PWA Work Stalled in Muscatine County Projects
Muscatine county PWA construction items face a temporary standstill next week excluding the road program. The Conesville school is near completion. Nichols and West Liberty projects await federal approval and bond sale steps before starting. George P. Stewarts, state engineer, expressed satisfaction with progress as road duties shift to Omaha bureau.
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Muscatine County
PWA
L. L
Conesville
Nichols
West Liberty
George P. Stewitts
Mr. Schoel
Bureau of Public Roads
Omaha
Food Shortage Fear Held as Groundless
Officials say bread and wheat supplies are ample as domestic production runs about 800 million bushels yearly while consumption plus feed and seed use total around 600 million. For the current marketing year the U S will export roughly 35 million bushels of wheat, with 30 million moved under the North Pacific Emergency Export Association subsidy plan.
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United States
North Pacific Emergency Export Association
Writer Claims Albert of Belgium Fueled War Opposition
Hutchison says King Albert I opposed war and united Walloons and Flemish. He claims communists exploited Albert’s death for revolution. A Belgian embassy official in London challenges Hutchison and threatens to punch him if he repeats the claim.
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Bert
France
Germany
Albert I
Hutchison
London
Graham Seton Hutchison
Albert
Col. Hutchison
Nottingham
Farm Debt Board Presses On With Several Local Cases
Muscatine county farm debt conciliation committee members again deferred their weekly meeting and will continue work on individual cases. About 15 cases have been submitted for study with two or three nearing settlement. the panel acts as a mediation point for debtors and creditors to rework old debts.
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Muscatine
Budget Committee Holds Conference on Budget Needs
County budget committee members appointed with the corn hog program met at the courthouse to study the association's budgetary needs. William Cashman presided as the panel reviewed state allotments awaiting arrival and noted the pay schedule had been submitted to Washington for approval. Members include L. M. Littrell Harry Troeming Ray Downer and Thomas Dean. Treasurer Flogg McIntyre also attended.
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Association
William Cashman
Cashman
Washington, D. C
L. M. Littrell
Harry Troeming
Ray Downer
Thomas Dean
Flogg McIntyre
County Associatn
Death of Harry H. Hutchinson Noted in St Joseph
Word arrived of the death of Harry H. Hutchinson formerly of Muscatine at his home in St. Joseph Missouri Friday night. Cause of death not announced. He was the son of Z W Hutchinson long-time Muscatine resident and brother of Miss Ida Hutchinson who will travel to St Joseph. Funeral plans and details are not yet known.
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Harry H. Hutchinson
Muscatine
St. Joseph
Mr. Hutchinson
Z. W. Hutchinson
Ida Hutchinson
Compliance Board Maintains Advisory Role for NRA
NRA compliance board will continue as advisers but will not conduct investigations into code violations. Investigations and prosecutions will be handled by a paid NRA investigator, as the chairman noted. The move stems from a lack of authority for administrative action and the belief a designated representative is needed. A state board questionnaire was completed and sent back to the state office.
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NRA
Muscatine Producers Earned 383369 From Swift Plant
Muscatine county producers of butterfat eggs and poultry received 383369 during 1933 from the local Swift and Company plant A C Peterson manager announced. He noted that aside from the Pacific Coast region most dairy and poultry products move east with 75 percent consumed east of the Mississippi river.
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Muscatine County
Swift and Company
A. C. Peterson
Deathbed Tale to Be Related During Trial at Davenport
The state will offer dying statements of Roy Franey as evidence in the trial of Augusta Ross for first degree murder. Subpoenas were issued for 19 witnesses, including stenographer Cora Fedderson who recorded Franey’s last words. Franey allegedly spoke of the tragedy and said Mrs. Ross came to Davenport to “get me.”
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Davenport
Roy Franey
Augusta Ross
Moline
Scott County
Leon A. Grapes
F. D. Kelsey
Cora Fedderson
Franey
Relief on Decrease in Muscatine Says County Worker
Mrs. M. Opal Fore, a Muscatine county worker, reports fewer calls for relief as relief needs ease. Some formerly on relief rolls have found jobs through the PWA construction program and others on work relief have secured additional employment. It is unlikely all 250 expected NERA assignments will be placed this month.
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Muscatine
M. Opal Fore
PWA
NERA
Pupils Finish Eighth Grade Tests Across County
About 100 eighth grade pupils from Muscatine Durant Nichols and West Liberty completed the last exams toward high school entry under county superintendent E. D. Bradley coordinating sessions. The makeup tests served those who failed earlier, could not take them initially, or wished to raise their scores.
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Muscatine
Durant
Nichols
West Liberty
E. D. Bradley
Friends Churches Hold Conference In Local Meeting
Members of Friends churches in West Branch Springdale Buffalo and Bloomington gather at the Friends church for a quarterly meeting. Special young people sessions were planned and the Springdale Quarterly business discussed.
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Friends
West Branch
Springdale
Buffalo
Bloomington
Friends Church
Woman Admits Plot to Help Dillinger
A woman confesses involvement in aiding the Dillinger gang as Chicago police form a three‑part hunt including a flying squad and state detectives to end Dillinger's criminal career. Meanwhile Homer Van Meter is linked to a $17,299 bank robbery in Fostoria, with Bertillon identifications tying him to the crime.
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John Dilinger
State’s Attorney’s Office
Dillinger
Chicago
Greenock
Scotland
London Herald
British Isles
Frank Reynolds
Dillinger Huntsmen
Fostoria
Homer van Meter
First National Bank
Bertillon
L. L. Stagger
van Meter
Purcell Endorsed for District Judge
Purcell, Clinton county Democrat leader and lawyer for 25 years, seeks district judge post. He is Iowa State College graduate 1875, Kent Law School Chicago, admitted in Illinois and Iowa, formerly assistant county attorney. Judge Barker now presiding in Muscatine county will serve until January 1, 1935.
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Iowa State College
E. S. Bailey
Clinton County
P. B. Wolfe
Barker
Supreme Court
Purcell
Kent Law School of
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Muscatine County
Perry-Miss Giltner Reinstated by Perry School Board
Perry Miss Frances Giltner, high school English instructor, was reinstated at a Perry school board hearing after protests over her dismissal. She will return to work Monday. Des Moines reports 29 deaths and 876 injuries from Iowa auto accidents in March, per state secretary.
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Perry
Frances Giltner
Perry School Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of State
City Takes Part in Safety Move
Muscatine joins state motor vehicle department for highway safety week starting Monday. Edward Bitzer post 27 of the American Legion sponsors the program with local auto dealers and garages. Free car tests, lights and brakes. O K stickers to be distributed by Boy Scouts. drivers earning tests receive a windshield sticker. Mrs. Alex Miller outlines goal to cut Iowa auto accidents 50 percent.
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Muscatine
State Motor Vehicle Department
Edward Bitzer Post
The
American Legion
Louis T. Heitz
Muscatine Automobile Dealers’ Association
O. K
Alex Miller
Iowa
Mellon Denounces U S Tax Action Aimed at Him
Andrew Mellon asserts the government is railroading him to a grand jury to collect excessive income taxes. He cites $1,319,080.90 in additional taxes and a $659,540.45 penalty for 1931, says he will appeal to the tax appeals board, and claims lack of hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
US. Board of Tax Appeals
Mellon Financial
Washington
Cummings
Mellon
Grand Jury
Treasury
Tax Burden on Motorists Surges in 1933
Motorists pay taxes at a rate exceeding 2000 dollars per minute or about 2.95 million dollars daily. Vehicle taxes make up over 40 percent of the typical state’s revenue. In 1933 the average gasoline price to consumers stood at 17.82 cents per gallon.
Awards Presented to 34 Muscatine Boy Scouts
Thirty four Muscatine Boy Scouts received various awards at a Court of Honor in the Muscatine city hall on Friday night. Harlan Shellabarger received the life Scout ranking and C. Satterthwaite earned the star Scout rating. Dr. W. G. Lease gave first class awards and Rev. Tom Fogelsong led the second class and merit badges. Richard Wilson and Arthur Howe Jr. demonstrated signaling drills and Wilson and Shellabarger staged a first aid exhibition to conclude the program.
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Muscatine
Court of Honor
Harlan Shellabarger
C. Satterthwaite
C. S. Narvis
W. G. Lease
Tom Fogelsong
Richard Wilson
Arthur Howe, Jr
Wilson
Garfield Pupil Tourney Winner Crowned at YMCA Meet
Pen of Allen Newton from Garfield school won the Muscatine grade school marble shooting title at the YMCA city tournament held at River Front Park. Wayne McDanial of Zion Lutheran took second, ahead of Bernard Beh of McKinley and Keith Foster of Washington. Newton earned a year’s free YMCA membership. finalists received three months.
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Allen Newton
Garfield
Muscatine
River Front Park
Wayne McDanial
Zion Lutheran
Bernard Beh
McKinley School
Keith Foster
Washington
McDanial
Newton
B. L. Gallaher
Ed. Speith
Ray Pilgrim
Grafil Club
New Deal Foes Called "Tories" in Columbus
In a nationwide address NRA chief Hugh Johnson labeled opponents of the New Deal as "old tories" who would scuttle the recovery program and force the blue eagle to walk the plank. He warned they might split recovery supporters into quarrelsome factions to weaken the effort, but said the administration’s program remains strong against attacks.
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Columbus
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Friends of Recovery
Six in Jail After Sioux City Riot
Six persons were jailed after a clash between police and about 200 striking relief workers in Central Park Sioux City. Police charged the group after demand to release strike leader Wilfred Lakens 34 and arrested Henry Nichols 54 and Clarence Ferber 50. Officers Hoffmann Luke Mahr and others suffered cuts. Ferber and Nichols faced charges of disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly with Ferber also face potential weapon charges.
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Sioux City
Central Park
Wilfred Lakens
Woodbury County
Henry Nichols
Sam Hoffman
Nile Luke
Ray Mahr
Nichols
Clarence Ferber
Ferber
Frank
Hattie Lute
Ferbher
Robert Phillips
Storms Batter Helpless Freighter Off Astoria
Four crewmen were killed as the Norwegian freighter Childar drifted at the end of a towline off Wallapa harbor in a Pacific gale. The tug Roosevelt and coast guard cutter Red Wing struggled to tow her toward Puget Sound, with Whildar’s pumps failed and her masts broken after a 50 mph wind.
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Astoria
Ore
Childar
Wallopa Harbor
Roosevelt
Seattle
Coast Guard
Red Wing
Puget Sound
Red Wig
Columbia River
Boop-a-Doop Girl Loses Court Case
Helen Kane failed to prove in New York Supreme Court that Fleischer Studios Paramount Publix or Max Fleischer wrongfully used her singing technique in Betty Boop cartoons. Justice McGoldrick ruled damages claim and unfair competition claim unsupported by evidence. Kane plans an immediate appeal.
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New York
Helen Kane
Max Fleischer
Fleischer Studios, Inc
Paramount -Publix Corporation
Supreme Court
Edward J. McGoldrick
Miss Kane
Samuel R. Weltz
Justice McGoldrick
Five B club potluck at Ruthenberg home
The Five B club met at the Will Ruthenberg residence on Oak Street for a Friday potluck supper. Participants enjoyed cards and music with high prizes won by Mrs. Clarence Clark and Henry Ward, consolation prizes to Harry Reeves and Mrs. Ruthenberg, and special awards to Henry Ward and Mrs. Clark. The next meeting is set for June 13 at the Julian Haver camp home.
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Will Ruthenberg
Oak Street
Clarence Clark
Henry Ward
Harry Reeves
Mrs. Ruthenberg
Clark
Julian Haver
Japan Girds for Trade Campaign
Japan prepares for a possible trade war with Great Britain and signals confidence in its ability to respond. Officials highlight a new trade protection act that lets the cabinet adjust tariffs by executive decree and restrict imports as needed. The British warning to Japan’s ambassador is reviewed by the foreign office commercial bureau, with indications that Tokyo may refuse to alter its trade program.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Matsudaira
Walter Runciman
British Board of Trade
Feige Office
Commercial Bureau
Japa
Laws on vehicle length and wheel bearing wear noted
Laws of many states specify that automobile carriers shall not exceed 40 feet in length. Wobbling front wheels may be caused by defective bearing or wear in the king pin bushings.
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States
Arabian King's Objectives Asked in Yemen War Probe
London reports demand Ibn Saud state his ultimate aims in the Yemen conflict as British officials scoff at Italian defensive treaty claims. Britain says Italy backed the wrong side while Yemen’s Sana is in Ibn Saud's sights and emphasizes protection of its nationals.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saul
Sana
Yemen
Britain
Student Recovering From Knife Wounds
Ronald Young, 20, a Wayne State College student, was wounded and facing a potential murder complaint by County Attorney H D Addison over the death of Nancyann Alford, 19. A coroner's jury ruled the girl’s death a suicide aided by Young.
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Wayne
Neb
Ronald Young
H. D. Addison
Addison
Nancyann Alford
Young
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Boy Scouts
New Deal
Tories
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