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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
5
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Washington The University of Iowa will receive a federal grant of 25000 for cancer study courses. Algona Dale Jenen age 21 father of two is hospitalized in Iowa City with infantile paralysis of the bulbar type. Des Moines The Iowa department of public safety reports 178 drivers convicted last week for driving without a license. Ames One hundred eight farm families will be honored at Iowa State College on July 1 for paying off farm loans. Des Moines Wanda June Smith 19 daughter of Dr Earl Smith will replace Pat Sullivan as Hawk Eye Holidays queen finalist after Miss Sullivan withdrew.
Sheriff Tom J. Finegan announced the Carroll lake rowboat theft case is solved after Carl J. Hess reported the boat missing on May 15. Investigation traced to Lowell Coil of Jefferson, 19, charged with grand larceny and held under $500 bond after an arraignment.
Arne Gunneng first secretary of the Norwegian embassy opened a four day Norwegian festival in Decorah today. The Norway day parade featured participants in early Norwegian dress as Gunneng launched a drive to raise 250000 dollars for a new Luther college building to house the Norwegian American historical museum.
Council Bluffs city council awards a 53 year bus franchise to Council Bluffs Transit, needing a special election. If approved, operations begin within 60 days. The Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway franchise has expired and runs on a temporary permit.
In East Dubuque Illinois a nine year old boy, Thomas Lamoure, was fatally shot while playing with an 8 year old in the Lamoure yard. The gun, in the hands of Frank Miller, discharged accidentally. Coroner Hutson said no inquest will be held.
Partly cloudy conditions featured in the forecast with cooler temperatures arriving tonight and spreading through the eastern portion on Thursday.
Justice T Alan Goldsborough dropped his court order banning the United Mine Workers from walking out. The ruling follows his earlier upholding of John L Lewis pension plan paying retired miners 100 dollars monthly. Bargaining for a new wage pact continues as operators hesitate to accept the pension decision.
Three hitchhiking young women were detained at Cass County jail by Deputy Sheriff Dale Cornil at Anita around 8 this morning. Joan Waugh 19 Colleen Dramette 21 from Sulphur Louisiana and Wanda Russell 19 from Tulsa Oklahoma face investigation after claiming they were escapees from Mitchellville and were hiking to Wisconsin to work. They had a cigar while at the sheriff's offices.
Patty Berg of Minneapolis edged Phyllis Otto Germain of Atlantic Iowa 1 up in a tense lower bracket clash while Polly Riley of Ft. Worth defeated Betty White of Dallas 6 and 5 in the second round. Babe Didrickson Zaharias won 5 and 4 over Mary McMillin to reach the quarterfinals. Margaret Gunther lost 4 and 3 to Mary Agnes Wall as the event moved forward. Berg posted a medal score of 81.
A tornado ripped through two southwestern Iowa counties injuring one person and damaging farm homes, barns, corn cribs, and livestock. Major damage occurred near Hamburg, Sidney, Emerson, and across the Missouri River in Nebraska City, with a death reported in Nebraska.
About 50 Farm Bureau leaders from across South Dakota travel to Sioux Falls to inspect facilities in Storm Lake Des Moines Des Moines Iowa and attend the American Farm Bureau federation Midwest training school in St Paul.
A basement blast at Raylays department store in Winchester Virginia shattered the street floor and injured more than twenty workers and shoppers. Part of the second floor collapsed and the blast cause was not immediately known.
Moscow led delegation to Wilanow Palace as Russia and six Eastern European satellites discuss forming a separate state in eastern Germany. Police sealed airports and streets as Gomulka warned Cominform signers could be summoned when necessary amid fears over Western Germany and the European recovery plan.
Cass County lawyers and bankers form a new Iowa corporation to operate the D. C. Herbert and Savery & Company abstracting firms they acquired. The Cass County Abstract Company, Inc. will consolidate the businesses founded by the late D. O. Herbert and John H. Wood, with officers to be named after articles of incorporation are filed.
Knoxville deputy sheriff Loren Jarman said Howard Yandell 2 of Gridley West Virginia was arrested here after being sought in connection with a Bloomington Illinois fatal beating. Yandell told officers he was with a group that killed the man and dumped the body in a cemetery but claimed he did not take part in the beating. Illinois authorities were expected to take custody later today after extradition waiver.
Governor Dewey drew continued GOP support as New Jersey’s Thomas E. Driscoll joined the Dewey camp. Taft and Stassen allies sought a cohesive “Step Dewey” coalition with Vandenberg’s backers, aiming to unite prominent factions behind a single nominee.
At Tealth Convention Hall the morning session ended with Joseph Martin limiting nominating speeches to 15 minutes each and no more than four seconding speeches five minutes long. Tonight's session promises to be long as voting on a presidential candidate won’t begin until tomorrow at 9 am.
Sen Henry Cabot Lodge reports on the committee on resolutions at Convention Hall, reading the 1948 platform. After the 2,400 words Lodge moves adoption and the platform is adopted by acclama.
Iowa delegates heard Senator Taft explain farm bill passage as the first poll shows Stassen 12, Dewey 5, Taft 5, McArthur 1. Spangler and Hickman seated Taft Georgia delegates while Morrison backed Dewey Georgia delegates. vote seating remains unsettled.
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