Man Held on Manslaughter Charge After Fatal Wapello Crash
Lee James aged 30 is jailed in Louisa County on a $2,500 bond after a coroner's inquest found cause of death for 72 year old William McMahon, who died when James driven car crashed on Harrison Hill Wednesday evening. Witnesses described James in a highly intoxicated condition. Judge John Dickson bound James over to the September grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing. Coroner George Jamison led the inquest with jurors Mrs. William Baker, J. Williamson and Harold Hamriston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Lee James
William McMahill
Harrison Hill
Louisa County
Thomas Parry
McMahin
James
John Dickson
George Jamison
Wapello Court House
William Baker
J. Williamson
Harold Hamriston
Here
J. C. Hutchison
Iowa River
L. E. Weber
Robert Lewis
Frank Hook
Floyd Phillips
Major League Leaders From The National and American Circuits
In the National League Mize of St. Louis leads batting with .348 while McCormick of Cincinnati tops runs batted in with 96 and hits 143. Slaughter of St. Louis has 35 doubles and Herman of Chicago 14 triples. Ott of New York leads home runs with 23 and Handley of Pittsburgh 18 steals. Thompson of Cincinnati holds 82 strikeouts. In the American League DiMaggio of New York wins batting with .391 and Foxx of Boston leads runs with 103 and home runs with 30. Williams of Boston drives in 95, Rolfe of New York 145 hits, Greenberg of Detroit .. Lewis of Washington 12 triples, Case of Washington 41 steals, and Grove of Boston with McDonald of New York tied for 12-2 pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mize
St. Louis
Werber
Cincinnati
McCormick
Slaughter
Herman
Chicago
New York
Handley
Pittsburgh
Thompson
DiMaggio
Foxx
Boston
Williams
Rolfe
Greenberg
Detroit
Lewis
Washington
Case
Grove
Onald
Major Heroes Pace Early Season Wins Across Leagues
Luke Hamlin of the Dodgers earned his 14th victory after allowing 12 hits to the Giants. Walter Beck of the Phillies threw eight solid innings to beat the Bees 4-3. Johnny Niggeling of the Reds secured his first win as a Red by defeating the Pirates. Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals collected three hits with a homer and two RBIs to edge the Cubs. Lefty Gomez of the Yankees shut out Washington 3-2 in ten innings with a three-hit performance. Buck Newsom of the Tigers limited the Indians to three hits for his 14th win. Lynn Nelson of the Athletics blanked the Red Sox with four hits in a night game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Hamlin
Dodgers
Giants
Walter Beck
Phillies
Bees
Johnny Niggeling
Reds
Red
Pirates
Enos Slaughter
Cards
Cubs
Lefty Gomez
Yankees
Washington
Buck Newsom
Tigers
Indians
Lynn Nelson
Athletics
Red Sox
Fight Results From Multiple Cities
Milwaukee Pete Lelio defeated Lloyd Pine by outpoint in a 134 to 182 2 1 2 pound contest in Akron Ohio. New York Lew Jenkins outpointed Quentin Breese at 132 2xas. Minneapolis Frankie Genovese defeated Cleo McNeal 148 1 2 to 143 1 2 in Toronto. Houston Lee Baca beat Kid Brock 133 to 135 in Denver. Rogers Pat Kissinger won against Jim my Williams 137 to 135 in Kansas City. Los Angeles Tommy Tucker beat Nancy Henry 198 to though at Bayonne New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Pete _ Lelio
Chicago
Lloyd Pine
Akron
New York
Lew Jenkins
2Xas
Quentin Breese
Manhattan
Kas
Minneapolis
Frankie Genovese
Toronto
Cleo McNeal
Houston
Lee Baca
Denver
Kid Brock
Louisville
Rogers
Ark
Pat Kissinger
Kansas City
Jimmy Williams
Los Angeles
Tommy Tucker
Bayonne
N. J
Ancy Henry
Boston
1938 Iowa State Tennis Meet Finale to Be Repeated
Des Moines AP reports Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines seeks a seventh state singles title while Dick Hainline of Rock Island Illinois defends his crown in today’s final. Coggeshall beat Des Moines writer Frank Brayshaw 8 6 4 6 2 in a thrilling semifinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harris Coggeshall
Dick Hainline
Rock Island
Ill
Coggeshall
Frank Braiy
Local Netmen to Oppose Clinton in March on Sunday
Muscatine tennis squad of six men and four women will travel to Clinton Sunday for an inter-city match. Team members include John Parks George Parks Charles Volger Alva Runyon Glen Bloom Gertrude Lange Katherine Callas Marion Volger and Mrs Iva Blaesing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine City
Clinton
Muscatine
John Parks
George Parks
Charles Volger
Alva Runyon
Glen Bloom
Gertrude Lange
Katherine Callas
Marion Volger
Iva Blaesing
Annual Fair Opens at Columbus Junction With Races and Livestock Shows
The Columbus Junction Louisa County Fair kicks off with auto races and horse events, headlining 4-H cattle entries and 60 horse entries. Judges tally 115 head of 4-H beef and heifers as officials announce a busy week, including a public wedding and 4-H livestock sale Friday. The program features bands, free acts, and the Merry Whirl revue with races starting at 1:30 pm and purses ranging from 40 to 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Jimmy Lynch Death Dodgers
R. G. Lowe
Walter Bryant
Muscatine
Louisa County Fair
C. E. Pierce
H. M. Duncan
J. L. Duncan
J. L. Estle
Harold Hall
Lewis Foss
Robert Pierce
Arian Lowe
Floral Hall
Ralph Lowe
Lawrence Estle
Bess McRoberts
Lewis Pugh
R. J. Gilkey
Margaret Wykert
Lillie Duncan
Frances Meredith
W. F. Edmondson
C. E. Hanft
Helen Cecil
Helen Orr
Sheldon Hawkins
J. B. Garrett
D. H. Christianson
Keith Myers
Pledges Taken for Church Site Purchase in Aledo
Pledges exceeding $1,000 were pledged in under 30 minutes at the Reorganized Church reunion in Aledo toward buying a site for annual reunions and meetings. The site must lie within 30 miles of Rock Island to serve about 1,000 church members in western Illinois and eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Lil
Reorganized Church of Jesus Crist
Rock Island
Illinois
Iowa
Quarter Final Match Highlight in Tennis Duel
The report notes a quarter final match on Tuesday as Hainline moved past his brother Forrest 6 3, 5 7, 6 3 in a tense battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainline
Forrest
Open House to Honor Former Wapello Teachers
Local visitors will attend an open house Friday evening at 7 30 to honor former Wapello instructors Miss Alice Reed and Miss Alfreda Reed and their mother Mrs Gwendolyn Reed. The event at the Rukbager home invites friends to meet the women and share in the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C
Irvin
Verne
Davenport
Art Robertson
Bettendorf
Lucille Stineman
Frank Stineman
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Tom Davis
Normal
S. H. Schafer
Sale
Wagner Relatives Name Wheatland of Fairfield President
The twenty eights annual reunion of the descendants of John and Esther Crull Wagner was held. Walter Wheatland of Fairfield was chosen permanent president and a long list of officers and attendees from Letts Fairfield Libertyville Richland and surrounding towns attended the gathering. The next reunion is set for August 1940 at Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
John
Esther Crull Wagner
Walter Wheatland
Fairfield
Gertrude Griffin
Mabel Bailey
Maud Barthalow
Libertyville
Robert Lamb
James Yuie
Richland
Vernon Sheraden
Louise
Evelyn
Jean
Marilyn
H. E. Greeson
Rosamond
Harold Greeson
Roland
Hice Brown
Lottie Wagner
Des Moines
Alva Davis
Eva Gossick
Kenneth Davis
Nancy
Dora
Russell Simmons
Betty
Bobby
Ralph Davis
Elma
Leota
Douds
Doris Wheatland
Cedar Rapids
F. J. Hoffman
Gallup
Otto Karr
Harve Williams
Phyllis
Frank Shelly
Ollie
Warren Davis
Ray
Margaret
Henry McCleary
Packwood
Ruth Swanson
Sandra
Ottumwa
Frank Fry
Alton
Muscatine
Arthur
Fort Snelling
Minn
Ralph
Atalissa Vicinity MOSCOW Homecoming Picnic Attendees
Local residents gathered for a Moscow homecoming picnic at Risley's Lake. Attendees included Mrs. Marthie Devore, Mrs. Myrtle LaFranz, Archie and family Staley, Jesse Van Horn, Rowena Barkalow, Maude Overman, Raymond Depping and family, Gale Sturner, Ed Depping, Freddie Evans, Dewey Devore and family, Harry Devore and family, Carl Van Horn, and Iris O’Haver of Rochester Minnesota. Iris O’Haver’s sister Artys joined after visiting. August Ave’s dinner guests included Miss Nellie Depping of Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl van Horn
Iris O’haver
Rochester
Minn
Earl Ellsworth
Artys
O’haver
August Ave Has
Nellie Depping
Wapello School Plans Fall Session Opening
Wapello Consolidated schools will open September 4 with new instructors Cecile Pratt Blanche Hoffman Margaret Eggleston Jean Davidson Maxine Gmelin and Kenneth Boots. The district forecasts the largest high school enrollment in history and will dismiss at noon opening day with full classes September 5. First faculty meeting is September 2 along with bus and janitorial updates and a new bus replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Cecile Pratt
Boone
Blanche Hoffman
Birmingham
Margaret Eggleston
Hedrick
Jean Davidson
Storm Lake
Maxine Gmelin
Clinton
Kenneth Boots Hopkington
Oon
Cedar Valley Youths Exhibit at Davenport Fair
Three Cedar Valley youths Lee Tipton Lawren Freyermuth and Dale Freyermuth depart Monday to exhibit 4 H club livestock at the Mississippi Valley fair in Davenport. Mrs Hime and Mrs Charles Hime hosted a birthday dinner for their husband with relatives from Iowa City Greenville and West Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
Junior Frater
Lee Tipton
Lawren
Dale Freyermuth
Davenport
Hime
Charles Hime
Everett Gosenberg
Muscatine
Carrie Ransom
Russell Bondeur
Iowa City
Holland Foster
Greenville
Mississippi
Clifford Pantel
Orrie Hime
Clyde Hime
Orval Henderson
Clifford Horrell
West Liberty
Stormers Family Picnic Hosts Relatives in Pleasant Prairie
Pleasant Prairie Mr and Mrs Leonard Stormer entertained relatives at their lawn picnic dinner and supper Sunday. Muscatine attendees included multiple Stormer and Dusenberry families plus friends with games and music. Other visitors joined gatherings at Muscatine and Davenport homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Prairie
Leonard Stormer
Muscatine
Henry Stormer
Ralph Stormer
Walter Paetz
Lucille
Fred Pullman
Russell
Maggie Dusenberry
Luella
Virgil White
Emma Wunder
Davenport
Robert Wonder
Adam
Kate Eis
Lizzie Plett
Robert Bennett
Jacob Grimm
Gerald Grimm
A. F. Drumm
Ray Robinson
Louis Cachezel
Lois
June Worley
Wild Cat den State Park
Donald Paul
Prophetstown
Margaret Drumm
Rock Island
Elsie Irwin
Virgil
Mercer Farm Bureau to Honor 20 Year Members at Picnic
More than 100 Mercer County Farm Bureau members will receive citation buttons for 20 years of membership at the Farm and Home Bureau picnic at the Aledo fairgrounds Tuesday. Harold L. Kelly announced the plan after a general committee meeting. L. B. Hornbeck will present the awards in the afternoon. Stuart Brown chairs the committee. Major and minor projects for local Home Bureau units will be discussed and September programs will be issued at unit meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Ill
Mercer County Farm Bureau
Farm and Home Bureau
Fairgrounds
Harold L. Kelly
Mercer Farm Bureau
L. B. Hornbeck
Stuart Brown
Mercer County Home Bureau
Home Bureau
Mrs Edgerton to Serve 25th Year As W C T U Head
West Branch Mrs Lena Edgerton begins her twenty fifth year as president of the local W C T U She has also led Cedar county W C T U for nearly ten years Other officers elected at the August meeting include Vice president Mrs Faye Cornwall secretary Mrs Ralph Branson and treasurer Mrs Eunice Morris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Lena Edgerton
Cedar County
Faye Cornwall
Ralph Branson
Eunice Morris
Local Notes Include Visits and Funeral Attendants
Mrs. Marthie Devore visits her daughter in Victor for the Moscow homecoming. Miss Vivian Schmidt returns from Chicago. Ronald Ridgeford stays with friends in Durant for the week. Mrs. Blanche Hines and Mrs. Clarabelle Smith help with flowers at Nate Baldwin’s Cedar Rapids funeral. William Hines and Ralph Smith attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tine
Harry Sturner
Wilton
Marthie Devore
Henry Stavenhagen
Victor
Stavenhagen
Moscow
Vivian Schmidt
Chicago
Ronald Ridgeford
Durant
Blanche Hines
Clarabelle Smith
Nate Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
William Hines
Ralph Smith
Yearly Meeting of Friends Opens in West Branch
The Iowa Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends convenes in West Branch from Thursday morning to Monday noon. Conserv ative Friends meet at Second Street. municipal hall hosts meals. Visiting Friends stay with locals. Notables include Ella Newlin of Earlham and Levi Bowles' sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Iowa
Celia Moore
Whittier
Ella Newlin
Earlham
Levi Bowles
LeGrand
Paullina
Ackworth
Coal Creek
Nellie Webster 70 West Liberty Dies after Illness
Nellie Webster 70 of West Liberty died at her Columbus street home at 11 15 p m Tuesday after a years long illness. She was born March 2 1869 the daughter of Jacob and Mary Ellen McVey and married Lou Webster Feb 4 1892. Surviving are her husband a son Ernest of Wichita a grandson Franklin a sister Mrs Martha Loy and two brothers George McVey and Elsworth. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Presbyterian church with Rev Walter Smith burial Oakridge cemetery. Body at Connor funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Nellie Webster
Columbus Street
Jacob
Mary Ellen McVey
Here
Lou Webster
Ernest
Wichita
Kas
Franklin
Martha Loy
George McVey
Iowa City
Elsworth
Atlantic
Presbyterian Church
Walter Smith
Methodist Church
Oakridge
Connor Funeral Home
Playmate Club of Letts Holds Meet
The Playmate Club of Letts met Monday at Kenneth Dollman home. Organized by local girls this group makes articles for children in hospitals. Members include Norma and Ramona Jones Alberta McGill Grace McElroy Helen Hidelbaugh Janice Allen Carol Van Delinder Patricia and Norma Jean Dollman. Alberta McGill brought birthday treats for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Kenneth Dollman
Mrs. Dollman
Norma and
Ramona Jones
Alberta McGill
Grace McElroy
Helen Hidlebaugh
Janice Allen
Carol van Delinder
Patricia
Norma Jean Dallman
Birthday Celebration for Mrs. Stender at Wilton Home
A birthday dinner was held Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Stender’s Wilton residence in honor of Mrs. Stender. Relatives present included Henry, Nevin, Joy, Taiker Stender and others from Wilton. Gifts were given to the honored hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile
Frances
Donna Jean
Stender
G. B. Davidson
Harvey Johnson
Detroit
Michigan
Rudolph Stender
John Tuefel
Muscatine
Tallie Derby
August Gettert
Cedar Rapids
J. T. Downer
Ornetta Fryberger
Newton Lang
Harriet Zink
Lincoln Nebraska
Probate Notice in Muscatine County Iowa
State of Iowa Muscatine County notice announces the opening of a will for John W Hahn and sets the hearing date September 11 1939 at the September Term district court at Muscatine. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Clerk B B Tipton Drake and Kautz attorneys August 15 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Muscatine County
District Court
Said County
Mary C. Dean
Muscatine
B. B. Tipton
Drake and Kautz
John W. Hahn
Ward Reynolds
Fox
Said
E. R. Tipton
R. G. Tipton
District Court of the United States
Southern District of Iowa
Davenport
W. A. Newport
Louis Marta
First National Bank
A. D . A. Newport States
Adella Parvin
A. Wayne Eckhardt
Will of Ward Reynolds Notarized in Muscatine County
An August 15 1989 filing in Muscatine County Iowa notes the will of Ward Reynolds, a resident of the county, involving probate proceedings and associated estate matters. The record records the testator and filing date for the local probate case.
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National League
Junction
Delta Alphas
Presbyterian Sunday School
Jamison-Dudgeon
Howard Swank
Kenmore
N. Y
George Kemper
Howard Green
Jennie Waite
W. C. Herrick
Max Moore
Benteco
Alfred Moore
Pleasant
Frances Dougerty
Pella
Kahoka
Wagner
Wheatland of Fairfield
Atalissa
Wapello School
Indiana
Frank Hollenbeck
South Bend
Leo Adams
Jane
William King Home
Caleb McIntire
Mr. McIntire
Stormers
Mercer Bureau
Mrs. Edgerton
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Journal
Henderson
Mulberry
West Third
West Hill
East Second St
East 10Th
River View
East Front
East St
Pearene S
Hershey
East
Choice Farms
Muscatine Co
C. C. Hakes & CO
Gebhardt Rabbit Farm
Barry Althaus
Hdw. Co
Mrs. Leslie Titus
West 7Th St
Mississippi Valley Gardens
Montpelier
Dave Russell
Tom Owens
His Cowboys
Grand Hotel
BIG Entertainment
Harmony Hall
Weed Park
Nietzel’s
Miller and Sons
C. H. Schultz
Bramwell
Oak St
H. L. Hocke
Child's Walker
Millett
Jackson
Louis Ange
Fair Oaks
Guernsey
Alfred E. Olson
Grahams
Mrs. Webster
Northern Gravel Company
M. & F. Bisesi
Drury Hazel Dell Ladies’ Aid
Modern Electric
Glasgow
McKenzie Cleaners
E. 4Th St
Harold Oetzel
Graham Drug
Lincoln Cafe
Goodrich Life Saver
Gooderich Silvertown
Sycamore
Herbert Leu
Mgr
Fee
Schmelzer’s
Enlilage Knives
Hopkins Law Shop
Chestnut St
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