L K C Lodge Elects Officers
Joe Pogge of Atlantic was reelected grand knight at the Knights of Columbus lodge. Frederick Brown named deputy grand knight. Other officers include Rev. P. N. McDermott chaplain M. & O'Dea chancellor H. H. Hansen recorder Julian Leone warden T. P. Breheny treasurer Frank Tucker advocate Don Rees lecturer Jack Maher inside guard Don Smiley outside guard Ed Waters trustee H. R. Gunderman reappointed financial secretary.
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Joe Pogge
Atlantic
Knights of Columbus
K. C. Hall
Frederick Brown
Rev. P. N. McDermott
M. & O'Dea
H. H. Hansen
Julian Leone
T. P. Breheny
Frank Tucker
Don Rees
Jack Maher
Don Smiley
Army to Open 11 Recruiting Stations in Iowa
Omaha June 13 Eleven new United States army recruiting stations will be established in Iowa by June 22. Locations include Atlantic Marshalltown Fort Dodge Carroll Osceola Dubuque Decorah Emmetsburg Sheldon Council Bluffs and Shenandoah doubling the state's recruiting capacity. Atlantic site not yet chosen.
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Omaha
Neb
L. N
United States Army
Iowa
Seventh Corps
Atlantic
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Carroll
Osceola
Dubuque
Decorah
Emmetsburg
Sheldon
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
Congress Studies Tax Bill Aimed At 1.5 Billion Revenue
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee pressed for exploratory tax estimates to boost annual revenues toward 1.5 billion. Proposals include raising the earned exemptions, a minimum tax on low earners, theater ticket tax, and a penny soft drink tax as part of broader fiscal solvency efforts.
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Washington
N. S
Congress
Treasury
John L. Sullivan
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Waterloo Man Killed By Train Near City Limits
Harold F. Slutts, 34, was struck by a Great Western passenger train and found near the southwest Waterloo crossing. Identified by social security and unemployment cards, his death is ruled accidental by County Coroner Sidney Smith. He leaves a wife and four children.
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Waterloo
Harold F. Slutts
Great Western
Sidney Smith
Local News Briefs Highlights From Atlantic Iowa
Marriage license issued to Gerald Brandt of Garnavillo and Helen Heath of Massena. Visitors include Ruth Campbell of Hamlin with grandparents at 406 Hazel street. Minnesota guests Herman and William Gratz of Atwater visit O. W. Pagel family. Alma Beckwith sails to Boulder Colorado for a five week summer course. The Reese family moves. Emmert to become Atlantic State Bank cashier. Kansas City trip for Rev Lawrence Bash attending a Christian Endeavor convention. Liquor store sales rise in May to 6831.98. town sales total 1 037 970.70. Mike Conway reports expenses 205 and donations 30 to Democratic primary. Sunny Side Park diamond drying for church league games. Flight to California for Leffingwell and family. Thelma Leffingwell joins. Visits from Spencer, fishing at Spirit Lake. Charla Collins visits Mallette home in Atlantic. Nebe and Jacobsen attend market in Omaha. Dowell home hosts Dr J R Thompson and family with ties to Mich and Montreal.
British Reinforcements in Paris Battle Reported
London reports newly arrived British troops fighting with French forces to defend Paris. An official release says parts of a British division and allied units were surrounded by German troops in Normandy with about 6,000 believed captured. Some troops evacuated and landed again, while others remained cut off on the north coast of Normandy.
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London
Paris
War Office
Normandy
France
Uth
Planes Attack Boulogne and Norwegian Targets in War Update
An air ministry release says Fleet Air Arm and Coastal Command attacked Boulogne harbor and coastal facilities with bombs hitting ships and ammunition barges, while British aircraft bombed Værnes airdrome in Norway and supply ships near Bergen. Berlin reports German tanks near Paris and a break at Chalons Sur Marne, threatening Maginot defenses. 14 killed and 37 wounded in Turin air raid.
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Fleet Air Arm
Coastal Command
Boulogne
Air Ministry
Vaerles
Norway
Bergen
Prese
Maginot
Berlin
Paris
Champagne
Maginot Line
Chalons Sur Marne
Verdun
Metz
Nancy
France
Argonne Forest
Reims
Chalons
Rome
Turin
Anita Griswold postmasters named by Senate
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Iowa postmaster appointments for Afton Raymond F Sullivan Anita George O Smith er Dow City J Louis Buss Lenox J R Wood Mondamin Harold H Johnson Neola Grace Ryan Griswold Clesson E Wood ward Logan Bonar B Wood. One accident may be one too many Drive Carefully.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Iowa
Afton
Raymond F. Sullivan
Anita
George O. Smither
Dow City
J. Louis Buss
Lenox
J. R. Wood
Mondamin
Harold H. Johnson
Neola
Grace Ryan
Griswold
Clesson E. Woodward
Logan
Bonar B. Wood
Decatur Man Held for Arson in Two Fires
Des Moines reports State Fire Marshal John Strohm says W R Babe Gibson of Decatur Iowa is jailed in Leon on arson charges for burning his Leon home on Oct 28 1938 and ordering his wife Esther to burn the later Decatur house on Feb 13 1939. Esther Gibson has confessed and is serving five years in Rockwell City reformatory.
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Des Moines
John Strohm
W. R
Babe) Gibson
Decatur
Leon
Strohm
Gibson
Esther Gibson
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
A. Lubberden
Roscoe Sinco
Decatur County
Parole Recommendation Tied to Gibson Case
Strohm says money from burning the first home funded the second. He notes if Gibson is found guilty and convicted, he will recommend Mrs. Gibson’s parole.
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Strohm
Gibson
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Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Home Oil Company Atlantic
Anita Oil Company
K.C. Lodge
News-Telegraph
Gata Wat Tre Eme Tann Baxier
Douglas Fowlly
Jones
Madeleine Carroll
Gerald FE. Brandt
Garnavillo
Helen F. Heath
Massena
Ruth Campbell of
Hamlin
James W. Hood
Hazel Street
Minnesota
Herman Gratz
William Gratz
Atwater, Minn
O. W. Pagel
Mr. Pagel
Alma Beckwith
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Henry Reese
Linn Street
Walnut
C. D. Emmert
Red Oak
Reese
Mr. Emmert
The
Atlantic State Bank
Kansas City
Lawrence W. Bash
Imogene Edwards
Bill Beekman
Jackie Freeman
Bush
Kansas State Christian Endeavor Convention
State Liquor Control Commission
Mike
Sunnyside Park
Allen Boller
Frank Leffingwell
Louis Wall
Petaluma
Calif
Spencer
W. O. Anker
Norman Holmes
J. D. Sarsfield
Spirit Lake
Mallette Home
Charlida Collins
Tulsa
Okla
Manney Mallette
Frank G. Mallette
Manney
Miss Collins
Collins
Frederick Nebe
Lincoln
Nebe
Mallette
Cass County
C. Chris Jacobsen
Harry Hopley
Superior Stock Farm
Dowell
J. R. Thompson
Nebraska
David
Larry Dowell
Thompson
University of Michigan
Ronald W. Thompson
Montreal
Canada
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rimes
Janeville
Italy
Toulon
Bizerta
Tunisia
Beech’s
Brown Beauty Coffee
Ue Coffee
Ioana
Central Loan Co
Case of David
Triumph
Valencia
Oxydol
Hiland
Carey
Lily
Maxwell House
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