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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
5
The report notes an association event in Kansas City with a division point, a notable win by a team named Brews over an opponent with a nine point margin. Details are fragmentary but indicate a close, competitive matchup and a decisive final stretch.
Mrs Elsie Pratt Claiborn a former Atlantic resident died in Decaturville Missouri on Thursday night funeral services are set for Monday at 2 PM at Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home with Rev L D Thomas officiating Interment will be in Atlantic cemetery The body arrives in Atlantic tomorrow evening and will lie in state at the funeral home until the service time
Des Moines reports swelling populations of the 17 year cicadas expected to cover about 30 percent of Iowa this summer. Dr. Carl D. Drake warns a four to six week visit with injections and insecticide tests planned by D. E. Hardy. The male cicada sings while the female damages branches by laying eggs.
Arthur F. Walker of Los Angeles received five years in Ft. Madison state prison after pleading guilty to an embezzlement charge linked to a cross country trip in a car owned by an army lieutenant. Walker, absent without leave from Ft. Jackson, claimed the car was taken with consent and used to head toward Los Angeles. George Dill of Lewis was fined $300 and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, with license revoked for 60 days.
City council to hold June meeting at city hall Tuesday evening. Residents and visitors from Newton Winterset Grand Rapids and Denver area mentioned. Election returns to be taken at 8 30 to 11 30 Monday night via phone numbers 98 424 or 138. Several residents fined for traffic and travel notes cover families from Atlantic to Tulsa Grinnell Greenfield and Canada. Four Atlantic high school youths to attend Iowa American Legion Boys State at Camp Dodge.
Marriage licenses were issued this morning to Warren G. McClelland and Jeane Dorsey Kennedy by Clerk of Court C. M. Skipton. Earlier yesterday licenses went to Thomas G. Johnson and Shirley King, Kenneth W. Jorgensen and Mary Ann Kelly, John F. Watson and Otellia L. Petersen, all from Atlantic, Anita, or Independence. A mass of cold air entered from the Hudson bay region, bringing 60 here at noon, a low of 37 in Decorah, and a forecast of fair, slightly warmer weather Sunday.
Council Bluffs Iowa June 1 Mrs Sarah J White 78 charged with attempting to produce an abortion was bound over to the Pottawattamie county grand jury after a married witness testified White performed an operation that caused an abortion. The witness identified only as R C said she paid $75 for the work. The grand jury will reconvene in September.
The agriculture department warns of a tighter meat situation next year with supplies potentially down as much as a billion pounds from 1946 levels. Shortages of feed and grains and higher livestock feed prices drive the drop amid reports of black market rings outbidding large packers despite government crackdowns.
Mr and Mrs Ben McLuen 809 Hazel street welcome a daughter born last midnight at an Omaha hospital. The couple already has two sons.
Mr and Mrs A L Skow announce the birth of a son to their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Jer ald Skow in Janesville Ohio on May 27. This is their first child.
Salt Lake City reports editor Pretty Jean Ward promised to eat her hat if the University of Utah yearbook failed to roll off by May 28. She fulfilled the wager yesterday, with a straw garnished hat portion eaten by Student Marilyn Merrell while officials blamed a paper shortage.
Elk Horn residents Anna and Clara Fredericksen, two local telephone operators, become the first tenants in the company apartments, moving in Tuesday. Two more units will open soon, with a possible fourth awaiting company decision. The Fredericksen family has lived at the Nels Larsen home for 114 years. Mr and Mrs Dean Hilborn of Persia visited Wednesday and rented a unit. Hilborn will coach at the local high school next year after a week‑old marriage.
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