Truck Problem to Be Discussed at Friday Meeting
Mercer County Farm Bureau livestock marketing committee plans a Friday evening meeting at the Green Lantern cafe to discuss truck transport issues affecting livestock marketing. Committee members include Frank Bollman Viola B W Horan Preemption Fred McLaughlin Viola Clarence Huston New Boston William Hardin Keithsburg and R W Rathbun Preemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Farm Bureau Livestock Marketing Committee
Green Lantern Cafe
Livestock Marketing Committee
Farm Bureau
Frank Bollman
Viola
B. W. Horan
Fred McLaughlin
Ivola
Clarence Huston
New Boston
William Hardin
Keithsburg
R. W. Rathbun
President’s push for rapid New Deal spending goals
The article outlines swift national recovery actions under Roosevelt including $100 million in new building contracts by October, $25 million released in 45 days, $400 million highway grants, and a navy building program. It notes reforms in rail, commerce, and agricultural taxes to curb production, plus urged wage increases to spur demand while avoiding rapid price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Navy
Wallace
Joseph B. Eastman
Commerce Department
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Springfield
Roosevelt
Big Pageant to Depict City History in Muscatine
A two hour pageant begins 8 15 pm nightly depicting Muscatine history. Episodes cover Miss Muscatine years 1833 and 1883 with escorts, early settlers, Native life, the Black Hawk purchase, the first railroad in 1856, civil war recruitment, notable citizens, and a final melting pot of nations. Over 400 performers, amplified sound, and a Centennial program with parades, relic displays, fireworks and more announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Muscatines
Miss Muscatine
Maryeila Fuller
Sophia Lindle
Agatha Nau
Mississippi
Muscatine
F. J. Howe
J. A. Parvin
Bloomington
Mark Twain
Lee DeForrest
Ellis Parker Butler
George Grey Barnard
J. F. Boepple
Thomas Meason Whicher
Father Time
Herbert Beadle
Jefferson Field
L B. Richman
Talent
John Eis
Lucy B. Milligan
F. H. Little
Hattie E. Parker
Verle D. Nietzel
William J. Cullen
Lucille Johnson
Mary Shemaitis
Bernard Chayka
Weed Park
Mississippi River
Kidnap Plot Tied to Hamm Beer Truck Ransom Plan
A ransom for Hamm was to be paid via one of the Hamm brewery beer trucks driven by a lone operator with an open interior for visibility. The victim, 39, a St Paul family member, marks the fourth abduction in 18 months, with other targets including Morris Rutman and Leon Gleckman. Fern Sankey, wife of a suspect, was acquitted in the Bohn kidnapping and faces Boettcher case extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamm
St. Paul
Bohn
Morris Rutman
Leon Gleckman
Sankey
Fern Sankey
United States Marshal’s Office
Boettcher
South Dakota
William Hamm
William Hamm, Jr
First National Bank
First Bank Stock Corporation
George Moeller
United States
U. S. Tariff Talks Weigh Stabilization Accord
Delegates at the London conference discuss tariff cuts and a tentative currency stabilization plan. The aim is to smooth exchange fluctuations without fixing rates, with 33 nations now backing the truce on tariff changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economic Commission
Organization of Producion
Washington
Death Summons Mrs. Whitacre in West Liberty
Mrs. Maurice Whitacre aged 76 died at Davenport hospital after years as an invalid. Funeral by S. C. Snider at Presbyterian church 3 p m Sunday with burial in Oak Ridge cemetery. She was born Mary Mead in Ohio May 19 1857 and moved to Iowa in 1867 then West Liberty after marriage in 1887. Survived by husband son Ray Whitacre two daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
West Liberty
Maurice Whitacre
Davenport Hospital
S. C. Snider Funeral
Presbyterian Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Whitacre
Mary Mead
R. W. Tharp
Carl Andersen
Elma Pickering
San Diego
Calif
Mary Hayes Takes Lead in Contest With Big Vote Gain
Mary Hayes moves from 16th to 10th in the tabulation with a 630,000 vote gain. Muscatine firms offer triple votes Friday and today, signaling further large gains over the weekend as contestants vie for seven free trips to the Chicago Century of Progress exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Jury Holds Bankers Fate in Fraud Trial
The trial over alleged fraud at the Commercial Bank of Wapello continues as judges and attorneys dissect solvency, ownership, and deposits. Prosecutors detail charges against partners Davison and McCullough while defense argues insolvency and context of bank failures in 1931.
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Barker
Burlington
Wapello
Louisa County
Commercial Bank of
Dean Patrick
Mao
Condh
Patrick
Johnson
D.N
Atorney
Davison
McCullough
Harold Ofelt
Ofelt
Schuyler Livingston
Livingston
Five Die in Kansas City Station Gun Attack
Gunmen opened fire at Kansas City Union Station wounding agent F. Lackey and killing Frank Nash and four others including Raymond J. Caffrey, W. J. Grooms, Frank Hermanson, and Otto Reed. Witnesses described two or four assailants using machine guns as Nash was escorted to Caf frey's car. Detective work and blame focus on the Floyd Bailey duo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nash
Leaven
Raymond J. Caffrey
The
Bureau of Investigation
W. J. “Red” Grooms
Kansas City
Frank Hermanson
Otto Reed
McAlester
Oklo
F. J. Lackey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lackey
Nash
Frank Smith
Department of Justice
Reed
Hot Springs
Ark
Leavenworth
R. E. Vetticli
United States Bureau of Investigation
Kansas
Missouri
Bureau
Grooms
Hermanson
Caffrey
Smith
Vetterli
Robert Fritts
Kansas City Union Station
Omaha
A. C. Anderson
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Anderson
Harvey Bailey
Kansas State Penitentiary
E. F. Caffrey
Creighton University Law School
Regina Dolan
Des Moines
Arthur Mullen
Washington, D. C
Keithsburg Button Plant Expands with 25 New Machines
Improvements are underway at the Keithsburg Ill McKee Button Company shop. Twenty five more women will be employed as 25 machines are moved from Paducah Ky. The upgrade includes new floors partitions windows heating and water supply aiming to boost output by about twenty percent with machines installed in the cutting shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keithsburg
Ill
McKee Button Company
Paducah
Keith
Keiths
Davenport Company Seeks Permit for New Radio Station
The Central Broadcasting company of Davenport applied to the federal radio commission for permission to build a new station and operate on 1310 kilocycles with one hundred watts at night and 250 watts by day unlimited time. The requested frequency now is held by station WIAS Ottumwa. Central operates WOC and WHO on a synchronized circuit. Ask for vote coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Broadcasting Company of
Davenport
Federal Radio Commission
WIAS
Ottumwa
Central Broadcasting Company
WOC
WHO
Iowa Man Found Dead in Minnesota
The Minnesota crime bureau identified a man found dead near Farmington Minnesota as Earl F. Hughes of Des Moines. A coroner's jury ruled acute alcoholism caused the death. Hughes had prior arrests in Jefferson Iowa on May 5, 1927, and Cedar Falls Iowa for drunkenness on August 18, 1931, with Des Moines listed as his address at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Crime Bureau
Farmington
Earl F. Hughes
Des Moines
Minnesota
Hughes
Jefferson
Cedar Falls
Appreciation for Central State Bank opening in Muscatine
The opening of Central State Bank of Muscatine on June 14 1933 completes the consolidation of Hershey State Bank and First Trust and Savings Bank. The committee thanks The Muscatine Journal The Mid West Free Press Hotel Muscatine the Chamber of Commerce and public bodies for assistance. Ben Gallaher and depositors committees helped secure agreements. Officers and staff of both banks deserve commendation. The committee believes the city gains a valuable asset and predicts strong leadership from president Ross F. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central State Bank of Muscatine
Hershey State Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Muscatine Journal
Mid West Free Press
Hotel Muscatine
Chamber of Commerce
Ben Gallaher
First Trust & Savings Bank
Muscatine
New
Central State
Ross F. Davis
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Mercer County Farm Bureau
Cees Ee Ee
Iowa Avenue
Roscoe Slack
Willodine Gingery
Mary Louise Hendrickson
Margaret Lange
Kenneth Fair
Dunn
Mr. Hamm
U. S
Bolivia
Chile
Dominican Republic
Greece
Guatemala
Iceland
Paraguay
Persia
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
Uruguay
Alfred Hugenberg
Africa
Hugenberg
Great
King George
Queen Mary
Windsor Castle
Ramsay MacDonald
Chequers
Cordell Hull
James M. Cox
Key Pittman
S. M. Bruce
England
Bruce
Capitol
Treasury
Mary Hayes
Dorothy Bowen
Isabelle Webster
Robert Weber
Charlotte Braun
Lucille Young
Frank TeStrake
Coretta Moore
Bruce Watcliff
Allen Butts
Dorothy Greenwald
Darren Cromer
Bernice Hahnbaum
Alys Lemon
Vincent Welk O
Jacques Merrifield
Benice Tiedemann
Arthur Witt
Virginia Huffereee
Howard Worst
Ete
Lucy Sissel
Eleanor Appel
Jeanne Stellnere
Virginia Houk
Elizabeth Legler
Wanda Latta
Clifton Reeves
Marguerite Clark
Scott Griffin
Claire Durst
Pauline Alexander
Arthur Neyenhuis
Lee Cash
Henry van der Horn
Dorothea Rummells
Leroy Peterson
Earnest Holtz
Arlene Collins
Virgil Poole
Leona Plumbee
Doris Garvin
Marie Snell
Acore
Commercial Bank
A. W. Berkhoff
W. 3. Bishop
William Brauns
Max
Vera Campbell Hayes
Willian Dacon
C. E. Foster
W. C. Herrick
Fred Kreiner, Sr
Frank C. McCray
Roy Oakes
George 8. Potter
Mary M. Peters
Bele Sandy
Elmer Shipman
Ina Sleigh
Davenport Company
Iowa
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