Pocket Prowler Active in City
Muscatine police report a nighttime thief roaming the city. A resident lost 28.65 from trouser pockets, another overalls theft yielded a driver’s license, and about 65 cents disappeared from a pocketbook found in the overalls. The prowler struck multiple locations after 11:20 p m Wednesday, sometimes entering but being discovered or frightened away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Loren Goddard
Oak Street
East Sixth Street
William Whitlow
East Seventh Street
Whitlow
New York Denies License to German Massage Operator
Mayor La Guardia denies a masseur license to a German alien stirring protest in both official and unofficial German circles. Acting German consul Mueller says action may come from his office but not yet decided. He adds the case involves state department and treaty questions, not mayor’s sole choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
LaGuardia
Gustav A. Mueller
Germany
State Department
United States
Planning Board in Session at Ames to Consider Projects
Officials of the Iowa Planning Board meet today in Ames to allocate funds to various projects including Muscatine levee improvements. Walter Hendrickson, chamber of commerce secretary, received the invite urging completion of blueprints for riverfront park development and forwarding plans from the city engineer. The riverfront proposal calls for a fill along the river bank from Mad Creek to Walnut Street with a concrete retaining wall or rock riprap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Planning Board
Ames
Muscatine
Walter Hendrickson
Chamber of Commerce
Mad Creek
Walnut Street
Dormer Roof Permit Issued At 512 Walnut Street
A building permit for a dormer roof at 512 Walnut Street was issued to Mrs Herman Bru row by city engineer I V How enstine. Other items note routine civic matters and local events including a veterans meeting on Bleeker street, new auto registrations, postmaster card, hospital dismissals, and a Muscatine Sea Scouts sailing mishap during a wind storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
Herman Brurow
I. V. Howenstine
The
United Veterans
Bleeker Street
Clyde Herring
O. M. Kautz
West Sixth Street
James Lee
East Second Street
Albert S. Harry
Muscatine
National Association of Postmasters
John J. Hart
W. C. Robertson
Minneapolis
Fairbanks
Leonard Nevens
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine County
Leo J. Wegman
Arthur J. Nicholson
Fred Shafit
Iowa Avenue
H. M. Nordeen
East Eighth Street
Henry Tober
Evans Street
Hershey Hospital
Donald Bowman
Mary Elizabeth
Sigourney, Jr
A. H. Lowe
East Fifth Street
W. ©. Bowman
Sigourney
Vir. Lowe
First Baptist Church
Vernon L. Shantz
John R. S. McNutt
Belevue Hospital
Mary Louise Edmondson
Mulberry Avenue
Armbright
Kansas City
Clayton A. Reeves
West Liberty
Reeves
H. L. Reeves
Beggs Street
Muscatine Sea Scouts
Change in Bank Measure Denied
Washington senators kept intact a provision requiring state banks with deposits of 1,000,000 or more to join the federal reserve system by July 1, 1937 to keep deposit insurance. A motion by Senator Murphy to strike out the reserve membership was rejected. The measure also says any new state bank must join the reserve system to obtain insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve System
Murphy
Iowa
More Liquor Shops Ready for Opening in Iowa
The Iowa liquor commission announced new one man liquor stores will open soon at Williamsburg and Rolfe. The commission operates 94 stores now with three more opening this Friday or Monday. Leases signed for 11 additional shops, bringing total to 108.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Commission
Williamsburg
Rolfe
Commission
Denver Man Head Lions Clubs President Elected
Delegates to the international Lions Club convention elected Richard J. Osenbaugh of Denver to the presidency. He was nominated without opposition and ballots were cast this morning. results to be announced at the evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
International Convention of Lions Clubs
Richard J. Osenbaugh
Denver
Mabel Lock Weds Cleo H. Brown at First Baptist Church
Miss Mabel Lock and Cleo H. Brown were married at 8 p m Wednesday in the home of Rev Vernon L Shantz pastor of the First Baptist church Attending were Juanita Brown and Mrs Schmelzer The couple will reside in Muscatine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Lock
Cleo H. Brown
Vernon L. Shantz
First Baptist Church
Juanita Brown
Schmelzer
Tax Collections Halted by Court
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey issued temporary injunctions restraining Des Moines based Inland Milling Co. and Beaver Valley Milling Co. from collecting or processing taxes. The court actions halt tax collection pending further hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Governent
Inland Milling Co
Beaver Valley Milling Co
Dewey
The Least of These by Jay G Sigmund
Cedar Rapids author Jay G Sigmund has published The Least of These a collection of short stories set mainly in the Wapsipinicon region. Prairie Press of Muscatine issued a 350 copy limited edition. Critics and peers praise Sigmund as a leading contemporary Iowa writer.
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Jay G. Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Prairie Press of
Muscatine
Sigmund
Wapsipinicon
Iowan
Keith Preston
Chicago Daily News
America
John T. Frederick
Midland
The
Prairie Press
Carroll D. Coleman
Silver Ring
Don Farran
Strikers Consider Bakeries' Final Settlement Offer
Union leaders weigh the bakery owners final proposition to end the Bakers and drivers strike in Des Moines. B F Kauffman the governor’s mediator received the operators’ ultimatum from George Comfort and said mediation cannot go further. Governor Herring warned he will not intervene unless both sides request action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. F. Kauffman
Clyde Herring
George Comfort
Master Bakers Association
Kauffman
Herring
Hearing Seeks Permanent Injunctions Outcome Pending
A hearing to decide if the injunctions will be made permanent is expected this fall. The proceeding evaluates ongoing merits of the cases and potential final rulings.
Dam No 16 Takes Definite Shape Near Muscatine
Dam No 16 on the Mississippi near Muscatine under the nine foot Channel program advances as concrete is poured in the first cofferdam. Tainter gate piers are being cemented, lower dam lifts poured, apron paving laid, with 425 workers on site for Central Engineering Company.
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Mississippi River
Muscatine
Hog Island
Central Engineering Company
General Contractors
1936 Corn Hog Plans Studied
Washington officials study a corn hog program to avoid arbitrary quotas and base production on historical norms. Claude Wickard notes aims for a good farming practice base with conferences this week including Gerald Thorne and others. First benefit payments for 1935 corn key contracts were prepared for signers, with distribution possible soon. Dr. T. W. Schultz from Iowa State College joins discussions on future programs. A thin glycerine solution is used to improve tire appearance in a minor tech note.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
Farm Administration
Gerald B. Thorne
Division of Livestock and Feed Grains
Wickard
T. W. Schultz
Department of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
H. R. Toley
Nam Again starts flay in Iowa City tennis tournament
In Iowa City the Mississippi Valley tennis event resumed at the University of Iowa field house after weather delayed play. Two seeds Ken Cline and John Van Der Zee advanced in the third round with Cline beating Claud Douthett 7 5 6 1 and Van Der Zee defeating Cliffe Carle 6 0 6 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Kain
Mississippi Valley
University of Iowa
Ken Cline
John van der Zee
Cline
Claud Douthett
Waterloo
van der Zee
Cliffe Carle
June Employment Gains in Seventh District Industries
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports the six states in the seventh district employed 4 percent more workers in June than a year earlier. Wages rose 8 percent, with payrolls 55 percent higher than 1933 and employment 40 percent higher. Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa saw gains in stone clay glass food wood products coal mining and construction.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
New High Record for Filings in County Office
Ida E. Grimm county recorder reports a record surge in filings with 32 instruments on Friday July 19, 33 on Monday July 22, and 33 on Tuesday July 23, surpassing typical daily totals for July in recent years.
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Ida E. Grimm
Recorder
Bandit Robbery Strikes Pioneer Valley Savings Bank
Three masked bandits robbed the Pioneer Valley Savings Bank in Sergeant Bluff Iowa and fled with about 360 dollars in cash from the counter this afternoon. Also notes report Nye proposes a government owned central bank as a substitute to banking bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sergeant Bluff
Pioneer Valley
Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Skinner Divorce Action Dropped After Agreement
Mrs. Frances Peck Skinner of Omaha and her husband Lloyd M. Skinner have agreed to drop their divorce suit filed in Council Bluffs Iowa. The pair married in 1933 and were reportedly on a second honeymoon after a nationwide search when Mrs. Skinner disappeared for several days.
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Omaha
Frances Peck Skinner
Chicago
Lloyd M. Skinner
Skinner
Council Bluffs
John J. Hess
Hess
Skinners
Iowa University Instructor Dies in Heat Incident
Ray mond Peterson a 24 year old University of Iowa physics instructor collapsed at the campus after a tennis game with Bertrand Miller of Kewanee Ill. He struck his head on the floor in the physics building and died before aid arrived. Peterson from Dannebrog Neb earned an M S from Iowa last February and was teaching in the summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Raymond Peterson
University of Iowa
Peterson
Bertrand
Miller
Kewanee
Ill
University
Dannebrog
Neb
New Era Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Hetzler Home
Fifty four members and visitors attended a meeting of the New Era Ladies' Aid society at Mrs Arthur Hetzler's country home near New Era. Women quilted and rug made and a potluck dinner was served. Next week they plan to clean the community building.
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New Era Ladies’ Aid Society
Arthur Hetzler
New Era
Chevrolet Truck with long wheelbase and twin wheels
Real service ready Chevrolet truck features a long wheelbase tandem dual axle 15 foot body. The listing notes it is road ready with contact phone 623 624 for inquiries.
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Pocket Prowler
City News
Muscatine Independent Retail Druggist Association
Burma
Absorbine Jr
Verichronie
FITCH
Phillip
ALK
Lion Clubs
Bride of
Ponder Bakeries
Gov
Earth
Muscatine Municipal
Nam
Flay
Curve Furniture CO
Muscatine ,Iowa
GENERAL @P
Electric
Elfers Electric Store
Louis G. Elfer
Prop
East 2Nd St
J. C. Broad
West Second St
Monarch
G. A. Chaudoin Electrical Co
Westinghouse
Detthof Hdwe CO
East Second St
Mason City
Morgan J. McEnany
H. Crofoot
Paris
Foreign Office
League of Nations Council
Iowa University
New Era Group
Chevrolet
EDLEY
Pine
Tetraethyl
Yellow Cab CO
Lafayette
Nash
Friedman-Shelby
West Second Street
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