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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1940
Page
3
New York June 24 tips from boxing informant Joe outs. Max Racer is favored to stop Tony Galento within 10 rounds in Jersey City next week. Joe claims to have bet on the outcome and shares coaching tips for Max to neutralize Galento’s power.
Council Bluffs Iowa June 24 Eric Hansen of Council Bluffs won the open tournament at the Golf and Country club by defeating Karl Hogan 2 and 1. Frankie Cormaci of Omaha led medal play with 77. Other flight winners included Ollie Nelson 2 and 1 over Bob Fustafa and Bill Cutler third flight. Consolation winners were Bill Morris George Larsen Paul Marshall John Gibb Joe Ewald and Dr H R Cronk.
New York Giants shortstop Billy Jurges remained resting in Polyclinic hospital with a severe brain concussion after a pitch by Cincinnati ace Bucky Walters in the seventh inning of yesterday's first game of the double-header. Jurges never lost consciousness and accepted Walters' claim that the incident was accidental.
Des Moines heavyweight Lee Savold weighed 189 pounds for an eight round bout with Johnny Whiters 205 pounds of Pontiac Michigan at Riverview park Des Moines tonight. It marks the Norwegian’s first Des Moines appearance in months as Whiters seeks revenge after last March’s 10 round setback.
Minneapolis today reports Southern California Trojans captured their sixth straight NCAA track and field team title as rain delayed finals and forced races on a soaked course during the 19th annual meet.
Boston third baseman Jim Tabor hit two homers to lift the Red Sox past the Indians 2 to 0 and end a seven game skid. Cincinnati catcher Wally Hershberger delivered a pinch triple in the opening game of a doubleheader with the Giants to help the Reds regain first in the National League. New York pitcher Carl Hubbell faltered in the ninth as the Reds scored five to beat the Giants, and Brooklyn’s Whitlow Wyatt was hit hard as the Dodgers lost the top spot in the senior circuit.
Helen Jacobs of California defeats Eunice Dean of Texas in straight sets to win the Pennsylvania and Eastern States women’s championship at the Merion Racket Club in Tavern Ford Pennsylvania.
Audubon Cardinals blank Wiota in a 7 to 0 victory at home behind Bill Jammer four hit pitching fanning 13. Jammer and Arnold Nelson each had two hits as Audubon totaled 10 hits. Wiota was led by Kelly Bolte who allowed six runs in six innings before being relieved by Mel Mailander Lloyd Jones.
Williams and Vogel led after medalists with 76 as first round play began. Williams defeated Beadle 6 and 5 while Vogel beat Miller 2 and 1 to move into round two. Vogel meets Ray next. Multiple flight results noted with several first round and second round matchups. All first round matches to be completed today.
American League leaders Cleveland and Detroit posted wins while Boston and Chicago split. New York, St. Louis, Philadelphia and others played, with rain affecting Philadelphia at Chicago and New York at Cleveland night contests. National League results included Cincinnati over New York twice, Pittsburgh over Brooklyn, and Chicago edging Philadelphia twice in separate games.
Detroit defeated the New York Yankees 4 to 2 behind Buck Newson, tightening the American League race as Detroit closes within a game and a half of the Cleveland Indians. Al Smith pitched the Indians past the Boston Red Sox 4 to 1 in the opener of a twin bill.
Lyman defeats Atlantic’s Gas House Gang 2 to 1 in the final inning rally at Sunnyside. Junior Gaines allowed two hits through seven frames until two late hits and two errors fueled two-run surge. Wright and J Turner drove in Atlantic's lone run with a second-inning triple.
The qualifying round in the women's western open golf tournament at Blue Mound Country Club was postponed to tomorrow because the course is waterlogged after heavy weekend rains. The field has grown to 100 entrants and the 36 hole final will be played Sunday instead of Saturday.
Art Doering of Chicago won the Trans-Mississippi golf championship final over O'Hara Watts of Dallas 6 and 5 after a 36-hole match. Doering, 23, succeeds Chick Herbert of Battle Creek as champion and had left amateur status to turn professional last year.
National league players Camilli Dodgers W Davis Pirates Lombardi Reds Key Cards Mize Cards Martin Cards Miller Bees E Moore Bees Rizzo Phillies 2 Warren Phillies. American league York Tigers Keltner Indians Mack Indians Tabor Red Sox 2 Case Senators Walker Senators Laabs Browns Leaders National Mize Cards 19 American Foxx Red Sox 17.
Griswold defeated Carson City 6 to 0 in Griswold Iowa on Sunday. Hobson threw a one hit game while Griswold collected six hits and played flawless defense. Taladay Overman Hobson and Scott were the battery for the two teams.
An appeal urges careful driving after a traffic incident highlights the risk of a single crash. Officials emphasize vigilance and safe practices to prevent further harm and protect pedestrians and motorists alike.
Pennsylvania state police say Richard Millinder age 22 a WPA worker wrote a confession to the sex slaying of Fay Gates last May 5 on a densely named road near Bellefonte Pennsylvania Gates was the wife’s first cousin.
Des Moines district tennis finals will be played today after two rainouts. Wayne Anderson of Shenandoah will face Des Moines' Joe Carney in the men's singles, with Anderson and Frank Nye of Shenandoah paired in doubles against Carney and John Fletcher of Des Moines.
James McGee of Woodbine Iowa eight miles northwest, suffered near complete loss of his right hand when a mower blade entangled as a team bolted at the Charles Barsby farm. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs for treatment.
Albert Kuske, a local coal dealer, has six brothers in the German army, with a seventh killed in action, leaving Kuske as the sole family member in the United States and without word from Germany for months. Harry B. Swan returns from the University of Iowa to join his father, T. B. Swan, in the law practice.
The Iowa highway commission purchased a little over two acres from the Atlantic Cemetery association for a major turnpike at the junction of highways 32 and 71. The price paid was $5,000. A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. William Shepperd at the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailey.
H R Gross, former Des Moines broadcaster, says his recent Republican governor primary campaign cost $2 582 47 with receipts totaling $1 068 Contributions include 20 from Milo Reno family 350 from Dr F J Colby Forest City 115 from farmers of Boone county and 100 from 10 friends None contributed more than 10 Principal expense 1 112 paid for radio time on WHO Des Moines and KMA Shenandoah
Public service notice urges drivers to reduce speed when children are near highways and to stay prepared to stop instantly. It promotes N.T. Want Ads as effective results for community safety and awareness.
A brief note records a daily visitor to the Or Billy Kitchen, noting the presence of a young guest in a casual daytime scene. The event centers on a child visitor in a kitchen setting.
Iowa drownings total 17 for the year with three deaths listed this weekend. An 11 year old, John Fitzpatrick of Manchester, drowned in the Maquoketa river while fishing on a barge. Two year old Edwin Novotny died in a water tank near Cedar Rapids. his father tried artificial respiration for an hour. Mozel Howard, 27, drowned when his boat capsized in the Des Moines river near Des Moines.
Des Moines Iowa June 24 Brig. Gen. George E. Leach mayor of Minneapolis Minnesota today assumed command of the thirty fourth division of the national guard Leach succeeds Maj Gen Lloyd D Rows of Des Moines who is retiring at age 64 The division includes guard units from Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Leach will hold the post until July 18 when he retires He commanded the 151st field artillery in the world war.
The ohm honors German physicist Georg Simon Ohm, the ampere honors French physicist André Marie Ampère, the volt honors Italian Count Alessandro Volta, the coulomb honors French scientist Charles Augustin de Coulomb, the joule honors British physicist James Prescott Joule, the watt honors Scottish inventor James Watt, and the faraday honors English chemist Michael Faraday.
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