Survey of Tax-Free Public Land Initiated by WPA
A statewide survey of tax free public land in Case county was started by the Works Progress Administration with sponsorship from the state tax commission. Robert Taft and Lyle Sorensen of Atlantic will map exempt properties including school, church and government lands, farms, and tax repossessions, largely from courthouse records.
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Case County
Works Progress Administration
State Tax Commission
Robert Taft
Lyle Sorensen
Atlantic
Shenandoah Local Briefs Report Weekend Visitors and Travel
Shenandoah residents Cyril Rapp visited his mother Mrs. John Rapp on East Tenth Street. Atlantic, Clarinda, and Des Moines visitors are noted, with trips to Omaha and the Blue Goose moth sighting. Western trip planned to the Black Hills and Yellowstone. motor burnout at Iowa Theater during a Sunday storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Cyril Rapp
John Rapp
East Tenth Street
Omsha
George Ott
Locust Street
Omaha
John H. Williams
Buddy
Near Atlantic
Ethel Roberts
Blue Goose Tavern
East Seventh Street
W. E. Wissler
Laura Helen
Des Moines
E. E. Herring
Lowcust Street
J. G. Herring
Chestnut Street
Iowa Theater
Local notables visit relatives and attend Guard ceremonies
Mr. Weiss and party returned from a Mid-Continent Petroleum meet and visited his parents in Fort Dodge. Atlantic ranks high in per person city expenses while nearby Webster City taps the lowest. Dr. and Mrs. Knarr hosted guests including Mr. Good publisher and Mr. Wells CCC officer. Rainbow veterans and spouses attended Camp Dodge ceremonies honoring three retiring National Guard officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Division
Camp Dodge
National Guard
Joe Cardio
Ray Coker
Simon Spence
Harold Herbert
Alt Wilken
Everett Wright
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Max Ross
John Hoffman
Jeannette Squires
Don Wilkinson
William Bendixon
Lena Wilken
Des Moines
Mother charged in son's death in Ohio
Velma Baker Fink 22 confessed to throwing her 10 week old son Haldon Baker Fink from a Clyde Fremont area bridge into Green Creek last Tuesday night. A first degree murder warrant awaits grand jury review on July 5. She is jailed in Sandusky County awaiting further proceedings.
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Fremont, C
I. N
Velma Baker Fink
Haldon Baker Fink
Hyzer
Sick and Injured Slight Improve
Ed Eichhorn of 1315 Chestnut Street shows improvement after three days of critical illness at home. Betty Jane Davis, granddaughter of Mrs. W. T. Briscoe, entered Omaha Methodist Hospital for her sixth major eye operation and remains in pain yet stable.
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Ed Eichhorn
Chestnut Street
Betty Jane Davis
Fred Brongraber
West of Griswold
W. T. Briscoe
South of Atlantic
Omaha Methodist Hospital
Local hospital discharges and patient updates
Surgical patients Joan Berry and Robert Morris were discharged from the Atlantic. Mrs. John Lamberty had major surgery at the Atlantic. Attorneys Harold Davidson and Bennett Cullison were discharged from Jones hospital after a crash near Walnut. Dorothy Lang and Roy Brandy were treated at Jones. Darlene Mayberry had tonsil surgery at Jones. Jean Sunderman fractured her left arm after a roller skating fall. Bert Perrin entered Des Moines Veterans hospital for several weeks. Mrs C B Nielsen and Miss Theresa Olsen ill at home in Elk Horn and Ja.
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Joan Berry
Poplar Street
Robert Morris
Griswold
Atlantic
John Lamberty
Near Atlantic
the Atlantic
Harold Davidson
Clarinda
Bennett Cullison
Harlan
Jones Hospital
Walnut
Dorothy Lang
John Lang
Jones
Roy Brandy
Bridgewater
Darlene Mayberry
Caple Mayberry
The
Jean Sunderman
Sam Sunderman
Laurel Street
Cumberland
Bert Perrin
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Pune
Elk Horn
C. B. Nielsen
Theresa Olsen
Casey Boy Hurt In Casey Iowa Bicycle Accident
Billy Tomlinson ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Cliff Tomlinson fell from a bicycle Saturday fracturing the bone in his arm above the elbow. Mrs Ralph Barnes of Greenfield is staying with her sister Mrs Harry Croissant for a doctor prescribed nervous disorder test at Casey. Minnie Forshay has gone to Excelsior Springs Missouri for two weeks at a sanitarium accompanied by her brother and nephew who returned home the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Billy Tomlinson
Cliff Tomlinson
Ralph Barnes
Greenfield
Harry Croissant
Anita
Springs
Minnie Forshay
Excelsior Springs
B.D. Forshay
R. W
Mickey” Forshay
High Frequency Waves Used to Ease Stomach Spasm
A probe introduced down the thrust to the stomach opening uses high frequency waves to relieve spasm at that point, a method recently described.
Lightning Strikes Three Barns in Iowa Territory
A severe thunderstorm lashed Massena Audubon and surrounding areas with strong winds and lightning. Barns and outbuildings suffered damage across multiple farms near Extra Hamlin and Audubon, with trees toppled, roofs torn, a silo wrecked, and telephone service disrupted. Rain totals ranged up to 1.78 inches in Carroll, while Burlington recorded 96 degrees as the day’s hot spot.
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Sena
Holt
Massena
Audubon
W. J. Ness
Extra
Elk Horn
Hamlin
Peter Anderson
Carl Hensley
George Wahlert
Fred Larsen
Rorbeck
Wilmer Farley
Lewin
Brayton
Ed. Campbell
Chris Larsen
Lee Hay
Raymond Kester
Cameron Township
Burlington
Carroll
Inwood
Clarinda
Webster City
Des Moines
Humboldt
Three Iowans Drown Over Weekend in Separate Incidents
Des Moines reports three drownings over the weekend. Bernard Daniels 21 Belmond and Robert Holland 19 Charles City died after boating mishaps on Morse Lake and the Cedar River. Juanita Chapman 19 Jefferson, while visiting Kansas, drowned when a car with Alfred Schuvie 21 of Hays plunged into a flooded creek.
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Des Moines
Kansas
Bernard Daniels
Belmond
Robert Holland
Charles City
Juanita Chapman
Jefferson
Daniels
Morse Lake
Bud Packard
Merle Bonte
Cedar River
Holland
Miss Chapman
Hays
Alfred Schuvie
Junior blasts first stump with 120 sticks of dynamite
Tillamook Oregon June 19 Junior Bruce Kellew asked his father if 19 sticks would clear a pasture stump. Believing him jok ing the father gave 90 sticks. Junior used 120 and created a miniature grand canyon where the stump stood. only a couple of sticks were needed for this job.
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Tillamook
Ore
Junior
Bruce Kellew
Grand Canyon
Search urged for missing flyer Tom Smith over New Brunswick forests
Washington reports a French telegram and a mother's plea push Senator Rush Holt to seek a Canada United States search for Tom Smith, Los Angeles flyer who vanished after leaving Old Orchard Maine for Europe. Holt plans talks with State Department to pressure Canada for a thorough hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Brunswick
Tom Smith
Los Angeles
Europe
Old Orchard
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Harvey Smith
Clarksburg
W. Va
Drive Carefully life is precious news brief
A compact notice from The News Telegraph urges driver caution, framing life as precious and calling attention to road safety. It emphasizes careful driving and warns of risks on local streets.
Statewide search for blond hammer murderess Velma West
A statewide search was launched for Velma West and three other women prisoners missing after Marysville reformatory cells were checked. Velma West known as Blond Velma, 33, is accused in a fatal hammer murder and is believed to have fled with companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blond Hammer
Marysville
Velma
West
Marysville Reformatory
Blond Velma
Navy orders swift build up of key base facilities
Washington reports an immediate construction and modernization program for Atlantic and Pacific naval bases. The plan calls for multimillion dollar facilities, including drydocks, to service higher tonnage battleships in wartime, based on a survey of shore station inadequacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
High Command
Budget Bureau
Divers Attempt Rescue After Car Plunges Into Slough
Byron California June 19 a Stockton fireman in swimming trunks prepared to dive 26 feet into a swirling slough of the San Joaquin to liberate the eight bodies entombed in a heavy sedan. The car carried ten people from a reunion of three Italian American families. two escaped as the auto sank.
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Byron
Cal
E. N
Stockton
San Joaquin
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Robert Wells
Robert, Jr
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