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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
3
Outfielder Joe Medwick, recently traded from the Cardinals to the Dodgers, was struck on the head by a Bowman's pitch in the first inning of today's game and rushed to the dugout for evaluation.
Vague dispatch urges caution after a pedestrian injury incident. Instructions emphasize the need to save a life and the role of rapid X rays to determine injury extent. Drivers are urged to reduce speed when children are near highways and to be ready to stop instantly if required.
Sick and injured cases fill Atlantic area notes with hospitalizations following an auto crash near Pleasantville. People named include Frank Tompkin and his son Billy. Mrs Kaward Butts and Henry Darhl. Also updates on Mrs Harold Robertson, Elmer Juhl, W E White, and Edith Hansen with hospitalizations and transfers.
Anita Ja June 18. Miss Helen Fowble, who had been working in Atlantic, spent the past week at home recuperating from a wrist fracture after a fall at the Lewis skating rink last Sunday.
Carrol Snyder aged 16, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Snyder, sustained a leg wound when a pitchfork blade pierced above the ankle while he worked at the J R Mailander place in Wiota Iowa. The tine struck bone and he received anti tetanus serum.
Local briefs report travel from Atlantic to Dixon Chicago and Fort Crook Nebraska visits by residents including William Nagel and daughters Esther and Margaret. Other items note area visits, returns from lake trips, Navy recruitment day, and a fundraiser sale by Iowa School for the Blind workers.
Mrs. John Spies has been ill with the summer flu while another mishap is noted in community notices. The brief item records health and an accidental event without further details.
Belden Paasch son of Mr and Mrs August Paasch of north of Walnut dislocated his hip after falling from a truck load of hay at the Paasch farm. He was moved to Mercy Hospital at Council Bluffs and will be a patient for a week or ten days.
Local residents hosted visitors from Des Moines including Mr and Mrs Joseph Farley and Mrs Parrish. Miss Thirza Schwenneker vacationing in Des Moines joined her parents. Miss Jeanette Downing left for Grand Island Nebraska for a two week vacation. The week closed with a 96 degree high in At drum and forecasts of possible thundershowers tonight.
Seventeen Atlantic youths attended a Catholic Youth meeting in Guthrie Center after a Sunday trip. Attendees included Lucile Lewer Margaret Maher Patricia Cook Junior Bopp Mary Lou Stang Beverly Rowe Vernell Malone Rose Marie Brown Paul Dimig Rose Dimig Jean Porter Tim Corita Josefa Saunders Jack Lewer Jack Desmond and Frank Tucker.
Medical note explains infant heart rate around 120 bpm, while adult rates vary 60 to 75 bpm with typical values of 62 for men and 69 for women, highlighting normal ranges.
Iowa City judge approves a $10 000 compromise in the Farmers Loan and Trust receivership after depositor Letitia Grogan withdraws objections. Summerwill had purchased a town apartment stake for 14200 with Brooke alleging property value up to 46000.
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