Walnut News Briefs From Local Visits
Mrs. Bertha Kram Beck, Mrs. Fred Mickel and daughter Gladys Ann returned from a week in Lawrence Kansas visiting Mr. Mickel and Mr. and Mrs Claus Krambeck. Mrs. M L Tilton visited Monday in Council Bluffs at the Roscoe Menenray home. Mrs. T P Donaldson and family of Omaha returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs M L Tilton.
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Walnut
Bertha Krambeck
Fred Mickel
Gladys Ann
Lawrence
Kan
Mickel
Claus Krambeck
M. L. Tilton
Morday
Council Bluffs
Roscoe Meneray
T. P. Donaldson
Omaha
Mra
Mauk Transfer Leases Station on Poplar Street
The Mark Transfer company leases the oil station at Second and Poplar streets, formerly Irwin Pellett operated, moves offices there and keeps its West Second Street warehouse and garage. Station redecorated with new gasoline pumps and a full line of Mobile oils and gasoline to be sold.
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The
Mark Transfer Company
Second and Poplar Streets
Irwin Pellett
West Second Street
Births Report Two New Babies in Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Arthur Berry of Sarah welcome son Dallas Oren born at home this morning weighing 9 pounds 10 ounces. This is their second child. A daughter Shirley aged 2 is listed as the other child. In Orient, Mr and Mrs Ralph Lett announce the birth of Linda Lucille at the Arthur Lett Sr home on Monday morning.
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Arthur Berry
Sarah
Dallas Oren
Shirley
Anita
Ralph Lett
Orient
Arthur Lett, Sr
Linda Lucille
Ills and Injuries Reported in Local Area
A string of brief items lists illnesses and medical procedures in several towns. Mrs. Pete McNamara of 412 S cunt Street is ill with hives. Mrs. Carl Millard seeks rheumatism treatment in Excelsior Springs. Darlene Lett had an appendectomy at Atlantic Hospital. A 10 month old from the Becken dorp family is critically ill and at home with grandparents. Robert McDermott, naval trainee at Norman, Oklahoma, phoned parents with updates and asked them to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete McNamara
S.cunt Street
Excelsior Springs
Anita
Carl Millard
Walent
Joe Beckendorf
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
S M. Croghan
Robert McDermott
Naval Air Technical Training School
Norman
Okla
J. B. McDermott
Oklahoma City
Bob
Frances Bailey Named State 4 H Club Candidate
Eight Iowa 4 H girls from 28 counties were selected as candidates for 1944 45 state officers. Frances Bailey of Atlantic leads a slate including Matt Ann Borgmeyer Ames Beverly DeWolf Gilmore City Jean Ann Freese Monticello Helen Flickey Afton Alberta Walcott Latitan Ca titan Walcott Muscatine Mary Lee Phillips Barges City Mahaska County will run for president with others vying for VP secretary treasurer and historian. The state convention at Iowa State College July 11 will decide.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
Frances
Atlantic
Cams County
Matt Ann Borgmeyer
Biery County
Beverly DeWolf
Gitmede City
Pocahontas County
Jean Ann Freese
Monticello
Jones County
Helen Flickey
Afton
Upton County
Alberta Ill Walcott
Scot
Titan
Wale
Muscatine County
Mary Lee Philcatine Cogeity
Mary Lee Phillips
Barges City
Representation Kuester Praises GOP Candidates
The article reports Kuester praising GOP candidates and urging citizen participation. Delegates to Republican state and district conventions are listed along with names of many local party figures and organizers. A note urges safer driving near highways with caution to save lives.
Lewis Club Holds Family Picnic At Joyce Home
The Happy-Go-Lucky club met Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Joyce home for its annual family picnic. The next meeting is with Mrs. Ike Syverts on July 6.
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Kenneth Joyce
Ike Syverts
Birthdays And Club Gatherings In Territorial Notes
Ray and Ella Dorsey celebrate Ray Jr four and Ella age three with a party hosted by Mrs Ray Dorsey in Anita. Refreshments and gifts accompany games for young guests. Maude Suplee hosts W P G club with seven members. Roberta Calkins hosts Quilt club. Maple Dale club meets at Mrs Wilbert Kahl with fifteen members and two guests, new year books issued.
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Ray
Ella Dorsey
Ray Dorsey
Anita
Ray, Jr
Ella
Ray Jr
Maude Suplee
W. P. G. Club
William Steele
Roberta Calkins
East Main Street
Maple Dale Club
Wilbert Kahl
Des Moines Fire Destroys Leiserowitz Firm Building
Damage estimated at 125000 dollars after a fire gutted the four story brick building housing H B Leiserowitz and company a Des Moines wholesale grocery and tobacco firm. The blaze started in the basement and climbed to the fourth floor via a freight elevator shaft. Firemen used 15 hose lines for two hours before bringing it under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. B. Leiserowitz and Company
Moines
Crochet motifs offer varied linens and scarves
Sarg Wheeler outlines three motif arrangements with realistic flowers to color linens such as scarfs towels and pillow cases. Pattern 906 provides six motifs sized about 3 by 12 inches with transfer patterns and directions. Send eleven cents to Atlantic News Telegraph for pattern number and buyer details.
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Atlantic News- Telegraph
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Club Calendar Items For Week At Atlantic Golf Club
Items for the club calendar must reach the office by 10 a m on publication day. Sunday two ball foursome at Atlantic Golf and Country Club at 4 p m. Judge and Mrs R Kent Martin and Dr and Mrs Welton Knorr serve as committee. Monday Mrs Ralph Finkbine discusses Toward a Just and Durable Peace at the First Presbyterian Church parlor meeting of the Grinnell Institute group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Golf and Country Club
R. Kent Martin
Welton Knorr
Ralph Finkbine
Grinnell Institute
Women’s Society of First Presbyteria
Fred Jipson
Teeedasy
C. L. Hammer
O. A. Otto
Former Atlantic Man Dies in Rushville Neb
Frank Strittmatter 86, a former Atlantic farmer, died suddenly at 3 a.m. at his Rushville home Neb. He moved to Nebraska in 1917 after living on a farm west of Atlantic. Surviving are eight children, nieces Clara Dimig Gerah Collatts and Mrs Charles Baller of Atlantic, plus other relatives. Funeral services will be held in Rushville Monday morning.
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Frank Strittmatter
Atlantic
Rushville
Neb
John Strittmatter
East Fourth Street
Strittmatter
Nebraska
Ben Merittmatter
West of
Clara Dimig
Gerah Collatts
Charles Baller
Ushville
Cass county assembly selects officers and plans upcoming activities
Hervey Cocklin of Griswold chaired Cass county assembly room meeting last evening. Officers elected include Margaret Boots Batsch life? vice-chairman, Boyd Cambridge secretary treasurer, Merton Seymour of Maine hoya Pome Anita, and Wray Wettenhaupt Massena district committeemen. Attorney John Id Atlantic state organization chairman named honorary member. Attendees enjoyed games after the business session.
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Hervey Cocklin
Griswold
Cass County
Margaret Boots Batschélet
Boyd Cambridge
Merton Seymour
Maine
Hoya Pome
Anita
Wray Wettenhaupt
Massena
Imitteemen
John Id
Atlantic
Arrest Swindler After Five Years
Six men were accused in a Sioux City widow's $62,000 life savings swindle dating to 1939. Hillary Mayen, 56, was arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, after a five year manhunt. four assailants remain in prison and one was dismissed after pleading innocence.
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Des Moines
INS
Sioux City
E. E. Kuwhnel
Federal Bureau of Ivestigation
Kuhnel
Hillary Mayen
Shreveport
D. B. Flagg
Guardsmen Hold Line Along Iowa River Levee
Flood damage largely averted at Oakville as Iowa state guardsmen patrol a 30 mile stretch of the Iowa river Flint creek levee. They sandbagged a breached section and built 70 foot wings in eight feet of water to divert the current. Train service resumed on most main lines except Rock Island which detoured between Iowa City and Davenport via Columbus Junction.
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Des Moines
Oakville
Iowa
Iowa River
Flint Creek
Rock Island
Iowa City
Davenport
Columbus Junction
Iowa Licenses Des Moines Discouraging Lake Manawa
Bruce F. Stiles, chief of the Iowa Conservation Commission fish and game division, announced that only Iowa fishing licenses are honored at Lake Manawa near Cowell Bluffs. He explained that the land trade between Iowa and Nebraska places Lake Manawa completely within Iowa boundaries.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Lake Manawa
Cowell Bluffs
Bruce F. Stiles
Fish and Game Division
Iowa State Conservation Commision
Stiles
Lowa
Nebraska
War chiefs issue stern warning on home front effort
Generals Marshall King and Arnold report after Normandy tour that victory requires full home front support. They warn deserters and civilian war workers against quitting, urging continued production and commitment to the fight. They praise Allied progress but stress continued sacrifice at home as essential to defeat the Axis.
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Washington
INS
United States Point
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
Normandy
Home Front
Joint Chiefs
Question federal authority in Jap American trials
Denver June 30. An INS report states 14 Japanese Americans faced U S District Judge J Poster Symes with one guilty, one acquitted, six awaiting trial. George Shoihio Tadamoto, 23, found guilty of failing to report for pre induction physicals, as the judge upheld governmental power to evacuate groups for military security, a point not subject to trial fairness.
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Denver
INS
U. S
J. Poster Symes
George Shoiihio Takamoto
Symes
U. S. Supreme Court
Defense Attorney Claims Citizenship Rights Battle In Trial
Defense attorney Samuel Menin argues in a trial that the government sought to strip citizenship rights and property from American-born Japanese, forcing them to fight to uphold democracy. The filing frames the issue as a constitutional confrontation in a high-stakes case.
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Samuel Menin
Gilmore City approves $13,500 school bond issue
Gilmore City Ia construction plans move forward after a special election approved a 13500 dollar bond issue by a 158 to 21 vote to fund part of a new school building.
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Gilmore City
Consolidated School Replaces Fire-Destroyed Building
The consolidated school will replace one destroyed by fire last December, when a teacher lost her life.
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Atidntic Co
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Mauk Transfer
Poplar Street
Mies Loi Foas
Olive Street
Darlene Lett
Arthur Lett
the Atlantic Hospital
Nimm
Wiota
William Nimm
Paul Steffen
Kaan
Edai
Dhotogray As
Weing
Oak Street
Antic
Frances Bailey
Representarte Kuester
GOP
U.S
Regene Jones
E. S. Heleen
Respira
Republican , Co. Yea
Ed L. Newto Pelzer
Arch Pratt
W. Agee
F. W. Wiese
Alfa H
Merton Seynour
Peter VY Won
A. A. E Roland
Boyd Cambuid
Elmer Swanson
Marker
Bert Poled
Huler
Gus Kuester
E Shearer
WeLaren
Dee Wray Wilson
Cha Self
Varel McMartin
Daughenbaugh
Sharm Beebe
Maurice Coomes
Frank Osean
Resese Jones
L. C. Wheatley
Kent Mastin
Don Lavery
Ralph Ceekshoot
James McCosh
John Budd
Hotel Whitney
Conseavnty Democracs
G. G. Jeck
Congressional
Frank M. Beymer
Avoca
Muff
Peterson
William Freese
Ed Amder
H. R. Robert Gore
Lord Robert Groves
Arf
John Mueller
William Sullivan
Opalviermm Cousins
John Humeric Ze Bidet
Kay
James Win
Meary Grulke
Walter Bertain
Ed MecNierney
T. C. Club
Wilbur Auerbach
E. T. C. Club
Sunnyside Park
Raymond Tanner
George Knop
Einer Henningsen
Beverly Beadle
Janice Hammer
DeLoy Young
Mary Bocaty Rains
Jocelyn Bullock
Sarg Wheeler
Etam
Second & Walnut
Dougherty & Addison Poultry
Dougherty
Addison Wormer
Addison Chicken
Addison
Howell's General
Lyman
Griswold Produce & Hatcrery
Scott Wood Cream Station
Elliott
Maple Street
Omahe, Nobracka
Eleserro
Seon
Charles Hemsath
John Giltner
H. B. Wood
Elmer Busse
Lois South
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