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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
4
A Detroit area tornado caused hundreds of thousands in damage yesterday afternoon. It crossed from Windsor into Detroit at 3 37 pm and damaged over twenty roofs and dozens of cars in a mile long zone near downtown. Seven people were treated for minor injuries. No fatalities were reported. Windsor saw minor damage.
July meetings of the Cass county board of supervisors and city council are set for court house and council chambers respectively. Residents include Mrs. J. A. Hancox returning from a Chicago trip with visits in Evanston. Wiota I C C F lodge merged with Atlantic chapter after a fire destroyed the Wiota building. State E O convention attendees from Atlantic district include several named members. Caps at Mercy hospital capping exercises attended by Francis Mailander Nadine Mailander and others. Loretta M Courcier files for divorce from William E Courcier with custody and support demands. Lt Raymond E Sala returns from Ft Leavenworth and resumes terminal leave. Mrs Sala worked at farm loan office. Cooler weather forecast for western Iowa with showers and temperatures about 75 normal, 86 today, 89 yesterday.
Des Moines report states James H. Annis aged 28, a Colfax truck driver, pleaded innocent at municipal court arraignment to a manslaughter charge over the June 15 fatal collision that killed 18 year old Patricia Van Horn. Annis posted $8,000 bond and the case was sent to the grand jury after attorneys failed to have the charge dismissed.
Washington June 28 Nervous about what may happen to rents So is OPA The modified price control extension bill before congress makes virtually no changes in rent control provisions but stabilization officials say rents could not be held at present levels if the bill becomes law OPA administrator Carson says tenants do not have to sign leases with 15 percent increase clauses in renewals unless they signed previously He notes voluntary signings bind the lease and eviction is not triggered by refusal Officials predict higher rents if the bill passes but avoid estimates
British authorities detained an unannounced number of German civilians after a mass Hamburg demonstration of about 4000 residents protesting an evacuation order for 30,000 people to clear space for British military families. This marks a major early public display against Allied occupation.
Dennis Royal of 904 Cedar underwent a tonsillectomy at Atlantic hospital this morning. Donald Petersen of RFD 1 Atlantic was discharged today. Mrs. Maurice Hansen of Elk Horn, at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs for two weeks, had major brain tumor surgery Wednesday and is in serious condition with her daughter Virginia at her bedside.
In Philadelphia on June 28 1944 a 150 foot Delaware river pier collapsed dropping workers and a 100 foot crane into 20 feet of water. At least six men were rescued injured while officials feared several others are still missing as waves tossed debris.
President Truman will drive to Capitol Hill at noon Monday to attend congressional memorial services for the late Franklin D. Roosevelt. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross said the president will not speak, and the session will unite the senate and house in joint services.
In Milan on June 28 Arturo Toscanini and the La Scala orchestra refused to travel to Paris in protest of a foreign ministers council decision ceding the Tenda Briga and Mont Senis plateau areas to France. They were scheduled to perform Sunday in Paris.
Relatives friends and neighbors are thanked for celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jens Holland. They also thank guests for gifts and ecards.
Enrollment this week reached 134 across supervised playgrounds. On Monday 78 enrolled at Sunnyside park under Miss Ruby Parrott, and 56 enrolled at Grant playgrounds as Mrs. E F Carper supervised. Kittenhball under Bob Bendorf starts Wednesday at Lincoln school with Mrs. M R Bendorf guiding art. A pool access for entrants at Sunnyside Monday evening costs two cents.
Rockford HL June 28 An inquest will be held next week into the death of Jane Cole 17 a Seymour Ia high school graduate drowned after her body was found in the river four days after she was last seen on State street near the bridge Deputy Coroner Frank Long said there were no marks of foul play and no prior evidence of foul play.
Trieste reports the American cruiser Fargo has entered the harbor with two British cruisers and several smaller warships. Officers said the Fargo’s Adriatic voyage was uneventful and confirmed the appearance of allied naval forces in the area.
Omaha district engineer Lt. Col. Delbert Freeman announced a contract for about 1,400 feet of standard dikes and about 8,395 feet of revetment on the Missouri river nine miles upstream from Sioux City Iowa. The award signals progress on river defense measures and impacts local flood control plans.
AP analyst argues Soviet aims shape Germany’s fate after war. Russia weighs unified, federated or partitioned Germany while fearing a revived German buffer to curb Western influence. Russian sponsored unity party signals two possible motives, altering postwar balance and alliance tension.
The Socialist Unity Party calls for a united and indivisible republic, urging solidarity and resolve to preserve national integrity amid political divisions. Party leaders frame unity as essential for social progress and national stability, stressing collective action across factions.
Chicago officials say insufficient evidence exists to return Richard R. Thomas, the 42 year old self styled singing poet who confessed to Phoenix authorities he was involved in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping. Investigators will fly back to Chicago today after questioning Thomas in Phoenix.
On Sunday at 1 p.m. Merrill Ostrus will perform with the Symphony of the Air on radio station CBS. They will present the poem set piece When Lilacs Last in the Door Yard Bloomed.
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