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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
4
Publisher Clyde R Babredeaux and Managing Editor Walter Russell preside over the paper. The terse byline confirms editorial leadership and publishing role within the local newspaper.
Street department crews recently marked broad color stripes on city streets to define parking and no parking zones and to designate pedestrian crossings for safety and convenience. The effort aims to guide motorists and reduce jaywalking while riders observe the lines.
A columnist notes that in any large group some individuals misbehave and display bad manners. The piece observes this also in Canada and the United States, populations totaling about 150 million, and comments on public conduct.
The Dies committee reviewed about 160 fascist organizations among an estimated 800 groups flooding the nation with anti Semitic anti Catholic and anti American propaganda. They range from the Nazi Bund to the Ku Klux Klan and from William Dudley Pelley s Silver Shirts to Gerald Winrod with many awaiting a savior. The piece notes that the United States has not been overthrown by any of them yet.
Public Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer honors the widow of Oran Pape by appointing her to a state job. Pape, once an Iowa athlete, was fatally wounded during a robbery attempt while arresting suspects. He was among the first highway patrol appointees and the first to die in the line of duty. The $85 monthly position is a small but meaningful aid for a family facing sudden loss.
In Muscatine Iowa 25 Years Ago Today the Rev L B Hix was reelected secretary of the board of trustees at Western College in Toledo Iowa. Superintendent William Molis outlined plans for laying water mains in outlying districts. A 400 candle power water light aided firemen in dense smoke. Hoover signed the farm relief bill ending a lengthy battle. Muscatine branch summer school named officers Frank J Howe chairman A Marea Othmer secretary F J Howe sponsor.
Streamlining the Interstate Commerce Commission reduces delays and reshapes leadership. Labor disputes between Lewis and Green threaten auto industry stability, while public utility reform and foreign policy pressures fuel political debate and rising prices abroad and at home.
A short description explains a daily puzzle where you count the letters of your first name, adjust by minus four if six or more or plus three if fewer, obtaining a key number. Start at the rectangle’s upper left and read letters under checked figures left to right to reveal a message.
Speech by Grinnell College president and critique of the Roosevelt brain trust highlights campus reverence for long standing customs. He argues ceaseless change is needed though the college remains wary of radical shifts and secret fraternities from its 1912 traditions.
Horizontal clues list a long word puzzle with many entries and errors. The grid references hidden within imply a themed puzzle about musicians, animals, plant terms, and daily life, referencing names like David and various measure words and objects.
Stephen A. Derry of the Cleveland Engineering Society notes today's graduates lack engineering readiness similar to 1924 high school graduates. A Twentieth Century Fund report finds distribution costs for perishable farm products far exceed growing costs, by about three to four times.
A comic strip caption reflects Hazel leaving a clerk, remarrying a department head, and moving toward management as she navigates workplace politics. The line suggests a midcentury newsroom or comic panel tone with social mobility and gender roles.
Mrs Marie Buckley of Chicago a gym teacher seeks divorce on grounds of husband beating her The judge queries why she did not strike back given her gymnastics background The remarks on cooking and infidelity are noted in passing from various quotes
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