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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
6
Roy Dougan leads the Atlantic Band in a Thursday evening program at City Park starting 8 pm. Ronald Es performs a vocal solo. the program includes marches, overtures, waltzes, polkas, and songs such as The World Is a Sitting for ets and In the Wildwood.
Eleanor Mae Smith 18 months old, daughter of Lieut. and Mrs Warren Smith, died from injuries after being run over by a car near Rembrandt. Father is stationed at an eastern army post.
A 1940 Chevrolet tractor driven by Wilbert W. Mauk of Griswold suffered front end damage estimated at 500 dollars when a 1942 Dodge driven by Zeno Neubauer of Portsmouth struck it on primary 275 near the Nebraska line. Neubauer's vehicle incur red 300 dollars in damage after swerving to avoid bicycles and colliding with Mauk as traffic slowed for three girls riding bicycles.
Flight Officer Griswold F O Ronald Miller departs from his parents home to join the army air base training center in Alexandria Louisiana He recently earned his rating and wings as a bomber in the Australian sector after twenty months of service and a year of combat duty He returned to the United States in August 1943.
Ronald joined the service on January 2, 1942. He spent two months in the United States, then went to Australia before being transferred to Alexandria after several months on the west coast.
Des Moines reports the W. G. Woodward company withdraws as a foreign corporation and eight new domestic firms are created in Iowa. Each lists a local president with Harold P. Walker of St. Louis as vice president and Richard J. Schmidt of St. Louis as secretary treasurer for ventures in Decorah Algona Hampton Manchester Eldora Belle Plaine Independence and Jefferson.
Mr and Mrs Ratslaff express deep gratitude for congratulatory messages flowers and gifts received on their golden wedding day. They thank friends and relatives for their kindness and support.
Mrs. Kathryn Rogers Massene joined Anita Saturday for the silver wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Welmer observances marked the event with family and friends gathered to honor the couple.
Des Moines reports Dr. T. J. McCabe of Mount Pleasant elected commander of the Iowa department of the Disabled American Veterans at its annual meeting. Other officers named include Clyde P. Welch L. E. Broons W. W. Emerson Jesse L. Richardson Harry Zier Fred Anderson and Otto Schwartz. Resolutions urge returning Japanese and German prisoners to their countries establishing a state by state cemetery system and assigning veteran labor to handle extra war goods.
Griswold Miss Patricia Knop who earned a B A from Grinnell College this year arrives for summer vacation with her mother Mrs Leila Knop and accepts a position as English and history teacher at Springville High School in Iowa.
Massena resident John Clinton a former Victoria township farmer died Sunday at his El Monte California home where his family has lived five years He would have turned 73 in October Survived by his widow four sons and four daughters Floyd Alice Lilliam Emmett Helen Georgia Ralph Merrillet Coring Also three sisters and two brothers Funeral services were held today in El Monte
In a letter a cadet writes of imminent officer status within two weeks with rank date set for July 11. He details flight training near completion, diving bombing practice with eight hits in a 15-bomb run, upcoming gunnery, night flying, and about 275 flight hours. He expresses hope for Pacific fleet duty and Florida or California post-training, plus a brief leave before reporting to the fleet.
Sunday visits included Myrtle Upson and Carrie Ward at Joe Caton home in Council Bluffs. Several families from Omaha Atlantic Ottumwa Marshalltown Walnut Oak land and Cumberland traveled to Ober Eby and Mex Stevens homes, with Elmer Pierson and others hosting extended guest groups from Iowa towns.
Mrs. Waynt Witte of Omaha and her brother J. H. Shey visited their mother here on Friday and drove back with Mrs. J. H. Shey and Jim and JoAnn to Council Bluffs. F. P. Waters of Waters Elevator company attended in Omaha Monday.
Laura Furey reports her son Lt George Furey has been sent to Tonopah Air Base for 70 days of advance training. He was previously stationed at Kingman Arizona. War Savings stamps may be purchased at The Atlantic News Telegraph From Herlas.
A wartime tribute describes how the Women’s Army Corps serve in hospitals as lip-readers and Braille helpers, as pharmacists and psychiatric aides, ambulance drivers, lab technicians, and control tower operators. They map invasion plans and man key switchboards, working tirelessly to speed liberation and peace.
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