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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
5
Jean Ferguson and Charles Kidder, both teens, fled the Nebraska industrial school for boys and flagged down a car driven by school superintendent Fred Dickson. They were returned to the institution following the attempted hitchhiking incident.
The Hastings Neb Daily Tribune edited by F A Seaton was cited by the National Editorial association as the outstanding small daily newspaper in America. It won first for general excellence among dailies over 8600 circulation and for typography and production in the 1940 NEA contests.
Funeral arrangements were under way for three people killed in a motor crash with a semi trailer near Fostoria Iowa on Sunday. Victims were Laurence Feldman 32 George Lighter 37 and Bonnie Lighter 3. Lighters wife injured Vernon Juhl truck driver had minor injuries. The Lighters were en route to church when the accident occurred. A. H. Clemson and family of Gray Iowa were Atlantic shoppers today.
Iowa faces local showers or thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight with cooler air in the northwest. Partly cloudy Tuesday with slight cooling in the east and south. Nebraska expects generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the extreme northeast.
Washington reports a 22 percent Navy growth plan to build 84 ships including three aircraft carriers and 28 submarines. President Roosevelt signs Vinson-Walsh measures expanding naval tonnage and aircraft program while a Western Hemisphere trade pact is considered to counter German victory impacts.
In New York Queens Village Long Island a mid air collision of two army bombers killed eleven air force personnel with one survivor badly injured. A civilian woman was burned when debris struck her home as fire engulfed the building.
National League results list several games with late innings noted. Boston defeated Pittsburgh 5 to 3 in a final, followed by a 1-1 tie in the second game of a doubleheader. St Louis beat Brooklyn 3-1 in the seventh, New York edged Chicago 2-1 in the eighth, and Cincinnati topped Philadelphia 4-2 in the sixth.
Washington reports GOP congressional leaders foresee an open convention in Philadelphia with eleven definite nominees and five dark horse possibilities. Names named include Taft Dewey Vandenberg Bridges James Baldwin Gannett MacNider Capper McNary Willkie Hoover Martin Bricker Stone Roberts. Political opposition to Willkie remains substantial.
Three Atlantic residents were cut and bruised Sunday morning when their car collided with a turning vehicle and another car obscured the view. Frank Tompkin and his son Bill endured injuries and shock, with Billy needing stitches, while Mrs. Tompkin also suffered bruises. The elderly Pleasantville driver was reported in critical condition.
The passage notes that a Democrat two years ago linked him to big business in utilities and cites Capitol Hill concern that Willkie stands for Wall Street fat cats and would be easily defeated by any Democratic nominee.
London reports Britain will enroll more recruits as three further military service registrations loom. Official speech says army intake continues at needed pace while Britain resolves to fight Nazi Germany to victory, with France’s armistice prompting questions on the French navy and future Franco German terms.
Soviet government announced Latvia and Estonia accepted new demands. Troops crossed Latvia border and warships entered Riga harbor. Latvia and Estonia governments resigned or were replaced to ensure mutual assistance pacts with the USSR. Lithuania followed with a pro Soviet government and troop moves. Tallinn reports say troops to be stationed at new points while calm is urged.
Paris reporters describe thousands of refugees returning to a city in German hands after a dramatic parade past the Arc de Triomphe. The scene shows victorious German troops and exhausted French columns as Weygand’s forces falter on the approach to Paris.
France seeks an honorable peace with Germany as its battered forces accrue casualties. The French high command orders cessation of hostilities today amid a shifting global interest in the fate of the French Navy.
CBS reports a German short wave broadcast claimed former French premier Paul Reynaud is en route to America by air. The broadcast, cited by CBS, also said Hitler will meet Mussolini to discuss France’s peace and territorial aims as France faces fleet fate and postwar options.
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