23 Apr 1946
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1946
Page
1
Newspaper masthead with staff names and association memberships. Rates shown for carrier and mail delivery to Atlantic and Cass counties, including monthly and annual options. OCR errors create garbled figures and misformatted entries.
A plea that hunger, disease, and ruin under military rule would taint any democracy. The author warns that demagogues like Hitler or Mussolini rise when people crave relief, urging aid, relief, and Christian charity to avert a future war and global tyranny twenty five years hence.
The piece laments loss of spring lilacs while praising denominational fund campaigns to curb inflation and aid taxes. It notes Easter bells in Moscow and church crowds in Berlin, urging religion as a peace force. It condemns Hans Frank at Nuremberg, calling his remorse insufficient and predicting his execution as partial repayment to history.
A Blair House meeting with Secretary Byrnes and four Senate leaders yielded support for a friendlier Argentine stance. Senators Connally George White and Austin pressed for recognition of Argentina’s elected government, signaling a policy shift and possible diplomatic relaunch.
A column notes Anita kindergarten children wait with a school patrolman to cross the highway with four dogs accompanying them. Mentions Joe Steffens and Fred Taylor carrying May baskets and a dog returning from a farm. Easter prayers and a 6500 person Atlantic City dinner highlight community life with playful reflections on farm life and local innocence.
A Seattle Transit System bus stolen earlier was found abandoned three hours later after a 28 mile drive. Assistant Superintendent George Moyer reported the unidentified driver took four tokens and two dimes from the meter before the vehicle was left.
A reader recalls a 1891 J Lynn Co New York mail order catalog with cut price items like razors at 74 cents and a quarter for a kitchen knife. The tale ends with a Grand Central Terminal bar offering carrot and celery juice, served fresh without ice, by two stern staff in a health food setting.
A short verse about a con artist who tricks a friend with lies, hoping for profit, only to lose reputation and honor as the gullible friend ultimately pays the price for trust betrayed. The speaker reflects on deceit and its hollow rewards.
Washington report notes Iowa’s Arline Cole and Susan Cloud wed in recent weeks, then Muriel Morgan married Russel Biggs in New York. The article links a longstanding superstition to a trio of marriages among Iowa congressional aides. It also covers visits by Rep. Dolliver family members, A. M. Piper’s Washington trip, and REA visitors. It concludes with OPA nine month extension vote details.
The Seventh district of the Iowa Council of Republican Women will hold a meeting in Red Oak on Friday April 26 at 10 a m Mrs Helen Vernon state president will speak at the luncheon at Hotel Johnston All candidates for state office are invited and all Republican women urged to attend.
Detective Captain Sol Goldenson said Henry M. Williams, 61, a Des Moines bowling league official, confessed his claim of being slugged and robbed of 765 dollars last Saturday was a hoax. He said the robbery story covered spending league prize money on living expenses. Williams was found unconscious at the Grand bowling alleys entrance.
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