Flag Day Ceremony at Weed Park Draws 200 Attendees
Muscatine district Boy Scouts and American Legion members staged a Flag Day observance at Weed Park. About 200 people attended. The Fayette Indiana Boy Scout unit performed Iowa Star No. 29 Speaks. Awards were given, including second and first class badges to multiple Scouts from Troops 136 123 and 125. A variety of honors and entertainment followed at the Young home with remarks by Harold Lewman and a solo by Frank Swisher.
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Muscatine
American Legion
Flag Pole
Weed Park
Iowa
Fayette, In
Boy Scout Organization
John D. Clinton
A. A. Johnson
Boy Scout Advancement Committee
A. L. Brandstetter
Kenneth Kemp
Henry Bueser
Leslie Everett
Richard McGill
Robert Lowe
Paul Lowe
Nigel Abbott
Donald Abbott
James Finley
Conesville
A. P. Thomas
Robert Milder
Knights of Columbus
David I. Berger, Jr
Robert Nyenhuis
First Presbyterian Church
John Wiegand
Bernard Bell
Grace Lutheran Church
James Mallow
Richard Oberhaus
H. I. Prussia
James Malloy
Fayette
Boy Scouts
Sam G. Brenner
Charles H. Young
Mulberry Avenue
Harold Lewman
Kansas City
Young
Lewman
Fayette Boy Scouts
Mr. Clinton
Frank Swisher
Partial PWA grant received for Muscatine power plant project
The Public Works Administration issued a 15 percent grant totaling 76312.50 toward the Muscatine municipal electric light plant expansion. PWA official Frank Wettengel announced the first federal funds transfer, with further grants anticipated as work continues on pumphouse and turbo generator equipment.
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PWA
Public Works Administration
Muscatine Municipal
Frank J. Wettergel
A. F. Grensing
Westinghouse Electric Co
Condenser Service and Engineering Co
Omaha
Wettengel
Chelf Arrested After Wreck in West Liberty
Bert Chelf of Muscatine held on operating while intoxicated charges after a wreck on highway 76 in West Liberty near the Tivoli cafe. Chelf, with a scalp wound, waived to the grand jury after arraignment. alcohol found in his truck and a blood test administered by state troopers. Carl Foster of Cedar Rapids was the other driver in the collision.
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Bert Chelf
Muscatine
West Liberty
Wee Chelf
Justice of Peace
Harold O. Keele
Highway 76
Carl Foster
Cedar Rapids
Deadline set for grant project completion by June 30 1940
The project must be completed by the federal government deadline of June 30 1940 as specified in the grant agreement. It outlines the required completion date and the governing funding terms.
Landis Appears At Iowa Bar Association Meeting
The 45th annual Iowa State Bar Assn meeting continued with discussions and speeches in Sioux City. Henry C. Shull spoke on reform in judicial procedure while James M. Landis of Harvard Law School led the afternoon session. Frank J. Hogan, head of the National Bar Association, was slated to speak at the banquet.
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Sioux City
Iowa State Bar Assn
Henry C. Shull
State Association
James M. Landis
Harvard University Law School
Frank J. Hogan
National Bar Association
District Judges Association
Mrs. Hummel to Be Honored at Shower
A shower for Mrs. Edna Hummel will be held at the Bridgeman Rebekah lodge No. 14 meeting on June 16.
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Mrs. Hummel
Inheritance Tax on Pat Lynch Estate Reported
The state treasurer’s office reported payment of 1033 inheritance tax on the 15726 dollar estate of Patrick Lynch of Muscatine county.
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Pat Lynch
Des Moines
Patrick Lynch
Muscatine County
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