British Attacks German Positions in Normandy
British forces press the assault on German positions in Normandy as reports from various bureaus summarize wartime activity. A collision near Sioux City, Iowa involved a North Western passenger train, causing minor injuries to an engineer and three passengers. Raymond Moley denied claims of drafting Hoover's Philadelphia speech while in Chicago. Iowa State College reported a July 1 1939 cash balance of $595 348 with revenue of $3 693 732 and expenditures of $3 612 024 23.
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Sioux City
North Western
New York
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Hoover
Philadelphia
Moley
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa State College
G. S. Worden
Worden
Phyllis Otto Falls to Babe Didrikson in Open Golf
In Milwaukee at Blue Mound course Phyllis Otto of Atlantic Iowa loses to Babe Didrikson Zaharias 6 and 4 in the Women's Western Open. Didrikson, Olympic star now golfer after marriage to a wrestler, advances in the tournament.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United Press
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Babe” Didriksen Zaharias
Zaharias
Iowa
Blue Mound Course
Red Cross Fund Donations Acknowledged at Kensington Club
Record lists donations including $5.00 from Kensington club and $289.20 previously acknowledged, with small gifts from Billy Sigler $1.00 Mrs. Dan S. Egbert $2.00 totaling $297.20.
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Kensington Club
Billy Sigler
Dan S. Egbert
Rain Delays Split National League Ballgames
National League action saw both Cincinnati and Boston games postponed by rain. In Philadelphia, the Phillies beat the Pirates 4 2 in the first game, with Blanton and Atwood top batters for Philadelphia. The Pirates won 8 5 over Philadelphia in the 4th inning in the second game. In the American League, New York and Cleveland were scoreless through 3 innings, Boston and Detroit were tied 0 0 through 4 innings, and Washington and Chicago were tied 3 3 through 2 innings.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Blanton
Atwood
Bowman
Lopez
Sewell
Davis
Beck
Pearson
Smeil
Warren
New York
Cleveland
Ruffing
Dickey
Harder
Pytlak
Detroit
Bagby
Desarters
Gorsica
Tebbetts
Washington
Chicago
Masterson
Ferrell
Smith
Tresh
Unsettled Weather With Showers Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions with showers or local thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Temperatures remain nearly unchanged with little overall variation through the period.
Stassen backs Willkie as Hoover exits race
In Philadelphia June 26 delegates hear Harold Stassen announce support for Wendell Willkie, widening Willkie’s pull in the northwest. Hoover affirms he will back the party winner and stays out of convention maneuvers while Taft and Dewey managers fear a Willkie surge.
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Hoover
Stassen
Willkie Camp
Philadelphia
Taft- Dewey
Harold Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Taft-Dewey
Willkie
John Marshall
West Virginia
Taft
Minnesota
R. C. Radabaugh
Northwestern Bell plans new Atlantic phone building
Northwestern Bell Telephone announces a one story brick central office and business block to be built in Atlantic beside the Presbyterian church on Chestnut near Seventh. Construction starts this fall with a full upgrade to two wire rural service and common battery lines, a 115000 dollar program to be completed by spring.
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Atlantic
J. P. Steffens
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Presbyterian Church
Chestnut Street
Seventh Street
Northwestern Bell Company
Steffens
Convention Delayed By Platform Dispute
The Republican convention delayed to 4 45 p m as debates over the foreign affairs plank continued. George Wharton Pepper led a drafting row with Covenant Brooks while Charles Dawes acted as peacemaker and Gerald Nye warned of a floor battle over the antiwar language. Pepper announced the phrase had been deleted by unanimous agreement and Judge Whitney Gilliland of Glenwood attended district court matters.
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Philadelphia
George Wharton Pepper
Charles Dawes
America
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
Nye
Netoo
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Resolutions Committee
Co Wayland Brooks
Chicago
Brooks
Congress
Dawes
Walter EB. Edge
New Jersey
France
W. 8. Moserip
Minnesota
Ba Wereterm Slites
Moscnio
Whitney Gilliland
Glenwood
Massena farmer dies after hay wagon fall
Ervin Wollenhaupt 47, Massena township farmer and Casa county resident, was killed when he slipped from a hay wagon while tamping hay. Dean Metzger alerted family, who found him dead ten minutes later. Survived by wife Effie and four children Arlene Ardith Lois Gerald, plus four brothers and five sisters.
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Massena. In
Ervin Wollenhaupt
Massena
Casa County
Wollenhaupt
Dean Metzger
Metzger
Effie Vetterick
Arlene
Ardith
Lois
Gerald
Fred
Massena Township
Walter
Chicago
George
Elliott
Willard
Wayne
Ned
Lena Inteman
Oklahoma
Mable Wollenhaupt
Audubon
M. FE. Ostrus
Wiota
Chira
Emma Wollenhaupt
Plan Fourth of July Fete Here
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce plans the annual Fourth of July celebration at Sunnyside Park. A picnic lunch runs 12 2 p m with a band concert 1 245 p m and a speaker 1 45 2 15 p m. A baseball game, field events, dinner, community singing, and a balanced program of races and contests follow through the evening.
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Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Sunnyside Park
Crop Outlook Bright With Ideal Iowa Season
Des Moines reports show above normal heat and rainfall fueling rapid crop progress across Iowa. Corn stands from one to hip high with some fields laid by. chinch bugs threaten southern corn and sorghum in areas, while northeast rains relieve drought. Dakota City rainfall totals and widespread cultivation boost alfalfa and soybeans, barley, oats affected by pests, with good prospects for a second crop in Cass County.
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Des Moines
N. S
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Webster City
Hamilton County
Decorah
Northwest
West Central
Sioux City
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Cass
Council hires new city engineer Vic tor McCormick
The Lincoln Nebraska native Vic tor McCormick has been appointed city engineer on a one month basis at 150 dollars. He replaces Howard Williams who served part time. The council also names Alvin Hansen as paid fire truck driver and reappoints Mrs. Carl Granville and Mrs. H. M. Boorman to the library board.
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Victor McCormick
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri Valley
McCormick
Howard Williams
Williams
Alvin Hansen
Fred Auerbach
Carl Granville
H. M. Boorman
Boy, 4, Injures Hand in Wringer
Four year old Carl Replogle, son of Mr and Mrs O F Replogle, suffered a badly lacerated right hand yesterday after his curiosity led him to put his hand into a clothes wringer. He was taken to a doctor's office where several stitches were applied to close the wound.
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Carl Replogle
O. EF. Replogle
Landings Reported in Assault on Nazi Strongholds
London reports a series of coastal raids by picked British troops along the French coast. The war office says landings were made at several points and that important Nazi objectives were demolished. Five German planes were downed as Allied air and sea forces coordinated the operation.
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London
British War Office
Channel
British Isles
Air Ministry
Waalhaven
Rotterdam
Hitler
England
Midlands
Wales
Scotland
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
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Normandy
Phyllis
Babe’ Didriksen
RED Cross Fund
Convention
Hmassena
Noble Township
Adam and
Alberta Raasch Wollenhaupt
Council
Rome
Naples
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