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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
8
Atlantic City N J June 17 am Bra won the 900000 for the entire Shriner contest offer was made. The article notes a meeting of Shriners planned for Miami next year and references Atlantic City as the date and location context.
The assessor and county auditor report total assessed property value at $32,944,171 with exemptions totaling $161,115. Land, improvements, cattle, horses, and personal property are itemized with averages per unit, including cattle in feeding, yearling heifers, two-year heifers, steers, bulls, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, vehicles, and other categories.
San Francisco June 17 A riot of pyrotechnics and heated rhetoric shook Episcopal proceedings as Rev Henry Lewis of St Andrew's Michigan urged sanctifying unmerried unions and Rev William N Guthrie of St Mark's New York lambasted Protestantism, missions, and the New Testament in sweeping, controversial tirades.
White Plains New York June 17 The so called gentleman burglar Arthur Barry police say has confessed to many jewel robberies over four years. The last was at Testa L Livermore a Long Island broker residence. Police estimate about 600000 worth of gems were stolen Barry says he earned about 20000 from the robberies and another suspect Pilly Williams also received a similar amount. The fences who arranged sales of the stolen goods likely took the rest.
Detroit June 17 report that the Ford Motor Company airplane division is developing a new aircraft twice the size of the present three motor plane, designed to carry twenty passengers. The project aims to advance air mail service and technology, with engineers and executives announcing progress and potential service plans.
Washington June 17 Col Billy Mitchell chief of aviation in the army and air services retires. He renewed in a Washington Post letter his charge that naval inefficiency caused the Spirit of St Louis failure and blamed official incompetence and negligence. He denied any claim to Byrd’s North Pole flight credit.
Fragmentary quotations show Col Mitchell criticizing military red tape and arguing for unrestricted aviation growth. The text references Lindbergh and a fatal Shenantoah flight, signaling a debate over U.S. air power and policy amidst wartime concerns.
Washington June 17. Uncle Sam became an auctioneer and sold twenty six Douglas air mail planes that formed the backbone of the transcontinental air route between New York and San Francisco. The government will relinquish the route on Aug 2. The National Air Transport corporation is involved.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple aviation firms bidding for bonds or securities. Abounphines and Robertsha Aircraft of St Louis tied to Lindbergh former employer, with varied bid amounts around five to seven thousand dollars. Western Air Express of Los Angeles bids 6200 and 6150, plus another near 5289.
State Senator Lurs J. Skromme targets rural districts and smaller cities of Story County to defeat a large county bond proposal. The campaign portrays his opponents as wrong and the bond as harmful, framing it as a fight over local values and tax burdens.
The board of supervisors proposes a bond issue of 1,500,007 dollars to pave one mile of the county's primary road system. The election date is set for June 23.
Ames Iowa June 17 With 27 county farm bureaus already on the books for sunnier visits to Iowa State college the extension service anticipates the largest attendance since the summer tour began. Last year 33 counties contributed and this year at least 14 000 are expected from 15 or more counties. Your Want Ad in this paper will be read by 25 000 persons.
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