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The Daily Journal publishes for subscribers with evening issues Monday through Saturday and a 15 cent weekly delivery. Mail rates vary by zone with annual advance payments required. Entered as second class matter at Muscatine Iowa, March 8 1879. Associated Press and Lee Newspaper Syndicate members. Telephones 26 and 27 for staff requests.
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Parole Granted After Self-Defeating Michigan Law
Gov. Comstock grants immediate clemency releasing Fred Palm after five years in prison for a fourth offender conviction tied to possession of a pint. The case exposed how the life term under the prior statute undermined its own purpose and eroded jury support for such harsh penalties.
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Michigan
Fred Palm
William A. Comstock
Palm
Gred Green
Comstock
Gold hoarding penalties fail to deter would-be postmasters
The Postmaster General laments that penalties do not deter gold hoarders while most aspiring postmasters reside in cities. A traffic expert notes motorists show little sense of right and left, highlighting broader public behavior issues.
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Farley
Vauban's Income Tax and a Strange Wreck
Article reviews Father of income tax Vauban and the tercentenary tribute, then recounts a Chicago and Alton railroad wreck near Lexington, Illinois with a lone engine and coal cars, no injuries, followed by Washington industrial policy notes on codes, employment, and oil and coal sectors.
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Sebastien le Prestre
Marquis de Vauban
France
Louis XIV
Vauban
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Lexington
Illinois
Bloomington
Patronage plots and reforms shake Washingtons patronage
An analysis of Emil Hurja a Reconstruction Finance Corporation officer who covertly placed personnel and endorsements for Democrats in public works and TVA cases. The piece suggests political maneuvering behind job allocations and the potential reshaping of civil service and merchant trade as 4 000 workers face layoffs with ongoing economy measures.
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Emil Hurja
Hurja
Jim Farley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Public Works
Sawyer
Spalding
Huffa
John Doe
Farley
Public Works Boys
Jim
White House
Interior Ickes
Colonel Spalding
War Department
Subrosa
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Brain Trusters
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Floyd Reeves
New York
Chicago
Civil Service
News Behind The News Behind The Scenes
Congressional friends doubt Douglas can survive senate confirmation. The budget director faces strong opposition for his economy drive. He slashes jobs and pay, earning the label machine-like and uncaring towards human factors.
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Douglas
Senate
Capitol Hill
Bureau of Standards
Budget Bureau
Local notes from Muscatine area include party chair and rail line
Fifty years ago John Idle of Muscatine county was named chairman of the state Greenback party finance committee. A telephone line was set up linking Muscatine to Dubuque via Davenport De Witt and Maquoketa. Ten years ago Bobby Jones led the National Open after 72 holes at Inwood New York with 296. Twenty five years ago the US won the hammer event at London Olympic games. Flannigan led with 170 feet 4 12 inches. Muscatine firemen biked to Iowa City for a meeting. Bebb's Midgets beat Fuqua Colored Giants 7 to 0 in Muscatine. Henry Meinke farm home burned. loss about 3000 dollars.
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Muscatine County
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Greenback Party
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Dubuque
Davenport
de Witt
Maquoketa
United States
London
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Flannigan
Iowa City
Bebb
Fuqua Colored Giants
Kane
Henry Meinke
Pleasant Prairie
O. W. Mull
D. H. Barber
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Muscatine Reserve Corps
Mull
Samuels
Ft. Snelling
Minneapolis
Barber
Des Moines
Bobby Jones
Inwood
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