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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1933
Page
5
Iowa faces no immediate loss of federal funds for agricultural experiments and vocational education after protests forced a repeal of early cuts. Allocation details include 90000 for research, 50000 for Ames agricultural instruction, 239925 for extension work, 146261 for Smith Hughes programs, 59530 for vocational education, and 20300 for rehabilitation.
Thousands attend the Muscatine centennial events along the riverfront with a fireworks display across Riverside Park. Highlights include transportation dioramas from 1833 to 1933, a seaplane visit by Pilot Duvall, and a final pageant at Jefferson Field. A prelim baseball game features former Muscatine stars and Rex Indees before the Muskies game at Weed Park.
In New York Amelia Earhart starts from Floyd Bennett Field at 2 48 am eastern in a 12500 dollar race to Los Angeles. Five men including Roscoe Turner and Lee Gehlbach follow from Patterson Iowa and Los Angeles as the sixth annual National Air Races open in Los Angeles with Earhart among contenders.
Brisk voting continues as final hours approach. Harlo Ricketts leads contest No. 3 by a slim margin over Mary Hayes after chamber tabulation. Dorothy Bowen remains top in contest No. 1 with Robert Weber and Isabelle Webster close behind. Sophia Lindle leads contest No. 2 with Earnest Holtz and Leroy Peterson close in pursuit.
Balbo's squadron, in rigid formation, flies over Chiavenna and follows a railroad into Switzerland. They report 135 mph average as 320 miles from Orbetello, then cross Italian territory and send a salute to Mussolini. An overnight stop is planned at Amsterdam before continuing to Londonderry and beyond toward Iceland, Labrador, and Montreal.
New York detectives probe the homicide of Mrs. Jack Diamond a 33-year-old widow known as Legs. The case unfolds after her body was found Friday night at a small table with three coffee cups, as questions arise about why she trained in marksmanship and possible knowledge of gang affairs.
A gang tied handkerchiefs over prisoners faces and abducted Jake Factor from a hotel area in Evanston, then released him after forcing a mask and warning. The incident, linked to a $7 million stock swindle probe involving Factor, follows earlier abduction of his son Jerome from Northwestern University. Authorities note ties to Capone-Humphreys era gang activity and a nearby resort pattern as Factor family weighs ransom talks.
Bonnet proposes a 10 year bond loan to refill a nearly empty treasury. The plan aims to offer better terms due to a weak market that pushed France to borrow from England in April rather than at home.
Des Moines reports inheritance tax collections totaled $910,866.10 for the fiscal year ending Friday, up $98,311.07 from 1932. First six months of the calendar year brought $408,643.78, down $22,710.51 from the prior year. June collections fell $26,203.09 from June last year. last month yielded $43,458.87.
A fragment notes that the United States will join only if a regular plane drops out, indicating conditional participation in a larger aviation plan or event. The text implies a threshold or prerequisite for U.S. involvement.
Bedelian, a Turk, recounts marriage to Potekian in Tiflig in 1916 during Russia trips to locate his first wife. They lived in Bettendorf until divorce in Davenport. He claims a forged will shifted sums to distant relatives and Srab Parizian, with land in Hopewell, Virginia, and seeks $200 to contact his former wife in Mouche. He says the American consul advised the fund need.
Dee Aldrich, 34, held under $20 000 bond after being identified as one of three men who staged a daylight bank robbery on March 20 1932 in Chicago. Aldrich pleaded not guilty to entering a bank with intent to rob at arraignment before Judge H C Ring. He was identified by clerk Bessie Zurka and cashier Frank Kanak and had returned to Cedar Rapids from Mineola New York this week.
Paul McNutt Indiana governor and past national Legion commander will join Louis Johnston of South Carolina and John Elder of Cleveland as part of about 10 000 guests at the Iowa state Legion convention August 6 7 8 and 9. World War nurses of Iowa will hold their first state convention here in conjunction with the Legion program. Miss Helen M Needles R N of Des Moines is president. Elaborate preparations are under way for visitor entertainment.
Postmaster W. S. McKee announced no mail delivery on July 4 for city and rural routes. Office hours will be limited with only necessary clerks on duty. windows closed all day. One mail collection in business district, none in residence district. James F. Wilson began hauling mail between post office and railway station with assistant. First class rate changes: two cents for Muscatine city or rural route mail, three cents for other points.
The Iowa briefs cover a variety of short items. Boats test for races on West Oko lake with Bill his sister and a guest aboard the Taylor Sail. A barn and farm at Jack Rump suffer extensive damage valued around $16000 from a severe fire. Funeral notices for Charles C Williams 74 are filed in Cedar Rapids. A 22 year old man named Lowell Leonard dies after a diving accident. E Schreiner 55 dies from a 33000 volt transformer shock. Rear Admiral Leahy becomes commander of destroyers in the US fleet. City council begins sewer improvement plans in Iowa City. Webster City Currie Engineering hired for preliminary survey and funding applications under the industrial recovery act. Cedar Rapids hearing set July 17 to oust Dan Kruidenier public safety commissioner. Kruidenier refuses to discuss the matter.
Jack Kemble of Muscatine is to appear before Judge J. C. Coster at 3 p m for resisting an officer following an argument with Officers Strain and Selman tied to a Friday night intoxication arrest at Second and Walnut streets. Sentence on the resisting charge was deferred pending the other case.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today reported that general business activity in New England reached its highest level since October 1932. The release highlights a sizable gain across sectors and signals a sustained recovery for the region.
A land case concludes with a fine of five dollars plus court costs on a like charge.
President Roosevelt nears the end of a coastal vacation and aims to be in Washington by July 4 to lead the economic recovery campaign. He signaled a firm stance against immediate currency stabilization by the world conference, arguing stabilization cannot align all currencies while some abandon the gold standard. He views currency moves as a central bank matter, not a government one.
Muscatine historical pageant tickets cost 35 cents with 25 cent reserved seats causing confusion. Executive committee says 60 cent belief stems from reserved seating. final show Sunday at Jefferson Field. All reserved seats sold at Henderson Drug. attendees with reserved tickets will be accommodated. Ample seating available for general admission.
Edward Barnard Jr left his wife a life interest in his estate if she does not remarry and after her death the property goes to their children. The 1904 will named Mrs Barnard executrix, a 1915 codicil added Olive Barnard as executrix without bond. The will is set for hearing on July 26.
Iowa City council granted a permit to Ford Hopkins Drug Co ending a three year dispute over city limits on cigarette licenses. The case went to state supreme court twice, with a earlier ruling upholding limits then reversed on rehearing. The permit issued is the thirty fourth this year and litigation ends.
Philadelphia defeats Pittsburgh 13 to 8 in the first game of a doubleheader. Chuck Klein hits his 16th homer of the season and Gus Suhr adds a fourbagger. Roy Hansen pitches for the Phillies as Pittsburgh lines score 8 hits and 3 errors.
The Rev. Ludwig Mueller announced that Chancellor Adolf Hitler will join the new national evangelical church of Germany and renounce Catholic faith after Protestant reorganization completes. The claim follows church power struggles and Hindenburg urging accord between church and state.
Two Davenport boys Lewis Young 12 and John Erickson 13 ran away and were taken to Muscatine police station at 2 30 am by Officer Wickey. Davenport authorities held them after being notified. Relatives arrived at 10 am to reclaim the boys and return them home.
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