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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
2
Regional relief directors from 18 counties met in Iowa City to outline stricter rules for eligibility for relief funds. Miss Clara Schwandt and Fred Johnston reported ongoing verifications before the new works program begins. A July works quota of 475 was nearly filled with 466 assigned.
Mr and Mrs Russell Schoemaker married June 23 hosted 22 friends at their East Second Street home Wednesday night. Card games gave high scores to Mrs Peter Johnson and Robert Griffin with consolation to Clarence Johnson. Refreshments were served. Mrs Shoemaker formerly Wilma Danner was honored at a Fidelis club potluck shower Tuesday at the Reesink home with 22 members attending. A further post nuptial courtesy is planned next week.
Police tie the death to Alterie a former colleague of Dion O Banion. They report Alterie’s union role as president of Theater and Annusment Building Janitors Local 25 and detail a trunk clue left by his two executioners.
Emperor Haile Selassie pledges to defend Ethiopia to the last man if attacked and rejects Italian aims of domination while warning of resistance to modern weapons. Italy accuses Eritrean tribesmen of mutilating children in a May 31 raid as Mussolini’s press questions Ethiopian mobilization and league council activity.
Radio program listing for tonight features multiple networks with performances by Kate Smith Hendrik van Loon Paul Whiteman and various orchestras including Joe Sanders Dick Powell Phil Baker and Henry King across stations WMAQ WLS WGN WCCO and more plus a Cubs baseball note and breakfast club early morning segment.
An engineer Stanley Cowan of Pasco and transient Fred Madson of Portland died in a head on crash between a local passenger train and a 20 car freight 27 miles east of Pasco Washington. Twelve passengers were injured.
The report notes Ethiopia poised for military action backed by Haile Selassie while Britain weighs Geneva steps to preserve peace but has yet to decide.
Los Angeles reports the American Bar Association faces a delayed report from a committee studying the effects of the new deal on citizen rights and liberties. LSU law school remains on probation with no clear submission date, while Dr. Frederick Beau Tal earns a favorable impression. William L. Ransom is expected to become the new ABA president despite routine expectations.
Donald Thornton a case worker in the Muscatine county relief office has been transferred to Davenport. Miss Clara Schwandt director announced today. Thornton left Wednesday and was to begin new duties in Davenport today.
Arthur Chaloupek, 16, of Chelsa, dove into shallow water at Lake Cherry and was taken to a hospital after initially minor injuries. He later developed paralysis and was diagnosed with an impacted vertebrae and spinal hemorrhage.
New York traders pushed shares higher amid an active session with many issues near yearly highs. Major movers included General Motors and Chrysler, while utilities rails and oils remained in a narrow range.
The Iowa department of agriculture shipped barrier oil to Columbus Junction and Tipton to treat chinch bug infested eastern Iowa fields. The oil will be distributed to farmers through county Farm Bureau agents.
The Muscatine lodge No. 5 IOOF will install the newly elected noble grand and vice grand on Monday evening led by H. H. Kirtchner district deputy. M. F. Eaton will become noble grand and H. F. Boston vice grand. Supporters for both offices will also be appointed and installed at the same meeting.
A 1934 public health notice explains kidneys filter waste like bowels and urges monitoring urine output. It promotes Doan's Pills from Foster Milburn Co as a long used remedy and cites the 79,200 feet of kidney tubules that may clog if waste remains.
The onset of winter in the northern hemisphere occurs when the sun attains its greatest declination south of the equator. This annual event signals shorter days and lower solar altitude as observers in northern latitudes brace for colder months.
West Liberty Presbyterian Church held a Wednesday installation for the new pastor Rev Horace Larson with Dr David I Berger delivering the sermon on The Supreme Need of the Church and leading the installation prayer. Rev William Vanderlip Atalissa presided asking constitutional questions and delivering the charge to the minister. Dr Philip Palmer Cedar Rapids gave the charge to the congregation as benediction closed the service with special choir music.
Last rites for L. Scott Lieberknecht were conducted at the Grandview home at 2 p m today by Rev. Victor Bloomquist pastor of Columbus Junction M E church. Interment was in Grandview cemetery. Flower attendants were Mrs Jessie Newell Mrs Ralph Lowe and Miss Genevieve McGrew. Pallbearers were Henry Lang Ernes and Ralph Lieberknecht Floyd Dean and Lee and Satin Crow.
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