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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1933
Page
3
Telephones section notes Iowa private branch exchange numbers 26 and 27 and instructs callers to request person or department. Credits AP for all news, whether credited or not, and mentions membership in Lee Newspaper Syndicate.
A national defense debate centers on executive power and emergency legislation with Attorney General Homer S. Cummings defending the administration. He says Congress preserves its authority while the nation adapts to crisis, affirming press and speech freedoms remain strong and that democracy endures.
Yesterday's cartoon explains coin composition and weight differences. The nickel contains more copper than the cent, with the nickel at 75 percent copper and the cent at 95 percent copper. The Rex and Commander Tarabotto recall a historic 4 day 13 hour 58 minute Atlantic crossing.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration moves fast to set up a regional system by Oct 1 to care for seasonal jobless transients. It will fund direct aid, shelter, or returns, with central stations for registration and interstate transport arrangements.
A collection of notes on espionage trials with Russia and strained Britain US relations. It mentions Stalin’s snub of Sir Esmond Ovey, embassy rental troubles, and poor goods supply. Also highlights Kate Smith’s photo moment with General Johnson and a large narcotics budget dispute led by Budget Director Douglas. Former President Hoover’s expansive commerce department is noted.
James McMullin reports on the three part labor split, the plan for a 30 hour week, and industry’s push to avoid union issues. Lindbergh eyes year round transatlantic service via Greenland. Chaplin shaves moustache to protest Hitlerism amid film production.
Fifty years ago today Hon. R. M. Burnett challenged J. J. Russell for state representative debates. Clara Lillibridge left Muscatine to head Waterloo schools.
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