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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1950
Page
5
A fair afternoon through Sunday gives cooler nights in the east and south central areas with light frost likely in the far north. Northerly winds around 15 mph this afternoon and variable 10 mph Sunday. Increasing clouds bring a warmer spell on Monday.
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce sponsored an all day forage seed conference at Atlantic High School drawing about 400 farmers from southwest Iowa southeast Nebraska and northwest Missouri. Dr W M Myers urged more use of legumes noting imports of alfalfa seed and urging doubled production alongside red clover and other forages. Dr J H Lilly stressed protecting honeybees in spraying to avoid pollination losses. Dr W E Danham showed pollination can massively boost seed yields with bee presence. The event highlighted the role of pollination in seed production and farmers took notes throughout.
A Tokyo protest by communists and a general strike failed to ignite. Eight Japanese convicted for assaulting American soldiers after red demonstrations. Police barred outdoor rallies, with unions mainly indoors and a turnout around 5,000 for a brief meeting.
United States senators pressed the state and defense departments for a detailed accounting of security achieved with existing European rearmament and a breakdown of how the proposed 1 222 500 000 dollars in new arms aid will be spent. Senator H Alexander Smith and Senator Knowland demanded a tabulation of fortifications built by European countries and a line by line plan for the new outlay.
Ke wona Observer in Kewanna Indiana posts that the office will be closed June 1 2 and 3 due to good fishing. The door remains open with paper and pencil for patrons to leave news items ads or request estimates on job work.
Three-year-old James Hansel son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Hansel drowned Friday after falling into a milk cooling tank at the family farm home near Clinton.
Albert J. Blakely 20 of Beatrice Nebraska died in a head-on crash on highway 6 east of Council Bluffs. James Erkrosh 40 of Des Moines and H W Griffith 1 Rt McClelland Indiana intervened to dampen the flames as a Greyhound driver aided. Eckrosh faced an improper passing charge with a $100 bond set for an inquest. Blakely was a Nebraska University engineering student who had left Lincoln for Memorial Day races and was set to return for finals. his death follows the passing of his father six weeks earlier, with his mother and sister surviving.
Florence Duke of College Park Maryland graduates from the University of Maryland College of Education with honors. The 51 year old mother of eight edited the campus French paper and was elected to Phi Alpha Theta and Phi Kappa Phi honors societies.
U S federal Judge John C Knox rules to preserve ALCOA structure for now while giving five more years to pursue antitrust relief He orders a divorce between ALCOA and Aluminum Ltd of Canada and urges stockholders to divest either side The ruling notes ALCOA's leadership has declined but aims to sharpen competition with a cross border firm active in England Canada Switzerland and six other nations
Heavy lava flows from Mauna Loa move at up to 40 mph toward the ocean as 60 to 80 families flee Kealakekua Hawaii. Volcanologist Ray H. Finch calls it the most violent eruption in record for early lava volume, with multiple streams reaching the sea and others heading toward Kau.
In Oelwein a family of five survived gas fumes after a two year old girl Linda Haught cried out awakening her mother. Mrs. Haught, her mother Mrs. Florence Stephens and the parents and three children were found unconscious and moved to the open air. A gas main section apparently loosened by street crews near the home caused the leak.
The religious summer program at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church begins Monday and runs through June 18 when a class will receive its first Communion. Sisters Mary Lambertinee Mary Sarita and Leona Mary from Ottumwa Heights lead the school.
About 450 Wetumka residents gathered downtown to watch a rumored human fly stunt on a hotel wall only to learn they were 21 years late the feat occurred in 1929. The crowd demanded an explanation from Howard Hicks Weekly Gazette editor. The error stemmed from a makeup mistake misplacing a clipped column.
Senator McCarthy launched a lengthy attack on President Truman from the Senate floor accusing him of defending communist interests. He charged lack of full disclosure of government files on individuals he has named as pro communist. He read a 4000 word speech into the congressional record and signaled continued charges despite criticism from Sen Smith and six other Republicans. Francis Biddle praised the dispute as restoring high level national debate. McCarthy said releasing witnesses and information to the foreign relations subcommittee was a waste of time.
Torrential rainfall totaling more than 13 inches drenched Galveston Texas in less than nine hours. The city of about 80 000 was waterbound as sewers failed and all buses and private cars were halted. The 1900 hurricane toll looms in memory but no lives were reported lost. The only transport was the Santa Fe Texas Chief on the elevated causeway.
Former Boston mayor James M. Curley arrived from Europe and announced his plan to run again for Boston's chief executive next year. The 45 year old said he is at least 25 years younger than when he left for the trip. Curley had been pardoned by President Truman for a mail fraud conviction after serving five months of a six to 18 month sentence.
Britain and four other countries sign a joint communique backing a Schuman plan to pool coal and steel under a new high authority to promote European peace and economic progress. France and Germany, long foes, join in the effort with Britain seen as key broker. June 15 set for opening negotiations on details and authority.
A 10 week branch summer school sponsored by Iowa State Teachers College opens Monday in Denison. About 925 students attend with Dr Davyl Pendergraft heading a seven member faculty from the college. Housing is arranged by the Denison chamber of commerce. others will commute.
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