04 Apr 1946
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
1
Public notice from the Atlantic News Telegraph requesting readers to contact the office for delivery changes cancellations or address updates including changes to subscriptions or delivery status and providing contact details for service inquiries.
The piece argues there is no single scapegoat for failures in Germany after defeat. It notes blame shifts among GIs, officers, and home administrators, while highlighting lingering issues from Nazi era immorality and postwar social breakdown. It stresses multiple authorities and causes share responsibility.
The high school musicale featured director W. V. Hemphill who urged Atlantic to become a cultural hub. The column argues for a concerted community effort to preserve and extend the town’s strong musical training into broader, ongoing programs that would enrich residents and elevate Atlantic's reputation.
A Wednesday dust storm drew comparisons to 1934 and 1935 storms, described as a wall of black dust that can turn day to night. The event was not severe but fit the annual spring winds that lift soil across barren fields, invading everything in its path.
Editorial briefs note a real estate boom cooling in Atlantic with slower home sales and rising rents. The piece discusses potential government intervention and Russia’s stance on world opinion influencing Manchuria Iran and other moves, highlighting Russia’s stubborn but compliant shifts when global pressure is evident.
Postmaster General Hannegan revived a young brain trust known as Hannegan's task force to push President Truman's legislative program through Congress. At a lunch, Hannegan proclaimed White House backing and warned against cabinet resistance while noting lobbyists and cross currents between White House and Congress. He stressed concentrating on passage of the minimum wage bill as lobbyists’ influence and tax issues loom.
The dialogue shows young artist Mauldin saying he has no home and travels, while Bilbo invites him to his office in Bilbo’s city and mentions his son who acts as a bouncer. They reference Mississippi tenants and a possible farm offer.
In a candid Algonquin encounter, Hotelman Frank Case introduces me to Lawrence Ottinger, head of United States Plywood, who guides a tour through his building revealing plywood’s making and uses including aircraft flooring and innovative sheets. The tale blends business ambition with a peek into Ottinger’s vast corporate reach and a Virginia cotton acreage note.
The poem honors courage over fear and praise the lone brave heart that keeps fighting. It contrasts timid doubt with steadfast effort, noting how one courageous person can turn defeat into a triumph through perseverance.
A wind driven blaze spread from an attic fire at Fay Carlisle’s Kalkaska farm. Carlisle cut a roof hole to fight the flames but the wind toppled a barn and ignited a hay stack. The fire consumed the barn hay stack the roof and endangered four cows and two horses.
Indianapolis AP reports G A Growden, a Veterans Administration employee, has hired a private detective agency to help him and his wife find housing. He asked for a completion by end of April, but agents could not promise a result.
Ravenport resident Ravenport resident Ronald John Kyara gaard, 19, of Grand Mound, was convicted by a federal court jury of violating the selective services act and sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $800 by Judge Charles A. Dewey yesterday.
Anita C. A. Behnken is remodeling the oil station and garage bought last fall from J. A. Wagner. The Texaco station leased to Carl Claussen is expanded with a 16 by 16 foot addition at the rear for a tire shop run by Gerald Shoemaker and an oil room. The former tire shop space is enlarged to become a showroom and parts department.
A garage join to the oil station is mentioned in the report with emphasis on the construction link and its impact on access. The note records the connection as a planned project tied to the facility's layout.
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