Hawkeye Button Firm Officials Testify At Unemployment Hearing
Hawkeye Pearl Button Co officials including Fred C. Vetter testify at a Friday unemployment compensation hearing on whether workers at the Hawkeye plant, closed in April due to an injunction and resumed only after a strike, are eligible for jobless benefits. The hearing adjourned to Tuesday with about 200 observers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Pearl Button Co
Fred C. Vetter
Hawkeye
Sherwood Phillips
Kenneth Coder
Claude M. Stanley
Peter J. Kies
J. R. Pefferle
Gustavus Allbee
Harold Wilma
William Randall
Vetter
Joseph Kaminski
Kaminski
Frances Perkins
H Im
Dewey
Des Moines
Veller
Stanley Plant
Ballard Tipton
Phillips
Harold E. Freed
Amalgamated
Senate confirms three postmaster appointments
The Senate has confirmed three postmaster appointments in the area, per an Associated Press dispatch from Washington D C. The appointees are Olive A. Burrows of Wilton, John E. Le v ien of Eota, and Jack C. DeLong of a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Olive A. Burrows
Wilton
John E. Levien
Eota
Jack C. DeLong
Goshen Wapsie 4-H Picnic Honors Several Guests
The Goshen Wapsie 4-H Club held its annual picnic at Kimberly park in West Liberty on Wednesday. A picnic supper and a Strand theater party followed, honoring Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Knott and daughter Kathryn Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cornell, Elizabeth Lee of Davenport, Genevieve Mosher of Muscatine, and many other attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen-Wapsie Club
Kimberly Park
West Liberty
Strand Theater
H. A. Knott
Kathryn Kay
Lester Cornell
Elizabeth Lee
Davenport
Genevieve Mosher
Muscatine
Victor Rexroth
Agnes Agnew
Jean Anne lLindie
Marie Passmore
Dorothy Hildebrand
Norma Jean Barnhart
Corinne Foster
Marilyn Foster
Loretta Tipton
Bertha McMahon
Townsend Club Pledges 57 for Educational Trail Blazers
Muscatine Townsend club No. 1 raised 57 toward a nationwide educational program. Nineteen members donated three dollars each to support ten man groups that will push educational work in each congressional district before the 1940 primaries. Plans include 30 minute radio programs weekly over three networks costing about 900000, with members pledging a penny daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Townsend Club No. 1
Trail Blazers
Congressiona
United States
Engineers Seek Bids to Install Water Softeners at Dams
U S engineers headquarters at Rock Island call for bids to install water softeners at six district dams including Muscatine No 16 and locks 13 Clinton 17 New Boston 18 Burlington 21 Quincey 22 Laverton. Bids open at Clock Tower 10 a m August 17 and total cost may reach thousands. Davenport locks are excluded as their water passes tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Engineers
Rock Island
Muscatine
Clock Tower
Clinton
New Boston
Burlington
Quincy
Laverton
Davenport Locks
Mrs Ellen A Goss Funeral Rites Arranged
Funeral rites for Mrs Ellen Agusta Goss 92 who died Friday at her son's home in Grinnell will be held Sunday. A 10 a m service at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home will precede a 2 30 p m service in Grinnell with burial in Grinnell Cemetery. Dr David I Berger will officiate and Ginnell organist Mrs Gertrude Brannan will play. Pallbearers Ross Esler William Esler Paul Esler Harry Bacon Rollon Whittaker Robert McDowall all Grinnell residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Agusta Goss
FE. E. Goss
Fast Eighth Street
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
Grinnell
Grinnell Cemetery
David I. Berger
First Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Brannan
Ross, William and Paul Esler
Harry Bacon
Rollo Whittaker
Robert McDowall
Liquid Fuel Locked Through Local Dam
Four barges pass Muscatine locks at 3 15 a m in the tow of the Lucinda Clark. From Wood River Ill to St Paul three barges carry 850 tons each of fuel oil and one barge carries 850 tons of gasoline. The William T Warner en route from Minneapolis to St Louis with four empty coal barges locks through at 8 20 p m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Locks
Lucinda Clark
Wood River
Ill
St. Paul
William T Warner
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Funeral rites for Mrs Millie Loomis arranged Monday
Mrs Millie Lee Loomis longtime Muscatine resident died at her Pasadena California home Thursday Funeral services set for 3 p m Monday at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with Rev Stanley Fullwood in charge Interment in Greenwood family lot Published state: Mason City Globe Gazette staff note Loomis son Lee Loomis publisher and nurse companion Elizabeth Lurber accompany the body to Muscatine and will be taken to Fairbanks home upon arrival
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Lee Loomis
Muscatine
Pasadena
Calif
Fairbanks Home
Stanley Fullwood
Trinity Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Loomis
Lee P. Loomis
Mason City Globe
Horst to Attend Chicago Conference for Elks Officials
E. D. Horst of Muscatine district deputy of the Elks lodges in Iowa Southeastern travels to Chicago to join a Midwest district deputies meeting at the Elks Memorial building. Henry Warner of Dixon NL, newly elected supreme exalted ruler, will confer with the group on duties and lodge business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Horst
Muscatine
Elks Lodges
Iowa Southeastern
Chicago
Middlewest
Elks Memorial Building
Henry Warner
Dixon
Mrs Lester Gerst of Wapello Dies
Wapello Mrs Lester Gerst died at the Oakdale Sanitarium after an extended illness with tuberculosis. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday at the Louisa Center Baptist church with burial in Wapello. She is survived by her husband a week-old baby her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Robertson of Toolesboro and several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Lester Gerst
Oakdale
Louisa Center Baptist Church
Gerst
Robert Robertson
Toolesboro
September Jurors Drawn for Mercer County Circuit Court
Mercer County residents named for the September petit jury by Circuit Clerk Samuel A. Nelson. The term begins Monday September 11 with the grand jury reporting then. petit jurors report Monday September 18. Names include Clay Hoover, Charles Bridger, Axel Walgreen, J P Petrie, Ernest C. Johnson, Clarence McLaughlin, George Greer, John E. Irwin, Myron Mayhew, Fred Sloan, Don Carlson and others from Mercer and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel Walgreen
Oscar Anderson
Harry Bridger
Rivoli
J. P. Petrie
Howard Dawson
Ernest C. Johnson
Richland Grove
Clarence McLaughlin
Greene
William S. Anderson
J. R. Boogs
T. R. Edmonds
Ohio Grove
E. W. Crawford
W. W. Boyles
W. C. Branct
Edward W. Watson
J. F. Riddle
Lyle Minteer
Arthur Bergstrom
Walter A. Brown
R. W. David
Mercer
George Greer
Abington
John E. Irwin
Millersburg
Myron Mayhew
Duncan
Fred Sloan
Fred Stearns
Ross Baugess
H. O. Bauer
Ray Ives
Floyd Figg
New Boston
Don Carlson
Eliza
Mercury Resumes Climbing Habit Nears 90 Mark
Temperatures rose into the nineties with a forecast for continued warmth over the weekend. The mercury reached 89 degrees by noon after a cool low of 53 overnight. Council Bluffs recorded the day’s high at 94 while Muscatine had the coolest night reading. no rainfall was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Muscatine
Tomato Canning Season Begins in Local Plants
Tomato canning and processing in Muscatine area plants is underway with Heinz reporting good tomato receipts and hopes for a heavier run next week. Tomatoes arrive from Muscatine and nearby Iowa towns and Illinois Drury township and Moline. Canning converts tomatoes into catsup tomato juice and chili sauce while Mississippi Valley Canning prepares for full operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
H. J. Heinz Company
Morning Sun
West Liberty
Tipton
Iowa
Drury Township
Moline
Illinois
Mississippi Valley Canning Company
Hershey Avenue
Green Street
Soltwedel
Thursay
Birthday Turkey Dinner Honors Local Residents
A Fruitland gathering at the Hoyt residence celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. Charles Kerch Miss Delores Knouse S E Knouse Mrs Lester Hoyt and Charles Seright. S E Knouse funded the turkey cakes baked by Mary Hoyt and Roy Moran while a Whittaker Knouse reunion joined nieces from nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hoyt
Charles Kerch
Delores Knouse
S. E. Knouse
Lester Hoyt
Charles Seright
Mary Hoyt
Roy Moran
Whittaker
Knouse
C. Ke
Letts
Gerald Hoyt
Muscatine
Atalissa Pastor to Speak at Muscatine Church on Sunday
The Rev. Schempp will be guest speaker at Zion Lutheran Church Muscatine on Sunday with the local congregation invited to attend. No church or Sunday school at Zion Lutheran that day. Regular services slated for Atalissa the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Muscatine Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Schempp
Muscatine
Clarabelle Smith
Shirley
Lillian Butsler
Dorothea Markham
Raymond
Mildred Wathan
Leota
Zoe Walters
Martha de Vore
Sadie Staley
Penn Avenue Threshing
Davenport
Maude Overman
Jimmie Overman
West Liberty
Work On Main Power Plant In Municipal Project Will Start Soon
Officials expect formal contract approval from the district Public Works administration in Omaha. Work to build Muscatine’s main power plant is set to begin early next week with J H Huntzinger Davenport as contractor. Electrical work by Commonwealth Electric Co and HVAC plumbing by Gruden Co. PWA grant funds about $229000 support an expansion expected to double municipal power capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Public Works Administration
Omaha
Neb
Muscatine
Municipal Electric
Frank J. Wettengel
Wettengel
J. H. Huntzinger
Davenport
Commonwealth Electric Company
Gruden Company
St. Paul, Minn
Municipal Enterprise
PWA
B. Layton
Layton
Condenser Service and Engineering Company
Hoboken
N. J
Huntzinger
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Company
Harry Eshelman Former Muscatine Resident Dies
Mrs. Charles Weber of 410 Linn Street left for Detroit after learning of the death of her father, Harry Eshelman. Eshelman, a former Muscatine resident, was well known here. Funeral rites and burial will be in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weber
Linn Street
Detroit
Mich
Harry Eshelman
Eshelman
Muscatine
Indian Creek Club Meets at Johnston Home for Sewing
Concord residents describe the Indian Creek Community club meeting at Mrs. Harry Johnston’s home with 19 in attendance. A sewing contest led by Mrs. A. E. Burkett was won by Mrs. Robert Hesseltine. two new members joined, Mrs. Lester Lamphert and Mrs. Walter Kaufman. a miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Harold Thomson, formerly Mona James, prior to her marriage. A tray luncheon followed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Indian Creek Community Club
Harry Johnston
A. E. Burkett
Robert Hesseltine
Lester Lamphert
Walter Kaufman
Harold Thomson
Washington
Mona James
Henry Orrandson
Bobbie
Floyd Johnston
Elizabeth Haschar
Ralph Morris
Egebert Shellabarger
Clair Clark
L. M. Dallmeyer
Ralph Lieberknecht
Kenneth
Miss Vivian Schmidt to Visit Chicago Cousin for Two Weeks
Miss Vivian Schmidt departs Sunday for Chicago to be hosted by her cousin Miss Betty Duffee for a two week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Schmidt
Chicago
Betty Duffee
Play Cast Outing at Weed Park Honors Coach
The Builders class cast of Spangler chapel picnic at Weed Park featured swimming and sports on Wednesday. Teacher Mrs. Helen Phelps received two gifts in appreciation of her coaching. Attendees included Esther Beatty Gertrude Bridge Shirley Shield Margaret Oostendorp Ruth Shield Betty Margaret McConnaha Pearl Addie Mentink Mary Ellen Peterson Wilma Satterthwaite and Mrs Phelps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spangler Chapel
Weed Park
Helen Phelps
Esther Beatty
Gertrude Bridge
Shirley Shield
Margaret Oostendorp
Ruth Shield
Betty
Margaret McConnaha
Pearl
Addie Mentink
Mary Ellen Peterson
Wilma Satterthwaite
Phelps
Browns Host Threshing Crew at Settlement Home
Henry Brown and his sons entertained their threshing crew Friday evening at their Settlement home. The gathering included many relatives and friends who enjoyed ice cream and cake after visiting. Also noted were Lois Birkhofer hosting a separate dinner group and a missionary society meeting hosted by Mrs. Albert Koeppen with devotional talks and a basket meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brown and Sons
Bert Budelier
Virginia
Fred Wirtz
Mary
Emma Wirtz
Harry Jakeman
Earl Budelier
Richard
Beverly
Henry Roman
Helen Angerer
Arthur Budelier
Fred Globes
Andrew Zingg
Albert Timm
Robert Honis
Louise
Elva Brown
Henry Brown
Harris
Edward Brown
Lois Birkhofer
Leo Teel
Bill Kook
Buffalo
Hazel Vankerhil
Muscatine
Gerald Chambliss
Shirley
Willard Small
Nevin Birkhofer
John Birkhofer
Grinnell
Albert Koeppen
Women’s
Mssionary Society
The
Evangelical Church
John Hetzler
Irving Kelley
Henry F. Giessler Rites Held at Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for Henry F. Giessler who died at his home on West Third Street were conducted at the George M. Wit tich Funeral Home with Dr. David I Berger officiating. Flower attendants and pallbearers are listed, with Loretta Cottrell as organist. burial followed at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Giessler
West Third Street
George M. Wittich
David I. Berger
First Presbyterian Church
Ella R. Neidig
Edna D. Blackwell
Margaret Matheson
Harry Bowsman
Clarence Hahn
Irwin R. Petersen
Charles Nyenhuis
Mahlon F. Parsons
Ernest Liebbe
Crete L. Shellabarger
Loretta Cottrell
Oakdale
Wilton
Sears Roebuck Declares 75 Cents Dividend
Chicago AP report says directors of Sears Roebuck and Co declared a regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share payable to stock of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Recordiug
City Briefs Highlight Local Events And Notices
Zion church Sunday services run from 9 a m Sunday school to noon with a 2 pm service. Veterans of Foreign Wars post holds 8 pm meeting at city hall. Mary G Thompson ill in Mt Vernon Wash no hope. Various residents travel, visits, and engagements noted along with budget, permits, licenses, and social events in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid Society
John Harold Kemble
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Hall Club
Muscatine
Mary G. Thompson
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Thompson
Muscatine High School
Washington
James Parmelee
Oskaloosa
Clara Parmelee
Muscatine Island
A. L
John P. Butler
Bracket
N. D
Harold B. Skelman
Wilkinsburg
Washington, D. C
Clara Huff
West Fifth Street
Gertrude Sharrar
Margaret Heitz
Mary Alice Blean
Davenport
Colorado
Board of Education
Sam Coleman
Moline
Court of Justice of the Peace
Hugh E. Chance
Coleman
West Front Street
I. W. Howenstine
Clarence Secrist
Hershey Avenue
Fletcher
Gus Schroeder
Hershey
Busch and Taylor
Boldt Heads To 36-Hole Final In City Junior Golf
Richard Boldt, an outsider, upset Lawrence Korneman 2 and 1 in the semi finals at Mad Creek Municipal to reach the 36 hole final. Junior Birdseed Lange advanced in lower bracket with a 3 and 2 win over Pat Barry and faces Lawrence Dwyer in an 18 hole semi final to decide the other finalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Boldt
Mad Creek
Lawrence Korneman
Birdseed” Lange
Pat Barry
Lange
Lawrence Dwyer
Lange-Dwyer
Boldt
Municipal
Korneman
Standard Station At Junction Robbed
The Standard Oil station at Third and Oak streets in Columbus Junction was robbed during the night Thursday and a sum of money was taken. Entrance was gained through the lower panel of the back door. Louisa officials reported no definite clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Standard Oil
Third
Oak Streets
Louisa
GOP Caution From Townsend Plan Chief Aimed at 1940
Dr. Franc E. Townsend founder and president of the Townsend old age pension plan warned Republicans to bid strongly for Townsend support if they hope to win in 1940. The remarks were issued in Bangor Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Francis E. Townsend
The
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Townsend
Massachusetts Health Test Law For Expectant Mothers
A new Massachusetts measure requiring all pregnant women to undergo physical examinations for syphilis became law with Governor Leverett Saltonstall's signature. The act aims to improve prenatal health and prevent congenital syphilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Boston
Leverett Soltonstall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawkeye Button Firm
Townsend Club
Mrs. Goss
Millie Loomis
Mrs. Loomis
Horst
Elks
Mercer County Court
Hoyt
East Seventh St
First Funeral Home
Indian Creek Club
H. Johnston
Sears, Roebuck
Eddie” Halling
Eddie
Muscatine Buick Co
First Presbyterian
Christian Churches
First Christian Church
Bernard H. Eversmeyer
Susan
Indianapolis
Ind
Eversmeyer
F. W. Eversmeyer
Fulham Avenue
George Eversmeyer
New York
Charles Robert Miller
Sven Elvira Neusche
Milan
J. C. Coster
Lester Gustafson
East Moline
St. Mary’s
Church Lawn
George W. Ross
Hazel E. Selman
Ralph D. Martin
Fruitland
Virginia Ruth Thompson
Harold F. Bronner
Dorothy Gockley
Elvira Neusche
California
Elizabeth Hogan
East Fifth Street
Hershey Hospital
Robert DeFossa
East Fourth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Emily
Anna Mae van Gent
Lucas Street
Arthur E. Stanley
Leroy Street
Leslie Allbee
Clinton Street
Donna Jane
Roy Nihart
Girl Knights
United Brethren Church
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Gop
Pension Plan
Grand Hotel
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