In trying to simplify the code to submit, I found my issue.
I have a request.deleteDatabase("dbname") to occasionally start over by uncommenting this line. I had moved it just before I started testing on the Slate 21. I moved it to a bad spot.
I moved it before an indexedDB open for read (testing to see if any data was there). Since this was a read, I did not bother with an onupgradeneeded. The database was already created before I made it to my open for creation code which had onupgradeneeded.
I moved it back and all is well.
Sorry to have wasted your time, but I do appreciate it, because it led me to my blunder.
Thanks