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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
3
Classified ad noting Journal Printing Co. in Muscatine with price 4.90 and negative 96.00 figures. Details read as a brief business-item entry from the Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune.
In Berkeley a dog designated "13" allegedly revived after death, with life restored for over two weeks, inspiring praise for canine contributions to science. Meanwhile U S Navy logistics through the canal cut oceanic travel times, with a destroyer triple speeds and Oregon's 1898 route contrasted to modern canal efficiency.
A Washington writer hails the 110-vessel American naval fleet passage through the Panama Canal as a clear demonstration of the canal’s efficiency. Officers praise the display, noting the fleet completed the ocean to ocean transit in just over eight hours, with an outstanding safety record.
A Moscow dispatch notes Soviet schoolchildren are returning to basic ABCs after years of dialectic materialism and economic determinism. Authorities acknowledge theory proved too abstract for youths, signaling a shift to simpler pedagogy as a symbol of adjusting to practical realities.
The New York Times argues that Japan should favor a unified Chinese central government to deter warlords and curb foreign interference. A strong national army and centralized authority would deter external grabs and promote peace in the Far East.
A miscellany notes Billy the Kid is credited with killing 21 men by age 21, with some doubt but belief that the figure could rise when counting Mexicans and Indians. It also recounts Johnny Crowell flying a two seat plane with hands tied, performing loops and a barrel roll. The page includes satire on Wall Street figures Rockefeller and Morgan, banking reform debates, and commentary on dividend cuts by Consolidated Gas amid 1930s economic recovery optimism.
A. T. & T. faces a potential probe as Senator Dill seeks a full inquiry into the phone monopoly while the Dill-Rayburn bill and a federal communications commission loom. Roosevelt may reshuffle agencies by executive order to shape the regulatory landscape before adjournment as Hopkins pushes a long term plan to move 600000 relief families onto small farms amid broad relief concerns.
A fragment discusses government taxation and wage comparisons with a telephone company president, a unionist view on traitors, and references Soviet Russia seeking League of Nations membership. It notes a foreign propaganda probe and industrials reacting to McCain's bid ruling amid widespread speculation about John W. Da.
As you were today a freight train derailed through an open switch tumbling down a 12 foot embankment with minor injuries. County Clerk Hughes resigned. Mr. Fitzgerald was appointed to succeed him. The piece recalls past events including a 25 year ago death of Susan P Wilhelm and local civic appointments and construction progress on Hershey avenue.
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