24 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1948
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers who do not receive their paper in the evening can have it delivered if they call before 7 o clock telephone 13671. Please notify the office with any address changes discontinuations or other delivery notices.
CARE has sent 5,000,000 packages overseas to aid Europe with estimated beneficiaries three to four times that number. The News-Telegraph urges readers to donate to CARE at 50 Broad St New York. A $10 check funds a 22 pound package, supporting families and world peace through Christian charity.
Harold E. Stassen appears the favorite of younger Republicans as Gov members back his candidacy. Party bosses may still block him at the convention, but strong showings in Ohio and Pennsylvania could force accommodation before the nomination. The convention will choose the party standard bearer and next president, stirring potential public backlash if the popular choice is sidelined.
The piece urges high level talks between the United States and Soviet leadership. It envisions a home and home conference with Russian leaders visiting America and Americans visiting Russia to improve understanding and reduce the risk of war. It argues many conferences may be needed to foster world peace.
In the current European climate communist expansion after wars could fuel leaders to favor war, complicating peace efforts. If trends continue the Hoover era’s two chickens per pot may not return next winter with beef shortages hinting at substitutes for meat.
Drew Pearson notes the Italian election benefited from a mass letter writing and relief campaign that connected Americans with Italians. He credits the Friendship Train, State Department moves on Trieste, Ambassador Dunn’s publicity of U S food deliveries, and a million extra letters weekly, with local efforts nationwide to boost support for De Gasperi amid a Communist-led climate.
World Wide Broadcasting leader Pearson Lemmon and Mrs John Lodge helped open Italy to democracy via WHOM and WOW stations. War brides spoke of American kindness as crowds gathered outside Pope's station. A Friendship Train of books proposal aims to send unsold American works to Europe. President Truman recalls Spanish War era service while Spanish War vets face dwindling numbers and Cuba and Philippines are cited as U.S. aid examples.
Pittsburgh reports price cuts by U S Steel Corp and Westinghouse Electric Corp aim to curb living costs. U S Steel plans a 25 million annual reduction from May 1 across wire and steel products while rejecting CIO United Steelworkers wage demands. Westinghouse will cut about 3.125 million annually with a five percent drop on electrical distribution equipment including circuit breakers and substations.
Anita Archie Brown spent a year in California and has returned home. En route he stopped in Tulsa to visit his 79 year old mother Mrs TFyed Denison who is living there with a daughter. he reports she is failing.
After the rain the green lawn and leafed trees bring song birds and bees as dawn rises. Following dark days the sun returns and streams run clear. Childhood memories of kites return and peace follows heartache and tears as sunshine appears.
Anita Mrs P T Williams association director of the Women's Fellowship of Congregational Christian Churches of the Southwest Iowa association spoke Thursday at a guest tea of the Dodge Memorial Congregational church in Council Bluffs. Her topic was Our Fellowship Weaves a Tapestry. Rev Raymond Barber, son of Mr and Mrs Chas Barber of Anita, serves as pastor of the Bluffs church.
A Beaumont journalist tours local industry and hospitality scenes in Texas. He notes the synthetic rubber plant guided by Earnest Miller, admires manager Tom Shumate’s courteous service, and jokes about the limits of bridges seen on a relaxed ride with congenial companions.
The Senate War Investigating Committee urged a universal service program to ensure every American does his part in any future total war. It warns the nation may become both arsenal and battlefield and calls for new methods to curb war profits in a changing industrial era.
The note covers yard birds including thrashers doves and robins with a gutter nesting concern. It recalls Ora Moller’s car trouble at Ft. Dodge Elks, plans to remove storm windows by July 4, and a child’s humorous church remark. Also mentions a robin egg, a dog incident, local fishing reports, and Cub Pack 35 cleaning LaVista Place center.
Des Moines reports an Iowa farm owner F. E. Leaders of Deloit Crawford County sought $510 from the state for beaver damage to his land. He asked the state to reimburse the losses.
Eureka Kansas April 24 American farmers last year grossed about thirty billion dollars the peak of prosperity. Farmers expect to plant more acreage in 1948 according to government figures though final yields depend on weather. Wheat could reach 1.11 billion bushels corn 3 billion bushels oats 1.376 billion. Prices may fall but demand remains strong. government supports at 90 percent parity.
An appeal board hearing cites repeated damage from beavers that flooded two dams costing 210 dollars to replace and swept away five acres of corn valued at over 3800 dollars. Assistant Attorney General E R Shostrom notes farmers can obtain permits from the state conservation commission to trap beavers causing harm. It ends with a caution about a road crossing and safety.
Griswold-Meés Anna Herstein sold Céas street property to Robert Goforth of Bedford. She then bought a home in east Griswold from Herbert Anderson, who had just purchased the John Snyder house. The trio will move into their new homes with Goforth planning a remodel of the Herstein residence. Davenport-Nelson Eddy canceled a scheduled concert last night due to laryngitis and planned to seek a Kansas City specialist.
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