Church yard games mark conference Sunday schedule
School day begins at 10 a.m. with activities for children. Regular worship service is canceled due to conference Sunday, and games will proceed in the church yard afterward.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
6
School day begins at 10 a.m. with activities for children. Regular worship service is canceled due to conference Sunday, and games will proceed in the church yard afterward.
Estherville area reports two brothers from Terrilla die after a farm road crash four miles west of Estherville. Arthur Maas, 42, and Vernon Maas, 30, died from injuries. Francis Brandt, driver, is seriously hurt. Car struck loose gravel, overturned, found midday.
Congress is pressed to finish work as Democrats warn the compromise would derail the reciprocal trade program. President would need to explain tariff commission agreement within 30 days. Taft expects Senate action this week on a government pay raise plan including $400 for postal workers and $360 for civil service staff.
Veterans Service committee will demonstrate a Millikan portable iron lung tomorrow at 8 p m in the city hall auditorium. Chase Smith leads the event which may lead to a community portable iron lung purchase for Atlantic fire department use in emergencies such as polio drowning and suffocation. Public invited.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended cash cuts of about nine percent for the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent for the Veterans Administration. It urged halting GI bill hobby training and urged officials to face practical funding realities. Specific cuts: AEC cash to 501.85 million with 400 million contract authority. VA cash to 5.125 billion with 43 million contract authority. Office of Housing Expediter cash to 15.172 million. The panel said VA should not charge tuition for certain veteran vocational or recreational courses and noted costs around 200 million annually.
Seventy nine certificates for completion of the vacation Bible school were given out at Lewis Congregational Church. Sixty one attendees had perfect attendance and thirty six missed only one or two days. Religious plaques were awarded to Hobby show winner Bobby Jobe for handmade tractor and truck outfit.
A tornado near Henryville Clark County Indiana killed Gayle Mullins ten and injured four others including her parents Mrs. and Mr. Mullins. Mrs Emma Applegate 66 and Mrs George Smallwood were among the injured. The storm struck around 6 p m collapsing homes downing trees and destroying more than twenty structures in the 1600 resident town. Utilities were knocked out as Henryville suffered extensive rubble and damage.
Public safety advisory urges drivers to avoid speeding or passing on curves and hills to stay alive tomorrow. Officials emphasize cautious driving and staying within limits to prevent fatal accidents.
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