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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
4
Flood light outage for Sunnyside Pool forces weekday closing time at 6 00 p m and Sunday closing at 7 30 p m. Authorities advise patrons to plan visits accordingly.
Griswold Funeral services and burial for Edgar Zimmerman 69 will be held in Marion Indiana his old home. He lived here with his nephew and niece Mr and Mrs Edgar Zimmerman the past three years. He went to Marion for Memorial day and fell ill there. His near relatives are nieces and nephews some living near Walnut and here. Attending the funeral from here are Mr and Mrs Edgar Zimmerman and Mrs Henry Johnk of Walnut. Mrs Edgar Zimmerman who went to his bedside when he was taken ill has returned home.
Guam June 10. A naval court martial begins as Capt Hiroshi Iwanami faces charges for inhuman medical experiments on American prisoners at Truk. Eighteen subordinates are accused of spear ing, strangling and decapitating captives. Naval prosecutors say four prisoners died from bacterial injections, two from tourniquet use, and others were killed or mutilated. Bodies were reportedly discarded at sea after war’s end.
Severe storms moved through Iowa and Nebraska with no injuries. Heavy rains along the James River caused crop damage north of the area. South Dakota saw general rain, Sioux Falls recording 2.29 inches. A tornado at Imperial airport wrecked the city hangar and five light planes, with six other hangars spared. A high wind in Imperial also broke tree limbs.
Washington June 10 The senate foreign relations committee approved President Truman's nomination of Dwight P Griswold former Nebraska governor to head the Greek aid program. The panel also approved Richard F Allen to be field administrator for foreign aid programs Norman Armour to be assistant secretary of state Drive carefully lest this motor trip be your last.
Local briefs report visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Lester Kluever from Iowa City and Mr. and Mrs. George Voss with daughter George. New Orleans trip, marriage licenses for Jack Manz and Bertha Giese, and several Ames and Des Moines region happenings are noted along with church, school, and labor news.
Night report notes Mrs Bars at Atlantic Memorial Hospital for an appendectomy. Market results show Otto Williams, 1,052-pound steers at 26.10, Roger Christensen 1,262 pounds at 26.25, Mark Hansen & Son 1,099 at 25.60, Leo B Pratt 994 pounds at 25.50, Harold Turner 1,100 averages at 17.60 for a 1.37-pound ball, W E Woodward & Son 906 pounds at 26.35, and Chris Ugsang 1,107-pound heifers at 23. A Bojenas son returns from Shanghai after ten months, calls from Pearl Harbor, and radio training in Sanego. Cooler forecast notes windy, showers, 88 max yesterday, 60 min, 70 noon, with near normal north, warm south, and scattered showers Thursday and Saturday. Collision at Adair describes damage to a 1941 Chevrolet truck and a 1946 Plymouth coupe on U S 6 as the vehicles collided while turning into an alley.
Robert Schlicht of Walnut was fined 15 dollars plus costs for failing to yield to through traffic after a collision with a bicycle injuring 14 year old Robert Tillett who suffered a fractured leg. Schlicht also paid 8 dollars and costs for lacking a valid operator's license. John C. Herr of Fontanelle was fined 8 dollars and costs for leaving the scene after his car struck a jeep owned by Bill Bennett on West Eighth street. Herr believed no damage occurred after hitting a spare wheel left in a yard. Graduation notices recount Jerrold E. Hammond and other relatives from area towns attending University of Iowa commencement.
The note urges drivers to take road signs at face value to increase pleasure and reduce strain while driving and to avoid accidents. It emphasizes reliance on official signals as meant by road authorities.
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