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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
3
Montevideo reports that Argentine exiles reveal a renewed censorship under General Farrell. They warn elections would be engineered and say decrees claiming defense secrecy mask suppression. Jails hold about 3,000 political prisoners, most not Axis sympathizers.
London reports Soviet appointed Berlin mayor Arthur Werner warns 50 former Nazis will be shot for each attack on a Red Army member. Emil Boesch of the Red Cross says about 500000 displaced persons and 100000 Allied POWs linger near Berlin needing urgent aid as Russians strain to restore order. Boesch urges relief agencies be allowed to move freely across the occupation zone line.
Mary Helen Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Arnold received honors from Ottumwa Heights college on Monday evening She graduated in 1943 from the local high school and is affiliated with Phi Theta Kappa Tri Tau serving as president and member of the Women’s Athletic Association the Sodality of Our Lady and active in semi chorus glee club dramatics and piano
A safety message urges motorists to slow down in areas with children and be prepared to stop instantly if a child darts onto the road. The notice emphasizes vigilance, reduced speeds, and sudden stopping ability to prevent accidents.
Cedar Falls residents return home from visits while service members on leave are seen locally. Descriptions cover alumni banter corrections, mutual visits in Keokuk, acreage sale southwest of Sunnyside park, and local civic checks at the courthouse. War loan progress, exemptions for soldiers, and June tire quotas are also summarized with names and places.
Gen Sir Bernard Paget, commander in chief of the Middle East, reports that the British government has ordered intervention in Syria and Lebanon to prevent further bloodshed.
Lieutenant Leonard Thomas, former Sunnyside park pool guard, now with the 94th division in Düsseldorf, Germany, is named lifeguard and instructor for the division’s outdoor and indoor pools. He will run swimming meets to train entries for the Paris Allied Olympics. Mrs. Thomas, formerly Bonnie Meyer, resides in Virginia, Minnesota.
Miss Lillian Cordes of Napoleon Ohio will reign as Color Girl for June week at the United States Naval Academy. She will present the colors to the 18th Company of Midshipmen winner of the annual intercompany competition commanded by her fiancé Midshipman Lt Eldo H Knape of Defiance Ohio. Cordes, 21, employed in Toledo Ohio, plans to wed Knape in June.
Cpls Morris and Kenneth Steffen, sons of Griswold residents, receive postings and returns within U S forces with Morris headed to a Pacific base and Kenneth back with the Fifth Marine Division after Iwo Jima. An Angus cattle field day and breed demonstration near Atlantic showcases twelve imported heifers and a $60 prize judging contest ahead of the June 11 sale.
Three German prisoners of war working at the Pillsbury feed mills in Clinton escaped around 10 30 p m last night and were recaptured by 2 a m at Camanche five miles away. They wore PW clothing and were seized by Lt Stephen Cope, camp commander, and Capt Herman Thomsen of the Clinton police. The escapees were identified as Johan Schulik 21 Johan Mausner 19 and Wilhelm Menge.
Daily Rock Island timetable lists eastbound and westbound passenger trains with specific numbers and times. Notable notes show trains 8 and 14 do not stop between Atlantic and West Des Moines, while local and flyer services run at various morning and evening slots. Audubon Branch lists arrivals and departures at Atlantic with trains 1019 and 1018.
Ruthven natives Ruthven EM 1 c Harold Nelson and Ralph Devore are reported killed aboard the same ship in the Pacific. The loss comes amid ongoing naval operations in the theater.
The note recounts how Samuel Clemens used the Mark Twain pen name in a Virginia City Enterprise piece on February 3, 1863. It explains the pseudonym originated with Isaiah Sellers, a Mississippi River pilot whose line marks two fathoms. Clemens later parodied Sellers in New Orleans and adopted the name.
The xylophone first gained prominence as a concert instrument in 1876, marking its transition into formal orchestral use and public performance.
In San Francisco on June 2, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko handed a note to Secretary Stettinius and other UN delegates rejecting any relaxation of veto rights. The draft preamble and Chapter I outline aims to maintain international peace, limit force to UN principles, and promote peaceful dispute settlement among nations.
A document outlines aims to promote international social and economic solutions and respect for human rights. It seeks to provide a center for harmonizing nations’ actions toward these ends.
Mrs Anna Neary visits Atlantic relatives while Mr and Mrs Don Buboltz and family of Omaha and the By ron Hazen family of Villisca were guests in Roy Hansen and Viola Pond homes. Loretta DeVine returns from Bremerton Washington to visit kin. Charlies Anstey Sr Jr Nell Anstey and Carl Arnold attend Ottumwa Heights College graduation. Geraldine Anstey and Mary Helen Arnold graduate.
Dr R D McEvoy 75 a dentist at Missouri Valley and brother of John McEvoy died Sunday at Missouri Valley funeral services were held at the Catholic church there. Survivors include his wife two children Dorothy a teacher in LaCrosse Wis and St Leonard McEvoy in Europe six brothers.
Annual meeting of Cass County Chapter of the Red Cross set for 8 p m Friday June 15 at Red Cross rooms in Farm Credit building. All members invited. D A Taylor chairman Cass County Chapter 242
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