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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
4
House un American Activities Committee investigators prepare a comprehensive super report detailing the history of communist spying. It will include military and industrial espionage domestically and abroad with planned hearings on atomic espionage and a backtrack to 1922.
Robert L. Goeken, 28, operator of Goeken Airways, was arrested in South Omaha on an open charge for issuing worthless checks. Police report five recent bounced checks totaling 806.50 and Goeken says he wrote checks to cover other bad checks after selling two airplanes. He claims some sums total over 2,500 with many out. Cass County authorities report ongoing bouncing checks from Goeken for over a year across southwest Iowa.
Vacation plans for G Gibson and wife include northern Iowa lakes and Cedar Rapids. Lilyan Zindell of Topeka visits Atlantic as former Atlantic Memorial Hospital superintendent. Roger Brandes of Hancock earns honorable mention in the National Soap Sculpture contest for Bo-Bo the bear. Maytag range demonstrators attract large crowds. George Statler of Maine wins door prize. Jean Sams wed Al Kneckrehn in Davenport with Attending Mesting Harry McAllister at Kansas University life insurance school. Harriet Hoegh heads to Iowa City for summer social service course. Dorothy Dixson and Virginia Foster attend Camp Disciples of Christ at Guthrie Center. New Atlantic residents: Lyal Moore family at 203 East Third. Moore represents Grand Union Tea. Ivadell Marxen departs for Denver to seek work. Jane Pendarvis becomes public health nurse for District 11. Anthony and wife Warren of Pomona, Calif., visit relatives before returning home. Judd family guests include C. A. Judd and others from Evanston, Chicago, Paullina, Denver. Ronald Britton of Newton stops by. Barbara Sue stays with grandparents amid Colorado Springs trip. James McLeod of San Francisco fined for parking off highway and lacking license. Norman Simonsen pays for muffler omission. Frank and Mrs Bailey attend Ames graduation. Frances Bailey Hansen earns BS in home management. Church of Christ vacation Bible school closes with a 20-student city park picnic.
Thursday morning mothers visited the school as children staged Bible stories and showed handwork. Carroll Hayes becomes Graham store assistant manager while R R Campbell joins the sales force. A student worker heads to Brigham Utah and Joan Ruhr joins him to Cheyenne and the Black Hills for summer work. William Pegum, 20, is held on larceny charges after $10 vanished from Bob Westphal at a Standard Oil washroom. Harold and Mrs. Smith return from a 3,250 mile western trip via Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and the Rockies. Rainfall totals reached 1.84 inches with higher amounts in Atlantic territory, while temperatures ranged from 59 to 92 degrees.
Mrs. Stanley Bennett of 606 East Fifth street suffered burns on arms chest and face when paraffin heated for canning ignited Saturday. Mrs. Hennett carried the flaming pan to a sink to extinguish the blaze. William Wohlenhaus is under observation at University Hospitals Iowa City. Harry Weitzel, Atlantic automobile dealer, had brain surgery Friday for a blood clot and is progressing satisfactorily at Mercy hospital Des Moines.
Hospital records list Dr. G A Alliband admitted after a heart attack this afternoon. Mrs Wilbur Harrington Rt 2 and Mrs Walter Jorgensen Anita underwent surgery this morning. C W Boysen Extra and Mrs Alva Graham 706 East Eighth entering for medical care. Weekend releases include Mrs Donald Hartman and son Steven Craigh 510 Mulberry, Mrs Alfred Moller and son Arnold Eugene Marne, Mrs Ann Becker 103 West.
Mrs. Ora Babbitt of Avoca and Mrs. Arliss Trent are mentioned as confined to bed by illness. Dr. Frank Pop was taken to Still Hospital in Des Moines for kidney stone surgery. The report notes Cumberland Decter and other local correspondents in the area.
Adair-Tom Lamborn and Max Marean, sons of Mrs. Charles Lamborn and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Marean, respectively, had tonsillectomies at the local doctor's office on Thursday.
French selling hammered the market to a five year low with Key issues sliding a few cents to over $2 a share. Trading volume rose as prices moved lower. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks fell to a new low for 1947, close to a low last seen in 1944. No weekend news explained the drop.
George Jonsson, 62, longtime central Iowa weather observer in Marshalltown, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Des Moines from a heart ailment. He retired last month. funeral arrangements are pending.
Readings note a disparity in Paraguay where men are outnumbered by women by a ratio of four to one. Separate lines mention walnuts as vitamin C sources and butter measurement, plus safety advice to walk against traffic.
In Mt Carroll County Illinois a 400 pound safe at farmer Henry Rahns home near Milledgeville was cracked between 10 am and noon by a three man team using nitroglycerin. The robbers fled in a light colored late model sedan with three passengers. No fingerprints were found. Authorities seek the vehicle and suspects.
Feeding dairy cows should be matched to the amount of milk they produce to optimize nutrition and efficiency. Proper rations vary with herd yield and individual cow output, guiding balanced rations and feeding schedules.
The message urges motorists to avoid speeding or risky passing on curves or hills to stay safe and ensure they are alive tomorrow. It emphasizes cautious driving and preserving life over taking chances on the road.
Wiota brief notes Walt Nelson and family hosted by his sister in Carroll and Arthur Winder of north of Ada visited F H McDemott's home Sunday.
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