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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
5
Dolores Del Rio the film actress was granted a divorce from Jaime Del Rio at Nogales Sonora per reports. Also noted were brief items on a Japanese premier’s narrow escape, a manslaughter plea, a marathon ballroom dance record and other assorted dispatches from several U S and international locales.
Heavy rain and hail swept Cumberland and surrounding regions, with lightning striking Exira’s Dull Spoo home and causing two fires. Hailstones near Adair reached baseball size, towns like Olin and Atkins faced wind damage, and Cedar Rapids reported widespread street flooding and power outages.
Flora Emigh Frazier 40, wife of Ralph B. Frazier, euthanized by gas in her kitchen at 2227 West Broadway Council Bluffs. Found by husband about 6:50 p.m. after neighbor saw her on the porch around 3 p.m. She had suffered poor health for two years and was unable to do housework. Sister of Atlantic Postmaster A A Emigh, she leaves a daughter Geraldine and husband. Panora: arr a ye announced.
A Des Moines municipal court dismisses charges against L A Andrew state banker for soliciting campaign funds, citing lack of venue as the reason. The action may be revived in Ottumwa district court if evidence supports it. The complaint, by Ed Hochreiter, claims violations of state law and oppression in office.
Cedar Rapids June 8 The Iowa Civil War veterans at the Grand Army of the Republic campment condemn any move to unite the Blue and Gray groups. The resolutions note wounds from 1861 to 1865 have not healed and regret a tendency to forget sacrifices defending the union. Women’s auxiliaries share the stance.
Ansel Herriott a 35 year old farmer four miles northwest of Casey was instantly killed yesterday around 3 pm by a lightning strike while cutting weeds. His widow and his father and mother Mrs. D. E. Herriott of near Casey survive. Funeral plans have not been made. In Hancock a boy nearly electrocuted, Herman Vierck nine, was shocked grabbing a fence netting and revived after carful resuscitation efforts.
Des Moines June 8 the sixty-ninth annual Augustana Lutheran synod convened with debate over retirement for aged ministers. Dr John Telleen 82 of St Paul Minn the oldest clergyman urged fellow superannuated ministers to be spared from compulsory retirement while expressing surprise at the current demand to retire.
Chicago observers report 7000 Pullman maids and porters did not walk out today. Officials cited two questions affecting the cancellation of the walkout order, including a 100 word telegram from William Green, president of the African Federation of Labor, as part of the discussion.
Peking reports that retreating Mukden troops fired on an American delegation including Capt. J. P. Matay assistant military attache. An automobile carrying the British flag was fired upon but no casualties occurred and Matay continued to Peking. The city is isolated with gates closed and communication cut. rail travel halted and only radio remains open as foreign communities brace for a new regime.
W. W. Don Carlos Jr announces Cass County Fair will run September 3 to 7, 1928 with Isler Greater Shows as carnival company. The setup includes twenty cars, 500 workers, fourteen high class shows and thirty concessions. Harness Bill's entertainers are booked for two nights September 5 and 6. The event is billed as one of the fair’s best in Cass County history.
In Des Moines on June 1, Southern Surety, once Iowa based and among the Midwest’s oldest, announced its status change to a New York state corporation led by president C S Cobb. The alliance with Missouri State Life Insurance was also disclosed, with initial figures suggesting a combined policy base and assets near 11 million dollars.
Wireless messages from General Umberto Nobile claimed the Italia crashed on a mountain with several crew injured and no shelter found. The Hobby ship and ice floe searches near Spitzbergen probe for further signals as doubts rise about the origin of the messages. A second teaching school for Continental Can company workers will open at the Atlantic Canning plant later this month.
Kansas City June 8 A farm revolt to force a McNary-Haugen farm relief plank into the Republican platform gathers steam with an announced 100000-strong farmer march. Hoover managers call it a defeatist bid, while farm leaders and backers such as Nicholas Murray Butler and Ruth Hanna McCormick urge acceptance. the drive centers on resolutions by Smoot and Farm Bureau leaders, with farmer caravans and trains expected to converge on Kansas City for the convention.
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