Creston Man Dies in Head-On Collision Near Norwalk
A Creston man, Joseph Emanuel Hartmann, 69, died in a head-on crash about a quarter mile north of Norwalk. Four Creston residents, Verner A. Willis, 46, Lola Ames, 57, Cecil Elkhorn, and a Mrs. Duncan, were injured and hospitalized. Willis was in the Hartmann car. the women were in the northbound vehicle.
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Norwalk
Creston
Joseph Emanuel Hartmann
Verner A. Willis
Lola Ames
Cecil Elkhorn
Duncan
Massena Pastor Appointed at Fifth Avenue Church
Massena pastor Massena W E Craig and family moved to Council Bluffs on Wednesday for his new role at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Rev Alexander and family arrived from Carson to settle in the parsonage. The piece also notes a one day sale event for a Chambers range demonstration at the Hotel Whitney, Esbeck Farm & Home Supplies.
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Massena
W. E. Craig
Council Bluffs
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Rev. Alexander
Carson
Local News Briefs and Visiting Residents
Short notices from Atlantic Iowa include Bud and Art Littlefield visiting with Theo Littlefield at 301 Cedar, the Johnsons returning from a five day trip, Anton Ortgies arriving from Washington to visit relatives, Mrs George W. Anderson as a weekend guest, Shirley Bates and Marilyn Miller visiting Simpson College friend Mary Lou Kirk, a change in state driving examiner scheduling to Saturdays only, Marvin R Wood attending the University of Tulsa summer session, Nedra Poch elected to the Iowa Y Teens planning committee, and Earl Black being transferred from Swift & Company in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
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Shirley Bates
Oakland
Marilyn Miller
Ames
Mary Lou Kirk
Simpson College
Kirk
Marvin R
Wood
Atlantic
University of Tulsa
College of Business Administration
Local notes and social updates from Atlantic region
Transfers, visits, and events reported from Atlantic includes a July 11 transfer to Huron plant, weddings and family visits in Hollywood California, and a Colorado trip return. Also mentioned are rodeo postponement due to wet weather, a Rotary meeting with D E Jenkins as speaker, a replevin action over a 1948 pickup, and move of a paving project crew toward Cumberland and Massena with related train traffic.
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U. S. 71
Cumberland
Booth & Olsen Construction Company
Cumberand
Massena
Bridgewater
Burlington
Cumberland Couple Welcome Cumberland Boy Birth
A son weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces was born to Mr and Mrs Arnold McCurdy of Cumberland at Atlantic Memorial hospital at 5 25 this morning.
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Cumberland
Arnold McCurdy
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Award VFW Auxiliary earns Iowa membership prize in Ottumwa
The Audubon VFW auxiliary received a certificate for the largest percentage increase in membership during the last year in Iowa at the annual convention of the VFW and Auxiliary in Ottumwa.
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Audubon
Audubon Vfw
Iowa
VEW and Auxiliary
Ottumwa
Local Health and Hospital Notes From Elk Horn to Des Moines
Reports from several towns detail illnesses and hospital visits. Mere L. M. Moore and husband Mr. Moore face ongoing health issues while Herbert Wulf recovers from surgery in Carroll and spends time with family. Diane Witte undergoes a tonsillectomy in Des Moines and others seek medical care in Lewis and Elim Children’s Home. An appendectomy is performed on Ruth Ann Dirgo in Harlan, and Anita Weimer Pearson improves after leg bone grafting in Des Moines. A 90th birthday observer A A Miller travels for checks and family visits.
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Elk Horn
Ruth Ann Dirgo
Elim Children’s Home
Harlan Hospital
Anita—Weimer Pearson
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Youth Killed In Iowa Motorcycle Truck Collision
Howard B. Huey, 21, of Coggan, died in a three vehicle crash on Highway 15 near Central City yesterday. Patrols report Huey’s motorcycle struck a pickup turning off the road, then was struck by a car behind it.
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Central City
Coggan
Howard B. Huey
Highway 15
Here
Action on sale of machinery dismissed by court
In a district court verdict Judge R Kent Martin awarded Clifford Snyder of Atlantic costs and judgment against L E Brooks of Brown City Michigan. Brooks claimed a truck and two tractors were delivered for sale on commission March 18 1948. The court held the plaintiff sold the equipment without restrictions. Brooks alleged 4000 to be paid on delivery 1600 after 5600 from sale and any excess to be paid when received with a 10 percent commission deducted by the defendant.
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R. Kent Martin
Clifford Snyder
Atlantic
L. E. Brooks
Brown City
Mich
Brooks
Stuit Named Dean of Liberal Arts at University of Iowa
Prof. Dewey B. Stuit was appointed dean of the college of liberal arts at the University of Iowa. Announcement came before the faculty by President Virgil M. Hancher. Stuit had served as acting dean since November 15, 1948 after former Dean Earl J. McGrath resigned, who now serves as United States Commissioner of Education.
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Town City
Dewey B. Stuit
College of Liberal Arts
University of
Lews
Virgil M. Hancher
Stuit
Earl J. McGrath
McGrath
United States Commissioner of Education
Keeps Hospital Busy In Long Beach Navy Plucks Joe Brown
Joe E. Brown, the comedian, is doing double duty as a convalescent at the naval hospital in Long Beach. He underwent a hernia operation while confined for malaria treatment. The navy said he will remain in sick bay for several days.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Brown
Naval Hapital
Navy
Union to provide car rides during transit strike
Des Moines street car union plans a midnight Tuesday strike resumption. Union spokesman Max Putnam says striking bus operators will offer free rides to patrons from their own vehicles along regular bus routes. Union members seek reduced fares, higher wages, and an audit of Des Moines Railway Co. Gifford counters that the company still demands arbitration.
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Des Moines
Max Putnam
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
C. W. Gifford
Des Moines Railway Company
Gifford
Putnam
International Union
First TV Broadcast Shown Here At Hansen Radio
A preview of television was held today with a General Electric set receiving broadcasts from Philadelphia St Louis New York and Washington DC at Hansen Radio Service 100 East Seventh Street The receiver carried Philadelphia Chicago game from Philadelphia and St Louis Boston game from St Louis along with patterns from WNEW Washington and WMAR New York Better reception will come when Omaha station WOW begins network TV shows on Sept 1.
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Genral Electric
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Washington, D. C
Hansen Radio
East Seventh Street
WNEW
Washington
WMAR
Omaha
WOW
Flash flood kills 49 in Pachuca Mexico
A 30 minute flash flood washed through Pachuca killing 49 people and injuring 28 in a silver mining town. Eight victims were children. Markets and downtown streets were submerged under 10 to 12 feet of water as bodies were recovered from overturned cars and ditches. The torrent struck at 5 30 p m CST.
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Pachuca
Mexico
Chambers Range Show Demonstrates Improved Cooking Method
Chambers invites shoppers to a special presentation at the Sample Room in Hotel Whitney on Tuesday June 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. See how the gas range lightens housework and showcases an improved cooking method.
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Chambers
Special Chambers
Whitney
Esbeck Farm & Home Supplies
Office closure notice from June to July
Public notice states the office will be closed from June 27 through July 11. Dr H M Sash is referenced as part of the message.
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H. M. Sash
Divorces for Racing King in Bridgeport Conn
William A. Holland known as Bill Holland, Indianapolis winner, is granted divorce from Ruth Gwynne Holland here. She cites intolerable cruelty, a roving temperament, and his nervous disposition. Custody awarded of their six year old daughter Linda.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William A
Bill) Holland
Ruth Gwynne Holland
Holland
Philadelphia
Widower swindle foiled by wary widow in Chicago
Mrs. Reseda Corrigan, 39 year old Chicago widow, identified Engel who posed as a Hollywood producer and fled with her money. He admitted taking about five thousand dollars and promised to return five thousand. Police charged him with operating a confidence game. bond set at ten thousand. Engel denied marriage to any woman and called himself a gentleman while minimizing his actions.
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Engel
Town Hall
Reseda Corrigan
Chicago
Former Atlantic Woman Dies in California
Marie Crosby 75 of Pasadena California died yesterday in California. A former Atlantic resident, she was sister in law to Mrs. Charles Bartley and daughter of the late H E Bartley. She left Atlantic about 25 years ago. Surviving are son Harold Crosby of Santa Barbara daughter Amy Raney of San Diego stepson Forey Crosby of Los Angeles and sister Bert Laird of Pasadena.
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Marie Crosby
Pasadena
Calif
Atlantic
Herbert Bartley
Charles Bartley
Crosby
H. E. Bartley
I. F. Crosby
Harold Crosby
Santa Barbara
Amy Raney
San Diego
Forey Crosby
Los Angeles
Bert Laird
Mrs Anna Myers of Hancock dies at 81 in Avoca
Funeral services for Anna Myers 81 of Hancock will be Sunday at 2 p m at Blust Berthusen funeral home Avoca with Rev Joseph Gerst officiating. Burial in Oakhill cemetery Hancock. She died Thursday at Jennie Edmundson hospital Council Bluffs after Tuesday hospitalization for a broken leg. Born Sept 12 1867 in Muenchen Germany she married Ludwig Myers who died in 1936. They moved from Bellwood Nebraska to Hancock area in 1893. Surviving Charles and George Avoca Joseph and Adolph Hancock, a daughter Mrs Wilfred Henry Council Bluffs, a brother Adolph Goth Red Cloud Neb, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. One son Louis died in 1918.
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Anna Myers
Hancock
Blust-Berthusen
Joseph Gerst
Oakhill Cemetery
Bellwood
Neb
Charles
George
Joseph
Adolph
Wilfred Henry
Council Bluffs
Adolph Goth
Red Cloud
Louis
Southwest Iowa School Board Meeting At Avoca SouthWest
Eighteen members attended Thursday night’s quarterly meeting of the Southwest Iowa School Board Association. The session opened with a dinner in the school lunch room, with H. F. Doyle of Avoca presiding as vice president. Attendees included representatives from Lewis, Avoca, Oakland, and Elliott. The September meeting will be held here.
Pedestrians urged to wear white at night on highways
Advisories emphasize wearing light color clothing for visibility after dark. Officials warn walkers to stay on sidewalks when possible and use marked crossings.
Des Moines Negress Heads Girls State Governor
Dorothy Elaine Chapman of Des Moines was inaugurated Thursday as governor of Girls State at Grinnell College. She became the first Black woman elected to lead the annual high school girls government workshop as other officers including Jo ann Lake, Beverly Greenwood, Joyce Artz, Ruth Englehardt and Janice Wallace were installed.
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Grinnell
Dorothy Elaine Chapman
Des Moines
Girls
Grinnell College
Joann Lake
Guttenberg
Beverly Greenwood
Sidney
Joyce Artz
Nora Stings
Janice Wallace
Ruth Englehardt
St. Olaf
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Oak Street
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Anton Ortgies
Cass County
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George W. Anderson
Portland, Ore
C. V. Welcher
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Lewis, Iowa
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L. M. Moore
Moore
Herbert Wulf
Extra
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Carroll
L. A. Arnold
Pullman Hotel
Diane Witte
Elm Street
Bessie Potter
Maple Street
A. O. Kenyon
Lewis
Charles Heiken
Pine Street
Earl Turnure
West Second Street
Hans Christensen
West of Elk Horn
Weimer Pearson
Anita
Charles Heck
Mayo Clinic
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