14 Apr 1950
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1950
Page
1
An article touts a new wonder drug that not only saves lives but also promotes growth in livestock. In trials five pounds added to a ton of feed boosted hog growth up to 50 percent, with similar gains in chickens and turkeys. Humans are now tested, and if successful may help undernourished children. cost 30 to 40 cents per pound.
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce has started meetings termed clinics and committee gatherings to discuss plans for Atlantic’s improvement. Crowds vary, but all sessions foster public input and generate ideas, with some topics unlikely to move forward and others shaping future chamber projects.
New diggings appear around the city as home builders begin the season's program. Basements multiply and a great season is anticipated. The community needs new houses and despite efforts to find a home for a new employee, none have been found yet. Atlantic can grow as houses become available.
A 12 year old Texan and a companion witness report a flying saucer sighting. The boy touched the craft and shows a reddened arm as proof. If any occupants were present they were unseen and tiny. The incident adds to local bragging rights and gives Texans another talking point.
A tribute poem praising the old-time family doctor Edgar A Guest. It recalls his bedside presence from infancy through childhood and adulthood. The piece extols devotion wisdom gentleness and constant readiness to help patients at any hour.
Danish search efforts identify a gray wooden fragment with an English inscription as possibly part of the missing U S Navy privateer. A B-17 pilot had seen a life raft and current observers extend the Baltic sweep as 16 U S planes search for the crew of ten missing since Saturday.
Ottumwa high school seniors, about 21 of 400, likely will not graduate this spring due to failing English under the board’s rule. The board ordered mid year English drills for juniors and seniors based on earlier college feedback, with the board refusing to relax the requirement.
The notice lists mailing and subscription rates for the Atlantic News Telegraph, detailing prices by delivery method and region including Cass county, Iowa, surrounding areas, and the U S outside Iowa. It notes publication and association affiliations and standard post office registration.
Washington reports a Soviet oil bureau in Moscow and depleted fields as Molotov sends hundreds of geologists to China and Central Asia to find fuel for the war machine. Britain may drop recognition of Chinese communists amid Bevin’s fury over China’s delay and Hong Kong terms. Congress absenteeism hits weekends with gas lobby maneuvering and GOPs named for high misses.
The passage notes parents tutoring children at home to overcome language barriers. It emphasizes hands on practice with grammar and exposes the idea of improving basic structure through nightly sessions.
Cpl. Gustav Adolph Mueller of St. Paul Minnesota testified that he volunteered to supply secret military information to Russia because I believe in communism. He allegedly delivered classified U S documents to undercover agents posing as Soviet handlers. Mueller pleaded innocent at a U S air force court martial with possible death penalty if convicted during wartime.
Sidney G. Winter, professor and head of the accounting department, named to succeed Chester A. Phillips, 67, retiring dean of the College of Commerce at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Oakland-Wayne Chase, 16, of Oakland, was in good condition at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs after a rifle bullet pierced his right lung and the lung collapsed. Neighbor Frank Pierson found him crawling in the street and alerted his mother, Mrs. Wilfred Chase, as officials said the boy may have accidentally shot himself while cleaning a .22 caliber rifle.
Anita resident Anita-Walter Dorsey, owner of Dorsey Produce for ten years, erects a 20 by 60 foot frame building just north of the Jewett elevator. He aims to move his operation from the north half of Farmers Elevator to the new site by May 1.
Oscar H. Olson 47 of Clarion Iowa was critically injured when the Great Western motor train he operated ran off the tracks near Austin Minnesota Wednesday night. He was taken to an Austin hospital for treatment.
The Tydings committee hearings on espionage draw sharp critique of methods and motives. The speaker argues the FBI would only note absence of current charges, not exoneration, and accuses officials of selective questioning and incomplete evidence in the Amerasia case and related files.
The text argues that spies avoid leaving records and that guilt cannot be proven quickly. It critiques Senator Tydings methods as not establishing guilt or innocence, only increasing doubts, noting the painstaking process of assembling evidence link by link.
Ohio State University students faced a campus feud as the student senate reversed a brief order requiring Miss May Queen candidates to wear bathing suits. Coeds protested with a rule to halt the contest. the Women’s Self-Government Association supports formal gowns only.
The Grant The Methodist church choir of 40 voices presented the Easter cantata Redemption Song directed by Spiker with Mrs Earl Spiker at the piano Friday. The group will perform again Sunday evening at the Noble Center Evangelical United Brethren church four miles north of Grant.
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