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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1938
Page
7
County voters participated in a Democratic primary yielding results to be published in The Journal. Officials did not release full totals in the accessible text, but the contest advanced candidates to upcoming party county committee allocations.
WPA recreation centers and Longview Park show 4958 total activities over two weeks as outside programs begin May 31. New facilities include Bleeker street center horseshoe courts and sand bins. Longview adds a sand bin and future courts and volleyball court. a senior softball league forms with four teams and schedules due this week.
Franklin school arranges events to mark the close of the term. Seventh grade under Miss Lillie Fried erichsen plans a musical assembly with folk songs and talks on spring composers, plus piano by Louise Gufford and violin by Eileen Davidson. Eighth-A class of 27, with Floyd Scott, Paul Yarck, and Miss Mary H Rumsey, plans a Wild Cat Den State Park picnic after school Wednesday. The final issue of The Amateur Gazette will be issued Wednesday morning.
Deeds recorded show Martha W Goad transferring lots one and two block 39 to Robly R Goad and Tony Sling transferring lot 14 block one Garden addition to Muscatine for 1800 dollars. Susan A Stanwood sells Maple Crest Turkey Farms Inc southwest quarter of northeast quarter section 31 township 76 range 2 west totaling 500 with a note about Mr Yarck the English teacher.
Muscatine County voters delivered clear margins in the Republican and Democratic primaries. Hugh E. Chance led with 1,520 votes, followed by J. C. Coster with 1,153 and Louis Crull with 621 for justice of the peace. In the constable and other races, William Schoenig and Willer led the incumbent slate, while Fred R. Beach trailed. Democratic scraps showed Leo Fuller and George Black topping their ticket in the same contest.
Miami News reports federal agents recovered a $3 bill from the $10,000 ransom paid for five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. Two Tennessee policemen, returning from a mission in Mississippi, were implicated but released after questioning. The source did not disclose details of how the film was obtained. Tonight marks the tenth day since the boy was stolen.
Dickinson wins Muscatine county by 12 votes over Lloyd Thurston in the Democratic primary for the U S Senate. Gillette leads Otha D. Wearin by 46 votes as the Republican hopeful. In the district's Republican congressional race Thomas Martin of Iowa City leads Ralph Jones 1627 to 945. E C Eicher, unopposed, collects 543 Muscatine ballots. H Bruce Thompson of Muscatine continues a second bid.
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