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Newspaper

Atlantic News Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1940

Page

6

RITES HELD FOR STEVE JACOBS 64 BARBER AT AVOCA

Avoca Ia June 17 Special Funeral services were held here this afternoon for Steve Jacobs 64 local barber who died Saturday morning at the state hospital in Clarinda after a stroke He operated a barber shop in Avoca for 35 years and had been a patient at the hospital for 14 days He was born Feb 22 1886 in Avoca son of Mr and Mrs Cass Jacobs unmarried his survivors include a sister Mrs Alma Wahling of Avoca and a niece Mrs Anna Crockett of Aus-

Avoca Steve Jacobs State Hospital Clarinda Jacobs Cass Jacobs Alma Wahling Anna Crockett Aus

Rites Held At Blast Bros Funeral Home

Rev A C Lehue conducted the funeral service at the Blast Bros funeral home at 2 PM with burial in Graceland Cemetery here.

Tin, Minn A. C. Lehue Blast Bros Graceland Cemetery

Hoboes Injured in Des Moines Freight Train Incident

Des Moines Iowa George Statk of Milwaukee Wisconsin and John McDaniel of Denver Colorado were treated in a Des Moines hospital for severe foot injuries after riding with feet dangling from a box car and crossing a bridge south of Des Moines yesterday.

Des Moines George Stathas Milwaukee Wis John McDaniel Denver Colo

The Owl and the Pussycat See Better At Night

The phrase notes night vision advantage for the owl and the pussycat while urging the reader to move without slowing down.

Backstage At The State House

Des Moines reports reveal GOP activity around the Iowa state scene. Parole board candidates face delays amid Moore resignation. H R Gross campaigned with tribal gifts in Forest City. Niles Trammell’s NBC rise links to W W Akers. publisher Willard Archie contemplates Philly trip despite major surgery. Spangler rumors tie to Koover for the GOP nomination at a Des Moines dinner.

Des Moines Board of Parole FE. R. Moore Cedar Rapids Moore George A. Wilson Willard D. Archie Shenandoah Archie Philadelphia Penn Spangler Harrison E. Spangler Herbert Koover Col. Hanford MacNider

Rumors Fly Over Gubernatorial Factional Moves and Appointments

Leaders backing Spangler warn rivals of consequences if rumors prove true about reshuffles. Speculation surrounds federal district attorney posts, the state education board appointment, and University of Iowa proxy timing. Quiet week advances Dean Paul C. Packer’s position amid Iowa political maneuvering.

Willkie-MacNider State Board of Education University of Iowa Iowa Wpa George Keller Paul C. Packer

Notice to request extra copies of The News Telegraph

Those who desire extra copies of The News Telegraph should notify this office in advance so that supply will not be exhausted.

Library Notes Spotlight on New Readings for All Readers

Library Notes highlights several memoirs and novels worth trying. Frank Case hosts tales from an inn while Natalie Sedgewick Colby presents intimate recollections and White House circles as Mrs. Bainbridge Colby. Roosevelt and Wilson memoirs reveal differing legacies. Isabel Osbourne Field and Robert Louis Stevenson data mix with Love in the Sun by Leo Walmsley and How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn.

Frank Case Algonquin Hotel Natalie Sedgewick Colby Robert Louis Stevenson Isabel Osborne Field Stevenson Richard Llewellyn Welch

May Dairy Herd Leaders Highlight Atlantic and Woodbine Farms

W. J. Mottet notes the CAP Dairy Herd Improvement totals for May show 12 percent of cows on test averaging 816 pounds of milk and 52.0 pounds butterfat. Emil Brehmer Jr. leads with 14 grade Guernseys at 1,016 pounds milk and 48.8 butterfat. Earl Kirk of Atlantic owns the top performing May cow June, a grade Holstein producing 2,437 pounds milk and 7.1 butterfat. Second high is Babe owned by George B. Jensen of Extra with 2,381 pounds milk and 71.4 butterfat. Third, cow 26 a grade Guernsey from Logan averaging 1,650 pounds milk and 69.8 butterfat.

W. J. Mottet C. A. P. Dairy Herd Improvement Association Emil Brehmer Jr Walnut McCord & Black Logan

Exira News Briefs: Local Residents Attend Out-of-Town Events

Don Bloxham travels to Hartford for the National Circus Fans convention and to Chicago for Allied Independent Theater Managers June 21 22. A J Leake and wife depart for Hollywood to visit relatives in Denver. Elaine Baker Enid Kreamer attend Grinnell youth conference. E J Baker accompanies them. Ward Shirley Repp Jimmy Jensen return from Ames IA State College. Ward heads to Clear Lake Wisconsin for summer with uncle. Shirley plans vacation at Spirit Lake Templar Park.

Extra Don Bloxham Hartford Enid Kreamer Grinnell E. J. Baker Ward Shirley Repp Jimmy Jensen Iowa State College Ames Clear Lake Wis Templar Park Spirit Lake

Bandits Net 60 Cents in Downtown Robbery

Des Moines police sought two bandits and a woman accomplice after a nighttime downtown robbery. A 60 cent theft occurred when a gunpoint held up clerk Harry Fansler, who watched the trio flee in a car driven by the woman.

Des Moines Harry Fansler

Largest Adams county mortgage filed in Hastings

The Union Pacific Railroad files a $200 million mortgage with the Chase National Bank of New York as trustee in Hastings Adams county courthouse. The refunding notice spans 121 pages.

Hastings Neb Adams County Union Pacific Railroad Company Chase National Bank of New York

No clear article details in prompt

No coherent readable facts present to summarize into a news card format. The fragment lacks identifiable people, places, dates, or events to establish a complete T and S.

Billingsley Rites Held for Massena Station Operator

C R Billingsley 70, Massena la area filling station operator, died yesterday afternoon at his home from a paralytic stroke after a week of illness while at work. Born in Quincy Illinois, he moved to Massena in 1905. Surviving are two sons Alva and Ola, two grandchildren, a brother James Billingsley of Oshkosh Nebraska, and three sisters. Funeral services likely Tuesday at Massena Methodist Church.

Maccena la OL R. Billinestey Herewns Quincy Jan. OY Genece Fillneestes Adams County Eininn Biblerback Massena Marc Balling Les Ene Gaeed Dussies Billingsley Pertin Alva Ola Bos Margy Kenneth Billingselys James Billingsley Oshkosh Neh Zelia Hemvie Stella Bilderback Mt. Etna Minnie Brawn Aledo Massena Methodist Church

Drive Carefully Avoid Trouble From Others Mistakes

A cautionary note urges drivers to stay vigilant on the road. It warns that another driver’s error can create danger and urges defensive driving to prevent incidents and injuries.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Barber Mino Munsingwear Bez&e Johnson S Good Clothes Shop Atlantic, Iowa Northwest The State House H. R. Gross Forest City George Youngbear Niles Trammel National Broadcasting Company W. W. Akers Iowa Bureau of Investigation Akers Polk County Shiriff 36Th Infantry Camp Devens Mass Trammell Head Masonic Grand Lodge Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge Burlington Harry Searle Bristow C. C. Hunt Fred van Allen Clinton Henry S. Nollen Don Carpenter Council Bluffs Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr University of Virginia Italy Library Notes Earl Kirk EXIRA C. R. Billingsley C. D. McNeil Atlantic Oster John Molgaard Neat Chesterfield Douglas Fairbanks Safari Paramount Lecourt & Irene Tosacco Co
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