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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
2
Federal and county funds for Muscatine County relief total $21,994 for July with $19,494 supplied by the federal emergency relief program and $2,500 covered by the county. The projected caseload is 960 including 165 singles, with 475 placements for work relief and 485 direct relief recipients including 115 singles. This follows June totals of $24,650 and a caseload of 1,065.
A farm survey shows net cash income and management return rising in 1934, with drought areas lagging in crop yields. Hog income per sow doubled and beef income per head rose, while dairy stayed similar. Non drought farms earned over three thousand dollars per farm vs drought farms under two thousand.
The article notes a legislative push following President Roosevelt’s message with a bill to allow owners of gold clause government securities to claim damages from dollar devaluation. It reports Democratic agreement to bring the tax bill this session and TVA priority on the House floor, plus the president signing nuisance taxes for two years and extending deposit insurance to 5000 for 60 days. It also covers Mine Workers and Appalachian Soft Coal wage talks failing to yield agreement.
Des Moines River flooding nears Ottumwa with travelers warned as rain chances fade. Water levels crest at Tracy, Keosauqua, Eldon residents flee and farms relocate stock while officials expect a gradual fall after a brief rise.
Army engineers completed a study of a proposed power dam near Bonaparte Iowa at the request of the Iowa State Planning Board and the Iowa Power Commission. They did not reveal the report’s contents but will forward it to the commission for action.
Japan advances its air defense program by introducing three additional bomber types to the Maritime Self Defense Force. The move strengthens strategic capabilities and broadens patrol and strike reach across regional theaters.
H. Van Hettinga city schools superintendent sails to Denver for the NEA convention next week. Also attending are Leo D. Nicolaus former Muscatine high principal and families. Agnes Samuelson Iowa superintendent is proposed as NEA president for 1935 36. Iowa delegation meets Monday noon. Van Hettinga serves as 1935 first vice president of the Iowa State Teachers association.
William Cashman head of the Muscatine county corn hog association returned to Muscatine after talks in Des Moines on adjustments to groups two three and four contracts. Carl Rylander county agent joined conference with state corn hog committee and board of review. Rylander left for a Minnesota vacation. Group one contracts numbering 682 with no material changes will be sent to Washington soon. About 125 contracts from groups two three and four with new applicants changes or adjustments will be dispatched in one to two weeks.
Under Charles McGill the street commissioner, workers transfer the flow of water from sanitary sewers to storm drains at multiple intersections including Fourth and Chestnut and Eight and Linn. Six men are employed on the job this day.
H. J. Koenigsaecker was named trustee of the Knights of Columbus lodge at the regular meeting. He replaces Bernard Chayka who resigned. The lodge will hold meetings on the second Thursday only during July and August. Newly elected officers assume chairs at the next meeting on July 11.
Unseasonal heavy rainfall drenches the region for about two weeks and is forecast to continue. The Mississippi and Cedar rivers rise to above normal levels with the Mississippi at 7.2 feet at Muscatine and the Cedar near Salisbury bridge climbing about half a foot overnight. The weather bureau predicts local thundershowers tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures to follow.
Five Muscatine horses compete at the Des Moines Race Meet and Horse Show which runs through Saturday. Three are owned by Theodore McKee, one by Dr. R. R. Goad, and one by Sanford Schmalz. Entries were made by McKee Stables on Muscatine Island under the Midwest Harness and Saddle Horse Improvement Association.
The city moves water management away from sanitary sewers toward storm drainage due to capacity limits. Officials argue the old system cannot handle heavy surface runoff, prompting infrastructure changes and budgeting for new drainage facilities.
A promotional piece extols electric cooking, highlighting MONARCH units as the most efficient electric ovens and stressing economy as the principal benefit. It argues electricity as the best fuel for cooking and claims heat from MONARCH units is conserved for actual cooking.
The letter quotes five questions to Lytle about a Polk County Iowa suit filed April 14 1930 by Larson Construction alleging conspiring to submit uniform bids to the state highway commission. It accuses dishonest dealings in Cedar Rapids 1933 bidding and references a $30 000 fund for Larson to finance the program.
The United States saw exports to China surge about tenfold from 1900 to 1930. In 1900 China took goods worth 12,533,000 dollars, rising to 106,560,300 dollars by 1930 despite political and military obstacles.
Police issued a nationwide search for a car linked to the Detroit homicide case. Michigan Ohio and New York authorities aided the manhunt as Dr Robert Kallman Wayne County medical examiner said Dickinson was killed by one or more assailants who acted to ensure instant death. Chief detective Fred W Frahm said officers hunted a woman who left Dickinsons briefcase in his hotel checkroom ten hours after the body was found though publicly the significance was downplayed.
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