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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
4
Congress Today in C10 Report. John L. Lewis warned of a fascism threat and urged the CIO to accelerate organization drives in meat packing aircraft and shipbuilding. He condemned Congress as doing worse than nothing and warned of looming upheaval if leaders fail to act.
In Avoca Iowa at 1:30 a m Sunday rocks bottles and radiator caps were tossed through windows of four residences, none of which yielded a clue. Deputy R F McKinley investigates. Five men were refused entry to a Pavilion dance for drunkenness and caps were later stolen from patrons. A double seated car with the ousted men was seen but no further ID.
Mostly cloudy with showers in central and east areas tonight and in extreme east tonight to Wednesday. West and central areas turn fair and warmer, with rising temperatures in the northeast and extreme east. Nebraska stays partly cloudy tonight, warmer in the west, then fair and warmer Wednesday.
John Charles Casey aged 102 died in Omaha after a life spanning Ireland and the northwest. He came to the United States as a youth, learned saddlemaking in New Haven, rode with frontier settlers, and lived on a farm near Atlantic before retiring to Omaha. Surviving are six sons, two daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. funeral at St. Cecelia's Cathedral.
In Washington on June 13 the House began debate on a TVA bill to buy Tennessee Electric Power properties. Representative Rankin warned the measure could be vetoed by President Roosevelt and said the House version, a 65 million dollar bond issue, would not become law unless restored to Senate form. He insisted passage would doom the bill.
Des Moines Iowa June 13 Senator Clyde L Herring criticizes Gov George A Wilson and the Republican administration for failing to pass aid to dependent children in the last general assembly Ed Birmingham state Democratic chairman approves Herring’s call for a one day special session to enact the measure The bill by Faul and Kirketey passed the Senate but died in the House federal aid could be pursued by coordinating county units under a state system The issue is urged as a humanitarian effort跨
In Omaha Hans Werner and Ernest Lothman of this city were business callers yesterday in Omaha.
Paris reports a French two hour ministers council meeting created a new air command parallel to army and navy staffs. Georges Bonnet signaled bringing the Soviet Union into a triple entente as a satisfactory compromise may be reached. Strang may finalize a formula with Russia under orders from Chamberlain and Halifax.
In Harlan Iowa June 13 the seventh district American Legion conference adopted a resolution urging the state legislature to authorize levies for cemetery support and regular inspection. The appeal comes as many Iowa cemeteries are described as deplorable and disgraceful to civilized people.
Actress Marlene Dietrich born Berlin 1904 signs final citizenship papers in federal court Los Angeles expressing her joy at becoming a U S citizen and praising the United States as glorious and wonderful.
Perpignan frontier report explores Spain's dire economic and political crisis after war. It posits Spain's neutrality drag on credit, the strategic value of Gibraltar, and the clash of German Italian influence with democratic powers shaping Europe’s fate. It notes Spain's lack of food, raw materials, and closed harbors.
Elk Horn June 13. Danish nobility, though three family members live nearby, receive no celebrations or welcomes. Baron Eggert von Knuth, Baroness Agnes von Knuth, and Baron Aage von Knuth visit the town. Eggert works as a foreman in Helsinger and prefers Denmark. locals say he is indistinguishable from other Danes.
Solomon Norris 88 longtime Cass County resident died at his Cumberland home at 6 p.m. Monday after a year of declining health and a Saturday stroke. Born March 15, 1881 in Edna township he lived there until last spring when he retired to Cumberland. He married Dora Kraack Nov. 2, 1904 and had two sons Earl and Arlo. He is survived by his second wife Arminta Overton and two stepsons Milford Overton and Virgil Coughlin along with three grandchildren and two step grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian church with Rev. L. W. Weston. Burial in Newlin's Grove cemetery.
Council Bluffs Iowa June 138 Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Dr W L Treynor long-time surgeon and former chief of staff at Jennie Edmundson hospital He fell ill three weeks ago while attending the American Medical Association convention in St Louis He had practiced in Council Bluffs 49 years and was a University of Iowa graduate who also served 11 years as secretary of the Iowa State Medical Society.
Mrs Anna Bell Wheeler Voorhees 74 widow of John Voorhees and longtime Lewis resident died at 4 15 Monday at Atlantic hospital after several years of declining health. She was born near Lewis June 26 1864 and survived by daughter Mrs Lottie Harvey Lewis son Kelso Voorhees Rapid City S D brother John Wheeler Arriba Colo and sister Mrs Mamie Shoopman Bakersfield Calif Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Lewis Congregational Church with Rev Henry Dahl officiating burial in Lewis Cemetery body to lie in state at Osborne Tomlinson funeral home Atlantic until rites.
Creston Iowa June 18 Phillips Petroleum Company now holds leases totaling 54846 acres in the Creston area after four additional leases filed yesterday. The geophysical crew tested rock layers near the Union county line by recording concussion deflections from rock strata. At Rotary, J T Carrig Scott store manager departs for Ohio to serve as local club delegate at Rotary International in Cleveland starting June 18.
The Cass county farm bureau women's chorus of about 20 voices will perform at the state girls 4-H festival Friday at Iowa State College in Ames. Chorus director Tolbert MacRae will lead more than 1,000 rural women in a masked chorus event. Twenty-three Cass county 4-H girls and leaders depart early tomorrow, returning Saturday, with chaperon Mrs. Gunnar Hijortshoj and voting delegate Miss Ruth Kuesel.
The AAA reverses policy by raising Cass County wheat allotments for next year to 12 264 bushels, up from 10 410. The split is 11 896 for regular farms and 386 for new farms, with a 17.7 bushel normal yield. Individual farm allotments should be ready by July first.
Warner Seidensticker a Griswold resident, died from internal injuries after a Sunday crash near Osceola Nebraska. His fiancée Vivian Kneer was unharmed but unconscious for hours. Driver John Hines also died instantly. Seidensticker planned to marry this week and move to California with Kneer.
A livestock truck driven by Charles Morgan Jr of Atlantic Iowa sideswiped a car driven by Harold Boggs of Omaha on Highway No 6 two miles east of Omaha. Four people were hospitalized at Mercy hospital around midnight Sunday. Harris Boggs 84 suffered head injuries. Morgan is held on a $100 bond. Rel // Reseed from hospital Monday were Mary Boggs 71 wife of Harold and Martha Graves 15 of Coon Rapids Iowa niece of the Boggs.
Wade Willman, an eccentric Hendricks county farmer, died at Methodist hospital at age 93 from a heart attack. Two years earlier he preached his own funeral to about 400 friends at a small frame church near Coatenville, with a rambling hour long sermon and pallbearers who carried a rough oak coffin to the cemetery.
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