20 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
1
Subscribers in Atlantic urged to call before 7 PM if evening delivery is missing. Address changes or delivery notices should be made to the office, not the carrier, with contact details provided.
An appeal cries over bombed Europe of starving children dying from malnutrition amid war. The piece urges the United States and Allies to feed them, citing Red Cross evidence and the risk to postwar peace if aid is withheld. It argues feeding children strengthens democratic support and combats Hitler without boosting him.
The Allied air forces will pound invasion approaches with heavy bombing for weeks to cripple beachhead defenses and press a relentless drive to destroy the Luftwaffe. A synchronized Allied and Soviet action will force German forces to stay spread thin as planning culminates in a massive combined assault.
A political critique argues parties struggle to mobilize voters while failing to nominate viable candidates. It notes Finland’s resilience against Russia and de Gaulle's forceful leadership, urging U S Britain to cooperate with him to unite French forces against Nazism and maintain Allied support.
A quiet deal kept James Farley as New York Democratic state chairman while hints of internal revolt swirled. Old-line leaders feared Farley’s influence, but New Dealers pressed to preserve party harmony. Jim will step down if the president seeks a fourth term.
The W. L. Edwards store was robbed of silk goods worth over 200 dollars. Mills drede Appleman and Lester Balding were favorites in the Lester class play. Nettie Feldman hosted Mrs. T. A. Hupp's sewing class. A. E. Hadaway survived a carbide gas tank explosion at Cumberland cinema. Anita high school was dedicated. Daisy Livestock Remedy plant touted as one of the country’s most modern with ten hundred tons daily capacity. T. C. Came Swart, Griswold native and sheriff candidate, was in town.
Cumberland residents report changes in property ownership and residency. Mrs. Bernard Edwards relocates from the Carl Arnold property to the Dorsey farm south of town, while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daugherty buy the Augusta Paulsen property one block east of Main street. War Savings Stamps available at The Atlantic News Telegraph.
A brief verse by Edgar A. Guest ponders whether all creatures enjoy beauty and delight in spring landscapes. The speaker muses on cherry trees hills orchards and white clouds like ships at sea and asks if such sensibilities are rare or uniquely human.
The spring band concert under Miss Jeannette Pierson will be held in the high school auditorium at 8:15 Friday evening. The program includes marches hymns popular airs and a novelty Uncle Tom's Cabin with Leland Carlisle as narrator. Phyllis Olander will perform a clarinet solo.
A Washington family announces the birth of a girl to Mrs. Grace Nichola wife of Major Nichola of the Judge Advocate's branch. The letter pleads for respect toward medical staff and police the value of faith amid war. It laments draft policy changes, praises Ralph Overleeer of Red Oak Express, and predicts Governor Dewey leading delegates at the Republican convention.
The piece notes June 26 convening and Dewey’s reluctance to be an active candidate while suggesting he would accept the Republican nomination if offered. It critiques sedition trials of 30 defendants, saying indictments were revived, trials moved to Washington, and outcomes unclear, urging a speedy, decisive government trial as the public tires of coverage.
Des Moines report shows 43 cases from January to early April this year, compared with 11 in the same period last year and 88 for all of 1943. Deaths noted: 21 in 1948 and three in 1942, with 1936 marking a peak of 107 cases.
The Cumberland high school senior class staged American Passport in the school auditorium over Friday and Saturday. Misa Lois Stephens directed the production with seniors Jack Connor Jon a Campen Sharlet King Francis McMullen Phyllis Pigaley Shirley King Kendle Nichols Rosalie Weber Aretha Eilis Frank Eblen Jr. and many others in the cast. Superintendent F G McKinley served as class sponsor.
Wyoming Iowa Dr W W Bronson a renowned eastern Iowa veterinarian died in Anamosa hospital after a gunshot wound to the head suffered Sunday authorities say the injury was related to personal safety He is survived by his widow and two sons
In a Ritz Carlton dining room I recall meeting Michael Romaroff once known as Prince Michael Dimitri Alexandrovitch Obolensky Romanoff. He recounted crossing paths with me years ago in Wichita when police doubted his prince story, his later Hollywood dining venture, and the long odd travels from Wichita to Harvard and beyond.
In St Louis on April 20 five former inspectors at the ordnance plant were acquitted after a federal trial. They faced conspiracy sabotage and concealment charges over allegedly faulty ammunition inspections. The jury returned not guilty on all counts after about an hour and 40 minutes of deliberation.
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