20 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
1
A column of short takes covers Iowa traffic deaths, Monroe Doctrine paranoia, sports doubleheaders, gum chewing, state government shifts, coal strike woes, Lindbergh’s advisory role, college grads finding work, rising dry sentiment across states, and Hitler's secretive, fearful conduct.
Readers attempt seven of the questions on early colonial governors moon atmosphere metric conversions pronunciation of bayou Montana nickname lobster classification last Greek letter Murray River location and governing body for the patent office.
The piece reports on a Capitol Hill push for economy measures funded by parity payments to support farm prices, with Senate leaders Harrison Smith and Nye backing a plan that would add about 400 million to the agriculture bill, while a separate FCC reform faces opposition from the radio lobby and Congress.
A veteran columnist frets over misspellings of will hays and other Hayes names, listing figures from Will Hays to Helen Hayes and Arthur Garfield Hays. The piece traces editors, publishers, lawyers, actors, and scholars sharing Hayes or Hays in their names across ages and places, with cultural shadows on correctness and memory.
Grant Iowa April 20 Special The Grant school honor roll for the second six weeks lists students by grade. Names include Willa Mae Davis Lois Miller Doris Porter in twelfth grade and many others through first grade with multiple repeats among lists of high achievers and tardy-free students.
A book review humorously condemns The Tree of Liberty as long and weary with a tedious plot about colonial and frontier struggles. It notes Brad dock’s march and a dangerous wilderness, but finds the narrative slow with few incidents and a wandering subplot about a young pioneer’s plans for July crops.
The siamangs, a species of black gibbon, show large exposed faces beneath the chin and expandable throat sacs that inflate with breathing, granting the primates notable vocal strength.
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