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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
2
An unclear notice reports Rice resigning from an agent role with a boys club. The fragmentary text mentions Audbon, Cros, and a local rat council, with garbled phrases about leadership and placement.
In Cornel Bluffs Iowa five county offices will be filled via convention after light ballot totals. Republican battles include state senator recorder and supervisor for 1941 terms with candidates like DeVere Watson Helen Jepson and Mervyn Knott. Democrats nominate for sheriff and supervisor. Others finish totals across numerous races and await convention decisions.
Sixty seven students enrolled this week in local vacation schools with 47 in Danish classes and 20 in English Bible classes. English lessons are at the evchool and the Danish school meets in the church basement.
Sheriff FP P Edwards Deputy Carl Henderson County Attorney Roscoe Jones and F W Wiese leave by auto for Missoula to fetch Joe White who escaped from Cass county jail twice and is to be brought back to face car theft and jail breaking charges. They carry leg irons and handcuffs for the return trip.
Washington reports say Assistant Secretary of State Adolph A. Berle has resigned from the National Lawyers Guild accusing its leadership of failing to oppose the communist party line. Other officials including Thomas G. Corcoran may follow, while Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Nathan Margold resigned last week over the guilds foreign policy resolutions.
Walnut Iowa special reports a string of family visits and homecomings. Francis Drake and family returned from Denver with Mrs. Overseth and Mrs. Fraser accompanying. Earl Cadock Jr. resumes studies at Iowa University. Vernon Hulin and daughters spent Sunday at Fort Dodge. Leonard Rossmann of Perry visited the Petersen home. George Perry of Kimball Nebraska visited C W Larson. Everett and Orville Reimer of Detroit left after a weekend with their parents. Geneva Reimer mentioned among the siblings.
Dr J F Humphrey argues chiropractic adjustments can aid weak vision in children, comparing glasses to crutches. He notes not all cases respond and emphasizes education and early diagnosis, while urging parental awareness of chiropractic care as a potential solution for underlying eye power.
Reimer and Miss Mary Thompson of Avoca planned trips to Detroit and Chicago before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson of Detroit visited relatives in Avoca. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Broderason and daughter Dorothy of Spencer, Nebraska, spent Memorial Day with kin. H J Fitzgeralds left for Davenport to visit friends and relatives. George Rosamann returned to Kansas City after a holiday weekend at home. Learn to expect the unexpected. Drive with care.
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