03 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1939
Page
1
A letter argues the old real estate levy for county roads is now unfair since state funding and motor vehicle taxes largely cover road needs. It notes towns face 2.375 mill levies, proposes redirecting funds from counties to city streets, and urges legislative action to reduce county road burdens.
The article argues Hitler’s territorial gains fail to advance economic independence. It notes Germany needs iron, manganese, copper, tin, food, wool, cotton, rubber, and other imports, which conquest then disrupts by reducing export earnings. The piece suggests conquests may undermine funds to buy essential raw materials and could force arms cutbacks.
A Rockefeller Foundation report shows in China eighteen months ago 114 colleges and professional schools, 82 in war zones. Six operate, 41 moved, 35 whereabouts unknown. many destroyed or distant. Chaos from Japanese invasion hinders rehabilitation and could threaten Japan’s own war aims.
The piece says Hitler’s Saturday speech was dull and meaningless. It argues government spending is dangerous whether cut or kept high, notes Russia’s hesitation to ally with Britain and France against Hitler, and critiques England and France for breaking too many agreements, eroding confidence in pledges.
The State Department has secretly asked the Attorney General for an opinion on the legality of licenses for arms shipments to Germany amid past charges of treaty violations. The move follows crises in Europe and prior inaction by Secretary Hull, with ongoing debate over enforcement and potential restoration of WPA funding.
Diary entries recount Sixth Avenue development and a humorous ribbing about braces in the mouth. Correspondent Leland W. Cutler thanks the author for fair remarks and invites a revisit to the Golden Gate exposition. Highlights include interviews with Miss Willa Grey Martin on Southern Accent in New York and Ed Fleming’s philosophy reflections.
Ralph R Ogden funded a bronze project at the University of Texas in Austin with J Frank Dobie organizing details. The artist will work on a ranch housing a herd of rapidly disappearing mustangs, prairie horses used by Texans in pioneer days. Proctor may sculpt a heroic group of trolley cars as a later piece.
A practice knowledge test asks ten questions on geography law and history. Topics include Mackenzie river country, title of an earl's wife, capital of Ceylon, ambassador at Pope Pius XII coronation, Burma's chief river, plural of cheese, rods per chain, recent San Juan Capistrano Handicap winner, largest U.S. National cemetery, and citizenship rules for foreign born minors upon paternal naturalization.
A poem decries a scientist's nightmare prophecy of global cooling and doom. It satirizes dire forecasts while noting taxes loom as a more immediate fear. The verse imagines a frozen future where humanity struggles to endure before extinction.
Charles Deering of Des Moines campaigns in Washington for rural telephone wage law exemptions as John Barrymore resumes stage work in My Dear Children with Elaine Barrie. The critic praises Barrymore’s versatility, notes a revival of legitimate drama, and reflects on contentment versus wealth amid spring Washington views and cherry blossoms.
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