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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
5
Latest By Wire reports that the First State Bank has been organized in Rockford to replace the recently closed Rockford State Bank. The item also notes other brief updates from Iowa and beyond, including a lightning fatality in Algona and political appointments in Mount Pleasant.
The heat wave grips the nation, with temperatures near 100 in the east and record highs in Ohio and New England. Deaths total in the dozens from the scorching weather as several cities report prostrations and illness. Cooler relief appears distant, and relief efforts by authorities are noted from Buffalo to Denver.
Gibbons and Tunney, heavyweights, weighed in at the boxing commission office this afternoon in New York. Gibbons weighed 178 pounds and Tunney 181 pounds, with Gibbons listed at 6 feet 6 six and a half inches and Tunney at 6 feet 4 and a half inches. The fighters exchanged cordial greetings for photographers.
The hit of the season drew a full house as Lions club staged Bunny Follies of 1925 at the city hall last evening. The program featured comic strip parodies including Bringing Up Father and Toonerville Trolley with music by Griswold and local high school bands, plus The Feast of Little Lanterns directed by J. A. Saly.
Norwegian Fram and Hobby start a polar search along ice edges for traces of the missing Amundsen party. An aerial expedition with two monoplanes departs from Horten, Norway, tomorrow for Spitzbergen to aid the hunt.
Mason City Iowa hosts the biennial G. A. R. convention with auxiliary organizations present. Veterans, Sons of Veterans, and Ladies of the G. A. R. participate as scheduled from June 8 to 11.
Neola Ia June 5. American Red Club representatives from Council Bluffs arrive to aid storm relief after Tuesday tornadoes left one dead and $1,000,000 in damage. About 200 homeless on forty farms, with barns and houses wrecked, will receive assistance as volunteers from Atlantic and nearby towns join to clear debris and bury carcasses Sunday.
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa Adjutant General Louis G. Lusher ordered summer camp assignments for Iowa National Guard units. Encampments listed include 67th Infantry Brigade, 168th Ambulance Company, 113th Cavalry, 199th and 168th Infantry at Camp Dodge August 2 to 20, with staff officers and other units at Ft. Snelling in September and Camp Knox in August.
National League results show Chicago beating Brooklyn 4 0 in the second inning and Boston leading Cincinnati 6 8 in the eighth. Pitter faced Pash in the 6th 246th inning cited.
Gladys Allison, a Griswold teacher, and Leon L. Lake of White Sulphur SpringsMont. were married yesterday at 2 PM in the Griswold M Church. The bride, a Griswold High School graduate of 1909, was heard on WOAW Omaha and later courted by Lake after a radio introduction.
Ollie McKeever, 43, a farmer southeast of Winterset, reportedly hanged himself in his barn today citing poor health. He leaves a wife and five children.
Boston June 5 The ailing Secretary of War John W Weeks is believed on the road to recovery according to a physician issued bulletin. The message notes the best night since his admission and reflects cautious optimism for his condition.
Shanghai on June 3 reports town hall serving as a food supply depot amid strikes aimed at foreigners. 2,000 bags of flour moved from the wharves to the hall as tensions rise in the French concession with shop shutters down in a show of protest.
A number of locals witnessed heroism by the Dan Desdunes band at Ak Sar Hen race course Omaha on opening day. During a severe storm the band kept playing to avert a panic and potential injuries. Major General Duncan praised the band for their restraint and service.
London reports a second attempt to kill King Alfonso of Spain was foiled by police. A 160pound explosive and a plot plan to blow up the king's train near Garraf were found in Barcelona. Four priests were arrested and fourteen students linked to Catalan extremists were detained. One secret policeman was killed and four injured in a collision involving the king’s advance guard.
Berlin reports the council of ambassadors notes demanding dismantling of the Krupp plant that supplied German forces and restricting Deutsche Werke, limiting the Reichswehr commander General von Seeckt to ministerial control under Defense. The note was returned today with call for curtailing his power and tighter civilian oversight.
Sam Morgan, longtime Pullman Hotel proprietor, returns to manage the First and Walnut street inn after months in Oklahoma with an advertising firm. He and his wife arrived from Oklahoma City and resumed ownership, promising the Pullman’s traditional popularity. Brewery supply magnate William Diehl dies in Los Angeles at 68.
The forecast calls for mostly fair and continued warm weather through tonight and Saturday with a chance of thunderstorms in some areas. Respective regions may see unsettled conditions and brief showers, but overall dry and warm trends persist.
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