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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers hear delivery options for The News Telegraph with post office placement details and class two notices. Rates are shown for carrier and mail within Cass and adjoining counties and Iowa, plus Canada. A notice requests readers to call before 7 o'clock for evening delivery changes.
The piece argues that nations promised aid by Britain and the United States have suffered as commitments exceed delivery. It cites France Greece and Britain, warning that unfulfillable promises erode prestige and trust among allies and foes, and urges stopping such commitments for the sake of democracy.
A public discussion notes 20,000,000 Americans chase 12 million dollars in contests yearly while public schools increasingly center on competitions. Critics say contests overshadow lessons. parents and teachers urge limits and a return to traditional book learning, reducing semi social activities in schools.
A quoted Englishman asks why God would stop a war and a colleague replies He didn’t start it. The piece argues God is the Law, not a monarch, and urges business readers to align with divine law to end wars, as expressed by Angelo Patri.
The article cites a Missouri governor election dispute with the Republican winner delaying holds until the contest is resolved. Democrats allegedly fund a prolonged fight with about 50 000 dollars monthly to preserve offices and paychecks. It notes the return of big league baseball drawing nearly 200 000 fans on opening day and offers a respite from political tensions.
Washington column reports growing censorship in defense agencies the RFC and the Navy. Navy leadership pressures reporters to suppress criticism and even threats to jail publishers over ship photos while patrols and red tape hinder routine disclosures.
A columnist recalls huge Driecoli steel girders for a towering Times Square restaurant project by Schrafft. Despite vast space and dramatic decor, the prototype showed that diners prefer quiet, intimate settings over grand, noisy venues and flags the shift from Fifth Avenue grandeur to more restrained eateries.
Daily Knowledge Test asks readers to identify the city archeologists deem the oldest continually inhabited, debate drowning myths, name Romania’s capital, define a permanent tribal hostilities term, recall Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address occasion, and assess how inner tube buoyancy changes with weight.
Question prompts: identify the 1900 uprising in China that was suppressed by British American and other foreign forces. name the last Czar of Russia. note a presidential candidate in all four recent elections. translate Ad astra per aspera.
The note discusses the American dialect acceptability of the phrase He is a long ways from home arguing English purists call it a solecism. It contrasts dialect variation with prescriptive norms and notes usage differences in informal speech and writing.
In 1911 local notes the editor campaigns for downtown paving and highlights Poplar Street from Fourth to Ninth. Other items include Mrs. Musson and Florence returning from California and social events with the R L club and M C P ladies. Dr A P Macomber dies. Atlantic N and S strike halts trains until paid. Clarence Bruce buys a Stoddard Dayton car and Dr Porterfield returns from Extra in 55 minutes.
The poem contrasts social obligation with self restraint as the speaker rejects pomp yet helps the hungry and faltering. It stresses compassion over pride and includes a closing line remarking on traffic towers and a whimsical image of the owl and the pussy cat.
A. C. Berp, long time head of Exira public schools, resigns to lead the Education department at the University of Dubuque for the 1941 42 term effective July 1. Mr Repp plans June departure. his career spans 14 years in Iowa schools and 10 years university work. He led major school upgrades including music and athletics expansion, updated records, and library improvements while actively involved in American Legion and Masonic activities.
Frank Heinrach secretary of the Omaha teachers forum prepared bulletins to more than 1,000 teachers advising them to sign their 1941 42 contracts mailed Monday by the school board. Nearly 1,000 teachers refused to sign yesterday after a conference with school board officials led by Superintendent H M Corning who called it better understanding.
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