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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1950
Page
4
A brief message thanks friends for flowers letters cares gifts and calls during Mrs Kuehl s recent illness expressing gratitude and well wishes from Walter Kuehl spouse.
Anita Mrs. Carsten Henneberg died at 11 a.m. today at her home north of Anita after a four week illness from a stroke. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Five passengers perished as flames engulfed three coaches of the Birmingham Glasgow express near Reattack Scotland. Several others were injured when the Midland Scot was halted near the village sixty miles southeast of Glasgow. Passengers ran through smoke and leapt to safety as the train slowed.
Mr and Dr Harold Peterson of Anita are parents of a son born at 7 05 this morning at Atlantic Memorial hospital weighing pounds 4% ounces.
About 400 high grade dairy heifers from Wisconsin were shipped to Cass Pottawattamie Montgomery and Mills counties in Iowa by the Farmers Home Administration. The move aims to boost dairy herd quality with Holsteins Guernseys and Brown Swiss, mostly Holsteins, benefiting both FHA loan recipients and non borrowers.
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Harry Gold Philadelphia chemist and two unidentified parties on charges of spying on atomic secrets for the United States. The indictment lists John Doe alias Joan and Richard Doe alias Sam as unnamed co defendants with unknown true names to jurors. Gold was arrested in Philadelphia May 23 and the case ties to Klaus Fuchs as the source of the secrets. The document also mentions a John Doe described as a Russian agent involved in the wartime data traffic and introduces Richard Roe alias Sar with no clear identity.
Funeral services for Loyal Dean Anderson an 18 year old who drowned Wednesday evening in a pond on the Ted Cooley farm will be held at 1 30 p m Sunday at the Christian church Burial will be in the Anita Evergreen cemetery
Visiting Sifer George Balcom of Spokane arrived last evening to spend days with his sister Mrs Findley Foster who is seriously ill at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Co sponsor the Atlantic Elk club and American Legion send Howard Christensen and Steiner Silenre to Boys State camp at Camp Dodge this week. Mrs Robert E Driscoll and son Robert of Rapid City went to Council Bluffs to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs James G Whitney. Florence E Hanson awarded default divorce from William M Hanson by Judge R Kent Martin and given possession of household goods. Dr and Mrs K L Hammer and Dr W A Hammer attend Monticello college commencement in Alton Illinois for daughter Janice Hammer. Mrs E P Chase and Mrs Allan Jones leave for Washington DC visiting relatives along the way. E H Krohn in Iowa City for University of Iowa commencement where Mr and Mrs C R S Anderson graduate. Lt Donald K Russell and family visit relatives before transfer to Fort Worden. Mrs H M Boorman attends 11th annual Congregational Christian conference of Jews at Grinnell. Mrs June Wolff and family visit Frank Boggs then Diff Larson family stay with Boggs. Lola Anderson seeks divorce from August J Anderson with petition for car and property. Atlantic utilities installs 25 000 lumen mercury vapor light in parking area north of Cardin hotel. John Blakely cashed six head of steers at $28.50 in Omaha. hogs brought $20.60. Calvin Freouf fined for heavy load in Scottsbluff.
Mixed local notices list axle overload and over length fines for Walter Dalrymple and Harlan Goff, a Go to Church Sunday plan by Cass county groups, and several Iowa State College graduation and commencement attendees from Atlantic. Also included are legal actions by E J McDermott for a lien foreclosure and traffic fines for Skurvington Razor and others. Andrews and Ostrus families are noted in Des Moines and Wicta.
Engineering and Robert E. Jones received a bachelor of science in forestry at commencement exercises at Iowa State College today. Becker is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Becker of Atlantic. Stone, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Stone of 1302 Chestnut Street, will join the state highway commission in Ames. Jones, son of Mr and Mrs William Jones of 307 Oak Street, is employed with the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois at Joliet. Weather notes report light rain last night with heavy local showers across the territory. rainfall totals range up to 3.32 inches at Zearing and 2.48 inches at Ames. Clear skies and high 70s are forecast for tomorrow, followed by warmer Sunday near 80. Five day outlook calls for normal highs around 82 and lows near 60, with cooler Monday and Tuesday and showers. Yesterday’s Iowa high reached 87 at Sioux City, Davenport, and Iowa City. local high was 78, with a 61 low and 74 at noon today.
Pontias Michigan report says Thelma Clark 39, a divorced Pontiac golf champion, was killed in an early morning rifle ambush in front of her home. Her mother and a male escort were wounded. police seek Liegd Gesch 50, described as the ex-suitor of the prominent sportwoman.
Cora Wickland aged 12 died at a Des Moines hospital from severe nasal hemorrhages after being admitted three days earlier. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Laws Wickland of Guthrie Center.
Advise to take it easy on the road and allow extra travel time. Warns against speeding to avoid failing to reach the destination. Emphasizes patient driving and cautious pace to ensure a safe, punctual trip.
Billy Weatherly the 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs William Weatherly fell from a window at their Davenport home Thursday. He briefly struck a porch roof and tumbled about sixteen feet to the ground but was uninjured.
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