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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
5
Three people died today when their automobile was struck by a Burlington passenger train in St Joseph Missouri. Victims identified as Tom Wright 89 Ronald Dunham 25 and his wife Mabel Dunham 22.
Margaret Beckendorf a 20 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Beckendorf farmers living fourteen miles west of Atlantic died after a Sunday morning collision on the Corn Belt road. Her brother riding with her was injured and the Ford fell into wreckage. A Friedstat of this city driver of the other car escaped with minor injuries. The intersection is described as a dangerous crossing with several prior minor accidents. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at the Walnut Presbyterian Church with Rev Oliver Stevenson officiating.
Mrs Annie McKay wife of Hugh McKay longtime Atlantic resident died at Atlantic hospital Tuesday afternoon after a six week illness following cancer surgery. Aged 79 years 3 months 4 days she was born March 7 1848 in Prince Edward Island Camida and married Hugh McKay in 1873 later moving to Chicago and then Atlantic. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Margaret Kent Fy of Des Moines son Mickey McKay of Chicago six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with Rev lam Mack officiating. Interment in Atlantic Cemetery.
New York marks Colonel Charles Lindbergh’s feat with a citywide pause. The New York Stock Exchange locks its doors while curb markets suspend. cotton and rubber linger open part of the day. produce exchanges and banks stay open but with reduced volume.
Clarence Jewett of Cumberland is free on $600 to answer assault to do great bodily injury after a fracas with a bill collector Saturday. Sheriff McKee arrested him yesterday. Jewett allegedly struck Mack Arnold, a former local youth now in hardware and furniture, fracturing his cheekbone.
A fragmented note from a local booster group outlines support for a new gas plant. The incomplete text references a Greater tie club and planned improvements, suggesting community backing and mobilization for the project.
The Presbyterian church sponsors the Boy Rangers of America in Atlantic. About thirty boys aged 8 to 12 are organized into two tribes Blackfoot and Sioux. They plan a camping trip and seek newspaper and magazine sales in town to fund the outing, with Rev. William Mack leading the effort.
Grif Wilson, a lifer from Law County serving fifteen years for murder, escaped from a guard at a Fort Madison carnival. Bloodhounds followed the trail to Santa Fe railroad yards, but no trace was found. Wilson had been considered a model inmate before his escape.
American League games saw St Louis defeat Boston 2 to 0 and Washington lead Chicago 6 0 by the second inning while New York was 8 to Cleveland after six innings and Detroit trailed Philadelphia 8 to 6. In the National League Chicago led New York 8 to 9 after nine? and Pittsburgh held Brooklyn 4 to ? after innings.
Charles A. Lindbergh told a vast New York City crowd at City Hall Plaza that rapid trans Atlantic air service is unlikely in the near term. He said development will take five to ten years, urging careful experimentation and research before widespread flight becomes a reality. The parade and reception followed his historic New York–Paris flight, watched by millions amid music and cheers.
In Joliet Illinois a gun battle at Will county jail left Gregory Rizzo dead and Charles Duchowski badly beaten as convicts attempted a third escape from Stateville murderers. Charles Shader escaped and Roberto Torrez was recaptured amid the chaotic standoff. Sheriff Markgraf intervened as gunmen demanded entry.
At a Franklin township Lutheran church meeting the congregation voted to keep Rev F W Henke as pastor for another year. The pastor had announced he received a call to the Neola Persian parish, and members expressed reluctance to part with his seventy years of service to the church and congregation.
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