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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
1
President Roosevelt urges nationwide cooperation in the re employment drive. He promotes blanket pay raising and shorter hours with uniform wages to lift unemployment and asks employers to display a “We do our part” badge to show solidarity.
Iowa firms announce wage hikes and shorter hours after the White House recovery message. Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids raises wages 10 percent for 900 workers to 1929 levels, Sioux City stores move to 52 hour weeks, Fairmount creamery offers 500 dollar bonus to 140 employees, Georgie Porgie Council Bluffs cuts to 35 hours and boosts pay to 12.25 for 13 extra hours cut.
Farm leaders from midwest states reported near unanimous accord to lift prices by curtailing corn acreage and limiting hog production. The plan mirrors a Des Moines agreement with bounty payments funded by a processing tax. Edward A. O Neal said final price figures depend on conference results and a public release may follow. Delegates then join a 13 state Farm Bureau meeting to discuss the Agriculture Adjustment Act.
Los Angeles evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, returning to America off Norfolk Virginia, told reporters she loves husband David Hutton more than anything in the world despite his divorce filing. She spoke from the captain’s quarters with a nurse present, saying the shock of the action has been tremendous and that she feels unable to decide her next course.
Washington officials and grain exchange representatives budged toward a 5 cent per bushel daily price fluctuation limit as a permanent policy after a two day conference. Other changes include possible caps on futures holdings and higher trader margins, with final figures to be set after surveys.
Incensed by police fatalities officials press for action to curb gangster violence in Chicago. Nine officers slain this year with two shot last Saturday and further deaths of Policemen Levick Skopek Ostling. Calls grow to remove Sheriff Meyering as prison escape allegations surface and deputies face attacks while Scheck, wounded, taunts from his hospital bed.
Sutherland Iowa deputies and federal agents renewed the search for Clyde Barrow his female companion and a Dallas man named Jack Sherman after a day and night chase. Marvin Barrow was wounded and his wife held prisoner as officials checked a ravine hideout seven miles east of Sutherland.
London reports that the next meeting of the world economic conference will be in Geneva in late September. The steering committee will reconvene if discussions show results. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald presents reports on progress as speakers including Neville Chamberlain James Cox Guido Jung and Georges Bonnet prepare to address natives and close the London parley.
Iowa fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Illinois north and central partly cloudy with possible showers in extreme south. river stages show minor changes with St Paul 1.6, Dubuque 2.5 rising 0.7, Davenport 1.8 rising 0.5, Muscatine 2.3 rising 0.2, Keokuk 0.0, St. Louis 5.3 falling 0.1.
In Milwaukee and St Paul, federal agents detained Roger Touhy and three lieutenants on kidnapping warrants as four witnesses were expected to identify them for the June 15 abduction of William Hamm Jr. The group, linked to the Terrible Touchy gang, faces charges tied to a nationwide kidnapping wave.
The writer describes herding several governors by air to a convention. Roscoe Turner and Fred Balzarr join Governor Green of Rhode Island, who recently toured Central America, along with White of Ohio, Miller of Wyoming, and Cross of Connecticut. The note ends with a playful remark on the governors’ conduct and voting strength.
Congressman Edward C. Eicher of Washington Iowa will speak at the third annual Muscatine Food Merchants picnic at Weed Park on Wednesday with talks likely at 5 or 6:30. The event includes a parade at 1 pm and a street dance, with grocers bakers and butchers closing at noon to attend.
A commemorative note marks July 25 1909 as Louis Bleriot’s Channel crossing and recounts a 24 plane mission from Jamaica Bay to Italy. It recalls historic headlines of crashes and heroics as aviation history spans to Lindbergh and beyond.
Railroad workers clearing the Milwaukee railroad 25 car wreck at Gladwin found what they believed to be the bones of a fifth victim. Only 12 cars cleared so far and the main track unlikely to be cleared before Thursday. Estimated damage to equipment and buildings around $300 000.
Oklahoma City police and federal agents paused the Urschel kidnapping inquiry at the family’s request to encourage abductors to name a ransom. R. H. Colvin ordered a 24 hour recess while Mrs. Urschel urged safe return over prosecution, with Deputy Eads noting leads but no public details. Arthur A. Seeligson acted as trustee in negotiations for the Slick oil fortune.
President Roosevelt’s drive to raise wages and shorten hours gains momentum as nearly 3,000 pledges arrive at the White House and the Industrial Recovery Administration. He urges co operating employers to post a memorial roll in post offices across towns to honor supporters.
White House received early telegrams after the president urged higher wages. A Great Neck housewife told officials she would raise her maid’s pay by 10 percent immediately.
Hugh S Johnson and aides fast tracked studies of wage work agreements across several industries. Honor rolls of enlistees in the campaign will be posted in post offices for public scrutiny. Hearings on codes for oil, lumber, wool, and rayon weaving proceed with federal agents pushing labor and employers toward agreement. The president tracks reactions of smaller employers.
The flying Mollisons, Capn Jim and Amy Johnson, arrived in New York after their Seafarer wreck near Bridgeport. They rest in a sky ambulance with a nurse and two doctors aboard while a four‑plane escort led by Commander Frank Hawks flies overhead. Police transport them as crowds cheer then fall quiet.
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