectively for three years. W. H. Sauer remains superintendent with Margaret Krestschmar as assistant. Delegates selected to Rock Island district include A. C. Sauer and Charles Roehlk as alternate. to Illinois conference Miss Helen Pantel and Chaves Roehlk as alternate.
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Egates
Rock Island
A. C. Sauer
Charles Roehlk
Illinois
Helen Pantel
Chaves Roehlk
Schoenig Seated as Lodge Leader
E. W. Schoenig was installed as worshipful master of Iowa lodge No. 2 A. F. & A. M. at the Masonic temple Tuesday night. New officers seated include Carl Houdek senior warden A. E. Van Camp junior warden F. W. Johnston treasurer and F. G. Wilford secretary with appointive officers named F. D. Millar senior deacon E. W. Rosenthal junior deacon A C Arbogast senior steward Raymond Othmer junior steward Dr. B. F. Schwartz chaplain C. N. Nicholson Sr marshal H. J. Tiedemann organist and George J. Schmidt tiler.
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E. W. Schoenig
Iowa Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Carl Houdek
A. E. van Camp
F. W. Johnston
F. G. Wilford
F. D. Millar
E. W. Rosenthal
A C. Arbogast
Raymond Othmer
B. F. Schwartz
C. N. Nicholson
H. J. Tiedemann
George J. Schmidt
Herman B. Lord
F. G. Holcomb
Grinnell approves city scrip plan with 500 dollar issue
Grinnell city council approves a scrip plan to pay workers on city projects and guarantees a 500 dollar issue. Ninety six merchants and professionals agree to accept the scrip in business transactions. Cedar Rapids Coe college band invited to Roosevelt inaugural parade. Des Moines will have institutional greenhouses supply flowers for inaugural ceremonies. Harold Graham of Creston held after admitting theft of three typewriters and other items. Railroad scrip books offering 25 percent savings to travelers go on sale February 1. C H Reed asks witness fees and mileage in federal cases.
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Associated Press
Grinnell
Cedar Rapids—Coe College
Roosevelt
O—Des Moines — Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
Des Moines
C. H. Reed
Taxpayer view on Iowa public salaries and lawmakers
A reader outlines salaries for state officials, from the highway commission to district judges, and compares county engineer budgets in Muscatine, Woodbury, and Scott counties. He urges reform of compulsory statutes and better taxpayer representation by Iowa’s 108 representatives and 50 senators. E. E. Wolfe, 2604 Mulberry Ave.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
District Court of
Iowa
District Court
State of
Muscatine
Scott
Clinton
Jackson
Forty Third General Assembly
Woodbury County
Scott County
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
E. E. Wolfe
Mulberry Ave
Fair Weather in Store Thursday for Iowa
The forecast predicts generally fair weather on Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures in the west and north central Iowa. Tonight will be somewhat cooler in south central and extreme east portions. At 7 a.m. the temperature was 32 degrees, and the river stood at 5.2 feet, down .3 feet in the last 24 hours.
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Iowa
The Only Way
A brief comic note from Stuttgarter Ilustrierte about a humorous request from Mummie asking for a phonograph to sleep rather than dance, highlighting the night time predicament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgarter Ilustrierte
Payment of Federal Fees Blocked by Washington Decision
Unpaid fees owed to state agents for federal services exceed $1,000. Payment has been held up awaiting a decision by the Department of Justice in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Washington
Thompson Named New Muscatine Board Chairman
Ralph A. Thompson was chosen as chairman of the Muscatine municipal light and water board, succeeding A. F. Grensing. Orion McNallie became secretary, with routine business discussed. New street lights ordered, inquiry on old car barn light referred, and a nurse bill approved for a burn victim. The board will obtain a daily journal on state utilities and ordered six carloads of pipes for water work.
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Ralph A. Thompson
Muscatine
Heinz
Leonard Bowen
J. E. Tuttle
Kewanee
Robert Smith
William Molis
Water Department
Molis
Animal Circus to Entertain Pupils Here on Thursday
Pamahasika's Pets a bird and animal circus touring under the high school assembly service will give two performances for school pupils in Muscatine Thursday. They perform Thursday morning at the Uptown theater for grade school children and in the afternoon at the high school auditorium. Parochial high school students pay 10 cents for the afternoon show. no charge at the theater.
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Pamahasika
Muscatine
Fred Messerger
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