09 Apr 1940
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1940
Page
1
Notice to subscribers explains a phone line for evening delivery issues and directs readers to call before 7 o'clock. It clarifies this is not the News-Telegraph number and asks for address changes or discontinuations to go through the office.
An editorial urges continued US neutrality to avoid entanglement in the European conflict. It warns against apathy and emphasizes aiding Denmark with food clothing and medicines while avoiding military action, asserting only constructive support has lasting value.
The writer argues Canada should fund wartime costs as they incur them and critiques pay later. Cites U S annual spending and national income to question pay as you go viability, praises Canada for attempting to avoid burdening future generations, and condemns misleaders driving costly wars. Lashings include Liberty and European histories of alleged freedom contrasted with slavery under liberty.
The No. 2 navy flying officer Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook misses crucial Pacific battle tests as he travels via Memphis to Panama Canal and Caribbean to Norfolk, Washington. The absence raises questions after previous refusals to allow use of a special 4 motor patrol plane and ongoing high level maneuvers. The piece also notes Varied resignations and political intrigue surrounding the department and hints at broader defense discussions.
A list of quiz prompts asks about amendments to the U S Constitution ancient scribes who first used paper a grammar check sentence usage on can it be them or they names for a House committee wartime dates and other assorted trivia including a coastal city and a poet who went blind
A short poem contrasts fame with character, noting merit in action over talk. It suggests real virtue is seen in deeds, with lines about how individuals balance work and life. The piece ends reflecting on daily sustenance and variety in a woman’s meal planning.
In New York a polite subway guard, Abe Steinberg, 43, earns $36 weekly working eight hours a day. He greets riders, answers questions, and cracks jokes while announcing stops, saying the public is treated well when staff are courteous. He grew up in the Lower East Side, reads daily papers, and enjoys sports and handball.
A clipped line notes the warlord reading Life and Readers Digest, Liberty, the New Yorker and the American Legion monthly. It jokes that if he were Mr Subway he would place Abe in charge of a school for employees.
Betty and Bernice Pratt cannot tell which twin is pictured in this year’s high school annual The Javelin. Sun day rain swelled into a million dollar shower washing Chestnut Street behind the ears toward Walnut Street across cross streets. Mrs Jesse Jones of Atlantic patents a handmade Burza doll. her mother Mary V Sabins 82 dresses dolls for various nationalities. Cliff Lindblad, Des Moines theater manager, had yet to see Gone With the Wind by show’s end.
A campus debate note criticizes a student's paraphrase of biblical phrasing in discussion prompts. The exchange highlights concerns over how to reference Old Testament stories without altering meaning.
John P. Rhody of Ames assistant extension forester will conduct six woodlot and erosion control tree planting demonstrations in Cass county on April 15 16 and 17. The schedule lists farms at Cumberland Massena Wiota Atlantic and Atlantic with two sessions per day. The events are open to the public.
Des Moines Iowa officials plan a joint Midwest meeting in St Joseph Missouri with Nebraska Missouri and Kansas to seek federal funds for chinch bug control. Secretary Thornburg warns bugs will be bad this year and the group aims to obtain about 500000 dollars. The council also changes vehicle approval for the governor to a lighter model deemed adequate.
S. W. Edgecombe of Iowa State College led planting of twelve new demonstration orchards in Cass County with about 80 farmers in attendance. Planted at multiple farms, the program includes inspections of four older home orchards and will establish a statewide demonstration across sixteen townships. Virginia crab trees were added with budding to determine desired fruit varieties.
Mrs. Harry Lair, formerly Violet Whited of Atlantic, writes from Australia about a forced landing 6,000 feet up near Melbourne. The tri motor avoided a tree after an engine failure blamed on a possible eagle strike. 19 passengers escaped as flames licked the right wing. She led the evacuees in panic and later flew on to Perth.
Jacob Yordi 84 died from a broken neck after a five foot fall when scaffolding broke during chimney repair at his daughter Mrs Bennie Coxs Iowa City home. He was held responsible for the accident.
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