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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
4
About fifty applications for civilian airplane pilots' training at the University of Iowa were on file. College officials said at least forty more are needed due to strict acceptance requirements. The summer training quota is set at forty five students.
Bill Lindquist joins Atlantic Mill and Elevator Co as salesman. Rotary Club meets at 6 30 pm in Hotel Whitney Cameo room. Mrs T C Whitmore visits her parents in Carter Lake. Mrs Edward F Kennedy of Oshkosh visits niece Mrs Blanche Bibby. Ira Welch attends Iowa shoe fair in Des Moines. Gerald E Berg and family Shoe Store attend Des Moines fair. Jack Anderson departs for Fort Snelling six weeks R OT C camp with Herb Olson.
Local notices report Roy Jessen joining Blue Goose cafe for the summer, Miss Mary Louise Simon vacationing at Coleridge, Mr and Mrs C F Fountain visiting Le Mars, and several Rochester visitors. Farm and school events include a Cass county farm bureau district meeting, a county superintendent session, and eleven southwestern Iowa counties superintendents’ gathering. Also noted are a carriers convention in Des Moines and encampment delegates, plus graduates and visitors from Espeland and Grinnell colleges.
Mrs Linn's daughter Ruth Linn earned a B A with peers including Millicent Murray daughter of Judge John A Murray of Logan. Rev R R B Noyce, ex Atlantic minister now assists Congregational Christian churches in Iowa, moved from Webster City to Grinnell with family. Donald Noyce will enter Grinnell College. Grace Ridgeway, former Lincoln grade teacher, heads to UCLA with Des Moines instructors for study and coast trip ending in Los Angeles. Ridgeway and mother visit sister Mrs Oscar Dehlbere at 201 Oak Street Atlantic. Grace will spend summer in LA with brother.
A cautionary reminder urges drivers to reduce speed when children are near highways and to be prepared to stop instantly if needed to prevent tragedies.
Des Moines June 11. Attorney General Fred D. Everett 64 of Albia died at Veterans hospital Des Moines after a prolonged heart ailment. Attending were Mrs. Everett and aides like Charles Miller and Assistants John Rankin Mulroney and Floyde Philbrick. Everett, a Spanish American War veteran, had been renominated by Republicans before dying. Gov. Wilson will appoint a temporary successor until the November general election.
The subject began practicing law in Albia in 100 and served two terms as county attorney. He was a federal referee in bankruptcy for southern Iowa from 1908 to 1915 and in 1918 formed a partnership with Miller that lasted until his election as attorney general in 105 percent. He was respected by attorneys across the state. services will be in Albia with final arrangements pending.
Miss Anita Owens, a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Red Bluffs California, is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E G Owens in Avoca. The note mentions her arrival from Florida and references Mrs Sewell.
The line playfully notes that the owl and the pussycat perceive the heat at night while suggesting you slow down during the evening. It uses a whimsical tone to contrast awareness and caution.
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