Heavy Vote Seen in Muscatine County Primary
Muscatine County anticipates a heavy turnout in the June primary as voters pick party candidates. Absent and sick ballots issued exceed 220, higher than 1936. Key races focus on county attorney and sheriff, with broader GOP interest in lieutenant governor contenders and statewide races. Polls open at 7 am city, 7:30 am county, close 3 pm with results soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
B.F. Snyder
Muscatine
H. B. Thompson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Congress
U. S. Senate
Ecuador cabinet resigns amid Peru crisis
Quito reports the Ecuadorian cabinet of army officers resigns after a frontier clash near Rocafuerte along the Napo River. Gen. G. Alberto Enríquez aims to form a new government, with changes not expected before Monday while Peru denies aggression and cites Ecuadorian arrests.
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Quito
Ecuador
G. Alberto Enriquez
Peru
Enriquez
Chancellery
Foreign Office
Lima
Froner
Rocafuerte
Napo
Oriente
New York State
Half of County Tax Levied for 1937 Collected
Muscatine county reports over half of the 1937 tax levy has been collected. County Treasurer Arthur J. Nicholson announced the total levy of 928,975.94 with payments of 465,096.97, about 50.17 percent, received in the first five months. Monthly receipts show January 20,018.37 February 31,587.67 March 895,205.35 April 11,26.88 May 7,268.69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Arthur J. Nicholson
River on Stand for Third Day
Mississippi remained at 14.9 feet for the third straight day with Davenport steady. Dubuque saw a 0.4 foot drop while Hastings Minnesota and La Crosse Wisconsin reported rises of 0.2 and 0.1 feet respectively. The current level is the highest in several years amid minor temperature changes from 59 to 78 degrees and 1.1 inches of rainfall overnight.
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Mississippi
Davenport
Dubuque
Hastings
Minn
la Crosse
Wis
Approved Design for Model Racer in Muscatine Derby
A drawing outlines a model racer for Muscatine's second annual Loan Box derby on July 4, with ten construction rules. Key specs include 22 inch wheel diameter, solid rubber tires, flexible steering cables, steering wheel control, two braking options, Wyod frame with possible sheet metal skin, no welding, no auto parts in wheel assemblies, overall dimensions checked, cockpit visibility, and a $10 cost cap. Professional help disqualifies the entry. builders should work independently.
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Muscatine
Second Annual Soap Box Derby To Be Staged Here
The second annual Muscatine Soap Box Derby will take place on July 4 1938 with Henderson's Garage and The Journal sponsoring. Winners go to Akron National Finals. prizes include free trip. Entries welcome from Muscatine area and nearby towns in Illinois. blueprints and bulletins available at Henderson Garage. An estimated 6000 spectators are expected, with last year’s course on Fulham avenue hill likely to be used again.
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Muscatine
Henderson's Garage
the Journal
Akron
Muscatine Boys
Onrom
West Liberty
Wilton
Nichols
Conesville
Stockton
Wapello
Columbus Junction
Letts
Illinois
Henderson Gar
Frank Albert, Jr
Fulham Avenue
Death summons Mrs. Riddle at 72 in Wilton home
Mrs Lily Riddle 72 wife of Arthur Riddle died at noon today at the home of her son W L P Jomerson after a six month illness. Born Lily Niles July 13 1865 Mechanicsville Ia married 1892 to Arthur Riddle. Surviving husband a son three grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Affiliated with Grace Evangelical and Reformed church. Body at George M Witlich Funeral home Muscatine pending rites. to be returned to residence Sunday morning.
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Wilton
Lily Riddle
Arthur Riddle
Wlp
Jomerson
Donald Anderson
Effie Anderson
Lucille Malone
Sophenta Atkinson
Homer Carson
Daniel Niles
Rochester
Ernest Niles
Riddle
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
George M. Witlich
Muscatine
Canton Bombed by Japs Again in Citywide Attacks
Japanese air raids on Canton unleash two heavy assaults damaging Winghon Road and main street. Official figures estimate higher casualties than last Saturday with about 40 planes first raid and 35 in the second. many killed or crushed as masonry collapsed. Chinese anti-aircraft batteries repelled the second wave.
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Canton
Japan
Winghon Road
Main Street
Carriers Auxiliary Selects Delegates at Burlington Convention
Members of the Letter Carriers' auxiliary met at the W. A. Friday afternoon in Burlington to elect delegates. Mrs Andy Nester was named first delegate with Mrs Frank Wyman as alternate. The second representative will be the wife of the men's organization representative with Mrs Albert Crow as alternate. This was the group’s last meeting until fs.
Deeds Recorded Involving Hanley Nolte and Henke
Real estate transfers listed include referee C P Hanley to Arthur H Nolte SE 1 4 NW 1 4 and E 1 2 SW 1 4 section 27 T7 1W for 5560 dollars. Arthur H Nolte and wife transfer to George Henke using the same description. Rosa Nelson c/o William G Blessing conveys six and seven blocks 14 in Abraham Smaley's addition.
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C. P. Hanley
Artour H. Nolte
Arthur H. Nolte
George Henke
Rosa Nelson
William G. Blessing
Abraham Smaley
Funeral Services for Mrs Cunningham Scheduled Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Zillian Cunningham, who died at her home on East Seventh Street, will be held Monday at 2 30 p.m. at the Ralph J Wiltich Funeral Home with Rev Vance Weaster of First Baptist Church presiding. Burial follows at Greenwood Cemetery. Body remains at the Wiltich Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zillian Cunningham
East Seventh Street
Ralph J. Wittich
Vance Weaster
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Wiltich
Two Big Barges of Corn Leave Port This Weekend
Two barges carrying about 60 percent of a bushel measure each will depart Muscatine port over the weekend. McKee Feed and Grain and Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co completed barge loading as river conditions allow full capacity. The grain, totaling hundreds of thousands of bushels, has been shipped to New Orleans for export, with a plan to haul another large shipment inland by Monday. The steamboat Patrick J. Hune y will pick up the cargo, while the Goldenrod light house tender, built in Dubuque, makes its maiden voyage downstream replacing the Wakerabin on the Illinois river.
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Muscatine
McKee Feed and Grain Company
Mississippi Valley Grain and Freed Company
New Orleans
Towa
Illinois
Patrick J. Huney
Goldenrod
Dubuque
Ilinois
Two Royal Neighbor Groups Plan Meeting
The Aid and Sunshine clubs of the Royal Neighbor lodge have arranged a meeting for Tuesday afternoon at the LO. O. F. hall. Invitations go to all members and friends. Committee members include Mrs. Bertins Blerman and Mrs. Hattie Priester from the Aid group and Mrs. Mary Freyermuth and Mrs. Nellie Weismiller from Sunshine.
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Aid and Sunshine Clubs
Royal Neighbor Lodge
LO. O. F. Hall
Bertins Blerman
Hattie Priester
Sunshine Group
Mary Freyermuth
Nellie Weismiller
City Briefs Highlight Births and Local Events
News briefs from Sioux City Iowa report the birth of a son to Dr and Mrs J M Krigsten on May 31, with the mother formerly Miss Mollye Esther Glatstein. Other items note Triple Tree club gathering, Hershey Nurses alumni meeting, new building permits, and various hospital admissions and discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. ‘Krigsten
Jackson
Sioux City
Patricia Johnson
Hershey Nurses
Joe Hill
Gertrude Thomes
Clara Holmes
I. V. Howenstine
H. 5
Stewart Road
John Maisenbach
West Sixth Street
William Becker
Locust Street
The
Old Ladies Home
Mont Muscatine
River Front
O .Bellevue Hospital
Dwayne Roby
Grandview Avenue
Kenneth Boulton
Columbus Tunction
William Sick
Columbus Junction
Earnest Morrison
Tipton
Comstock Recovering At Home From County Road Accident
Matthew F. Comstock, a county road worker from Moscow, is recovering at his home after a scavifier struck a rock on County Road C about three miles southwest of Muscatine, Me. He suffered a ruptured blood vessel, torn muscles in the lower right side, severe sprains and bruises, and was unconscious for a time. He remains confined at home for some time.
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Matthew F. Comstock
Moscow
County Road C
Muscatine
Corstock
Daisy C Wilson Former Muscatine Resident Dies
Obituary notices the death of Daisy Coulter Wilson a former Muscatine resident in Glendale Arizona on May 29 after a long illness. She was born and raised in Muscatine and is survived by son Glen Bell and sister Adelija Pryce of 604 East Eighth Street Muscatine.
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Waisy Coulter Wilson
Muscating
Glenviie
Ariz
Wilson
Glen Bell
Adelija Pryce
East Eighth Street
Muscatine
Impressive Ceremonies Mark J. C. Graduation
Muscatine junior college held its largest graduating class of 29 at a Friday night commencement in the First Presbyterian church auditorium. President Ray Dunker presented diplomas to 29 graduates including Ladd Steinmetz and Frances Highnager. the program featured student leadership, awards lists, mantle transfer, and candle lighting. Frances Highbarger gave the class address. Miss Sarahan Vulled praised scholars and leaders, and awards were noted for merit, GPA, and activity points.
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Muscatine Junior College
First Presbyterian Church
Diplamas
Cigg
Sarahan
Ladd ‘Steinmetz
Rita Oberhaus
Jack Fleken
Basil ‘Glick
Paul Fuller
Frances Highbarger
Marion Narvis
Charlotte Braun
Marion Nervis
Emamae Demorest
Glen Daut
Rosalie Healey
Lillian Hiller
Basil
Gertrude Sy~wassink
Jean Ramseyer
Vera Nicholay
Marion Volger
Evelyn Krieger
Ladd Steinmetz
John Parks
Reshmai
L. L. Weis
First Methodist Church
A. A. Johnson
Dunker
Charles Shook
Loretta Mills
Lillian
Hitler
Miss Braun
Lucile Steinmetz
Bronner and Taylor Named Defendants in Alexander Suit
Mayor Samuel Bronner and Police Chief Mark Taylor are substituted as defendants for their predecessors in the Alexander reinstatement suit. Originally named were former mayor C P Gunzenhauser and police chief Ted McGill. Written reinstatement demand was made on the two new officials May 31.
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Samuel G. Bronter
Mark Taylor
Gazet
John Alexander
Hrough
Alexander
C. P. Gunzenhauser
Ted MccGill
Two Held to Face Quiz in Death of Missouri Priest
Police in Centria, Missouri, hold two men for questioning over the slaying of a Catholic priest. Thomas Murphy, 21, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and Louis Beechum, a Black man of Rockford, Illinois, were chased through city streets before being taken into custody. Murphy waived to the Wapello County grand jury after arraignment on a drunken driving charge.
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Missouri
Witumwa
Wilbourn M- Hicks
Tis
Centraiia
Thomas Murphy
East Liverpool
Ohio
Louis Beechum
Rockford
Ill
Murphy
Wapello County
M. Marty Cliften
Burial service held at Greenwood Memorial Park Phoenix
A funeral for Buris and family members was conducted in Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Phoenix Arizona with the husband and son and daughter named among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Buris
Greenwood Memorial Park
Phoenix
Iowa Business Stays Above Nation's Average in 1938
Prof. George R. Davits of the University of Iowa reports on the Iowa Business Digest showing smaller declines in Iowa than the U S as a whole. Despite national drops, April gains in building contracts and retail sales accompany mixed signals from public building and department store activity as conservative leadership faces political and labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
George R. Davits
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Iowa Business Digest
Prof
Davies Sai
Republic
Davies
Edwin Selzer Held in Corn Theft Case in Louisa County
Edwin Selzer of Louisa County is being held on charges tied to the alleged theft of corn from Ralph, McKean, and Fay Foster farms. Officials say he confessed. The youth had prior grain theft convictions, including a 1934 sentence to the state training school at Eldora with two years served.
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Wapero
Hewin Selzer
Columbus City
Louisa County
Ralph, McKean
Fay
Pastor-Sheriff Blames Home for Youth Crimes
Unionville Missouri pastor-sheriff Rev Pleas B Gray told a Streetland Methodist church audience that broken homes drive youth crime. He cited Chicago Halstead Institute as an example of dense urban poverty and said most offenders came from poor home environments. The talk drew a well filled crowd despite rain. offerings were taken and ice cream and cake served after. The Gray family stayed with John and Mrs Gray at 2128 Mulberry Avenue in Muscatine.
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Pleas B. Gray
Unionville
Chicago
Mr Gray
Sweetland Church
Hill Billy
Muscatine
Gray
Arah Jean
Richard
John G. Gray
Mulberry Avenue
Morning Sun Men Given Sentences
Wapello-Raymond McGraw and Cleo Alderson of Morning Sun were sentenced to three years in the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. They confessed to taking a car belonging to William Ringland of Winfield last Tuesday, and were brought here by county officials.
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Wapello
Raymond McGraw
Cleo Alderson
Morning Sun
Ana- Tose
Oscar Hale
Hetty County
Wiliam Ringland
Winfield
Jasper County Relief Buys Food for Maytag Strikers
Jasper County relief officials issued grocery orders totaling $2 per family for some Maytag Washing Machine Co workers on strike since May 9. About 40 men blocked two county supervisors until food relief was arranged after a four hour meeting. Governor Kraschel said state aid could not fund Jasper County relief due to eligibility rules, though he urged using local resources if needed.
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County Relief Commission
Nelson G. Kraschel
Des Moines
Jasper County
Iowa
Kraschel
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Wilson Rice
East Fifth Street
Rollie Scholten
Cedar Street
George Wil Jiang
West Seventh Street
Violet Howard
John W. Leedy
Irma Jane Schermer
Warry T. Morse
Josephine Joan Juyevitz
Musnatir
Walter W. Gatzke
Enes Vavea
Sterling
Orville A Hastings
Rock Island
Anne
Woon
Mls
William
Spieth
Marijean Farrier
Fred Marquardt
Neltie Veter
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Oklo
Matthew Comstock
Daisy C. Wilson
SKY
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