The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune from Muscatine, Iowa • Page 12

irnTTTMTAL AND NEWS-TRIBUNE FRIDAY. 'JULY 26 Project Backers, Council Confer fMeeting With Officials and Light Board May Be Held Monday. Fro and con, with a view to Its engineering, economic, and physical possibilities and practicabil- ities member, of the city council delved into the proposed Cedar river recreational and wer velopment project, Thursday night at a closed session. Plan Another Mooting. 'After a lengthy debate during Trtnch councilinen failed to manifest much enthusiasm for the plan it now stands, it was proposed that another session be held next Monday night at which the municipal light and water plant truB- tees, as well as backers of the project TriU meet with the aldermen at the council chambers in the city Lord again came out in opposition to the prop- andhL Proposal that an application which the city make be for something of a permanent value to the city itself is expected to carry weight to de- 'ciding the future disposal of the Cedar river plan.

Tells Other He pointed specifically to the need which exists in South Muscatine at the present time for a sanitary sewer system, declaring it to beSomething that would-be lor to good of the citizens and not merely a. "promotional idea." River front improvements, election of a new high school building and other projects which are being considered within the city itself were referred to by the mayor as xoals toward which the council better aspire if FWA-funds are to be sought. Stating that if additional elec- rawer is necessary that the present municipal plant can increase its capacity at a cost of S-i'5000 to the same amount that tie proposed plant could produce, he inauired why the city should he involved in a proposition which would result in but a duplication of what Muscatine already possesses. Other Speakers Heard. 'A sizeable array of speakers, representing both sides of the question, -took the floor at the meeting to address the council.

Sneaking in interests of the proposal were Joe M. Roth, Attorneys C. P. Hanley and H. and B.

Layton. Expressions pointing out loop- hoies in the proposition and declar- City News The Women's Belief corps of Muscatine has received an invitation from Fairfield to attend a reception for the department president, Theresa Marsh, and other officers on July 31 at that place. Anyone -wishing to go is- asked to notify the local' president, Mrs. Dora Hermley. Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Grossklaus 312 West Eighth street, announce the birth of a daughter, Thursday, at 8:30 p. m. She has been named, Esther Joan. The Muscatine Boys band will present a concert tonight at 8 o'clock at the Jefferson school.

Elmer Ziegler will a clan- net solo accompanied by the band, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beltman and son, Jerry of Ft Dodge, and Mrs.

Mary Wollett and son, George, 511 Bast Eleventh street, have returned to Muscatine from a week's visit at Columbus, O. The Beltmans will visit here tha remainder of the week, returning home Sunday. A second meeting of all Hawkeye club members, thosewhc.have SchOOl, i3 Saturday at the Y. W. O.

-ft- J-" discuss plans- for forming a county-wide organization for young pwple who have attended summer religious camps. Mrs. B. A. Simon of is visions and Mrs.

Harry Mark of Omaha, Eart 5 East and Frederick Boldt of Ft. Madison announce the birth of a daughter, born Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Boldt was Miss Isabel Christiansen, of Muscatine, prior to her marriage, The child has been named Bethany Boldt. New automobile registrations In- 217 Iowa clude: Mary 217 Ford Fordor; L.

Patton Purchase of Bonds Related Nye Proposal for Central U. S. Bank Voted Down in Frank nrise was expressed by senate lobby investigators today when they Rep. Patton (D-Texas) testify that he had. purchased 000 worth of bonds this spring while his salary amounted to 53 Afterward they received tesU- mony from a surprise witness, B.

Sellyers, an NRA employe, that he had seen Patton carry a small box away from the hotel room of John W. Carpenter, Texas utility official, they day before the representative voted against compulsory abolition of certain utility holding companies. On the senate floor, a proposal by Senator Nye CR-ND) to establish a central government-owned bank was defeated, 53 to 10. Nye sought to substitute his plan for the main section of the compro- made today mise banking bill placing, control I Henry P. of the nation's credit in seven re- Davenport, serve board members and five rep- held from resentatives of the regional reserve banks.

Suggestions of 46 senators that the administration continue buying silver to push up the price were met by President Roosevelt with a statement he would execute the silver purchase law "in the manner most advantageous to the public interest." Before a house committee, tie name of Frederick H. Payne, former assistant secretary of war, was brought prominently into an Late Flashes (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) senate today approved witnont-a record vote the heart of the compromise bank control of the na- don's credit hi the of a federal reserve' board of seven memDers and nv rtyuresenta- tiveg of the 12 regional reserve banks. "vast public works airport program" In all states is belne planned, by the government, Harry L. Hopkins, federal works progress administrator, said-in an interview here today. Shannahan Named Publicity Chief Davenport WJ 6 Rt Mser.

William P. Shanna- vtor general of the Daven- was appointed diocesan publicity director for the fLording tO nt Rohlman, bishop oi The congress will Be September the to 26 -and will attract Catholics from all parts of country. investigation of war business practices. department isincss practices. con tinued A country-wide investigation ot united bankruptcy proceedings was an- Terre Haute Still Under Martial Law Terre Haute, Ind.

Patrols of the national guard mam tained their military zone toda: about the plant of the Columbian Enameling" and Stamping corn pany, as efforts strikers' demands to for conciliate a closed -ij-i it impracticable came from At- torWs J- F. Devitt and Matthew Westrate, Ike Mathewson and Mayor Hennan Lord. W. Crawford, Iowa manager of "the Aliss-Chalmers company of Milwaukee, save his. estimate as to the cost of the Physical -plant as proposed.

He placed pie minimum cost of the hydro-electric plant at three-quarters of a million dollars and the maximum figure at a million. Say Labor to Benefit. Sponsors of the plan claimed that approximately 35 per cent of the entire cost of me would go -to labor. An itemized statement of items figuring in the cost price, however, placed the amount for labor at about 000 when scrutinized by aldermen. Cost of the land involved was shown in the plans at $400,000.

A good share of the labor to be used in construction of the hydroelectric plant would necessarily be skilled, it was pointed out, resulting in the payment of high to men who would have to be brought in on the job from out of town. Little relief labor could be used for any work but clearing of the lake bed, it was charged. "Old ghosts brought out of the closet" was the way Attorney Thompson characterized the South Muscatine sewer, high school building and other proposals which had been advanced, as being of more intrinsic value to the community as a whole. These same propositions were brought out back in 1922 when the municipal light plant was launched in Muscatine, he claimed, saying that they were being advanced at this time to divert the people's attention from the new electrical producing enterprise. Tells Essential Points.

Mr. Roth, who delivered the first talk of the evening, brought out the essential points in the Cedar river program as they had been set forth previously, asking that the council make application at once. Claims for the plant followed by others of its sponsors. Attorneys were-agreed that if the plant could be financed under terms as proposed that no liability would accrue to the city from its 220 Fulliam avenue. Ford tudor.

The Townsend Old Ago Pension club will hold its regular weekly meeting in the city hall tonight. E. C. Rosenraund, 105 Seventh street, underwent an operation at University hospital, Iowa City, for a cataract on one eye Wednesday, ar.d expects to undergo a similar operation to the other eye soon. Hog receipts at the local stockyards today 488 head, all local shipments.

Routine business came before members of the Zion Lutheran church council at a meeting held Thursday night in the parish hall. Plans for their exhibit at the West Liberty fair were made by members of the Muscatine Philatelic society at a meeting Thursday night at the Y. M. C. A.

The V. F. W- post will sponsor the picnic to which auxiliary members are invited near Burlington Sunday. A delegation from Muscatine plans to aUena. oanKrujjuu.y nounced by Chairman Sabath another house investigating com-' mittee after a talk with President Roosevelt.

Plans to deport 151 alien criminals, now incarcerated in federal jails and penitentiaries, were announced by the department of justice. State department officials announced the United States knew De3 Moines of no plans to send a guard to protect the American legation at Addis Ababa in the event of hostil- tics between Ethiopia and Italy. Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, reported a decline of 6.6 5er cent in the number of families receiving relief between May and June. State conciliators returned to Haute from a conference Wiul Governor' Paul McNutt, and expected to meet with officials of the mill.

Three Seized in Des Moines Raids Closing of Work Projects Urged Present Belief Program Will Bo Terminated by Sept. 1, Is Wanting. The present -work relief program is certain to be terminated not later than Sept. 1, it was learned today-by county relief officials in' a bulletin from IER.A headquarters at Des. Moines.

In. predicting the early end to work relief in the county, State Administrator J. C. Pryor said that advance warning iwas being given that projects can be left in as satisfactory a condition as possible. All projects nearly completed should be entirely completed, a possible, the order read, while all others should be brought, to good stopping points and then terminated.

It is requested that all materials already purchased be worked up- that ail projects be left ir. a safe and sightly condition; that all projects of minor value to the sponsoring unit be abandoned at once- that projects on which operations become uneconomical because of reduced labor available should be closed and that; an endeavor should be mde to finish serviceable units whenever practicable. The number of persons tha. may be assigned on work relief in August has been tentatively set at 400 in Muscatine county, although it is pcssible that further reduction prill be necessary before allotments are actually made. County relief officials are warned not to distribute work assign- aient slips until after the August of federal funds is received.

No word as to the amount of the coming month's allotment hag been learned. "Woman in Red" to Go Back to Europe Washington (ff) Labor department officials said today that Mrs. Anna Sage, who was 'known as the "woman in red" in the DH- linger case, is to deported Aug. 17 to Rumania following her arrest in east Chicago on a charge of operating, a disorderly house. Justice department ager.ts repeatedly -declined' to.

confirm re" ports that Sage "put finger" on John DiUinger, the no- nr torious outlaw shot down by officers as he left Chicago theater. Heinz to Enter Plea of Guilty Ready to Pay Penalty for Strangling Nephew, Prisoner Declares. Dubuque, la. tfP) Mario Heinz is ready to pay whatever penalty the state imposes in expiation of his crime of strangling his six year old nephew. David p'eter Fcx, as the child resisted his- uncle's sexual abnormalities.

The confessed slayer of the child calmly announced from his cell this afternoon that he was prepared to withdraw the plea of not guilty entered in his behalf and plead guilty to the first degree murder charge. Heinz said he go into dis-. trict court Saturday morning to enter his guilty plea. Mexican Officer Facing Charges Two Meet Death in Plane Crash Chicago Pilot, Pennsylvania Girl, Lose Lives in Accident. Howard, 28 year old flying inctraetor, and Miss Virginia-Thomas, 16, of Berwyn Pa-, were killed today when a monoplane in which they were flying crashed in a tailspin at the Curtiss-Reynolds airport in suburban Glenview.

Miss Thomas' sister, Mrs. Frances Prltchard, said the girl had been in Chicago a. month and wanted a "thrill" to record to her friends upon her return home. Howard, who resided in the same apart agreed to take her for a night This morning Miss Thomas went to Sky Harbor airport with Howard and his wife, Margaret While Mrs. Howard waited, her husband and' the girl took off.

The plane was seen stunting over nearby Curtis-Reynolds field. Then it leveled off at a low altitude and suddenly went into a spin. Baptist Assembly Selects Iowa Iowa Baptist assembly elected the Rev. I. J.

Brame, Indiacola, as president at the closing session of the annual camp meeting here. Burris E. Bard, Webster City; F. C. Hoyt, Sac City, and the Rev.

W. R. Yard, Marshalltown, were chosen directors. Man Missing in Movie Accident lice seized construction or operation. Matthew Westrate concurred with assertions of Attorneys Hanley and Thompson that no tax could legally be levied upon the citizens of Muscatine to directly defray any of expenses constructing the plar.L P.isk of- imperilling the citys credit standing should the plant fail and consequently be taken over by the government was shown by Attorney Devitt as being one of the main drawbacks.

He said that amortization and interest payments would amount to 549,500 annually. The meeting adjourned after aldermen expressed the opinion that inasmuch as the municipal light and water trustees must be the sponsoring agency for the project that they be consulted more fully in the matter as to their disposition to proceed. Scott County Babe Drowns in Trough Davenport Charles Benton Stewart, one and one half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank F.

Stewart of Donahue. la- was drowned in a watering trough at the farm home this morning. It is believed the child fell into the trough while at play. Mrs. Martin Given Custody of Child Sole custody of a minor daughter, Sylvia Jean, is awarded Laura Martin in a divorce from Donald IMartin granted today by Judge D.

V. Jackson ia district court The ruling provides that the defendant pay 52 a week to the support and maintenance of the child until she reaches- 16 years of age. Father Coughlin Wins Chicago Suit Chicago OT Tae Rev Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit "radio 'priest," won a court order today commanding park board officials to let him use Soldier Field stadium for a mass-meeting. Tne ruling, by Superior Judge James J.

Kelly, ended a legal battle oe- gun by the radio priest when the board refused to rent the stadium to him earlier in the summer. Iowa Bandit Trio Makes Its Escape Sioux City, (IP) Officers here today said three youi- ful bandits, who held up and robbed the Pioneer Valley Savings bank at Sergeant Bluff, la, of S400 Thursday, apparently have made their escape. The bandits drove north from Sergeant Bluff, but have not been seen since, the officers said. ivj.vnjt^ -vi -a small quantity of whisky and arrested three in raids on 14 beer parlors and night clubs here Thursday night. Officers arrested Mr.

and Mrs. Al Rosenberg, and a man who gave his name as Arthur J. Chambers. They were booked for investigation. The cuttlebone used in the cages of canary birds as a bill sharpener is the internal shell of the cuttle- Mexico City OT General 1 Saturnine Osonio, governor of I Queretaro, was formally charged today with homicide while another governor, Dr.

Rafael Villarreal of Tamaulipas, was fighting for his political life. In Tabasco Gsn. Aureo C. CaUes was given a thunderous welcome VJ Divers bv the nublic as he assumed the Hollywood, Calif. replacin? Ma mie! df a Va Ia me Migu er Sand, 50 I Lastra who was ousted early this ay southwest of Santa Barthe body of bara, to search for Glenn Strong, assistant earner- man, lost when heavy seas la.e foundered an 80-foot barge fitted up to represent the British warship Pandora.

Iowa Schools Head Honored at Dinner Des Iowa State Teachers Miss Agnes Samuelson, state week. superintendent of public instruction, at a dinner here in recognition of her recent election as president of the National Education association. We Are NOW OPEN for Business Our place has been completely refinished and we are now ready to serve you with your favorite SANDWICHES and DRINKS Maid-Rite Sandwich McCOLM'S Out They Go Saturday A Great Group of Fine, High Fashion SUMMER FROCKS $7.95 to $10.95 Values Sale Priced at Sizes 14 to 48 Be on hand early Saturday morning. that jxtra dress you have been wanting at a big saving. Summer Pastels Summer Prints and a few dark dresses for early fall wear.

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