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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1945
Page
5
Lottery of short notices from Des Moines Waterloo Ottumwa and Philadelphia report on union merger plans heart attack death and accident at a grain facility plus academic honors and staff appointments including Dr Theodore Williams and Dr Frank Luther Mott.
Des Moines reports Iowa enters the fourth week of the seventh war bond drive with sales about 000,000 behind schedule. E bond sales statewide reach 52.6 percent of the 82 million quota, and 67 counties fall below the state average. Leaders urge World War I veterans to boost purchases to meet targets.
In Richmond California on June 5 AP reports 18 month old Kenneth Hammels tossed a purse containing $900 cash and family ration books from a car window onto a busy street. His parents Mrs Julie Hernels 20 sought police help to retrieve the items.
San Francisco report says Secretary Stettinius leans toward a strong U S position to force discussion on veto rights in the world security council. Moscow awaits overnight developments as the stakes involve big powers versus small nations and the U N’s enforcement powers.
Iowa forecasts show mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with no clear temperature change. Occasional light showers are expected in the south and west portions tonight and across the entire state on Wednesday.
Delbert L. Kullbom promoted to yeoman first class effective June 1. Mrs. Kullbom of 908 Olive Street reports the promotion. He is stationed at Farragut, Idaho.
Washington reports on the Bretton Woods agreements with GOP leaders forecasting swift approval while a bloc led by Sumner Smith and Buffet prepares opposition. The plan envisions a 9.1 billion World Bank and an 8.6 billion stabilisation fund amid postwar economic cooperation debates.
Des Moines reports the resignation of Jerry Sutton of Atlantic as superintendent of the state highway patrol radio system. The move takes effect June 30 after three years in charge. Sutton plans to enter private industry and a successor has not been named by Public Safety Commissioner R. B. Laird.
Lewia and Mrs J C Porter were notified their son Harry Porter aviation radioman third class is missing after a May 8 plane crash in the Pacific. He is the youngest of eight with three brothers and a sister in service. He graduated from Lewie Consolidated in 1942 and joined the Navy the following year.
Des Moines June 5 AP Gov Robert D Blue announced the appointment of 16 men to his military staff headed by Lt Gen Matthew A Tinley Council Bluffs and Lt Gen Lloyd D Ross of Des Moines Other honored posts include Brig Gen Guy E Logen Des Moines Col John R Gardner Lisbon and lieutenant colonels Arthur S Buckner Cedar Rapids John M Godgel Shenandoah Cyrus Loudon Des Moines Thomas J McCabe Mt Pleasant Patrick N McDermott Atlantic Hugh Saggan Denison Frank Miles Des Moines George Saul Des Moines J H Milroy Vinton Roland A Cook Des Moines and Lee E Wilson H W Barnes Eagle Grove
Pymosa lodge 271 A F and A M will mark its seventy fifth anniversary with an 8 pm tiled meeting led by Rev. Fred Codd of Davenport. A social hour and smoker follow. The lodge traces to Lewis lodge 187 and began under dispensation Oct 27 1869 with William Waddell as worshipful master.
Six Republican members of the Senate Banking committee urged amendments to extend price controls past June 30. They seek guarantees for producers and processors, proposing ceilings tied to costs plus margins or profits, while supporting ongoing price controls during conversion. A minority report backed these amendments but favored continuing price controls for the interim period.
United States commissioner Mason City bound Joseph Raymond Cullotta and Frank Lotta of Chicago over to a federal grand jury after a hearing. They face a complaint by Raphael Dvorak, an Office of Price Administration investigator in Des Moines, accusing illegal possession of gasoline coupons in CPA violation. Bonds were set at $5,000.
Eight B‑29 Superfortresses hit Kobe amid dense fog and snowless conditions as the 20th Air Force targeted eastern Kobe industrials. Incendiaries scorched about seven square miles, including rail hubs, Kobe steel works, shipyards and docks, with 40 Japanese fighters opposing and eight bombers missing.
Pvt. Howard Mickelsen, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Antone Mickelsen of Maine, died yesterday at Camp Robinson regional hospital Arkansas after spinal meningitis and pneumonia complications. He was born July 1 1924 at Rorbeck and served since April 20. Survived by parents two brothers Lawrence and Emory. No funeral arrangements yet.
Patrolmen Art Seivert and Ralph Miller of the district office attend the southwest Iowa law enforcement school conducted by the FBI in Council Bluffs today.
Prime Minister Churchill disputed Gen. De Gaulle’s claim that Britain stirred trouble in Syria and said Britain would withdraw troops once a France Levant treaty is in place. He defended British restraint and urged a three powers negotiation with the United States and France.
Des Moines nurse Mrs. Fred Harmon formerly of Atlantic returned home after an annual Memorial day visit to Atlantic and Avoca. She was a guest of her niece Mia Merritt Bailey and family.
Amid heavy fighting Marines pressed to capture the final Japanese held airstrip in Okinawa. Allied forces reported gains as troops fought to secure the runway and surrounding facilities amid ongoing assaults and casualties.
The navy said the destroyers Lace and Morrison were sunk off Okinawa. Surviving officers include Commons Waterhouse of the Lace and Hansen of the Morrison, with Lt Tom Hepley noted among veterans since 1943 who commanded the Lace in the Aleutians from May 8, 1944.
Japanese Domei warned logs of the island would draw more air attacks as Maj. Gen. Lemuel Shepherd’s Fourth Marines broke from an 1800 yard beachhead toward Naha airfield. Adm. Nimitz noted bridges to Oneyama and reinforcements moving in as Del Valle’s 1st Marine Division seized Kochinda heights and Tomusa town. The Seventh Division shattered the coast with a 5000 yard breakout toward Meka and Gusidhan, while pockets of Japanese resistance remained near Chinen peninsula.
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