Sea Scouts Plan Weeklong Mississippi Cruise
About 10 Muscatine Sea Scout Iowan members prepare to sail early Sunday on a week long upstream cruise aboard the sloop The Phantom. A motor boat will accompany them as they eat and sleep outdoors with plans to reach McGregor before returning to Muscatine next weekend. Scouts include Herbert Beadle Ed Hill Dick Wilson Charles McCarty William Kaiser Courtney Wilson and Clifford Worst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Herbert Beadle
Ed Hill
Dick Wilson
Charles McCarty
William Kaiser
Courtney Wilson
Clifford Worst
Toolmaker Confesses Killing Peoria Girl
A toolmaker in Peoria breaks under police questioning and confesses to the murder of a 19 year old cafeteria hostess. The man described striking her at a cemetery and later holding her in a car as she died, with the Illinois River three miles away. He later signed a vengeance pact with the girl's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Illinois River
Springdale
John
Security Act Costs to Average Man
The article explains how unemployment and social security taxes will be levied on employers and passed to workers via reduced pay or higher prices. It outlines tax rates from 1936 to 1949 and notes that distribution details are left to states. It uses an example of “Average Towan” in Iowa to illustrate potential pension outcomes and prior year tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeasr
Towan
Iowa City
Car
Four-H clubs set two meetings for week in Muscatine County
The Muscatine county Four-H clubs schedule shows two meetings next week due to the Four-H camp at Rotary Lodge from Tuesday to Friday. Miss Dorothy Simmons announces the Moscow club will meet Tuesday at Elma Brown’s home and the Wapsie Best at Patricia Sneeringer’s home. All other meetings are postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Rotary Lodge
Dorothy Simmons
Moscow Club
Elma Brown
Wapsie Best
Patricia Sneeringer
Details on Federal Relief Program WPA and PWA in Iowa
Preliminary details from Washington outline Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration plans for Iowa and Muscatine County. The regimes set 40 hour max, earnings scales from 35 to 57 dollars, and emphasize sponsor agency contributions and federal cost shares. Local administration awaits Mulock resignation and formal inauguration in Des Moines. The piece also notes court actions involving a Wapello bank official and the Davison case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
Muscatine County
Harry '. Hopkins
Washington, D. C
Iowa
E. H. Mulock
Mulock
WPA
Public Works Administration
PWA
P. F. Hopkins
Des Moines
Reports Given at Meeting of County Dairy Four-H Club
The Muscatine county Dairy Calf Four-H Club met Friday night at the J Stewart McBride home hosted by the four McBride children. Eugenia McBride shared reports from the Ames girls convention. Gordon Streger spoke on the field day tour and Robert Naber on the Jersey parish show at West Liberty. ee Tipton won first in Jersey calves from nine entries. Dorothy and Clement McBride showed prizes from West Branch testing association picnic. Dorothy placed second and Clement third in county cattle judging. Bunco followed with Genevieve and Robert Naber winning high prizes and Jean Zybarth receiving consolation. Refreshments were served. Final meeting scheduled July 17 at the Naber home after fall fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
J. Stewart McBride
McBride
Ames
Eugenia McBride
Gordon Streger
Robert Naber
Jersey Parish
West Liberty
Ee Tipton
Edgar Flowers
Wapsinonoc Township
Dorothy
Clement McBride
West Branch
Clement
Genevieve
Jean Zybarth
Naber
Dale Freed by Jury on Murder Charges
The jury found Dale not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said he was dumped near the Jorgensen home in intoxicated condition and offered McVay $20 for a ride to Fort Dodge. Defense argued he was framed by three state witnesses and cited a surprise witness Mrs. Lottie Smith who cared for him from 8:30 to 10:30 p m past the Jorgensen home. Dale did not testify.
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Dale
Jorgensen
Gettle
McVay
Fort Dodge
L. A. Winkel
Stoner
Lottie Smith
Contemplated Public Works Program Totals Revealed
The plan lists costs and labor hours for schools libraries hospitals and other facilities. Totals show 376000 labor hours and 645000 dollars across all categories. County figures estimate 593100 dollars cannot.
High Per Capita Income and Rural Utility Trends in Muscatine County
Muscatine County shows high per capita income above state mean by 1.3 percent. PTA enrollment is low at 1 percent, placing the county among the least active in the state. Muscatine city covers 5,135 acres with 2,311 developed, 513 industrial, 795.9 streets, 154 railways and parks, plus 51.3 public uses. 2,824 acres remain undeveloped. Telephones serve 81 percent of farm homes. radios reach 56 percent of rural homes. 32 percent have piped water and 21 percent have electric wiring. Of 394 electrified farms, 34 percent have home plants, 46 percent use electrified motors, and 66 percent rely on utilities. Farm tenancy rose from 34.3 percent in 1900 to 45.57 percent in 1930, mirroring state trends.
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Iowa
PTA
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Wapello Bank Head Given Prison Term
Davison received a state prison sentence after Judge Garfield rejected a new trial bid and overruled double jeopardy claims. Defense counsel Schuyler Livingston sought leniency, arguing lack of intent to defraud and no record concealment, while acknowledging Davison’s advanced age and hardship of jail versus fines. The judge favored prison, noting financial inability to pay a fine and ruling no acquittal occurred on previous indictments.
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Davison
Schuyler Livingston
Washington
Wapello Banker
Garfield
Livingston
New Deal Disburses Large Iowa Relief Sums in 1930s
A Iowa survey details federal aid under the New Deal, listing gifts and loans to the state from 1933 to 1935. It notes AAA corn-hog and wheat curtailment payments, FERA relief, CCC projects, RFC bank support, corn loans, public works grants and loans, and total farm credit and HO¬L programs with tens of millions disbursed.
Iowa Relief Head Resigns From Post
Mulock resigns as Iowa relief administrator amid calls for a nonpolitical appointment to head the Work Progress Administration in Iowa. He previously served since FERA creation, with duties largely handled by associates and no salary paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Keller
University of Iowa Engineering
Iowa Relief Administration
Washington
Iowa Relief
Mulock
Work Progress Administration
Des Moines
Insurance Agency
FERA
Waley Starts Long Sentence in Prison
A Waley related case wends through plea deals with the U S government dismissing one indictment over ransom notes to George's father and delaying another for extortion letters to J P Weyerhaeuser Jr. If Mrs Waley pleads guilty she could face life imprisonment. a not guilty plea may lead to trial and possible acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Redmen Officials Attend Davenport Pow Wow
Muscatine Redmen lodge officers joined Tecumseh tribe members at Davenport Friday night for a pow wow. C. Opel grand keeper of the wampum H. Washburn collector D. Borgstadt keeper of records Harry Burrell prophet and William Deutschman scout attended. Three palefaces were initiated into Redmanship with plans to travel to Knoxville Monday night June 24 for open air adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redmen Lodge
Muscatine
Redmen
Davenport
C. Opel
H. Washburn
D. Borgstadt
Harry Burrell
William Deutschman
Knoxville
Athletics star Bob Johnson tops American League batting
Bob Johnson of the Athletics leads the American League with a .370 average as Washington and Cleveland surge. George Haas regains regular status with Chicago, while Arky Vaughan remains idle in the National League at a .400 pace.
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New York
Bob Johnson
Athletics
Washington
Cleveland
George “Muse
Haas
Chicago
Wally Moses
A’s
Arky Vaughan
Whitehead
St. Louis
Terry
R. H. Pet. Johnson
Philo
Chicag
Myer
Gehringer
Detroit
Stone
Concord Group Attends Picnic and Local Visits
Concord Group and families gathered at the Columbus Chautauqua Park for a Friday picnic. Visits included L. M. Dallmeyer and family at the W. R. Frisk home. Edna Shellabarger returns from a visit with her sister Mrs. Roy Masonholder. Community figures from Four-H and H. W. clubs participated in events including Ames convention travel. Farm work slowed by heavy rains as Billie Newell plans a four week ISU tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. McConahay
W. R
H. W. Club
Martha Blankenhorn
Harriet Leiberknecht
Ames
William Adamson
Dorothy
George Deppey
Wapello
Billie Newell
Jesse Newell
Here
Iowa State College
United States
Summer and Matrons Pattern Details for Bust Sizes
Assistant Professor of Household Arts at Teachers College Columbia outlines pattern No. 3370 for bust sizes 36 to 52 inches. Displays yardage: 44% yards of 39 inch fabric plus 3% of 18 inch or wider contrasting for vestee. price 15 cents. pattern and 25 cent fashion book. mail to Muscatine Journal Pattern Department 200 Fifth Ave New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Columbis University
New York, N. Y
Muscatine Journal
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Federal Spending and Lending in This State Iowa Daily Press
Summary of federal outlays and lending by agencies through 1935. Includes AAA corn and wheat benefit payments for 1933 34 1934 program figures Civil Works Administration Public Works Administration loans and grants through May 1 1935 Farm Credit Administration loans to May 1 1935 Civilian Conservation Corps through April 1 1935 RC Reconstruction Finance Corporation bank loans high federal aid for highways and relief programs. Creosote oil to fight chinch bugs in 1934. Total appears as 455 676 870 24 dollars.
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AAA
State Emergency Relief Committee
FERA
Civil Works Administration
Iowa
Federal
COC
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
G. B. McDonald
Iowa State College
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover Administration
Public -Works Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Mississippi
Missouri
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Tnion
Public Works Administration
Jaen
Farewell Courtesy Honors Mrs. Smith
Mr and Mrs Curtis Smith entertained in honor of Mrs Grant Smith who plans to depart for Los Angeles on June 30 She will visit her brother Fay McGill and family and attend the San Diego exposition before returning Those present included Mr and Mrs Curtis Smith Mr and Mrs Grant Smith and children Charles and Jean Howard Madsen Kenneth Leggens all of Atalissa and Miss Zella Smith Cedar Falls Iowa The evening was spent socially Refreshments were served late
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Smith
Grant Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
Zella Smith
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
1933 Gold Production Totals 2.55 Million Ounces
The 1933 total gold production reached 2,552,459 ounces valued at 52,764,028 dollars. The report highlights substantial output and monetary worth of the year’s gold mining.
Hearing on receiver's authority to compromise note in Muscatine
In the Muscatine district court an application by D W Bates as Receiver of the American Savings Bank of Muscatine seeks authority to settle a promissory note for 39153 76 with 1544 interest, secured by first and second mortgages on Muscatine real estate. A hearing is set for June 29 1935 at 10 am. objections must be filed first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Savines Bank of
H. F Lange
Muscatine
County of Muscatine
State of
Iowa
Mulberry Avenue
Jerome F. Bartlett
Henry F. Lange
District Court House
City of
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Toolmaker
Peoria
Roy McCullough
Wapello Bank
McCullough
Bner
County Dairy
Four-H Club
State Planning Board
Scott County
Cedar County
Louisa County
Johnson County
New Deal
Waley
Concord Group
Laura I. Baldt, A. M
Iowa Daily Press
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Sioux City
Mrs. Smith
District Court of
D. W. Bates
State of Iowa
American Savings Bank of
Tees
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