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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
4
A fellowship picnic for Marne and Buck Creek Methodist congregations and friends is set for Sunnyside Park Thursday at 7 PM. Dr. C F E Cooley, new superintendent of the Council Bluffs district, will attend as a special guest. Each family.
Mrs. Claude McFadden expresses gratitude for cards gifts and flowers from friends and relatives during her hospital stay and asks readers to accept sincere thanks for their support plus noting a picnic dinner and table service were requested.
Chicago police seek Sigmund Engel 73 alias Sam Engel Famed con man known to use 32 names over 50 years He swindled widow Reseda Corrigan 39 out of 5000 promising marriage She travels from Newark to Grand Central New York chasing him Police say Langton married him a week earlier believing him Carl Laemmle Jr Currency and jewels vanished from Langton Also claimed to have a Hollywood motion picture executive connection
Neighbor children of Lee Murdock received a big treat when an ice cream truck driven by Fred Smels of Davenport Iowa crashed into his front porch, burying it under ice cream. A second truck arrived and most of the ice cream had been eaten by then.
A collection of short items notes visiting relatives and locals. Former resident Mrs Bessie Moreland of Omaha travels here with Miss Anna McGrath. Rotary Picnic set at Dick Bell home 6:30 pm. county officials wrapping Cass county assessment work by Friday. Lions Women host dinner and officer installation at Hotel Whitney. Frank M Frederick fined for speeding. sheriff and officers attend Iowa Peace Officers course. Fire Chief Hedges to Missouri Valley conference in Fort Collins. Cass boundary news from Nebraska and Ames road project letting. Salt Lake visitors join local family. cattle market prices reported in Omaha. Girls State and Y Teen attendees listed. Ida Griswold visiting from Modesto. Veterans conventions in Ottumwa. lightning strikes Hotel Whitney but no fire. weekend visitors to Schwendemann home. new homes excavation underway near Rex Moorman and Lash properties.
In LaVista the Langs are nearing completion on a ranch style home north of the city tower, while Roy Comes advances on a West Sixth street road house. 4-H convention winds through Ames with Cass County girls and leaders attending. warm Atlantic temperatures set records, with rainfall across multiple towns and humid heat forecast to persist into the five day period.
Janice Han sel a 10 year old of Edgewood dies at home after a three year battle with leukemia. She had spent much of the illness in hospital and at home since Easter. Seven brothers and one sister survive with her mother Mrs. Sophia Hansel. her father died before illness. Community gifts of toy balloons brightened her final days.
Mr and Mrs Robert Goeken and his mother Mrs Art Goeken escaped injury when their Stinson four passenger plane was forced down on the J G Stevenson farm two miles north of Atlantic during a heavy storm. A main valve failure caused loss of power and the craft hit a telephone wire on descent. The wings fuselage and propeller were damaged.
At a University of Iowa conference on junior colleges, Dr. E. H. Peterson urged shifting from a prewar model that screens students for liberal arts at a senior college to a community college role. He argued community colleges would meet local needs, educating more youth.
Washington report shows Senators sparring over national emergency labor plans. Senator Morse (R Ore) pressed a lengthy speech as votes on the measure remained uncertain, attacking Taft’s injunction plan and Douglas-Aiken’s seizure proposal while Taft and Douglas offered sharp criticisms in interviews.
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