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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1952
Page
2
The Muscatine sanitation and waste dept spent 68107 dollars for nine months ending 1951, averaging 3.58 per inhabitant of 19041. Across 51 Iowa cities over 50000 population the nine month total was 2596854 dollars, average 2.41 per person. Costs exclude sewage rentals. Davenport and Des Moines show higher per cap figures while Shenandoah and Red Oak show the lowest.
Extension Director Harold Craig announces a busy county schedule including the Farm Bureau meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the high school auditorium the women’s contact meeting at Hotel Muscatine at 10 a.m. Tuesday and the Four-H theater party at the Uptown theater at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday Strong participation is urged from Farm Bureau members Four-H boys and girls and leaders across the county with additional sessions scheduled Thursday at the extension office.
A historical digest notes street work on Second Street facing criticism and ferry traffic up after fair weather. Historic scenes recount a race amphitheater disturbance by a youth nicknamed Happy and efforts by officers to restore order. A 40 year old Muscatine Commercial Club statement offers a $100 reward to uncover rumor spread about pay cuts at Davenport Interurban Co.
Jacoby explains using two handed pinochle doubles and redoubles to pressure opponents. A single chip per hand with options to double or resign guides bluffing and timing of big melds, noting that few hands reach high chip totals and bluff doubles can steal chips by inducing resignations.
A study by the Iowa Taxpayers' Assn places Muscatine at 20.34 per resident for the nine months ending Dec 31 1951, total city operating expenditures of 387 326, ranking second highest per capita in Iowa among cities 10 000 to 34 000. The report notes general admin police fire sanitation streets parks and health costs totaling 19 three 3 9 3 4 and other expenses.
Muscatine county residents will see the red Double Barred Cross on the 1952 Christmas Seals opening Nov 17. Proceeds fund 1953 tuberculosis control work by the Muscatine County Tuberculosis and Health Association. The emblem traces to October 23, 1902 at the Berlin conference.
Tyrone Power stars as a U S courier in Diplomatic Courier a Twentieth Century Fox drama of international intrigue arriving Thursday at the Uptown theater. He teams with Patricia Neal and Stephen McNally to outwit a Russian spy ring through Salzburg Bucharest and Trieste as they race to obtain vital defense information.
Cranston Andrew Craig of Grinnell fieldman for the Congregational Christian churches was an overnight guest Tuesday at the home of Rev Max Allen. Rev E L Sheaffer of Vinton also visited here. Mr and Mrs Herbert Smith and family, recently moved to Silvis NL, were guests of Mr Smith's brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Marvin Coder. Mr and Mrs Melvin Coder and family hosted Sunday supper for Freda Marie and Doris of Wilton Junction.
Tuberculosis titled a leading death cause shifted to sixth as heart disease rose. Iowa combats both diseases with Christmas Seal purchases. Since 1906 the red Double Barred Cross became the NTA emblem and trademark in 1920, adopted by Musk atine County Tuberculosis and Health Association among 3,000 NTA affiliates.
Sensational action sequences filmed in Sweden Norway and Lapland headline the Valley of the Eagles from Lippert Pictures. A 1000 reindeer stampede fierce wolves and giant eagles set a danger filled chase with a science driven plot featuring Jack Warner Nadia Gray John McCallum and Mary Laura Wood. Terence Young wrote and directed the feature shot on location for authenticity.
The Iowa Taxpayers’ Assn. audit shows Muscatine spent 60,706 dollars in nine months of 1951, about 3.19 per resident. Across 51 Iowa cities over 5,000 population, the average was 3.92 per person. The report excludes capital improvements and lists divisions with totals including lighting and libraries. High and low city figures range from Sioux City 6.08 to Marion 1.01 per person.
Deeds recorded transferring parcels in Muscatine County and West Liberty include Herman and Sylvia Ahlf to F L and Tena Bihlmeier for parts of lots 6 and 7 in block 81, Muscatine. Lauren and Nona Jarrett for part of lot 10 in block 8 Ogilvie addition. Harry and Esther Nauman to Robert and Ethel Little for lot 3 in Northeast addition, West Liberty.
Sunday to Wednesday Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly star in High Noon with Thomas Mitchell. Thursday to Saturday features Valley of the Eagles and Apache War Smoke with Gilbert Roland. Friday offers Voodoo Man and Behind Locked Doors. Sunday to Tuesday Way of a Gaucho joins Summer Stock cartoon and news. Additional screenings include Diplomatic Courier Outcasts of Poker Flat and Fourteen Hours plus The Three Stooges and Flying Skates.
The Rev L Bartholomew of Iowa City former Centerville pastor will lead morning worship at the Presbyterian church in Atalissa on Sunday. Local school faculty and area teachers attended the bi county institute at Wapello. Mr and Mrs Carl Williams moved to a newly purchased home in north Atalissa. Mr and Mrs Hugh Vail and children Jim and Judy spent the weekend in Kirksville Missouri visiting relatives.
The Uptown screens Way of a Gaucho this Sunday. Rory Calhoun stars as the gaucho hero with Gene Tierney in a Technicolor adventure filmed in South America. Key scenes include a knife duel, an attack on a railroad crew, a wild cattle stampede, and a snow bound escape across the Andes.
Researchers note the penguin uses up and down strokes of its flippers resembling birds in flight. Underwater propulsion mirrors airborne wing mechanics with synchronized flipper movement.
Verl Miller and Mrs. Clarence Schmidt attended the funeral services for Leroy Fix in Muscatine. The Rev and Mrs Louis Penningroth hosted members of the Sessions and their wives at their country home near Iowa City recently.
Gary Cooper returns to the Western hero mold as Will Kane in Stanley Kramer’s High Noon opening Sunday at the Palace Theater. The piece traces his life from Helena Montana to Grinnell College and Hollywood ascent, noting his twenty year film career including nineteen Western epics and his private passions for hunting and fishing.
A 27 year old farmer in Binghamton New York while cleaning a well pump with gasoline was overcome by fumes and fell into a seven foot deep well landing in four inches of water. His wife pulled him out after he remained unconscious about fifteen minutes. A doctor found no evident injuries.
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