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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1935
Page
1
Wallace departs for a Seattle speech after a brief vacation at a rural Iowa retreat. He slept late and relaxed with family, escaping farm problems of the nation as he cools off in the spruce and pine setting.
Dozen Iowa chain store operators joined federal suits to block the Iowa tax law arguing it is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Plaintiffs include Tolerton and Warfield of Sioux City plus Walgren Drug Co. and A P Tea Co. intervenors and others. Further names include Safeway Thriftway Kresge J C Penney Sears Neisner Kinney Melville Shoes.
Attorney H G Thompson opened the writ of certiorari as district court hears the married teachers case. Director Albert Fischer testified as sole witness while the plaintiffs pressed a plan to oust married women from teaching posts. Miss Helen Ahischlager testified as secretary to the board during the session.
Muscatine county relief figures show a continued decline from March 1 1935 peak of 1415 cases to 702 active cases today with 113 inactive. Federal allotments fell from 29500 in March to 21994 in July and further drops expected as clerical checks weed out ineligible applicants.
Harry Peterson bedfast at his New Era road home was carried to safety by neighbors as a fire caused $500 damage and confined to the summer kitchen until the Muscatine fire department arrived. The pumping outfit operated 45 minutes. cause undetermined. Peterson farm lies about five miles beyond the city limits with property valued at $4,500 endangered.
Sioux City Mayor W. D. Hayes faces removal proceedings after a grand jury urged his ouster over alleged lax action against vice. Acting Mayor D Spence Lewis took over as Hayes’s suspension began. The petition cites affidavits from Street Commissioner Small and state reps plus W C T U president Dora Greer.
Police in Washington joined by Justice Department agents search Puallup valley for the bank robber linked to the killing of Chief Frank Chadwick and Patrolman Harry Storem. Investigators consider William Dainard alias Mahan, dubbed brains of the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, as a possible suspect.
Chicago investigators pressed a sixth day of questioning for Mrs. Blanch Dunkel as they weigh using lie detector results to test her account of Ervin Lang's murder. Police said Mrs. Dunkel may be withholding information while search efforts continue for Evelyn Smith, a former burlesque dancer tied to the case, believed hidden in Chicago’s Chinatown with her husband, Harry Jung, as Lang’s severed body was found in an Indiana swamp a week earlier.
Great Britain allocated over 25 million dollars to strengthen air defense amid Italian mobilization and Ethiopian tensions. A supplementary estimate of 5.335 million pounds funds expanded Royal Air Force with more personnel and aircraft, much of which arrives next financial year across nearly 50 new air stations. Parliament debates air raid precautions as Mussolini mobilizes divisions in East Africa.
Alfred Ehrecke a 47 year old Wilton road maintenance worker was injured when he fell 24 feet down a hay chute at his father in law J R Dose farm in Pleasant Prairie. He suffered painful injuries to his feet and legs but X rays showed no fractures. He had gone to assist in putting up hay.
King George reviews a silver Jubilee naval parade at Spithead with 257 ships. The fleet shows Britain’s maritime strength as tensions rise in a world naval race amid the Italo Ethiopian situation.
Officials in Addis Ababa report Ethiopia moves to defend itself as Haile Selassie contemplates mobilization. Italian sources in Rome deny any settlement, predicting no diplomatic solution and signaling a broad build up with 250000 troops total in East Africa. London reports Egypt bans camel exports to Eritrea.
Iowa and Illinois see fair skies tonight and Wednesday with mild warmth, east and south portions warmer on Wednesday. Mississippi River gauges show Clinton up 0.1 to 8.0, Davenport 7.0 up 0.1, Muscatine 7.9 up 0.1, Keokuk 6.2 down 0.3, St. Louis 18.1 down 1.1.
Washington reports that the Roosevelt administration plans a swift Supreme Court appeal after the Boston circuit court declared processing taxes funding crop relief payments unconstitutional. Congress debates measures to remove litigation risk, while the House votes to adjourn actions and continues lobbying probes and social security talks.
William Craig Garman 81 a Waterloo resident for over two decades died at his daughter Mrs Bessie Johnsons home 619 Maple avenue where he was visiting at 840 am He had been ill two weeks He married Catherine Probasco in Mt Pleasant in 1882 Surviving are his widow three daughters Mrs Johnson Mrs Ruth Brecunier a son Craig Hoyt and McKinley Garman five grandchildren and a sister in Pennsylvania The body lies at Fairbanks Home for Funerals and will be taken to Waterloo Wednesday for funeral Thursday afternoon.
Beverly Hills anecdote recounts Pat Hurley voice warning that free American institutions and the constitution face greater danger today. The speaker jokes that Republicans now yell of peril, mocking claims of a surge in presidential candidates and a shift to luxury cars.
Washington (7) Jouett Shouse, president of the American Liberty League, calls for a showdown on limiting the Supreme Court. In a Monday night address he warns Congress will push eight of nine major bills as potentially unconstitutional and vows the people will resist rule by temporary legislative majorities or executive bureaucrats.
The United States circuit court of appeals held unconstitutional the processing and floor taxes under the agricultural adjustment act. It found no authority to tax had been delegated to the secretary of agriculture by the constitution or Supreme Court decisions. The Hoosac mills receivers sued for 817,694.48 and the case was argued April 23.
Evans, chairman of the Iowa corn hog committee, says the Boston AAA ruling will not affect Iowa’s program now. He notes already pledged benefit payments to cooperating producers and that only a Supreme Court ruling on taxes could halt the program. He urges AAA amendments in Congress to secure constitutionality. Springfield district court blocks processing taxes for 12 Illinois firms temporarily.
The remark notes that a mother can show kindness to the groom, but excessive praise may imply gratitude for the match. It reflects social norms on display of approval during nuptial arrangements.
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