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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
4
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Citizens may purchase War Savings Stamps at The Atlantic News Telegraph store. Local staff promote postal savings drive and advise readers on payment methods and redemption terms.
Normandy residents marked the 2nd anniversary of the Allied invasion with quiet observances. In St Mere Eglise the 82nd Airborne was honored, while Bayeux Caen celebrated British and Canadian forces. Across villages, people prayed for liberators and remembered fallen soldiers buried in Normandy's nine American cemeteries.
Work starts on the greenhouse foundation for the Rose Hill avenue house. Mr and Mrs Charles Gipple will move a Homer Kirkham farm house from northwest of town to the site once the foundation is prepared. The property will be remodeled and modernized.
A roundup of small items includes visiting relatives from Los Angeles and Omaha, patrol staff vacations, a call for volunteers to sponsor Centennial windows, a drivers license renewal school, and several local movements. Moments cover travels, market quotes, a funeral attendance, a Sunset Amusement carnival, warm weather, a music award for Harriet Cook, and a $500 liquor transportation case near Stuart.
Harvey Peterson’s 1946 Plymouth on Linn street sustained about 120 dollars of damage when a truck driven by Don Smiley backed into it yesterday morning in front of the Peterson home. Sheriff Harry Jordan reported the incident.
Grinnell Iowa June 6 Eleven distinguished figures will receive honorary degrees at Grinnell College commencement next Monday. Recipients include Marshall Field III publisher. Jules Romains French novelist. Paul G Hoffman Studebaker president. Leonard E Hurtz Fairmont Creamery president. Jean Charlot painter. Norman Foerster former Iowa letters head. W Albert Noyes Jr Rochester chemistry chair. Ronald Bridges Pacific School of Religion president. John P Ryan Grinnell speech professor. Ralph H Lyman Pomona music professor. Col John H Talbott chief of army climatic research laboratory.
General Electric announced it will end the Hour of Charm program on September 1 after sponsoring it for 11 years. The company did not reveal a reason for the decision and did not indicate future plans for the program.
Those who desire extra copies of The Newse Telegraph should notify this office in advance so the supply will not be exhausted.
Clair Chenault’s Flying Tigers will perform near the ground in a 20-minute act featuring parachute jumps and clown flying. Sammy Mason, Maj. Art Davis, Capt. Jack Carter and other army airmen join in an aerial dog fight and sky writing. Paratrooper Bill Bushman showcases the break away and streamer break away stunts with precise harness timing. An army display includes the Norden Bomb Sight with a five officer and 24 enlisted crew explaining its use.
Mrs. Eleanor Boyd of Long Beach California was elected 1946 47 president of the American Gold Star Mothers at the convention in Philadelphia arriving on June 6. She lost two sons in World War II and attended the final session of the three day gathering.
Mr and Mrs Troy Rhody and daughter Janet reside with her parents in Wiota while awaiting housing in Atlanta where Rhody works as a county surveyor. Mrs Rhody and Janet had been in Des Moines until school closure. Also staying with Rust Connor family are Mrs Erwin Beschorner and children from Churdan as they seek a home in Churdan. Fred Nordman, a Wiota native and son of the late C G G Nordman, and relatives from Chicago visited Friday en route elsewhere.
Dexter visits the Carl Morgan home and has been staying at Stuart in the John Gingery home. Mrs. Gingery, Freds oldest sister, has been ill but is now improving.
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