Three-Way Bus Crash Near Lewis Injures Vehicles
A Greyhound bus driven by Robert Hraban of Omaha was involved in a three way collision on US 8 four miles west of Lewis around 11 AM Wednesday. The bus struck a 1935 Ford driven by T Gregory Murphy of Lilbourn Missouri and a 1931 Chevrolet owned by George Ebert of Lewis after wet pavement prevented stopping. Damages totaled 100 to the Murphy car 250 to the bus and 10 to the Ebert car.
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Greyhound Lines
Robert Hraban
Omaha
US 8
Lewis
T. Gregory Murphy
Lilbourn
George W. Ebert
Missouri
U.S. 6
Murphy
Hraban
Ebert
Cormie A. Bettis
Oakland
U. S. Highway 6
William Bastel
Atlantic
Bettis
Bastel
Sick and Injured Home From Clinic
Local hospital round up notes multiple residents returning from care at Iowa City Mercy Hospital Carroll hospital Anita Anita residents and town city patients entering or leaving hospitals after surgeries injuries and illnesses with several names and addresses listed for care facilities and transfers
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Marie Beck
Iowa Electric Company
University Hospital
Iowa City
Powers Named to Iowa Board of Law Examiners
The Iowa supreme court appointed Leon W. Powers of Denison to succeed John W. Anderson on the state board of law examiners.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Leon W. Powers
Denison
John W. Anderson
State Board of Law Examiners
California Visitors and Local Notices Highlight Atlantic Briefs
Local readers hear of California visitors Kenneth Nichols family and others on vacation. Omaha market reports a 866 pound steer sale with a 17.15 ticket. Remodeling at Quinn & Howard store. Upcoming Atlantic junior Legion game vs Manning. Briles returns to Atlantic. Local entries note returns home from Glendale and Denver. Jessie Lloyd buys 710 Linn property, with residence at 801 Oak. Fire at White Rose station traced to overheated compressor. Wisconsin visitors Christensen at Atlantic. Marriage licenses issued to Eggers and Bogue, McKeane and Saxton. Divorce granted to Gustafson. Juniors camp trip to West Okoboji planned. Court case over 1941 Chevrolet continued. New father Fulks to visit with Diana Lee. Crop insurance meeting for AAA observers. Disturbing the peace charge wraps up fifteen days of notes.
Anita Library Serves Town Since 1937 Takeover
The Anita city library at City Hall on Chestnut Street operates Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday hours with Miss Mattie Butler as librarian. Since 1937 the all female board led by Mrs. Dressler preserves about 2,000 books, loaning 330 items monthly to town residents free while rural patrons pay a $1 annual fee. A 1937 photo by Jeanne Brodersen shows Roberta Ray and the Karns sisters.
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Anita
City Library
Chestnut Street
Mattie Butler
Anita Literary Club
Water Board
Cora Stoodt
J. A. Wagner
Earl Holton
Raymond Lantz
Frank Weimer
George Deane
Harry Dressler
Holton
Boy Scouts
Jeanne Brodersen
Roberta Ray
Dean Karns
Marilyn and
Marjorie Karns
Two Cass county men jailed for disorderly conduct
Clifford D. Wolfe and Glen W. McClain of Extra are serving 15 days in Cass county jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct at a hearing before Mayor Dick Jessen. They face $50 fines and costs in lieu of further penalties. Summer returns bring a warm up with 76 today and a forecast of near normal 73 by Wednesday.
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Cass Fair
Clifford D. Wolfe
Glen W. McClain
Extra
Cass County
Dick Jessen
Iowa
Lamont
Spencer
German girl Erika Krebs given life sentence for murder
Erika Krebs a 20 year old German girl was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Sgt. Robert E Flanigan of Peoria Illinois by a five man tribunal of the American military government after a brief deliberation of under ten minutes in Nuernberg June 21.
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Nuernberg
Erika Krebs
Robert E. Flanigan
Peoria
Itl
Gilbert Silkett dies at Griswold funeral set Sunday
Griswold resident Gilbert G Silkett 69 a retired farmer and carpenter died this morning after a weeklong heart ailment He was born October 1 1875 in Girard Kansas to Joel and Matilda Silkett He married Susan Corderman in 1898 She died in 1910 Surviving daughters are Mrs Earl Barnes Mrs Furniss Cable and Mrs Claude Busse with eleven grandchildren Funeral services Sunday at Wagler funeral home at 2 p m with Rev Lawrence Rydquist officiating Burial in Griswold cemetery
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Griswold
Gilbert G. Silkett
Furniss Cable
Mr. Silkett
Girard
Kan
Joel and
Matilda Pickrell Silkett
Susan Corderman
Earl Barnes
Claude Busse
Clarinda
Wagler Funeral
Lawrence Rydquist
Faith Lutheran Church
Griswold Cemetery
Ninety-Two Houses Put Up For Sale By Howard Moffitt
Ninety two houses were offered for sale yesterday by owner Howard F Moffitt. Three properties sold immediately as asking prices ranged from 3600 to 22500 dollars.
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Town City
Howard F. Moffitt
Cappel Plans New Atlantic John Deere Implement Shop
Clearing ground at Second and Chestnut streets for a new 100 by 140 foot tile and glass brick building by Ivan D. Cappel, Atlantic John Deere implement dealer. The shop will include a 60 by 100 office and sample room, 100 by 40 shop floor, and a 40 by 100 storeroom. Cappel opened the business in February 1945 after leaving Independence, Iowa. In the same block, work continues on a second building, a garage at Second and Walnut by I. Levine, Hudson dealer.
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Second and
Chestnut Streets
Ivan D. Cappel
Atlantic John Deere Implement
Chestnut Street
Cappel
Independence
Walnut Streets
I. Levine
Hudson
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SUN
Japan
J. Robert Bren
Gordon Douglas
Slyemp Rowend
Sheen Lopes
Willie
Seavick Square
la Heen
Paas
Red Cross
Sunnyside
Red Cross Lee
Beaudine Feed
Highway 6
Ed Dimig
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Clarence W. Woollard
Cumberland Methodist
Atlantic Hospital
Carol Dorsey
Robert Sonday
West Sixth Street
Fay Holaday
Dale Donnan
Harlan
Raldon Roberts
Kenneth Carl
Cumberland
Dale Christensen
Frederick William
Roland Shackson
East Tenth Street
Ben Bell
Audubon
J. R. Wright
Carroll Hospital
John Eagen
Carrol] Hospital
Dorothy Raeber
Neva Jean Ehlert
Ella Farquhar
First Avenue
Young
Board OF Examiners
Edward P. Cole
Jeweler
Bluebird
California
Kenneth Nichols
Richard
Englewood, Cal
Francia Mailander
Henry Bentschler Jr
Russell Black
East Seventh Street
Quinn & Howard Clothing
Manning
Atlantic Junior Legion
Manning Field
Ray L. Briles
Texas
C. P. Bell
H. M. Boorman
Poplar Street
Glendale
Calif
Clair Robinson
Henry Hoffman
Denver
Jessie Lloyd
Anna Brown
Linn Street
J. O. Black
Lloyd
Oak
Glenn Crane
White Rose
Fred Basham
Nellie Budd
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Anton Christensen
Kenosha
Wis
Levi Petersen
Christensen
Nash Kelvinator Corporation
Clifford Bogue
Mariana Eggers
C. M. Skipton
Paul W. McKeane
Alvis A. Saxton
R. Kent Martin
Mary Elizabeth Gustafson
Glen H. Gustafson
Mary Elizabeth Arnett
Rozanne Vierck
Byron Baker
Royal
Miriam Bierbaum
Martyn Ackerman
West Okoboji
Roy Bierbaum
Claus Kay
Kay
Max Fulks
U. S. Naval Base
Corpus Christi
Tex
Diana Lee
AAA
Morris O’riley
Fort Dodge
Gilbert Silkett
Sonotone
Hearing Center Hotel
Whitney
World Herald
Taylor
6Th & Oak
Joan Leslie
Sunny Tufts
Es Nna
Veronica Sonny Lake Tufts
Isse Slagle
Ats
Lillian Gish, Joan Caulfield
Tom and Jerry
UET Il
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