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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1948
Page
6
A crowd of about 96 serenaded six newly married couples here last week. A pickup band led the event. one couple was away and missed the celebration. Honored were Mr and Mrs William Dean, Louis Schuler, Donald Fichter, Grant King, Darrell Robbins, and Alvin Robberts.
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Rosenberg 38 are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Myers funeral home in Council Bluffs with interment there. The former Cecelia Harms had been ill seven weeks in St. Catherine’s hospital Omaha. Survived by husband two sons Henry Jr and Robert on a farm near Shelby, mother Mrs. E. H. Harrs Omaha and brother John in California.
A tug towed the 7000-ton American freighter Dwight W. Morrow three miles off Cork after the ship radioed for help yesterday upon losing her propeller.
Mrs Mary Swelley elected historian and Mrs Minnie Anderson chaplain at Mount Pleasant meeting. Mrs Roy Wist named council member and Mrs George Cranston on state nominating committee. Atlantic Auxiliary received service citation. Meeting ended with picnic at McMillan Park. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Anderson and others from the area. Next convention set for Council Bluffs.
Grove Girls meet at Irene Andersons for plans on a mother Daughter tea. Patricia Shepperd demonstrates fruit freeing. Eleven members two leaders and two mothers attend with guests Janet Templeman and Dorothy Eagan. Bear Grove Brownies picnic at Sunnyside park and visit Coca Cola plants and Atlantic greenhouses. Eldeen 4-H club meets Lois Leander with Miss Jennie Marie Warren as judge. Demonstration teams Ruth Mae Nelson and Delores Pratt chosen for the county show with clever cookies. Other clubs feature multiple demonstrations by listed members. Do not drive if you drink.
Prague reports Klement Gottwald won by a show of hands in parliament to become Czechoslovakia's first communist president. He pledged loyalty to the people's democracy, reviewed troops, and received a Catholic rite with Archbishop Beran at St. Vitus Cathedral amid ongoing church-state tensions.
Management and labor were to formalize a settlement ending a wage dispute at the Oak Ridge national laboratory. The AFL Atomic Trades Labor Council and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals announced a 16 percent average hourly wage increase for about 875 production workers.
The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the war contracts renegotiation act. No Justice dissented on the key issue. Three companies challenged the law as government seeks to recover 166,610 dollars in alleged wartime excess profits. The Justice Department noted many similar cases are pending in district courts and the tax court.
Weekend showers checked forest fires in northern Ontario and northwestern Quebec as winds shifted. Flames scorched over 200000 acres in the Mississippi region and 250000 acres in the Charleau region. A 10 minute shower brought first relief in 20 days to Manikawi district firefighters north of Ottawa. Card of thanks from Mrs. R N Watson extends gratitude for cards letters and flowers during hospital stay.
Mrs Norna Wingate widow of General Orde Wingate sends her 4 year old son Orde Jonathan to Israel. She states Israel is at war and she would give gold if available, choosing evacuation for education and loyalty to both Israel and Britain.
Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs listed two additional polio patients today, bringing total under treatment to 17 and statewide southwest Iowa cases to 33. The patients are Larry Wise, 3, and Dean Vallier, 10, both described as mild.
The Rev. R. E. Dittevson officiated at a Sunday funeral service for Dr. E. T. Hupp at Taylor funeral home at 2:30 pm. The Masonic lodge oversaw graveside rites at Atlantic cemetery. Flowers were arranged by Mrs. Paul Milford and Mrs. William Borchardt. Casket bearers were Howard Lundberg, John Ehlers, Frank Tompkin, W. A. McKee, William Borchardt and Paul Milford.
Anita Mr and Mrs Herbert Karr have reopened the cafe purchased from Frank Kramer. relocated from Cedar Rapids to Atlantic. They installed modern equipment and now offer ice cream and soft drinks with short orders. Grand opening set for June 15.
Audubon-Howard Zaiger and family narrowly escaped serious injury Thursday evening on the way to Audubon for a hall game. Their new Mercury flipped after a swerve to avoid a parked car on the blacktop 14 miles east of Audubon. Mrs Zaiger and their one year old son were scratched but unharmed. the parked car occupants had no injuries.
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