Farewell Service at First Presbyterian a Bible Heart Throbs
Miss Wilma Williams reads and Leroy Schoenig leads song as the Berger family marks three farewell events with a 3 p.m. program featuring hymns solos and poems at the First Presbyterian Church. A 5 p.m. picnic at Weed Park precedes a 6:30 vesper service with Dr. David I. Berger delivering a farewell address titled The Technique of Spiritual Power. A candle-light ceremony by Mrs. Berger includes readings by David George and Robert Walter Berger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Williams
Leroy Schoenig
First Presbyterian Church
Berger
Jesus
Ann Kocheneff
Rosalie Tuttle
Carol Brown
Violet Klein
Maurice Neidig
Floyd Scott
Miss Carol Brown
David I. Berger
Virgil Ross
Geraldine
Juanita Wecksung
Alice Sanderson
Weed Park
Una Kent
David George
Robert Walter Berger
1940 Packard Displayed at Ed Leu Garage
The 1940 Packard with redesigned hood and radiator lines is shown at Ed Leu Garage now located at 810 East Second Street. Cars include the one sixty one eighty one ten and one twenty with larger power to weight gains and improved performance economy and ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Leu
East Second Street
Packard
Mrs. Goebel Announces New Grocery Order Rules
County emergency relief director Laura Goebel says clients must settle all existing grocery orders before new ones are issued. She urges recipients with unresolved orders to contact the relief office to prevent winter emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Goebel
Townsend Club to Observe Founding Anniversary
The Muscatine Townsend club will join clubs nationwide in commemorating the organization’s founding with a commemorative meeting at city hall at 2 p m on September 3. The first Townsend club was organized in Inglewood California on September 3 1934. The anniversary was announced at the local club’s regular meeting Friday night at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Townsend Club
United States
Townsend
City Hall
Inglewood
Calif
Galva Woman Allocates Part of Estate to Pet Dog
Carrie Mc Master of Galva Illinois left more than 20 percent of her 8650 estate to a fund for her dog Bobbie. The 10 year old Galva woman died weeks ago and arranged 1500 for the dog fund with the remainder to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
Carrie McMaster
Bobbie
Galva
Lone Tree Band To Play At Des Moines Fair
Lone Tree School band joins the 4 H club band at the state fair next Thursday and Friday. The group will perform its weekly opera air concert on Commercial street Tuesday evening and host an ice cream social at Commercial street park Tuesday evening to raise funds for travel expenses to the fair. Dr and Mrs C M Cantrell returned from a trip through the Black Hills and Colorado Springs. Fourth quarterly Methodist conference set for 3 pm Wednesday Aug 30 with reports read. Mrs Burton Coffin and children visited Dr and Mrs H Baker from Muscatine Wednesday. Mrs Dal Kessler visits from Iowa City for an over Sunday stay with Aunt Mrs Sadie Windess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Commercial Street
C. M. Cantrell
Black Hills
South Dakota
Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
The
Methodist Church
Burton Coffin
Linda Jane
John
Muscatine
H. Baker
Dal Kessler
Iowa City
Sadie Windess
Killer Crouching by Window Slays Civil Attorney
A killer crouching outside a bedroom window shot and killed David T. Melin a 54 year old civil lawyer as he undressed in his Minneapolis home about 9 30 last night. Mrs Melin found him with two bullets in the back while the killer fired through a screen leaving two to three holes in it. Police had few clues including slightly trampled grass and a vague running man description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
David T. Melin
Churchill Says War Situation in Europe Grave
Winston Churchill told the Evening Bulletin by telephone that appeasement is too late and the European crisis is grave. Poland may be attacked soon, a historic wrong of 150 years ago could be repeated, and he warned of Reich lies and tougher action ahead. He also hoped America would back neutrality legislation if the crisis worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Winston Churchill
Evening Bulletin
Poland
Bulletin
Churchill
Admiralty
Great Britain
Germany
Reich
America
Hansen to Speak At Rotarian Meeting Monday
Attorney C. Ray Hansen, Chicago anti gangland crusader, will address the Rotarians at their Monday noon gathering at Hotel Muscatine. The week includes a Heinz factory tour by the junior chamber, aviator breakfast planning for Sept. 10, a Sept. 11 moonlight excursion, and Lodge events with Odd Fellows Redmen Knights Pythias Moose and Kiwanians meetings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ray Hansen
Gangland
Rotarians
Hotel Muscatine
Chicago
Hansen
North Canton
H. J. Heinz
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine
Junior Chamber
Y. W.C. A. Lodge
Odd Fellows
The
Redmen
Knights of Pythias
Moose
A. A. Johnson
Kiwanians
Legion
Middletown Church Inherits Kidd Pirate Fund
A Middletown New Jersey church is supported by funds left by Captain Kidd, the pirate, whose bequest finances the church’s activities and upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. J
Captain Kidd
City briefs recount residents and travel notes across Muscatine
Local residents host guests from Milwaukee and Iowa City while others plan trips to Des Moines and Los Angeles. New car registrations include Rosenberger, Rock, and Heussner households. Medical updates report admissions and dismissals at Hershey and Bellevue hospitals along with a minor eye operation. Police fines are issued for intoxication as health board meetings are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Skolnik
Walnut Street
Ben Menkin
Ronald
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Petersen
Leroy Petersen
Des Moines
C. J. Rosenberger
East Second Street
Dodge
Walter Rock
Sherman Street
Chevrolet
Henderson
Muscatine
Martin Heussner
Norma
Park Lane
Harold Heussner
Iowa City
Ottawa
Ill
Welsh
Sam Gilbert
Park Avenue
John E. Butler
Benham Avenue
Hartford
Conn
Butler
U. S. Engineers Department
Rhode Island
Grant Graham
Washington Street
Evelyn Clay
East Fifth Street
Evelyn Richards
Clarence Pilgrim
Arthur
Canon Avenue
Salt Lake City
Utah
Arthur Pilgrim
Los Angeles
G. H. Sanger
Ames
Clyde Gates
East Seventh Street
E. A. Glick
Basil
Smalley Avenue
Rosalyn Becker
Minneapolis
Patsy H
Norway
Fred Moomey
Lyle and
Richard
Chariton
Mr. Moomey
S. J. Moomey
East Fourth Street
Charles E. Moomey
San Diego
Calif
Moomey
United States Navy Medical Corps
M. E. Mott
A. O. Powell
Hill Avenue
C. B. Smith
Dan Harris
Marjorie Eva Bohnert
Josephine Stineman
Iowa Avenue
Gray Hospital
Stineman
Alfred Lenker
Wilton
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Leroy Jones
Billy Cook
Schultheis Attends Iowa Nebraska Union Council Meet
Ed Schultheis of Muscatine, general representative of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, attends the second constitutional convention of the Iowa Nebraska Union Council in Omaha Neb He is a vice president and will stay through Sunday John C Lewis former Iowa Federation of Labor president and national organizer for the Packinghouse Workers organzing committee is among the principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Schultheis
Muscatine
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Iowa-Nebraska Union Council
Omaha
Neb
Schultheis
John C. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Checks total 26000 for Muscatine County farmers
Comparity payment checks totaling about 26000 were received at the Muscatine county soil conservation office for county farmers in the annual agricultural assistance program. Payoffs will be held next week at designated offices with 283 checks in this batch and notices mailed to recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Goshen
Wapsie Township
West Liberty
Pike Township
Nichols Town Hall
Des Moines
The
AAA
West Liberty Woman Feted on Birthday
Mrs. Annetta Mills of West Liberty was honored at a surprise party for her 64th birthday organized by Dorothy Strong and Carl Lichtenwald. About 30 guests attended as games, dancing and cards were enjoyed and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annetta Mills
West Liberty
Dorothy Strong
Three Iowa Educators to Take WPA Vacations
Three teachers in education projects in Iowa will take 30 day leaves under the WPA vacation schedule. Mrs. Jane Martin head teacher at the nursery school and Mrs. Carrie Hardesty and Nana Foley in the adult education school depart Aug 31. Mrs. Julia Hite returns to work Monday and the nursery school remains open with Mrs. Anna Barr assuming Mrs. Martin's duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
A. A. Johnson
Jane Martin
Carrie Hardesty
Nana Foley
Julia Hite
Police, Firemen Battle Crowd at Communist Rally
In San Antonio a 5,000 strong crowd battled 200 police and firemen at Municipal Auditorium injuring about 40. The protest against mayor Maury Maverick and a rally led by Emma Tenayuca Brooks prompted police to guard Maverick’s home as placards were toppled and an effigy hung nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Texas
Congress
Municipal Auditorium
Emma Tenayuca Brooks
Iowan Man Believed to Be Victim in Palmolive Building Fall
A man about 55 years old fell from the Palmolive building in Chicago to his death. The body bore a name likely James Bushnell and contained a letter from the Social Security Administration addressed to Mrs. Otto Ambroz of Cedar Rapids Iowa. The man landed on a second floor setback amid a scattered suitcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
James Bushnell
Social Security Administration
Otto Ambroz
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Warden Announces Guard Appointments at Anamosa
Warden Foss Davis of the Iowa state men's reformatory here names guard appointees F. M. Robertson Martello Ta Roscoe McGhee Des Moines Ila W H Brannian Brooklyn Frank Sutcher Springville F P Cassidy former Fort Madison guard Cecil Calvert Earl Raver Jefferson serves as secretary All guards will be fingerprinted photographed and records sent to the FBI in Washington D C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Foss Davis
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
F. M. Robertson
Martello
Roscoe McGhee
Des Moines
Ila
W. H. Brannian
Brooklyn
Frank Sutcher
Springville
F. P. Cassidy
Fort Madison
Cecil Calvert
Earl Raver
Jefferson
Davis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Hearing in Bridges Deportation Case Nearing Completion
In San Francisco AP reports Harry Bridges' attorneys expect testimony on his deportation hearing to finish by next Tuesday except for remaining testimony from Stanley M. Doyle. Doyle was named at a San Quentin session Friday by two convicts as having
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Stanley M
Larry” Doyle
Doyle
San Quentin
Ten Million Flood Victims in North China
AP report says ten million in north China are flood victims as Hai and other rivers flood large areas near Tsinghai in Shantung province. Thousands drowned, millions homeless or stricken by famine or disease. heavy rains and rising rivers threaten mass evacuation of foreigners from Tientsin. U.S. officials report all Americans accounted for despite disrupted rail to aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
Hai
Tsining
Shantung Province
Here
Murray doubts Roosevelt backing third term in 1940
Senator James F. Murray of Montana said President Roosevelt does not favor a third term in 1940 despite a strong sentiment to renominate. He based his view on Capitol observations and noted the president has no favorites among current candidates, aiming to preserve the New Deal with a capable leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
James F. Murray
Washington
Rural teachers receive guidance and supplies in Muscatine county
Instruction and supplies for the coming school year were distributed to about 75 Muscatine county rural teachers at Zion Lutheran school hall. Miss Magdalene Pickens of Omaha led portions of the program while E. D. Bradley, county superintendent, organized the meeting. Bradley also briefed 15 inexperienced teachers at a courthouse session this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Zion Lutheran
Proffered Freedom If Testimony Against Labor Leader
The department of labor sought to depose as an alien member of a party advocating overthrow of the government and approached them with a proffer of procured freedom in exchange for testimony against the Australian born labor leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Grashams Visiting at Bromley Home
Grashams from Wapello and Burlington visit Gerd Bromley home in Grandview. Mrs. Paul Stineman and Mrs. Virgil Wiele attend the West Liberty fair. George Young remains ill at his son Charles’s home. Mrs. Carl Werner improving after operation. Superintendent M A Martin and wife visit Cotter home. Multiple locals enjoy a Weed Park picnic with extended families. Des Moines trip to state fair noted. Betty Jo Bick visiting grandmother Josie Walker. Charlotte Walker visiting Herbert Gipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Sadie Grassam
Wapello
Georgianna Grasham
Burlington
Gerd Bromley
Paul Stineman
Virgil Wiele
West Liberty
George Young
Charles
Carl Werner
M. A. Martin
Cotter
James Loper
Glen Biek
Marie
Betty Jo
Harlan Biek
Ray Biek
Jack
Josie Walker
Genevieve Dumphy
Weed Park
Muscatine
Marie Ruthenberg
Nellie
Bobby Herwig
Minnie Walnitz
Nellie Young
Wanda
Lois
Will Baker
Laura
Bert Zimmerman
Des Moines
N. E. McGill
L. M
Mussolini Holds Meeting With High Command On Mobilization
Premier Mussolini met with Italian military leaders at Palazzo Venezia to discuss national military preparation amid possible general mobilization. Foreign observers noted the timing around reservist call ups. An exchange of telephone messages between Hitler and Mussolini followed, with deliveries by Von Mackensen and Attolico throughout Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Hitler
Hans- Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Colorado Man Considered as Boy Scout Head
William Suder of Pueblo Colorado an executive over 39 counties was eyed as a possible Boy Scout executive for the Buffalo Bill area after a Davenport area officials meeting. An Lincoln Nebraska candidate will be discussed at a Davenport meeting next Tuesday night. James Hiner Jr currently area executive will depart for Des Moines in the same role on September 1. A farewell party for Hiner is set for 6 30 Wednesday evening August 30 at the Davenport Chamber of Commerce quarters. The Hiner family will be honored Sunday afternoon at Camp Minnegota with a general Scout gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Suder
Pueblo
Colo
Buffalo Bill
Davenport
Lincoln
Neb
James Hiner, Jr
Des Moines
Area Council
Chamber of Commerce
Hiner
Camp
Minnegota
Scouts
Scouters
Scouting
Federal and New York Authorities Battle Over Lepke Buchalter
Lepke Buchalter, the infamous gangster, surrendered and was held in a federal building cell as U S and New York authorities clashed over who should prosecute. U S Attorney John Cahill arraigned him on ten federal indictments, while Thomas E Dewey's office eyed possible murder charges to gain first trial. Buchalter faces potential 164 years in prison and $180000 in fines if convicted. The surrender reportedly followed fear of being shot and was linked to a tip from Walter Winchell via the Daily Mirror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
U. S
John Cahill
J. Edgar Hoover
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Cahill
Lepke
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Michigan
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
America
FBI
Winchell
Atalissa RNA Camp Plans August Birthday Party
Atalissa RNA Camp will sponsor a birthday party for members with August birthdays on Tuesday evening August 29. Each member brings enough sandwiches for her own family. The A N A club met for a potluck dinner and quilting bee with attendees including Clarabell Smith Zoe Walters Dorothea Markham and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Clarabell Smith
Zoe Walters
Dorothea Markham
Lillian Schmidt
Sadie Staley
Mildred Wathen
Leota Wathan
Vinnie Conklin
Rowiena Barkalow
Henrietta Schmidt
Martha DeVere
Eugena van Horn
Mildred McKillip
Ida Coss
Carl van Horn
Moose Lodge
Muscatine
Martha DeVore
Victor
Henry Stavenhagen
Charlene Madden
Des Moines
William Hohnke
Lillian Butsler
West Liberty Fair
Two Men arraigned in police court for intoxication
Bud Criger of the city received a ten day jail term after arrest at 6 30 p m Friday for intoxication. Frank Wetzel of Grover street got a 15 day suspended sentence for intoxication after an 11 55 p m Friday arrest on Hershey avenue. Herbert Grigg of the city paid 2 50 dollars and costs for speeding at 12 50 a m Thursday in the 200 block on Mulberry avenue traveling 40 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Justice of the Peace
Hugh E. Chance
Bud Criger
City
Frank Wetzel
Grover Street
Hershey Avenue
Herbert Grigg
Grigg
Mulberry Avenue
Iowa union files complaint over Younker Brothers strike
President A A Couch of the Iowa State Federation of Labor says a complaint has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board regarding a strike by building service employees at Younker Brothers store. He accuses the management of coercion to discourage union membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. A. Couch
Iowa State Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Building Service
Younker Brothers
Couch
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Elizabeth Stelzner
Liberty Street
F. W. Eversmeyer
Margaret Terry
Glen Berry
Berry
Board of Health
E. F. Paul
Bridges
Jimmie Hinshaw
Hinshaw
West Second Street
Cheryl Elaine Esmoil
Lysle Esmoil
Spangler Chapel
Othy Marie Bond
George Predmore
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