McPikes Report Europe Nations Ready for War
W W McPike, former Muscatine resident now a Rock Island druggist, and his wife, after seven weeks in Europe, say European nations are preparing for war though most do not want it. He cites Belgium as ready to fight at any time and notes troops and business setbacks due to cold weather and war fears.
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Co. W. McPike
Muscatine
Mr. McPike
Rock Island
Europe
Belgium
Mr. Pike
Summer Weather Returns After Cold Wave Rally Fixes Mood
Summer warmth sweeps Muscatine rising to 80 degrees at noon after a 48 degree low. Forecasts call for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Thursday as Iowa skies clear after two days of rain. Official readings show statewide cool nights from Keokuk to Inwood with notable rainfall at Albia and Cedar Rapids.
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Muscatine
Keokuk
Inwood
Albia
Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Mount Ayr
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Clarinda
Local Theaters Unite for Big Celebration Season
Local Theaters Uptown and Palace announce a joint fifty year milestone celebration opening Sunday Aug 27 with The Wizard of Oz in full technicolor produced at 3 million dollars. The lineup includes Stanley and Livingstone The Star Maker When Tomorrow Comes In Name Only The Rains Came Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Four Feathers in technicolor.
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Mustazine
Uptown
Palace
Thomas A. Edison
Lady Boston
Muscatine
Boston
Make Believe
Stanley
Livingstone
Spencer Tracy
the Star Marker
Bing Crosby
Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Carol Lombard
Cary Grant
Tyrone Power
Myrna Loy
Mr. Smith
Washington
Jean Arthur
James Stewart
City Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Medical News
Illness strikes Mrs. Fred Eis at 317 West Second Street. Bakersfield visitors stopover in Moscow en route to Kentucky. Mrs Albina Plate returns from southern states. Lookout Mountain and Pensacola visit noted. New automobile registrations announced. Muscatine county supervisors meet and adjourn to Sept. 5. Frank Yhauren recovers after Bellevue Hospital operation with three transfusions. Veterans of Foreign Wars members briefly meet for radio sports. Local church services set with topics on prevailing prayer and worship. Various residents travel to Chicago, St. Louis, and other points while others welcome visitors and housing guests from multiple states.
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Fred Eis
West Second Street
Floyd Linder
Margaret Holtz
Bakersfield
Calif
Lee Smith
Moscow
Kentucky
Linder
Smith
Albina Plate
Sycamore Street
Illinois
Missouri
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Pensacola
Fla
Clara Frewert
Kenneth
Rock Island
Nellie
Jessie DeVern
Burlington
Flovert A. Leu
Mulberry Avenue
Packard
Sam H. Meltzer
East Fifth Street
Pontiac
Ida A. Koehler
Cherry Street
Buick
Muscatine County
Thauren
East Second Street
Park Avenue
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
City Hall
Ambers-Armstrong
A. E. Diddams
Albert
Richard
Chicago
William Meyers
Evans Street
Paul Fischer
Oak Street
St. Louis
Walnut Street Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Delta Alpha
Young People’s
F. M
Rowan
Grand Avenue
Monroe
Jefferson
Archie Farley
Preston
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. C. Coster
Farley
West Front Street
Maynard Thirtyacre
Hershey Hospital
Charlotte Mayes
William. Hahndors
Leona
Hinsdale
Bruno Mohnssen
Harry Crist
Letts
Abe Nelson
Fruitland
William Stoneburner
Dan Gast
Grandview
Gloria Lukenbach
West Fifth Street
Robert Berger
Iowa Avenue
Vaughn Powell
Charles Eliason
Columbus Junction
Lake Chatterton
Leon Wylie
Illinois City
Marlin Allchin
Montpelier
Marion Plessy
A. J. Phillips
East Seventh Street
Lyle Ray
East Eighth Street
State Council
Phillips
St. Paul
Minn
Rochester
Spring Valley
Robert Garfield
Ill
Mexico
United States
John Fitzgerald
Louisiana
Muscatine
Robert Rankins
East Tenth Street
District Court Suit Seeks 380.06 Judgment
District Court in Muscatine reports terry Durrin Co of Cedar Rapids seeks a 380.06 judgment against J J Callahan in a suit filed here before a visit to Oregon. Several local notices include staff changes and a small city fire incident at Cedar Street cab office.
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Terry Durrin Co
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Callahan Inn District Court
Aeronautic Officials Confer on Air Mechanics School
C. L. Barry of Washington and NYA officials met Muscatine airport leaders to discuss a new air mechanics school at the local field. Preliminary work has begun with plans to decide later whether a new building or remodeling an existing hangar will house the program.
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C. L. Barry
Washington, D. C
National Aeronautics Committee
NYA
Muscatine
Muscatine Airport
Boy Held in Fatal Attack on Playmate in California
Police arrested Richard Jensen, 14, after he allegedly admitted striking 13 year old William Williams who died from a garroting wound and blunt force trauma. The incident occurred near Jensen's home in Montrose with Williams found under his parents’ residence after the attack.
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Boy
Montrose
Calif
P. C. Stebbins
Richard Jensen
William Williams
Jensen
Stebbins
Venice
Whittier
Williams
Planes to Visit Muscatine Airport for Air Progress Week
About 75 aircraft from 27 Midwestern cities will land at Muscatine airport from 7:15 to 7:45 a m on Sunday September 10. Local Junior Chamber of Commerce members join airport officials for a 7:30 a m breakfast served by JCC wives. A post breakfast program is being prepared with JCC members directing planes and aiding pilots all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Champer
Commerce
Emma J. Leonard Appeals City Damages Ruling
Emma J. Leonard of Muscatine filed an appeal with the Iowa supreme court challenging a Muscatine County district court verdict that denied damages against the city for injuries from a sidewalk fall. Leonard sought 2000 dollars but lost at trial.
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Emma J. Leonard
Muscatine
Iowa Supreme Court
Associated Press
Des Moines
Achey Pleads Guilty in Hoover Murder Case
Mechanicsville man Harry Achey pleaded guilty before District Judge C J Haas in Cedar Rapids to two counts of murder for the shooting deaths of Clyde and Mrs Hoover in their Lisbon home on June 22. Next Monday at 9 a m will hear evidence and set a sentence. Achey blamed his wife's parents over her California absence after a divorce filing in Los Angeles.
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Harry Achey
Mechanicsville
C. J. Haas
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Hoover
Lisbon
Jim Smith
Achey
California
Los Angeles
Bolivia’s Young Dictator Busch Dies in Accident
In La Paz President German Busch died at 2 45 p m from a pistol wound described as accidental. In Paris France ordered partial mobilization after a defense council emergency meeting. Troop call up will range from 1 500 000 to 2 000 000 men as of Aug 23.
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la Paz
Bolivia
German Busch
Paris
France
National Defense Council
Miss Annie Budzine Rites Held From Chapel
Funeral services for Annie Budzine 65 who died at her home near New Era after a prolonged illness were held at 2 p m in the chapel of the Fairbanks Home for Funerals with Rev John Haefner of Zion Lutheran church officiating. Mrs Charles Nyenhuis sang with organ accompaniment by Mrs James Gibson. Burial followed in Salt Marsh cemetery in Sweetland township.
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Annie Budzine
New Era
Fairbanks Home
John Haefner
Zion Lutheran Church
Charles Nyenhuis
James Gibson
Salt Marsh Cemetery
Sweetland Township
Florence Haifleigh Rites Are Observed
Funeral services for Miss Florence B. Haifleigh 64 of 613 Pine Street were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals with Dr David I Berger of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. Flowers were arranged by Mrs Ida Schaefer and Miss Ella Reuling with organist Mrs Gertrude Brannan. Pallbearers were Ralph McBride William Priester Louis Bodman W A Matthews Asa Wagney and Tony Gray.
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Florence B. Haifleigh
Pine Street
Fairbanks Home
David I. Berger
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Ida Schaefer
Ella Reuling
Gertrude Brannan
Ralph McBride
William Priester
Louis Bodman
W. A. Matthews
Asa Wagney
Tony Gray
Canadian Cabinet to Study European Developments
Prime Minister Mackenzie King convened the Canadian cabinet for Thursday morning to review European developments and potential consequences for Canada. He spent Tuesday night in talks with Lord Tweedsmuir, the Canadian governor general.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
King
Lord Tweedsmuir
Three More Iowa Liquor Store Heads Removed From Jobs
Des Moines AP reports three more Iowa liquor store managers were removed, totaling 19 changes since the state liquor commission shift on July 1. The commission also announced five clerks removed and six new managers with eight new clerks to fill vacancies. Bernard E. Manley, a Democrat, said he opposed removals of two managers and voted against little changes overall. F. C. Ihrer was made permanent manager of the Burlington store after acting in that role.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Mml. Curtis
Bernard E. Manley
Curtis
F. C. Ihrer
Burlington
Ihrer
Clinton Girl Hurt in Train Car Crash
Beverly Craft, 17, and N Myron Rettowski, 17, were in a car struck by the Milwaukee railroad’s southwest limited at a grade crossing in Clinton Tuesday night. Craft suffered severe scalp wounds and other injuries, while Rettowski had only a wrist abrasion. She was alive and recovering.
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Clinton
Beverly Craft
N. Myron Rettowski
Milwaukee Railroad
S “Southwest Limited
Rettowski
Ancient governments funded public works in antiquity
Ancient states employed public works programs funded by the ruler or state. Officials planned roads, walls, and monuments to demonstrate power and support civic life, leaving records of projects and financing in chronicles and inscriptions.
Application to Build Cedar River Dam and Lake Filed
First Iowa Hydro-Electric Co-Operative filed a formal permit for a dam and lake on the Cedar river near Muscatine. Harry Strong of Davenport announced the Aug 25 application mailed to Des Moines. The state executive council will set a public hearing date. The project would create a lake about 16 000 acres.
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Cedar River
Muscatine
First
Iowa Hydro-Electric Co- Operative
Harry Strong
Davenport
Co-Operative
Strong
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Romania vows neutrality unless attacked in European war
A high source said King Carol’s government informed Poland that Romania would not enter a European war unless its frontiers were struck. Poland asked about possible actions if involved in a broader conflict. Romania reiterated it would stay neutral unless attacked, while a treaty with Poland covers aid against Russian aggression but not Germany.
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Bucharest
Carol
Poland
Rumania
Foreign Office
Germany
Americans Urged to Cancel Europe Tours
State Department advises Americans not to travel to war threatened Europe. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said inquiries prompted the reply that uncertain European affairs justify discouraging such travel and officials would not encourage citizens to go abroad.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Sumner Welles
Halifax to broadcast on war situation from London
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax will address the nation from 10 Downing Street at 2 30 p m CST on Thursday. The speech about the tense international situation will be rebroadcast to the United States and Europe and carried by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. for ten minutes.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Europe
Chamberlain
Ten Downing Street
Columbia Broadcasting Co
Capt. W. J. Quinlan Dies Ferry Owner
Capt. William J. Quinlan, 63, owner of the Rock Island Davenport ferry, died this morning in a service station office after falling ill a few minutes earlier. He had recently recovered from a serious illness. Physicians said death was due to a heart attack.
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Rock Island
William J. Quinlan
Rock Island-Davenport
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