08 Jul 1933
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1933
Page
1
Washington reports a midnight effective 30 cent a bushel processing tax on wheat used to make food for humans. It aims to fund cash benefits to farmers who reduce wheat acreage, with rates and conversions outlined and subject to changes.
London reports the death of Anthony Hope Hawkins born February 9 1863 in London. Writing under Anthony Hope he gained fame in America for The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentig Tristan of Brent Quis ante and Double Harness. Knighted in 1918 Lady Hawkins is Elizabeth Somerville Sheldon of Vermont.
Claude Callan outlines a family moment where a daughter-in-law visits to check if Ma is sewing for another daughter-in-law and triggers irritation. The piece captures a small domestic scene with humor and family tension.
London emerges as the global finance center where exchange speculation looms large at the conference. The city, gateway to Europe, bears imposing historical weight while serving as a theater for gigantic speculative forces.
Three men robbed the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust at Broadway and 110th street just before 9 am seizing between 20 000 and 30 000 in cash and fleeing in an automobile with two accomplices The robbers car license number was recorded and turned over to police as five patrol cars headed toward the Holland Tunnel and fifteen more searched north from 14th street toward avenue C and tenth avenue in pursuit
Floods were forecast along the lower Rio Grande as a tropical hurricane churned the gulf coast from Brownsville to Tampico. The American side is protected by flood controls, but the Mexican side lacks such protections. Coast guardsmen rescued Captain Angelo Rose and nine crew of the fishing schooner Mary Jane off Fadre island near Point Isabel after the storm drove the vessels to sea. Efforts continued to locate the schooner Audley.
A radio message says General Italo Balbo and the Italian air fleet plan to depart Reykjavik Iceland for Cartwright Labrador at about 11 p m EST tonight if weather improves over the North Atlantic. The report comes via Mackay Radio and Commercial Cables Company.
The Muscatine independent school district moves to collect about 17 000 in overdue tuition from townships and others for students outside the city limits. Lake township agrees to pay 1300 in full to settle its bill. Fruitland has already paid 1800. The board approves several building repair contracts and considers gas heating, an electric meter for Jefferson gym, and will consult the city engineer on lot grading.
The British government seeks John Factor, Chicago stock broker missing after allegedly swindling British investors of 7 million dollars. The consul Lewis Bernays and attorney Franklin Overmyer request Factor’s apprehension, saying extradition to England is at stake. Melvin Purvis and the U S Bureau of Investigation are involved. The U K and U S dispute extradition procedure as Factor remains a fugitive.
The Associated Press reports Jimmy Mattern escaped unharmed after a forced landing in the Siberian wastes during his solo world flight. Messages from Moscow and San Francisco via the Northland ship conflicted on aircraft damage with Tass reporting engine trouble and a new motor to continue the voyage.
John D. Rockefeller, 94, marks his birthday in Tarrytown with a routine day of golf, estate ride, and hymns, while reflecting on a life that began as a $4 a week bookkeeper. His creed remains to earn honestly and give away as much as possible, with public gifts totaling hundreds of millions over two decades.
An official report to the tenth division headquarters states 29 Japanese soldiers were killed in an anti-bandit operation near Yaoching feng about 40 miles northeast of Kirin Manchuria on Wednesday. An officer was among the dead.
Heavy rain drenched southern Iowa with Council Bluffs totaling 2.38 inches and Burlington 1.31 inches while Muscatine logged seven tenths. Rain cooled heat over six weeks and raised Mississippi River stages, with many towns reporting varied amounts and lingering hot, humid conditions.
Weather reports from Iowa Illinois and Chicago note cloudy conditions with thunderstorms and cooler spells this afternoon through tonight. Sunday may bring slight warmth in the northeast. River stage readings show St Paul 1.6, Davenport 5.4, Muscatine 6.3, St Louis 10.8 with varying falls.
In Beverly Hills, insights praise Jimmy Matten and Crawford for beating Vines in Australia. Mentions England golf champions and an economic conference, noting John D. Rockefeller at 94 giving away hundreds of millions. Harvard Yale and Cornell plan a Sunday rowing trip, joking about rowing back through a canal if defeated.
Kansas City authorities linked James Fur Sammons the Chicago gangster to the William Hamm kidnapping case. Sheriff Bush sent serial numbers of $8 500 in cash found on Sammons to St Paul officers to test for ransom支付.
Hollywood showcases its own scenarios with Richard Dix and wife Winifred facing an inevitable divorce while William Powell and Carole Lombard plan a Nevada split. Dorothy Jordan and Merian C. Cooper’s Arizona elopement is disclosed by Jordan’s mother. Dix says eventual reconciliation is possible after divorce.
The U S circuit court of appeals reversed the mail fraud conviction of five former H O Stone and company officials. New trials are ordered for Henry Norcott Harold Bennett Charles P Packer Jr W Scott Carroll and Leslie Needham, previously sentenced to 20 years and 15000 dollars fine each. The stock circulars allegedly caused investors to lose about 20 million dollars.
The Muscatine independent school district ended the year with a general fund overdraft of 8,744.78 but a net balance of 9,956.35 as of June 30 1933. School house funds stood at 18,701.13 and bonded debt totaled 273000 with a 16000 reduction. Receipts reached 197493.68 in the general fund and 26319 in the school house fund.
Representatives of six countries and six issuing banks joined at the Bank of France to cement measures aimed at maintaining the gold standard. The pact, involving France, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland and Italy, seeks to curb currency disruption and counter gold speculation. London reports Cordell Hull of the United States signaling ongoing talks at the World Economic Conference and urging renewed resolve to advance a coordinated price-raising effort.
Officer John Strain faces a formal complaint filed with Floyd McKinney of the Civil Service Commission alleging verbal attack on Robert Hunter a merchant police near Second and Walnut streets about 5 am last Tuesday July 4. Hunter claims Strain used violent coarse profane insolent language in view of bystanders. Commission members were not reachable for comment. formal notification would prompt a meeting to decide action.
The passage notes Emmie’s habit of talking about the house as if it never needs repair for guests and observes she appears to pant when approaching the front door.
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