18 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers may request evening delivery by calling 586 M before 7 o clock. The notice outlines subscription rates by mail and city, instructs readers to contact offices for address changes or paper discontinuation, and distinguishes The News from The News Telegraph delivery numbers.
The piece outlines a recurring pattern in tax reform efforts voters elect reformers who promise savings then initiatives fade as new demands for money rise. Pressure from proponents and critics leads to budgets expanding expenditures, with reformers often yielding to increased taxes after initial momentum wanes.
The WPA produced 1 200 plays at about 40 000 each totaling roughly 48 000 000. A swing version of The Mikado drew congressional mockery and critics noted lavish spending including a 250 000 WPA building at the New York World's Fair despite a 3 000 000 federal site.
Britain and France move to pressure dictators while Russia may join. A late Louis fight leaves fans disappointed as inattention costs engagement. Eddie Cantor advocates Americanism and intolerance removal. Tornado season sparks dread in the plains. Atlantic anticipates a Danish royal visit with local caution. Western Iowa hosts welcome but unsure reception. Last night's snow may end winter, spring moisture hoped. Plentiful pasture and early grasses promise good crops if rains come.
Frank Murphy, the attorney general, stands in the middle of a cabinet dispute over whether the state department has the right to license arms sales to Germany. Hull’s stance is challenged as other members urge enforcement of the arms treaty. Murphy is expected to rule, with odds he will duck.
A social luncheon on the East Side brings together Thomas Craven George T. Bye Homer Cray Bill Lengel Stanley High and others. They discuss Craven’s art books, Cray’s Missouri movie, Coop’s Kansas City roots, and Rollin Kirby cartoons missing from the World Telegram.
Kirby a premier editorial cartoonist from Galva Illinois faced a clash with Lee Wood editor over a New Year image. The dispute led to Kirby resigning after the layout change following a New Year cartoon turn in New York.
A set of ten trivia prompts covers geography science history and language. Topics include the location of Sardinia the top cattle state in the U S the sport linked to Jean Bauer Noahs Ark resting place primary colors pronunciation of attacked Old Folks at Home author Sangre de Cristo range location gills per gallon and the Yankee Clipper first European stop.
A guidance note urges reporters to avoid diminutive phrasing and prefers precise terms like trivial mistake when describing small errors. The instruction emphasizes accuracy and consistency in language without sensationalism.
In Des Moines the Allied Independent Theater Owners association of Iowa and Nebraska opened a two day convention. Leo F. Wolcott of Eldora Iowa said most members favor passage of the Neeley bill to ban block booking. The policy requires contracts for unwanted pictures to obtain ones they wish to show.
Local notes celebrate music contest feats by Bob Schwandt and Bill Watson, praising self taught horn skills and a strong contest solo. Anecdotes cover audience dedication, a sick guitarist soldiering through, and small town curiosities from Atlantic and nearby areas.
A light verse by Walt Mason about a cheerful sexton who digs graves and sings to ease his grim task. He explains music helps him cope, offers solace to mourners, and asks for a kind word to encourage the old worker at heaven’s gate.
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