12 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1944
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists delivery and subscription rates by carrier and mail for Atlantic and Cass counties. A notice instructs evening delivery by calling 7 before 7 pm and directs subscribers to notify the office for address changes or discontinuations.
The piece argues that after World War II the central task is preventing a new rise of despots like Hitler. It warns against greed and resource grabs and calls for clear goals and paths toward permanent world peace to avoid repeating past wars. Russia is praised for having direction, while many nations should align on a shared postwar plan.
A local businessman proposes coordinated day off rotations for businesses facing closures to maintain services for the public. He cites eating houses in Atlantic as hardest hit and suggests staggered closing days so travelers and residents still have access to essential services, noting Sunday drug-store patterns as a model.
Readers learn the meanings behind naval abbreviations such as Lsp LST LCI LCVP LCM LCT LVT and LCM for various landing and craft types plus Landing Ship Medium listed in the guide.
The piece notes the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshalls span areas larger than the United States and speculates on Nazi ally Quislings. It questions whether the Quislings could maintain control if Nazi troops withdraw and suggests they would retreat toward Berlin, leaving their lands to cope.
The article reports a February 1944 unemployment benefit average around 103,954, nearly double the prior November, with discussions of a national service act and labor draft implications. It covers Paul Scheffer’s parole status, his internment history, and controversy over reinternment. It also profiles Maury Maverick’s push for direct government payment to subcontractors and political maneuvering around Byrd’s presidential bid with Bailey and Byrd supporters in New Orleans.
Roy Parker died after severe burns trying to start a kitchen fire at S. M. Forsyth home. The item also updates on social visits from Griswold to Atlantic, travel notes to Des Moines and Moline, and residents resuming activity after illness as Misses Corrie Osborne and Gussie Brown visit Atlantic friends.
Des Moines officials estimate this year’s state income tax revenue will match last year’s $7.8 million. Processing to date shows $4,240,994 collected, with $3,693,485 from individuals and $647,509 from corporations. One more week is needed to finish processing.
A 1944 Edgar A. Guest poem laments freedom as a costly prize and praises the brave who fight tyrant rule to keep liberty for future generations. It contrasts wealth and ease with the duty of sacrifice in defense of rights.
Known as Steel Toughener The importance of vanadium as a steel toughener has been known for almost 50 years, but only since rich Peruvian deposits were discovered in about 1903 has it been possible to use it to any great extent.
Washington analysis of the United Negro College Fund brochure highlights a 13 million Negro population with gaps in literacy and skilled labor. It argues education boosts war production, postwar rebuilding, and race relations, noting Black leaders and institutions advancing medicine, arts, and education.
Editor and manager Red Oak Express, Ralph E. Overholser, steps back from major duties due to ill health. Stanley J. Mead of Ida Grove to become general manager next week. Overholser remains as editorial writer. Mead led Ida Grove News since 1919 after selling Ida Grove Pioneer Record to Mark E. Cramer. Carroll Mitchell, news and sports editor since 1988, will be assistant manager to Mead.
A 1861 start to the Civil War is recalled with focus on states’ rights and Union dissolution. Veterans, drum majors, and aging soldiers are discussed, noting drummer boys' roles and age expectations in today’s view. Suggestions for interviewing surviving veterans appear amid reflections on magic as a metaphor.
Sgt. and Mrs. R. W. Smith of Everett Washington visit relatives the G R Smiths and L C Crums with a 15 day furlough. He serves with an emergency rescue boat squad at Paine Field. Cpl Wayne Perdue serves in the Army Air Corps at Muroc Field California and Cadet Nurse Helen Perdue is stationed nearby.
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