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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
3
The Muscatine daily paper details its 1918 consolidation of the Journal and News-Tribune, publishing terms for subscribers, mailing options, and rates. It notes ownership details Clyde R. Rabedeaux as publisher D. D. Mich managing editor, and AP and Lee Syndicate affiliations.
Discussion of labor mobility as a proposed remedy for unemployment notes Robert Maynard Hutchins guiding the U S employment service. It highlights the end of interagency competition and increased federal state cooperation under Roosevelt and mentions Chicago Mayor Kelly's celebratory cannon and a jab about J P Morgan as a tax consultant.
A federal employment program proposes 396 roadside parks in all 99 Iowa counties to beautify highways and offer camping sites. Leroy Perkins says counties face land-value pressure and potential legal issues over siting, condemnation, and fair pricing, with Legion posts urged to help.
An analysis notes Russia outpaces others at the London economic conference. Maxim Litvinoff heads a capable Soviet delegation that secured seven non aggression pacts and secured a R F C loan for U S cotton purchases. The piece also jokes about Peruvian bonds and a Chicago World Fair exhibit of George Washingtons teeth.
Chicago announces the invention of noiseless street cars using rubber wheels. The quip adds a wish for a noiseless saxophone to complete modern conveniences.
The cartoon recalls Niclas Stortebecker the Baltic pirate executed in Hamburg in 1402. His will funded annual rolls and herring to Verden’s needy, with distributions in the cathedral and a prayer for the benefactor. The practice has continued for 532 years.
Washington column notes cautious economists dispute Senator Brookhart’s push for Am torg led Russian trade talks after recognition. Analysts doubt underwritten guaranteed deals and warn the RCC act limits. Sugar futures rise as producers and refiners push a tentative year‑long agreement. Cuba talks drift, stamps fascinate President Roosevelt. Admiral Pratt retires after 48 years in the navy.
Notes from Washington and Geneva with private sources on disarmament talks. A U.S. senator mocks the president comparing him to Columbus as the conference stretches on in New York dispatches.
Fifty years ago today Will Huttig Jr resigned as superintendent of the oatmeal mill in Muscatine and left for Kansas City to take a new post. John Monroe returned from Kansas City to settle permanently in Muscatine. Twenty five years ago today a Muscatine baseball mass meeting funded the team’s finances. The Turnverein and Maennerchor gave a large Electric Park concert. C C Smith of Muscatine led a new organization to support the team with W G Brock as vice president. Ten years ago today daily supervised playgrounds began at Musser Park with a lawn social for Rotary lodge under construction at Staley’s Lake. Over six hundred thousand dollars were spent in Muscatine on building and repairs in the first half of 1923.
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