15 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1939
Page
1
Inquiries show varied subscription terms by region. U S outside Iowa offers one year and one month options. Canada by mail lists one year and five dollars with rates of two seventy five and one fifty for different plans.
A collection of opinions questions war likelihood, notes Babson’s optimism, critiques Kansas City politics and Pendergast, praises budget economy, questions U S aid to South America, and urges a shift to gentler international relations.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes the eight month old Civil Aeronautics Authority shows rising efficiency under businessman Edward J. Noble and a capable board. Key figures include Harllee Branch, Robert H. Hinckley, G. Grant Mason, Oswald Ryan, and Lee Hester, shaping aviation policy and pilot training amid postwar concerns.
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes at 114th Street and Morningside Drive in Morningside Heights is noted for its Lourdes grotto in stone. Built in 1914 by the Fathers of Mercy, its facade features four columns and massive gray sandstone, with a dome, skylight, and a grotto chapel housing the Lourdes shrine rendition.
A wry verse warns there is always someone ready to testify about sins and graft. It recalls graft schemes, their loose ends, and the inevitable daylight of exposure leading to shame and jail.
The Rochambeau statue, a gift from the French republic, stands in La Fayette Square Washington D C and was unveiled with a ceremony by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.
A set of common knowledge prompts covering geography history science and sports. Questions include naming the Central American republic between Nicaragua and Panama identifying Webster’s Dictionary compiler the food containing iodine the second largest planet confirming South Carolina as an original colony voting rules for the Supreme Court and the tag Bunyan’s associated sport the Battle of Jutland wartime context concrete reinforcement material and quinine from cinchona bark.
Des Moines April 16 Exemption from taxes up to 5000 valuation of new buildings for three years was approved in the Iowa senate. The Iowa building tax exemption law also covers improvements to old buildings and replacements of razed or damaged structures. Sponsored by Sen. Edward Vrba and four Republicans, the bill was one of 14 measures passed in a brief senate session after two days of intense debate and leadership changes at the state level.
Iowa City April 15. The Iowa state board of education says greatly increased enrollments and rising operating expenses demand more funds. The board warns that without comparable support increases, services to youth and Iowa's resources development will be seriously impaired.
Local notes recount a faction of firehouse cooks exploring exotic dishes like roasted starlings with plans for bull snake. The column then catalogs town dogs of various breeds and fields a portrait of local tradesman Herman Anderson who built a fur and tannery business in Independence.
Mark is a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Favorite radio programs include Jack Benny Charley McCarthy Bing Crosby and Baby Snooks. Cliff Lindblad notes films pay stars high salaries yet 67 percent stays local. Mrs Noblitt trains English ivy to wrap living room. vine exceeds 40 feet. A $10 prize for the most luxuriant beard for the Union Pacific premiere draws big men to register at the theater next week, with other prize categories announced.
A late yesterday two-automobile crash east of Grinnell resulted in the deaths of Colleen Curtis ten and Mrs. Antonio Daguanno twenty seven. Clyde Emal thirty one of Deep River was the other driver and five others were hospitalized. The Daguanno car went side to side after passing a truck and skidding into Emal’s path. The Curtis family also sustained injuries.
The phrase How do you do traces to 1663, with Murray's dictionary noting an older form How do you. The salutation's origin remains uncertain though its early usage is documented in historical references.
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