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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1940
Page
2
Readable fragments show Kise Fren receiving a graduation reward and Kimbilliitav holding the rank of second lieutenant. The text mentions Raltanore and a lieutenant’s status. Further details are unclear in the fragment.
Helen Mosier, an air hostess, is selected by Transcontinental & Western to represent the airline at the Birmingham Alabama air carnival contest for the title of Miss American.
About 600 Americans aboard the Roosevelt arrived in New York among 733 passengers, many escaping Europe as the Nazi advance pressed toward Paris. Passengers ranged from Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt to a Brooklyn man returning from Ireland, with film figures like 20th Century Fox’s Robert Kane and MGM’s Ben Goetz also aboard. One arrest warrant surfaced as Harold Welch was taken off by marshals on income tax charges. The Manhattan liner later docked with nearly 2,000 refugees aboard, signaling a crowded return to New York.
The report outlines a plan by state college purchasing agents to standardize buying across five institutions. It proposes curriculum changes at the school for the blind including a four year high school track, a three year industrial course for hands on aptitudes, and a one year extension for musically gifted students.
Mrs. R. H. Hillhouse visits Dallas Texas with her father William Neeley as Miss Jean Turner and Ardeth Turner visit relatives in Nebraska. Warren Woodward and two children visit Elliott. Marjorie and Agnes Bishop visit from Pasadena while Mrs Ida Hubbard plans to move to Vallejo California.
Des Moines based report details the unemployment compensation commission which administers the law, oversees claims, and acts as final court of appeals. It describes duties, divisions, authority, funding, and staff including 247 employees and a $27,004.72 monthly payroll.
Funeral services for S. E. Smith were held at Grant Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. A Breeling and Rev. C F. Smith officiating. Helen Blackburn sang three hymns, Earl Spiker on piano. Pallbearers included Dr. D J Chalmers and J F Mueller. Burial followed in Grant Cemetery. Smith was editor of the Grant Chief, Mason, and held multiple local posts including town clerk for twenty years and treasurer of the Grant independent school district.
Audubon Iowa June 10 600 pheasant chicks received by the Audubon County Sportsmen's club will be kept at the county farm for eight weeks before release. This marks the third year of the club's participation in the state wildlife conservation program with 600 birds released last year and 400 in 1938 to county farmers.
Otha James four year old son of Mr and Mrs Merlin James near Corning died in an Omaha hospital Saturday morning from injuries suffered Friday when he fell from a hayloft onto a manure spreader. The fork pierced the skull just behind the ear. Funeral services were held today at the Church of Christ in Corning.
An eight year old boy of German lineage but American citizenship, Alfred Paul Ritter, died in an Allied air raid on Klingenstein near Ulm on June 4. He lived with German grandparents after moving from the United States in 1937. His mother is Mrs. Marie Ritter of Collingdale, Pa. The state department disclosed the facts through the American consulate in Stuttgart.
Eleven Cass County boys 4-H clubs organize tours of club projects in June or July. Fletcher Chapel Cubs, Bear Grove township, visited 30 projects last Tuesday. Pleasant Boys toured nine projects last Saturday. County Agent Lester Soukup assisted with practice judging. Massena Champions begin at 11:30 a.m. next Monday with a picnic at the Wollenhaupt home.
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