26 Apr 1946
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1946
Page
1
The piece cites Leonard P. Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Company who argues federal budget estimates misjudge receipts and expenditures. Over 24 years, spends ran 32 percent under actuals while revenues were 17 percent over, averaging a 49 percent error annually.
An effort is underway in Atlantic to establish a community coordinating council. The body would synchronize programs of civic organizations to avoid duplicative efforts and boost efficiency and impact of community programs.
The piece argues the government should have urged farmers to sell a portion of their corn at the established price for export to Europe and Asia. It claims this would have yielded millions of bushels for relief while stabilizing the domestic corn market rather than causing turmoil with an 80 cent ceiling.
Amid signals the OPA price controls may end, letters to Congress urge removal. House drastic stance contrasts with Senate caution as lobbyist influence is questioned and compromise appears likely.
Time Magazine features Cass County representative Cas Kuester in a story on food production on Midwestern farms. The issue includes a cover photo of Kuester and highlights his longstanding local esteem.
Editorial briefs note the best young musicians in the state to perform before contest judges highlighting their training and effort. The piece discusses military force, arguing future wars will rely on long distance weapons and postwar army roles to clean up and maintain government.
The piece reports President Truman denying a new Democratic National Committee letter endorsing all incumbents, amid Southern opposition after a misdated Hannegan letter. It notes Nacy’s caution and Truman’s stance to keep primary fairness, plus broader postwar political maneuvering and legislative tensions.
Verse humor about the burdens of serving on a house committee. The speaker mocks critics who complain about small issues while the member endures constant grumbling and rising prices. The poem notes the unglamorous duties persist despite lack of praise.
Iowa state fair board announces a no pass rule for the year authority states there will be no passes for general admission grandstand or any performance officials and employees must buy tickets too in order to enter the exposition
John Becker, Indiana producer, creates Cinderella Inc a New York radio project. Four housewives from across the country win travel lodging meals and wardrobe for a month in New York while a host organ orgy helps the program. The scheme follows Becker’s idea and features a Rainbow Room lunch with cast and producer.
In Hollywood notes, three appellate justices hear support bids for Carol Ann Berry with her mother Joan Berry claiming $75 weekly is inadequate regarding Charles Chaplin's worth. Actor Philip Terry’s divorce from Joan Crawford proceeds, while John Hodiak and Anne Baxter plan June nuptials at Baxter’s Burlingame home. Gildersleeve star Harold Peary faces a real-life divorce suit from wife Mrs. Harold Peary as attorney Jerry Giesler reveals an imminent filing.
Vancouver detectives and Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe the disappearance of Henri Bar after the SS Saltwater reached Vancouver with rare art and three jade necklaces reportedly hidden by Bar. Some sailors claim an oriental curse haunts ten agate cups from the Pekin palace loot.
Council Bluffs Municipal Judge John P. Tinley fined Jack Shinkler of Sioux City Indiana $300 after he pleaded guilty to unlawful transportation of alcohol liquors. State agents arrested Shinkler Wednesday and found more than six cases of beer and whisky in his car.
Independence Missouri Edmund J Gleazer Jr former president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at Lamoni Iowa is named president of Graceland college at Lamoni John Garver president of the churchs board of trustees announced yesterday
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