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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
13
In the Clyde Smith home near Anita a walnut framed Gale 8-day clock sits on the wall. The clock, with a perpetual calendar, has belonged to the Smith family for over a century and was kept in the jewelry shop only for cleaning.
A robed and hooded band flogged Billy Guy Stovall after dragging him from his home in Birmingham. Stovall, 31, says he was lashed 20 times by white-sheeted assailants arriving in three cars. The attack follows two earlier robed incidents in a week involving cross burnings.
Russia plans a major offensive against Yugoslavia led by Tito with Cominform backing. The move aims to isolate Yugoslavia economically by cutting off trade with Moscow and satellite states, provoking Western republics to supply Tito and widen the rift between Moscow and Belgrade.
Des Moines reports 240 girls will attend Hawkeye girls state at Grinnell college in June 1925, up from 200 last year. Sponsored by the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary, with Mrs Thomas Carr of Des Moines as 1949 director. Edith Osborne and Janet Supernors return as counselors along with five other former members.
Lillie Robinson returned home after visiting her son Delbert and family in Lansing Michigan. Sam Hemsted reports new potatoes from Griswold gardens and F W Hanton raised lettuce weighing up to 2½ pounds per head. Mrs. C S Tompkins attends the state P E O convention in Dubuque with Mr and Mrs Carl Goeken of Atlantic. Take it easy on the road and allow ample travel time to avoid danger.
Exira-One notices rapid growth as new homes and businesses rise in Exira. Hilltop Grocery run by Mrs. Helen Pepper, linked to Winston and Newell Super Value, sits on a hilltop in the northeast. Since February it has become a busy self-serve store beside Billy's Produce and Locker Plant with meat and poultry operations open for shoppers.
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