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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
3
A Humboldt man, Richard H. Christiansen, 1, was killed when his car snapped a high frequency transmission pole and burned after striking a tree north of Fort Dodge on Highway 169 between 12:30 and 1 a.m. Sheriff Joe McMann said he was alone and wires fell across the car making rescue impossible.
Ken Murray reportedly signs a historic contract with Columbia Broadcasting worth 2.4 million dollars. It guarantees Murray 3750 dollars weekly for three years and 20000 dollars weekly for a single weekly show, with payment guaranteed whether the show airs or not.
Local items note Dr Grace Haw thorne an anesthetist at Atlantic Memorial hospital spending the weekend in Nevada la. Miss Georgia Byrne attended a bridge dinner in Adair. Mrs Stacia Hazlitt visits Lincoln Nebr with the An dersons. Rodney Jensen of Robinson Hardware to Chicago on a buying trip. Maude Domisz returns to Los Angeles after a 10 day visit. Fred Woolsey returns to Phoenix summer cafe. Robert La Verne Dyson and Shirley Kenyon receive a marriage license. Mrs Richard Westerfield visits her mother in West Union with daughters Sara and Jane. Arthur Freilinger misidentified as Pfe Charles Freilinger. Alma Beckwith leaves for Minneapolis summer library course. Paul R Smith attends Smith Corona meeting in Omaha. Genevieve Conner seeks divorce from Earl Warren Conner. Earle L Ross to manage Hotel Whitney. Lyle Cates and daughter visit Fairfield NJ after Walnut reunion. Weather: hot and humid with 90s forecast in Iowa. Ted Hermann visits from Inglewood. Donald Rex Baxter linked to Council Bluffs case. Carolyn Goddard to Crete Neb for church conference. later to Lakeside Ohio and Seattle to direct religious education.
Eastbound and westbound rail times listRocket and Local services with routes through Council Bluffs and West Des Moines. Atlantic depot buses show departure and arrival times, Hawkeye Stages and White Way lines are noted with frequencies. Also tips on potato storage and nut suspension in baking.
Farmers own 31 percent of all trucks in the United States and 16 percent of all cars, highlighting their large role in the country’s vehicle ownership.
Hooded robed groups storm two cafes and homes in Alabama towns, beating a white woman and a cafe proprietor, while warning to “keep those niggers down.” Investigators plan arrests as sheriff depatches deputies. victims include Mrs. Hugh McDonal and Steve Marshlar, both white.
A fire set by a landowner spreading to a neighbor's property triggers liability. Offenders face fines up to 1000 dollars and potential confinement up to 13 months, or both, under law.
Betty Mae Forrester of Treynor sues Hansen's Central Market and Fred Hansen in Council Bluffs district court for 26 600 alleging wrongful accusation and coerced admission of a 1400 embezzlement from a Council Bluffs grocery. She claims extortion by pressure to sign a confession and seeks 25 000 in exemplary damages.
Be alive tomorrow. A cautionary note urging safe driving and patience to prevent accidents on challenging road sections.
The Interstate Aber deen Angus Breeders association and the Botna Valley Aberdeen Angus association sponsor a field day at P K Pratt farm three miles north of here. Demonstrations and a judging contest led by Will Imlau of the Iowa Beef Producers association. grooming demos by Robert Duprey. talks by Jerr Sotola of Armour and Company and Colin Kennedy of the Aberdeen Angus Journal. Picnic lunch at noon, herd inspections later at Wilbur H Blake and W A Hopley farms. Barbecue Sunday evening and Angus sales Monday.
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