Wiota News Briefs Highlight Local Family Visits
Anna Imrie of Odale returns home from visiting her brother Ralph Richter northeast of town. Fran Crosley of Council Bluffs and her niece Lottie Mafone of Atlantic spend weekend with Mrs Shey and F. H. McDermott. Elizabeth Casey, Valley Neb. teacher and sister of Mrs. Don McLaren, returns from Thanksgiving visit. Extra copies available by notifying the office.
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Anna Imrie
Odale
Ralph Richter
Fran, Crosley
Council Bluffs
Lottie Mafone
Atlantic
M. Shey
F. H. Mc
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Elizabeth Casey
Valley
Neb
Don McLaren
Near Vita
Utah Governor Maw Named President of Council of State Governments
Gov. Herbert B. Maw of Utah has been chosen president of the council of state governments succeeding Gov. Levitt Saltonstall of Massachusetts. John M. Rankin, Iowa attorney general, is second vice president of the council.
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Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Council of State Governments
Leverett B. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
John M. Rankin
Iowa
Mrs. Fred Jacobsen Rites Scheduled in Highland Church
Mrs. Fred Jacobsen 41 of Adair died Monday night after a long illness. Born July 31 1903 in Eureka township, she was daughter of Alex and Ida Tharp. Survived by husband, three sons, mother Ida Tharp, brother Glen Tharp. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m at Highland Church, Fontanelle area. Body at Ewing funeral home Fontanelle.
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Fred Jacobsen
Adair Hospital
Jacobsen
Alex
Ida Tharp
Eureka Township
Mr. Jacobsen
Anita
Glen Tharp
Highland Church
Fontanelle
Ewing Funeral Home
All the News When It Is News in The News Telegraph
A concise look at the newspaper’s approach to reporting events as they unfold. The item highlights timely coverage, regional focus, and the paper’s stance on delivering rapid, factual updates to readers.
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News-Telegraph
Atlantic News Briefs Highlight Wartime Messages and Local Updates
Local items report soldiers and families connected to Atlantic, Iowa. Cpl. Lawrence Meyers arrives overseas with a tank unit. Lt. Bob Crooks meets him in Atlantic. Mrs. Perry Howard seeks overseas addresses. Lineman activity, hospital news, and a Lions Club war bond update accompany weather and travel notes across the region.
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Bob Crooks
Cpl
Lawrence Meyer
England
U S Rocket Advances Signal Major War Appraisal
The OWI notes large scale US rocket ammunition spending in 1945 and describes rocket developments across seven aircraft types. It highlights the new 4.5 inch M-8 rocket, its firepower equivalence to a .105 mm gun, and its effectiveness in beachhead assaults.
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Normandy
Mrs True Ferguson Dies in Nebraska
Funeral services and burial for Mrs True Ferguson of Minatare were held in Scottsbluff after she died November 27. The 56 year old former Anna Snyder married True Ferguson in Griswold in 1911 and later moved to South Dakota before settling in Minatare. Survivors include her husband five sons Harold Ronald Raymond Roger and Walter and three brothers News Snyder Perry and Walter.
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True Ferguson
Minatare
Neb
Scottabluff
Ferguson
Anna Snyder
J. F. Snyder
South Dakota
Iowa G I s Will Benefit Under Suggested Bills
Des Moines legislators propose a series of bills to extend World War II veterans the same privileges as World War I veterans. Provisions include a $500 property tax exemption, veterans public job preferences, access to soldiers relief benefits for spouses and children, and changes to homestead tax credits and educational aid for orphans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George
Avoca Fair Dates Set for Three-Day 1943 Event
The Pottawattamie county fair association announces August 28 14 15 as the 1943 Avoca fair dates at the Avoca fair grounds. The four day event will be shortened to three to feature better entertainment programs and a larger horse show.
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Avoca
Pottawattamie County Fair
Roosevelt says liberated Europe will meet 90 percent of needs this winter
President Roosevelt told Congress that liberated European peoples will supply about 90 percent of their basic needs this winter. He submitted the first report on American participation in UNRRA noting field operations have not yet begun and emergency needs are still met by military relief. USA pledged 1.35 billion dollars to UNRRA.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Zellmer Corn Test Plot Yields Lead in Cass County Contest
Zellmer & Son of Atlantic won the 10 acre Cass County Farm Bureau corn yield test with 143 bushels per acre on the 0.8 13 hybrid. John B. Olsen of Benton township was second with 122.4 bushels and 16.7 percent moisture. Clarence Pellett of Atlantic placed third at 117 bushels with 19.12 percent moisture. Claude Meladden finished fourth at 99.45 bushels with 16.38 percent moisture.
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Atlantic
Cass County Farm Bureau
O. J. Ravh
John B. Olsen
Benton Township
Clarence Pellett
Claude Meladden
Olsen
Birth of Karen Brown in Creston hospital
Grant Brown and his wife Mrs Donald Brown announce the birth of a daughter weighing seven pounds seven ounces. The baby Karen was born Friday morning at Grester Community Hospital in Creston, the couple's first daughter and second child.
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Elsie Matthews
Germany
Spruce Street
Karen Brown
Grant
Donald Brown
Grester Community Hospital
Creston
Karen
House approves higher World War I pension plan
The House sent to President Roosevelt a pension bill raising monthly payments to as much as 74 dollars for widows and orphans of World War I veterans. The chamber adopted Senate amendments increasing the previously paged sums.
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House Action
Roosevelt
Chamber
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