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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1946
Page
3
Do not swim alone or when overheated. Do not swim within an hour after eating. Check water depth before entering and stay within safe zones monitored for the area. Follow lifeguard instructions and wear a life jacket if unsure about conditions.
Harry W Searls of Audubon county Iowa died Saturday at his home after a period of illness. Born April 4 1880 in Covington Iowa he married Ethel Ary in 1910 and farmed in Hamlin township. Survived by wife two sons Fred and Kenneth two daughters Louise and Faye and three sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Presbyterian church with Rev Gordon I Zimmerman officiating. Burial at Arlington Heights cemetery.
My sincere thanks to friends and relatives who remembered me with cards letters and flowers during my hospital stay.
A string of short notes covers residents and visitors from Bellevue to Atlantic. Local families host relatives, officials report license renewals, and students travel between campuses and camps from Lake Okoboji to Camp Winona. Two Cass county draftees report for pre-induction at Ft. Snelling.
Sunday visitors at the home of Dr and Mrs FE A Schwendemann included Dr Roy Schwendemann and family from Fort Dodge and several siblings from Lehigh Duncombe St James and Apling ton along with Walter absent. In Anita and area traffic court fines were issued for missing flares license violations stop sign and axle overload offenses ranging from 3 to 20 dollars with costs.
Des Moines reports the Iowa centennial committee approved a 2 inch square gummed seal for envelopes and literature. The design features a map of Iowa with the slogan Iowa 100 years of progress, state flag, agricultural and industrial scenes, corn stalks, statehouse dome, pioneer sod breaking, ox drawn wagon, log cabin, and a wreath bearing Town Centennial 1846-1946.
Eastbound routes list No 8 Rocket 1 17 am No 22 Local 10 39 am No 14 Flyer 9 18 pm Nos 8 and 14 skip stations between Atlantic and West Des Moines Westbound No 23 Flyer 6 50 am No 15 Local 10 39 am No 7 Rocket 9 18 pm Audubon Branch leaves Atlantic No 1019 10 45 am arrives Atlantic No 1018 3 00 pm Coal shortage causes Nos 22 and 65 to be temporarily discontinued.
Bus timetables from Overland Greyhound and Hawkeye Stages show east eastbound and westbound departures from Atlantic and Hog locations with multiple daily departures. A separate note mentions sanitation studies on pig weights under different farming conditions. Additional tip describes a shoe pocket on a closet door for cleaning supplies.
The notice cites a decade of deadly fires with 100000 deaths across 6000000 blazes causing 3 billion dollars in property losses. It urges preventive action with a health and safety slogan urging early action, slower speeds, and longer lives.
First Arrivals reports a daughter weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces born to Mr and Mrs Max Fulks of Corpus Christi Texas formerly of Atlantic at Atlantic hospital Sunday 10 44 AM. Merlin Sorensen and wife of Extra welcomed a son their first child born at 7 68 AM weighing 7 pounds 614 ounces. Oscar Hanson rites note Griswold funeral services for 73 year old from Mercy hospital Council Bluffs held Sunday at Wagler funeral home with burial in Lowman cemetery south of town.
Attorney General Tom Clark announced a nationwide investigation by the FBI into trade restraints in the construction industry delaying the housing program. He said the probe covers abuses in related areas such as mortgage interest rates and lumber black market activity.
Des Moines June 17 A fire at the Canfield hotel killed 19 people after cigarette stubs were discarded in a cardboard container State Fire Marshal John Strohm led an investigation with A A Lubherden Zack Cook and H J Corcoran The findings blame fibre board on walls and ceilings and outline four legislative recommendations including hotel sprinkler requirements fire marshal control over investigations and fire proof exits and windows
Investigators report cigaret stubs tossed into a cardboard container in a storage room of the Red Lounge tavern adjoining the hotel lobby. The remark notes sprinklers would wet but not burn.
The Iowa County Officers association will convene in Des Moines Wednesday for a three day annual session. Several hundred Supervisors auditors treasurers clerks recorders engineers and county home stewards and matrons are expected to attend. It's always train time at a railroad crossing. Look both ways.
Signs along the highway urge drivers to slow for curves and follow posted speed limits to prevent accidents and protect travelers. The notices emphasize obedience as a safety measure for all road users.
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