Anita Volunteer Fire Department records fire loss in 1950
The Anita volunteer fire department reports a total estimated fire loss of 100 dollars for one year, noting it as the town’s lowest loss in its history. The piece urges citizen vigilance to maintain the record and praises careful behavior. It also comments on Iowa high school officiating, notes Mary Kilworthy’s 109th birthday as possibly Iowa’s oldest resident, mentions a large Dallas County damages suit over a 1948 auto accident killing Frank Forret, seeking 52690 dollars from the trucking company.
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Anita
Dallas County
Frank Forret
From Our Old Files Night Watchman Appointed
Fred Denison begins duties as Anita's new night watchman starting on the first of the year. Clarence Spry eyes a new radio and trials an Atwater Rent in his home. Mrs. Wm. McIntyre suffers finger infection possibly from a felon causing pain. Burke & Son hog buyers report strong prices paying for porkers. Last week they purchased over 1500 head from Anita Wiota Adair Casey farmers. Rev. M J O Connor pastor of Wiota Anita Catholic churches has been bedfast two weeks due to nervousness and complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Denison
Anita
Clarence Spry
Atwater
Burke & Son
Armour & Co
Wiota
Adair
Casey
M. J. O'Connor
Anita Catholic
Those Are Dollars Not Saucers illustrated atomic danger
The piece discusses fallout and blast effects of atomic bombs with odds of survival at varying distances and emphasizes no advance warning. It previews warnings and safety steps, then notes a 1900 double wedding and recent golden anniversaries of local couples, including Mr. and Mrs. Becker Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Neer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Becker
Will Reeves
Mr. Reeves
Mr. Becker
LeMars
Survival Under an Atomic Attack and Economic Indexs
A composite piece reports Iowa City business activity reaching an October index of 342 and the national index at 330, with ten month 1950 gains in payrolls, deposits, and construction. It also introduces an A-Bomb survival column, outlining dangers and escape steps, noting Hiroshima and Nagasaki outcomes and survival odds near blast centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
University Bureau of Business and Econonomic Research
Earth
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Ill Daughter of Karns in Anita with Whooping Cough
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Karns is ill at her home in Anita with the whooping cough. Mike Mardesen Orley Mardesen Art Barnholt Jr and Dale Mc Crory left Thursday for California where they intend to stay if they find employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Albert Karns
Anita
Mike Mardesen
Orley Mardesen
Art Barnholt, Jr
Dale McCrory
California
The Highway Story and Local Notices
Ray Eastman presents The Highway Story as a wartime vignette where a veteran Bill reflects on waiting and the dangers of postwar life. A police report follows, recounting a fatal ice accident after a brief, hurried phone call. Ernest Winter, an Osceola farmer, surprises a gas thief with a shotgun. The Burt Smith Department Store changes hands after 50 years of family ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Department Store
Burt
L. C. Smith
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Jewett
Grain & Coal
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Extra
Mary Kilworthy
Haszard Oil Co
Claussen Oil Co
Oakland Rendering Co
Atlantic
Bruce Neer
Lacona
Warren County
Lucas County
U. S
Ray Eastman
Fred
Bill
Army
Freddie
Coffe
Ernest Winter
Osceola
Chevrolet
O. W. Shaffer & Son
Anitasiowa
Cement Implement. Co
Towa
Joe Marsh
Joe
America
Garner
The
Anita Tribune
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Ondia
E. Pinkhamis
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