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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
8
A scrambled snippet references Taft Roosevelt New Deal era figures, conventions and political maneuvering. Mentions Kansas City events, a baseball header, and a hotel dining scene tied to a political gathering. No clear narrative or dates are resolvable from the fragment.
Linda Morton rushes to her sick son Mickey as doctors confirm a full recovery. In Chicago, Bradley Morton and his wife learn their grandson exists and the Morton name dominates headlines. Steve Hubbard, injured in a car accident caused by Merry Blaine, remains the emotional hinge of the story as Linda navigates danger, hope, and love.
Griswold residents host and visit family and friends from nearby states. Vernon Van and family from Wakefield Nebraska spend the weekend with his parents. Delegates Betty Crum Wanda Powers and Jean Waamer travel to Blair Nebraska for a summer church conference. Carolyn Frank from Council Bluffs enjoys a three week vacation with her parents. The Braden family from Des Moines plan a west coast trip to Los Angeles to visit Moyne Braden. Yarger of Des Moines visits his mother-in-law Mary Forsythe who is ill. Marie Forsythe teaches in Council Bluffs and stays for the summer. Hornsby return from Mitchell South Dakota with Mrs. C. O. DuBois visiting Griswold. Dr and Mrs William Shepherd and daughters Mary and Alice of Des Moines visit Arthur Strickland’s family. Mary stays with grandmother.
Miss Mary Petersen of Los Angeles stays two weeks with the Hans Petersen family. Mr and Mrs Pete Olsen and son of Tacoma Washington visit relatives and plan to join a Kimballt Jensen park reunion Sunday. Luella Aaguard Elaine Johnson and Bertha Andersen depart for Berresford North Carolina to attend a Luther League convention as delegates.
Actresses Olivia De Havilland and Bette Davis model practical slacks outfits for a carefree country weekend. De Havilland wears a one piece patio pajama with banana top and sage trousers with mustrard girdle. Davis pairs gabardine slacks a white jersey blouse. Marion Wrixon shows natural slacks with plaid shirt and suspenders.
Babson argues the U S must choose between real defense and social spending as threats rise from Germany Japan and fascist powers He urges swift moral and economic reform to build national character and readiness and warns against defending luxuries at the cost of security Time is running out to decide America s fate and shape history
Copy of a 1940 Publishers' Financial Bureau notice hints at ongoing rights and reproduction terms for future generations, referencing enduring interest and archival conservation considerations.
The SS Peter and Paul summer religious school ends with six children receiving first communion at 7 30 a m mass. Recipients include David Allen Walter Bopp Donna Rowley Jane Ellen Skipton Margaret Ann Thielen and Mary Ann Thompson.
Avoca Iowa June 22 coroner reports a fire that killed Mrs Dorothy Lillian Scott at the east edge of Avoca was caused by a cigarette. Mrs Scott a heavy smoker reportedly dropped a lit cigarette in bed after a heart attack. The fire left her burned in bed in a three room cottage as interior burned. Funeral services were held in Avoca cemetery. Mrs Scott formerly of Sioux City had a sister in Denver and a brother whose whereabouts are unknown.
Adair residents report travels and visits including Ermma Jean Lyle’s trip to Little Rock Arkansas and W T Ligyrate’s Omaha visit. Des Moines trips by Ridenour Wade Arnburg Jensen Larsen Maynard Voglesburg Schrader Crow and Lonksen transfer to Denison as Montgomery Ward manager. An elders conference in Council Bluffs was attended by Rev C H W Rumbaugh and Gay ford Archer.
Des Moines reports Ja J Leonard Davies of Cresco Iowa was nominated for the executive committee of the Iowa State Teachers Association by the County School Superintendents Association after a two day conference. The association will present his name at the upcoming annual meeting.
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