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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1945
Page
5
Sioux City inspector J. B. Young presided over the ninth annual peace officers short course held June 25 to 39. A series of talks covered law enforcement topics for local police and sheriff personnel.
New York June 12 AP reports nine ships arrive today bringing 16845 troops, the largest single day arrival in New York Harbor history. The Navy Admiral Benson and Army transport Robin carry liberations, reassignment troops, and staff from multiple divisions. General Squire and G. Bea Porpoise arrive at Staten Island disembarking six thousand one enders as airborne units and armored divisions depart.
Kansas City reports a surge in responses to domestic help ads from 4 to 26 replies per advertiser. Women note applicants are the pre war eager type instead of distancing themselves as in the past.
Thirteen cars of an 81 car west bound Chicago and Northwestern freight derailed near Wheaton Illinois at 4 20 a m today two weeks after the Wheaton station blocking suburban and through traffic on three tracks. The railroad reported no injuries and the cause was not immediately known.
John Clilton Claypool, 98, longtime national commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died yesterday of pneumonia in Louis.
Considerable cloudiness overnight and Wednesday with fair skies in western areas by Wednesday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms expected tonight and in eastern regions Wednesday morning. Temperatures should remain steady.
Edward A. O Neal denounces a price control amendment aimed at guaranteeing cost plus pricing for producers as unworkable. Senate leaders predict the house will strike the amendment, which Wherry sponsored to require prices cover all costs plus a fair profit. Williams returns to work after illness.
Cass County reports severe cattle losses from bloat due to overgrown white clover in blue grass pastures after a wet cold spring. veterinarians estimate up to 1000 head dead. warmer weather is expected to ease the problem if cattle are kept off white clover or kept on pasture continuously.
At San Francisco a UN debate heats as Evatt and Connally back moving to a vote on the veto formula. Key issue is whether to remove the concurrence requirement from peaceful settlements while preserving it for use of force. The committee plans two meetings to wrap up veto action swiftly.
J M Roberts analyzes postwar occupation in Germany and surrounding areas. He notes Allied aims to limit German industry, dismantle junker estates, and prevent revival of Nazism. He warns about shifting control among Russians, Poles, Britons, and Americans and doubts the stability of a divided Germany.
German prisoners of war from the Atlantic area arrived in New York on furloughs. Notable arrivals include Sgt. Tommy Mailander Wiota, Staff Sgt. Lawrence Querry Cumberland, Cpl. Charles L. Christensen, Pfe. Earl Hansen Brayton, Glen Clemmensen Audubon, and Glen Grazier Fort Dodge. Larry Dreyer Atlantic also arrived yesterday.
Col Leonard Clair Lydon a highly decorated Iowa pilot was killed May 25 in Germany after a guard fired on a staff car he rode in He had flown 110 combat missions across north Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany His sister Misa Letitia Lydon of Omaha said the death followed wounds from the gunfire to the staff car he was traveling in He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John P Lydon of Stuart Iowa.
Harry Hopkins flies to Washington to brief President Truman on Stalin’s alleged willingness to participate in a new Big Three conference. Hope spreads among Allied capitals for a broader provisional Polish government as Churchill, Stalin, and Truman prepare for possibly renewed discussions.
Rome reports Premier Ivanhoe Bonomi resigns just one year after taking office. He had vowed a new Italian government once the nation was fully freed. Bonomi had succeeded Marshal Pietro Badoglio last June and reorganized his cabinet last December with a communist and a Christian Democrat as vice premiers.
The Madrid dispatch says Civil guards and armed opposition groups clashed near Columbriane in northwest Spain. Three guards and six anti-Franco members were killed, per the agency relay. The piece also notes Mr and Mrs Ted Records and daughter Sandra Ann visiting relatives before returning to Las Vegas Nevada.
Registered Aberdeen Angus sold at Wayland Hopley auction drew breeders from a dozen states. A cow and calf topped at 6100 dollars, bull high at 6000, with imported heifers averaging over 2500 and top prices of 6100, 4500, and 3500. Buyers hailed from Maryland, South Carolina, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
Spencer Indiana June 12 AP Donald Bisbury 17 of Sutherland died last night in a Spencer cabin camp where he and two other Sutherland youths worked. County authorities ordered an autopsy and suggested poisoning as a possible cause while Otto Gelk Jr. was hospitalized in critical condition and Donald Peters recovered enough to seek help. Authorities suspected food poisoning as the source of the trouble.
In Wiesbaden Germany June 12 Rudolph von Ribbentrop son of foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was found hiding in a prisoner of war pen in the Third army sector Twelfth army group announced. The younger Ribbentrop a former tank officer is believed to have been in the camp for some time. Also announced was the capture of Baldur von Schirach former Nazi governor Vienna district leader Hitler Youth. William Blay and Charles Bailey enlisted in the navy in Des Moines and await orders.
Australian forces push inland rapidly in Borneo while Japan expands wartime measures and guerrilla plans. American air raids intensify on the home islands as U S. and Philippine campaigns press toward Cagayan valley and Leyte.
District OPA Director Loren N Mills said four Iowa slaughterers face actions for failing to keep proper records. Defendants include H G Carson Community Market Elliott Iowa Charles W Saye Saye s Locker plant Northboro Illinois Carl Williams Braddyville Iowa and Walter G Ebert Central Market Hamburg Iowa. OPA seeks orders requiring retention of accurate slaughter records.
Dr Philmen E Truesdale a renowned surgeon died at age 70 in Far River Massachusetts today. He gained national fame for a 1935 operation that restored health to a child from Omaha Nebraska suffering from an upside down stomach.
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