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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
3
At the city council meeting Jess Woods was appointed councilman to succeed the late C. B. Halboat. Mrs. Ell Coye and Mrs. Date Chaey were named library trustees. The item includes a safety reminder that pedestrians have the right of way and drivers should slow down to observe pedestrians.
Atlantic Wholesale Grocery defeats Firemen 18 to 17 in a nine inning softball thriller at Sunnyside Park. Don Smiley snagged a key fly ball to end the ninth as the Firemen rallied from an 6 run deficit. Carl Petersen homered for the Wholesalers as Don Graham and Al vie Graham faced Sutton and Taylor.
Slammin Sam Snead shoots 67 to grab a three stroke edge over Ben Hogan and Al Huske at Canterbury Golf Club as Eddie Kirk takes early leadership in the national open field. Kirk posts 33 on front nine to lead by two over Paul Bunyan and Johnny Revolta after nine holes.
The American League standings show Boston 24 14 632 leading, followed by Cleveland 26 17 605 and Detroit 23 17 75. Wednesday results: New York 7 Chicago 5, St. Louis 4 Boston 3, Washington 6 Cleveland 1, Detroit 9 Philadelphia 1. Upcoming games include Chicago at New York and St. Louis at Boston.
Johnny Paychek Des Moines light heavyweight collapse continues as Altus Allen Chicago amateur rises to stop Paychek in the 10th round at the Coliseum. Allen dominates with a sharp right cross to finish at 1 47 of the final round after Paychek twice endure nine counts. Crowd 3,370 paid $4,882 for the Chicago show.
Western Iowa was honored at Ak-Sar-Ben races in Omaha today. The Missouri Valley purse led seven races, with races named for Atlantic Onawa Logan Harlan Denison and Dunlap.
Detroit reports Billy Conn the Pittsburgh Irishman will seek a move to the heavyweight ranks after defending his light heavyweight crown against Gus Lesnevich at Olympia Stadium. Conn outpointed Lesnevich and indicated he would not defend the 175 pound title again due to the difficulty of making the weight.
Bill Kelso of Atlantic led Iowa freshmen with five points in the Big Ten postal meet. He took third in the two mile at 9 52.8 and fourth in the mile at 4 32.1, as Iowa finished second behind Ohio State. Wilt of Indiana won both races. The final standings had Ohio State first, Iowa second, Indiana third, Wisconsin fourth, Purdue fifth and Chicago sixth.
Baseball notes highlight Heroes and Goats with Harris Dellessen and Lee Bagby as players of the day. Michigan announces a 45 member football tour by air to California with three charter planes leaving Sept 25 for San Francisco. Betty Jane Huffstodt, Simpson graduate, to teach in Truro Iowa, after recent recitals and graduation.
Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes favors the New York Yankees in the American league pennant race. He notes the Yanks’ poise, then cites recent games including a 7 5 Sox loss, Red Sox defeat in 14 innings, and other AL and NL results highlighting key players and teams.
International News Service notes Selkirk Yankees Silvestri White Sox Berger Phillies Bloodworth Senators Mize Cardinals Foxx Red Sox Trosky Indians lead in national standings with 13 to 14.
Clinton Iowa school board announced the engagement of Roger Bowen as senior high school football and basketball coach. Bowen has served as assistant coach at Mason City High School for the past two years.
Those who desire extra copies of The News Telegraph should notify the office in advance so that the supply will not be exhausted.
Parochial schools in Elk Horn and nearby churches will run classes for two weeks. Teachers include Leonard Nidersen Audubon Louise Christensen Lorine Mortensen Mrs Anders Hansen and Allan Hanser. Several hundred attended the closing meeting at the Lutheran church with speakers Rev M G Christersen Cedar Falls and Rev Erhardt Nielsen Jacksonville.
A purse belonging to Ruby Peacock was stolen from a car during a Sunday picnic at Spring Lake State Park Guthrie Center. The bag contained several dollars.
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