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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
2
Ninety four German prisoners of war at a Worland Wyoming camp are on a bread and water diet after refusing to work in local beet fields. The protest followed a strike over the lack of benches in transport trucks used to move them to and from the fields.
Anita Mrs N C Morgan has been visiting relatives in Davenport.
Col Dick R. Petty of Audubon is named executive officer to the commander of a battle tested troop carrier wing now operating in England. A Denver native, he is 38, a former United Air Lines chief pilot, and a veteran of African Sicilian and Italian campaigns. He earned the Air Medal and oak leaf cluster for airborne operations including Sicily and the first mission over Sasserno.
A series of property transfers in Cass County and Atlantic area detail deeds, qeds, and small payments. Notable transfers include John Lanny to Wilbert C Hoegh and wf for NW of bik 6 Crawford Merri man’s add, $2975. Blanche O Berry to Frank P Johnston and wf for lots 10 bik 10 Dickerson & Keyes add, $1 and over. Several 1 payments and nominal sums accompany transfers to Atlantic parcels including lots 2-12 in various blocks and sections, with mentions of home stead and Verizon-related plats, all under $1 or small sums. Additional transfers include Marion Hopley Farms Enc. to W A Hopley, and S H Rudolph dealings to Dale Crane and Charles Cornell et al, with several lot and section references across townships 76, ranges 37, 24-77-36, and adjacent Cass County listings.
Audubon Staff Sgt Earl Stengaard returns on furlough after 28 months abroad with the national guard began in 1942. He served in three European campaigns and received a purple heart for wounds on April 7. He will report for duty July 8 at Camp Butner North Carolina. Earl is the son of Chris Stengard of Haanlin.
Public invitation urges donations to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Welfare Fund to expand rehabilitation services and enlarge the National Home for widows and orphans of veterans. Campaign runs through June with contributions accepted in person or by mail to Willard Roeske, World War II. Wincel Drake, World War II. and Alva Wright, Quartermaster.
American spearheads of the Fifth Army push toward the Gothic line across northern Italy as mud slows cross country movement. Clark’s forces reach 15 miles below Pisa while French units clear villages near Montenero and Poggio Uccello. British Eighth Army moves toward Camerino and Fermo as naval and air units target Elba escape routes and Livorno harbor, with over 1,000 Allied sorties flown and no losses reported.
Walnut Mrs Allen Putnam has returned from Newburg New York after two months with her husband. En route she visited Miss Twyla Clough in Savanna Illinois and Mrs Taylor in Wyoming Iowa. Mrs Fred Mickel and daughter Gladys Ann and Mrs Bertha Krambeck left Wednesday for Salina Kansas to visit Mr Mickel employed there and will also visit Mr and Mrs Claus Krambeck, former Walnut residents.
Washington reports Congress moves to recess by late Friday with plans to reconvene for emergencies. Leaders from both parties gain equal voice as price control and war-related appropriation bills advance amid disputes. Navy, WAVEs, and pay boosts for infantry feature in the agenda, while Pacific native women face cultural restrictions cited in separate notes.
The article notes Moslem women in North Africa cover faces with veils and wear long white outer garments, revealing bright colors only at home. It explains public viewing is discouraged and women are not supposed to be visually attractive in public.
Audubon lieutenant Karl Carper 26, co-pilot of a B 24 Liberator dubbed Wan, earned the air medal after bringing home a damaged bomber whose pilot was killed. He landed as four engines failed and crewmen were wounded, later marrying in Chicago. His brother Martin remains missing in the southwest Pacific.
Mrs Rebeca Bitet Walkmen, Lincoln’s oldest woman resident, died yesterday aged 100. Born February 2, 1844 in Lexington Massachusetts, she came to Lincoln sixty years ago after the death of her husband, a Civil War veteran.
Des Moines reports Lt. Col. E. F. Jago, the conservation commission’s first employee to join the armed forces, has been granted terminal leave and re employed as a conservation officer. He is temporarily stationed at Ottumwa after serving as a staff officer in England.
Storing honey is usually not a problem. Buy in quantity if desired and seal tightly to keep dry. It can absorb moisture and ferment if damp, but at normal room temperature it keeps well without refrigeration.
The News Telegraph reports on current events with concise briefs and local updates. It highlights city developments, community notices, sports results, and regional business happenings to inform residents.
Des Moines reports the Iowa AAA committee states corn secured under war food order No 98 will be used for industrial or beverage alcohol as needed, but August distillery releases by the war production board do not change plans. No bushel from farmers delivering or contracting will be diverted from war material production. Save All Your Tin Can.
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