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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1951
Page
3
The North Town conference of the Methodist church closed its annual meeting in Waterloo yesterday. Bishop Charles W. presided and announced pastoral appointments for the coming year.
Inflation has raised some prices since World War II while others stayed steady. Jewelry and gifts for weddings show mixed changes, with quarter carat diamonds up about ten percent since 1945 and silver flatware generally higher than 1948 levels.
Debra Jane Holmes, 7 lb 7 oz, daughter of Glenn E. Holmes and Mary Jane Schwandt of Cedar Falls and Mason City, born Friday. Four Atlantic Memorial Hospital births: Marion Roberts’s daughter 8 lb 1% oz born 11:26 am Sunday. Duane Meers’s daughter 6 lb 5% oz born today at 4 am. Donald Lafferty’s daughter 6 lb 8% oz born at 10:05 am. Gise Struthers’s daughter 9 lb 2% oz born at 10:47 am.
The London Daily Mail lists 20 hopefuls in a mass English Channel race from Cap Griz Nez to the British coast on August 13, chosen from 155 entrants across 23 counties. Last year featured nine swimmers.
Bar bra Jackovich a 17 year old Chariton submitter sees her water safety poster chosen for 12000 posters of the Iowa Safety Congress this week. Congress manager Edna Woodward notes the design shows a hand reaching from water and bears the slogan Don't swim alone it's dangerous Always go with the gang or to supervised pools.
Around 1000 A D Chinese cash coins were minted in forms resembling the goods sought by buyers. This numismatic practice linked currency to contemporary commerce and everyday items in a tangible way.
Admiral Ernest J. King stated in a letter to Senator Knowland that at Yalta he was agreeable to Russia entering the war against Japan but opposed larger concessions. He argued Japan could be defeated without invading home islands and that Soviet engagement in Manchuria would hasten capitulation. He also recalled Roosevelt asking about concessions to Stalin and his reply limited to Sakhalin’s southern half as a sop.
Senator Maybank opened Senate debate on a proposed economic control bill defending a prohibition on price rollbacks beyond the period from January twenty fifth to February twenty fourth. He criticized the administration for supporting broader powers and spoke after a president’s communique denouncing the committee’s measures. Meanwhile the House Labor Committee approved a rival bill adjusting the Wage Stabilization Board’s structure and dispute powers.
A reader asks if storekeepers liability insurance can cover damages after children were injured by falling merchandise. The note advises consulting Horace Nelson Jr at Hinrichs Building Atlantic Iowa for insurance or real estate problems.
A district 4 H camp will run July 1 4 at Camp Wakonda in Griswold Iowa. Boys over eleven from Cass Page Fremont Montgomery Adair and east Pottawattamie counties will attend about 150 in all. The event opens Sunday evening with a vesper service and ends Wednesday breakfast. activities include soil and wildlife conservation swimming recreation nature study and camp cookery led by Boy Scout staff county extension directors and youth assistants.
The notice column lists visits and returns to Atlantic including Mrs. W L Roberts in Des Moines, Gerald Brown family trip to Alexandria and Ber muda trip by Don Minor. Also includes DDT spray plan for pest control, court suit by Montgomery Ward, Elks convention travel, local church leaders, and weather forecast with temperatures and humidity.
Authorities urge motorists to relax on the road and allow ample travel time. The message warns against speeding to ensure safe arrival at destinations.
Dora Chord of Chariton and Nora McKee of Venice California share an unseen bond as they reunite for their 80th birthday after 45 years. The sisters resemble each other closely and their likeness endures through the decades, photographed in Chariton Iowa.
A list from Atlantic Memorial hospital shows multiple admissions for medical treatment including Mrs. Tom Eblen Mrs. Lester Rhodes Mrs. Donald Jespesen Mrs. Frank Iddings and others plus children Janice and Joe Zoucha and Wikard Knight Jr for tonsillectomies.
Buckley dived into shallow water and struck his head on the pool bottom. He sustained injuries to the neck vertebrae. The Buckley family traveled to Luverne last May.
Washington producer Robert Rossen testified he is not a Communist party member and not in sympathy with it. He refused to answer questions about past membership or activities, citing possible self incrimination before the House Un-American Activities Committee probing Communist influences in Hollywood.
Des Moines announces the appointment of Mrs Hiram C Houghton Jr of Red Oak as state chairman and Mrs Ivan B Boyd of Des Moines as co chairwoman of the women's activities section of the U S savings bond division. Don't drive if you drink.
The American Home Finding Association reports an attempted return of a boy to his parents under a court order. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer refused to surrender the boy to J A Seabrook and Gretchen Hightshoe, and the boy resisted leaving the Dyer home.
Gerald says he likes living with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer and calls them like his own parents. He notes a modern home, gifts including clothes, a Guernsey calf, and 25 chickens. He plans to run away and return, seeking education and farming study with the Dyers.
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