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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
2
In Tignes France villagers fought evacuation as hydroelectric dam waters rose. Security guards surrounded the town hall and church, bulldozers cleared paths, and 130 bodies were exhumed as 500 feet of water would eventually submerge the village.
Wetumka Oklahoma, population 2500, names August 30 as Sucker Day to mark a two year old prank by a smooth talking stranger F. Bam Morrison. A fake circus tale led to donations and a failed elephant concession sale, followed by a March mix up with an Oklahoma City drum corps.
SHARONVILLE O Members of the board of education voted to donate their $36 stipends per meeting year to a scholarship fund for a high school graduate. Five members approved reallocating funds from meetings to college-bound aid with the end goal of supporting one student.
Maryland law prohibiting duels illustrates a class of obsolete edicts many states wish to purge. Across America wars fade but personal duels once settled love and honor with weapons from sabers to shotguns. Newsrooms and politicians recall Dueling Oaks in New Orleans where editors dueled in 1889 as a cautionary memory.
The article notes that studios employ technical advisers to ensure realism in scenes. It highlights Arthur Johnson, a veteran welder hired for A Streetcar Named Desire, and cites plumbers as the most sensitive craftsmen followed by doctors and dentists.
In western Syria near Lebanon and the Mediterranean stands Krak des Chevaliers, Kalat el Husn, a Crusader fortress that remains largely intact. Once held by the Knights Hospitallers, it guarded the Lebanese coast from Damascus to Aleppo until 1271 when Sultan Bibars captured it with a ruse after a siege.
The article explains a small automatic radar fed into a computing gunsight in U.S. jet fighters. This precision radar removes pilot guesswork and keeps targets in the gunsight crosshairs. It marks the first use of precise radar to direct firing from jet fighters and has helped inexperienced pilots down tow targets with first bursts.
Seventy five years after Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first basic telephone patent the event is celebrated. Three days later on March 10 1878 Bell’s rooms in Boston witnessed the first spoken sentence “Mr Watson come here I want you” in his membrane speaking apparatus. About 75 million telephones are in use worldwide, with nearly 60 percent in the United States.
Ships are designed to recover from a list or tilt of somewhat less than 90 degrees and there are records of vessels righting themselves from extremes beyond 90 degrees. The ability to recover depends on hull form stability, ballast, and water conditions, with variation among individual ships and situations.
In Blackwell Oklahoma residents pause daily at 11 o'clock as Fire Chief George Gebelein sounds the fire siren to mark a moment of prayer. The statewide citywide observance began more than a year ago after Rev George Parkhurst urged unfurled cooperation from First Methodist Church members and the town. Most major businesses participate.
Yale University's Department of Architecture shapes a novel town concept named Yalesburg. Conceived by Richardson Wood, the project blends industrial commercial and residential zones into a unified urban form. A color film outlines the concept for industrial groups and financiers, with a target site about 1,500 acres near New City on the Hudson.
In Montgomery Ohio officials report drastic speed reductions after installing high powered mercury vapor street lights along Main Street. The bright lighting, called a "great white way," has led to only one traffic citation in three months, down from 10 to 20 weekly. The mayor says the system gives the town a big city look and plans call for adding more lights as the business district grows.
Census Bureau reports the average United States family earned 3300 in 1950, a rise of 200 from 1949. Prices were said to be mostly stable in 1980, suggesting improved purchasing power and a potential reversal of a long downward trend since World War II. About 40 million families exist, with 31.09 million earning less than 9000 and 7.8 million earning above 9000.
Local items note Charles Brigham visiting Graettinger, several residents in and out of Holy Family hospital, and weekend travels to Emmetsburg Chicago Sioux City and Minneapolis. A new baby born to Mr and Mrs Robert Green of Kimball Minnesota is congratulated. Gene Fitzgerald hospitalized. Tra Schultz and Albert Jensen cover night duty.
The first chemical coke plant in America was built in Syracuse New York in 1893 mainly to obtain ammonia. The coke and recovered gas were used as industrial fuels.
Rev Father Maynard spends week in Chicago. John Sullivan and Mrs McCarty visit Emmetsburg. A daughter born to Curtiss Tonterum in Estherville on July 18. Mrs Clarence Olson resigns Laurens teaching post to teach rural school near Graettinger. Several local visits and trips noted, including Ray Montgomery in the Army and family travels to Colorado Springs and Spirit Lake. Local obituaries and congratulations to James McBreen’s family. Jule Ann Walliman born to Gary Walliman family. numerous travel notes and social visits across Graettinger and surrounding towns.
A fragmented ad style message urges readers to join a patriotic showcase, promising safer, better opportunities ahead. It hints at security and progress while urging participation in a public display or celebration. The garbled text references steps toward a brighter future and personal involvement in a communal event.
County Board members debated districts for school consolidation amid petitions from residents seeking transfer between districts. Officials described a democratic process with hearings and objections, noting tenant voting rights and the need for two separate ballot boxes to approve any consolidation.
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