21 Apr 1941
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1941
Page
1
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Opinion notes armament spending and training as signs of national alert. Iowa tourism yields 28.5 million dollars. urged to boost advertising. Spelling success for Robert Alexander praised amid a quip about a difficult word. Editorial cautions about weekend fires and parking for visitors, extols courtesy. Reviews Boys Town film as reformist, discusses impact on reform schools. War updates discuss Greeks, Yugoslavia collapse, and British North Africa moves. Southwest Iowa storm scene described with rare tornado imagery and public awe.
President says the United States will guard merchant vessels outside war zones under law. He asserts freedom of the seas and vows armed convoys if necessary. Pearson Allen chronicle notes looming critiques of major SEC reforms and a massive White House crowd.
1924 35 era investor safeguards are debated as Representative James Wadsworth proposes measures that would limit market rigging and ban insider trading by directors. White House crowds swell at the president’s residence with up to 16 452 sightseers daily, while a Merry Go Round note questions Lindbergh’s military expertise and Lindbergh’s article prompts isolationist talks.
A diary entry recounts a Stockholm dinner with the Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted by Count Gosta Morner, mentions Morner's brother Hans George Morner killed in an air attack near Iceland, and details conversations with Ernst L Heebner and R M Shipley about jewelers ethics. It covers Captain Kidd and Slug the pup, a luncheon with Henry G Seaborn, and Seaborn's ship models interest. The piece notes Puget Sound timber reserves, Skinner Eddy interests, and a vision of a virgin timber tract becoming a public park in British Columbia.
Daily knowledge test prompts on myths ribs linen linen, the Green Mountain State, Becky Sharp Thackeray, Egypts sphinx, John Paul Jones flag, Death Valley high point state, US citizenship in Canadian service, Romney Fitch Fulton invention, and a life saving message.
Des Moines April 21 Sioux Center high school won a superior rating at Drake university six day drama tournament for presenting The Valiant. Other excellent ratings went to Lansing Missouri Valley Mount Ayr and West Waterloo. Acting awards went to Owen Johnson Winterset Arlene Albee Centerville and Barbara Schneider Garner.
A review of week events in 1881 notes W. H. Sherwood visiting Audubon and Dick Pear becoming Occidental House proprietor. Griswold Advocate editor D. H. Scott in town, Father Gault planning an Ireland trip, and local checker Al Wescott losing a bet to a Guthrie Center opponent. Mayor Phelps officiated a wedding of Christ Perow and Caroline Brown, amid dynamite comparison. River disruptions delayed trains as Atlantic hosted a large I C O F fraternity meeting with 2,000 attendees and a London Assurance drama cast and Newtown drum major spectacle.
Lawrence Kobida notes in The Empire of Dust that the Dust Bowl has long existed shaping travel. He cites 19th century caravans facing fast storms with limited visibility, blown depressions forming sloughs and lagoons, and the recurring presence of buffalo wallows across ten miles of landscape.
A collection of brief Iowa items notes that ex governor Dan Turner renewed a license in Creston, hints at 1942 campaigns, names Mrs. George Kyseth on the state education board, and mentions a Des Moines postmasters convention. It also cites a May 9 history conference, highway patrol politics, a possible veto of the 300000 library bill, and local oil bill debates plus upcoming Democratic activities led by young Democrats.
Poem urges youth to value courage and perseverance over fleeting ideas. It stresses that honor, skill, and sacrifice through toil, study, and faith define true manhood despite future changes.
Des Moines reports Governor George A. Wilson designates May 18 as New Citizen Day and the week of May 4 to 11 as Music Week urging ceremonies in schools churches and civic groups to honor new Americans and promote the duty and privilege of citizenship. The governor extols citizenship as vital to the nation’s strength.
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