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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
3
West Liberty Irwin Mosher, candidate for the Republican nomination as county recorder, withdraws due to his new post with the West Liberty State Bank. He says his bank position makes it impossible to hold the office if elected and thanks supporters for their backing.
Concrete pouring on highway No. 38 between here and Wilton is expected to finish within two weeks. Two crews of about 100 men each work 30 hour shifts, with pouring ongoing for four weeks this spring. No opening date for traffic has been announced.
Funds from the former banks are available at the new institution. Officers named include President Howard Simpson and vice president cashier R. S. Kirkpatrick. Directors are Kirkpatrick and Ben S. Summerwill. Receivership actions were started against Peoples State Bank and Iowa State Bank with D. W. Bates appointed receiver and bonds set at $10,000 each.
A licensing agreement for the quad city milk sales area Bettendorf Davenport Iowa Moline East Moline Rock Island NL was signed Thursday and becomes effective Saturday. Producers will receive 160 dollars per hundredweight for class 1 milk used in direct consumption while prices for class 2 milk used for cream were noted as lower than prior levels.
State Leader Phobos and Deimos, the two Martian moons, are described as roughly the size of Paris. The text notes homing pigeons fly by day while night flyer variants were developed by the French during World War II.
County farmers will learn barrier construction June 7 as Hixson of Iowa State College extension visits Ames. Demonstration at Merrill Satterthwaite farm will show oil barrier technique with barriers planned later in the season. County Agent Carl Rylander notes timing depends on summer conditions.
Thirteen boys and several fathers gathered at the Oak Collier home for a Four-H club meeting organized by Edgar Rogers assistant county agent. Dairy cattle judging occurred during the business session and kittenball was played in entertainment. A Moscow Bloomingdale Township gathering is planned tonight at Kenneth Hetzler's home. The Wilton group meets June 28 at Roger Kretchmar's home. A new Amateur Pilot's license requires 25 hours of solo flying time to bridge to private pilot.
A Mexico City wireless telegraph station is described as capable of communicating with all countries. The text notes a figure of $50.47 representing 26.7 percent of the value of the average vehicle.
The 1934 Navy program calls for 1184 new planes and engines at a cost of 90 million dollars, supplementing a current 1000 serviceable units. The University of Minnesota Flying Club drafts a tentative constitution for a national association of college flying and glider clubs.
The sale price will be 3.5 times the average Chicago 92 butter price plus 20 percent and 20 cents per hundred weight.
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