03 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1948
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph urges readers who do not receive the paper in the evening to call before 7 o'clock at telephone 13671 for delivery. The notice clarifies this number is not for The News Telegraph and instructs subscribers to notify the office with address changes or service requests.
A Des Moines trip recounts the state Republican convention experience. The author notes premeeting planning, smoke filled rooms, district and state caucus dynamics, and delegate participation concerns. Enthusiasm ran high with Stassen chatter and green carnations signaling supporters. Our delegate was elected to the national convention.
Dr Willard Brinegar, 35, appointed superintendent of the Cherokee state hospital, replacing Dr A Soucek who resigned to head a Wisconsin hospital. Brinegar, born in Laverne Indiana and a Nebraska graduate, will begin May 1 at 7500 dollars annual salary after serving as superintendent at New Hampshire state hospital.
Drew Pearson reports on a super secret dinner in Palm Beach with Treasury Secretary Snyder and banker A P Giannini amid talk of Snyder resigning. The piece argues Americans must campaign for peace, promote radio messages to Russia, and use modern methods to win public support for democracy over dictatorship.
Poem urging perseverance and hard work to rise above the crowd, warning that laziness leads to missed chances and lack of merit. The piece emphasizes steady effort as the path to enterprise and success.
Delegates to the Iowa Tuberculosis association convention discussed funding for public health in Iowa counties. Dr Robert Jackson of the University of Iowa pediatrics warned rheumatic fever is a serious, recurrent risk for children and linked nutrition to heart damage and attack duration.
New York writer Iris Woolcock, a photographer famous for work in the United States and Central America, charts a journey from Havre Montana toward Alaska with a mobile graphic laboratory trailer. She has photographed in many regions, contributed to books by Charles Morrow Wilson, and once received a Persian kitten named Sweetie from South Bend electricians during repairs.
Des Moines veteran clerk A C Gus Gustafson announced he will not run for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. He cited long service and advice from friends after the state delegate convention. He said his state service is more valuable than a secretary of state role. Massena reports the senior class held a skin day and toured Omaha for a day trip.
Honolulu reports an atomic task force sailed March 8 for Eniwetok in full view of a Russian ship. The story claims initial test phases may have begun two weeks earlier with guided missiles and atomic warheads. Navy silent after publication and asked papers not to reveal movements to protect test timetables.
Iowa City. Henry Wallace, third party candidate for president, faces denial of his April 28 campus address as University of Iowa policy bars partisan political speeches on university facilities. President Virgil Hancher confirmed the longstanding rule at a Wallace committee meeting.
Extra The Extra Community club unveils an eight foot long neon sign on Highway 71. The dark green sign features cream letters with a rose glow at night and a light green outlined arrow. It was purchased from Buss Neon Sign Company.
Ottumwa police report 58 year old Fred Barrell Randall was lying on Milwaukee switch engine tracks Friday night when struck by the train. He lost both legs and is in critical condition at a local hospital.
News brief recounts a Rock Island roundhouse locomotive fire and Gail Odem pulling the whistle cord to sound the engine, with firemen entertaining their ladies nearby. It also notes a driver honking at a parked car while a woman searches her handbag, and various short items including Bob Vogesser’s travel misadventure and a Sears banquet prize joke.
Washington and Iowa lawmakers split on a veto override of a tax cut by President Truman with eight member delegation in the house and two senators supporting the override. Six Iowa congressmen backed the foreign aid bill while Martsn and Gwynne opposed it.
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