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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
7
Drake University summer sessions opened in Des Moines today. A rainfall record shows 1.57 inches locally since Saturday. The county supervisors meet in session at Griswold to discuss drainage. Numerous visits and travels noted include H P Comfort and wife at Valley Junction, Mina Lindemeyer to Van Wert Ohio, and Dr R A Becker’s recovering son leaving quarantine soon.
A dense schedule lists WEAF WNYC KDKA and many stations with hour by hour programs. The lineup includes orchestras, lectures, concerts, baseball broadcasts, and news during Eastern Daylight Saving Time across New York Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago and other markets.
A sudden drop saw temperatures around one hundred degrees fall to about 55, leaving residents melting under the cold snap. The rapid shift caused widespread shivering as air inside affected spaces cooled quickly within days.
Indianapolis June 1 Rus sell Crevisstone national adjutant resigns effective July 31. He will become executive secretary of the War Mothers Memorial association. James F Barton assistant national adjutant will succeed him. Barton's home is Fort Dodge Iowa.
Special to News Telegraph reports Jesse Hansen, a young Walnut farmer, was struck by lightning while in a barn area a mile east of Walnut Iowa. He lost consciousness for about two hours but staggered to the house and recovered to a fair condition with a week’s rest. The incident occurred during a hard rain with hail and caused some damage locally.
Walnut June 14 The Evangelical Lutheran Church parsonage, converted from the Buttenschon residence, was formally dedicated yesterday with appropriate ceremony indicating a church expansion in Walnut.
Harold G. Calkins, once a resident of Anita, died Sunday in Bondurant, Iowa after a brief illness from Pfeiffer disease. He was 59. Survivors include sister Mrs. J. A. Wagner of this city. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
The Bear Grove Farm Bureau hosts a nutrition lesson at Mrs. C. H. Van Vinck's home on June 8. Camp Fire meets at Miss Genevieve Perry's Spruce Street home with last meeting naming four new members. Buck Creek Ladies' Aid meets Wednesday with Mrs. Shelley Smith. Kensington of the Royal Neighbors to meet with Mr. Frank Brehmer west of Hefly Wednesday afternoon. Helping Hand Club to meet with Mrs. Willian Neets Thursday week. Flag Day Picnic at F. M. Nebe home indoors due to bad weather. Civil War veterans as guests with drum corps and program details. Mrs. Ndber's sister and daughter from Spokane host out-of-town guests. First social event of season for Atlantic Golf and Country Club ladies set for Wednesday at the club house. Mrs. Frank Brennun coordinates and reservations due by Thursday evening.
CINS reports the capture at Delmar of Tex Maynard, linked to the Red Burnette gang of Sioux City, as the first arrest in the DeWitt patrolmen Howaland and Alexander shooting case. Welch shouted, and Davis aided the mobile gunmen. Maynard, shot four times in a later incident, had prior records in auto theft and prison escape.
Des Moines reports Governor John Hammill issued a proclamation offering a 250 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot patrolmen George Howland and Fred Alexander last week. The incident occurred in the county area, with authorities seeking suspects as investigations continue.
One fireman died and two were overcome by smoke as two fires raged in the Bay Area. Berg Brothers confectionery plant on Clay Street burned, causing over 1000000 in damage. While it burned, a second blaze hit a packing house district in South San Francisco, destroying four packing plants and totaling about 1800000 in damage. Lieut. J. Herling of the rescue squad perished in the Berg Brothers fire.
Daley reports weather delays hinder Spitzbergen relief expedition seeking Raald Armundsen, the Norwegias polar explorer. Two seaplanes await clear conditions after trials in Advent Bay. no word from Amundsen party that left Spitzbergen May 2 for polar sections.
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