27 Apr 1940
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1940
Page
1
The notice explains how Atlantic subscribers may get evening delivery by calling 685-M before 7 o clock. It also instructs subscribers to contact the office for address changes discontinuitions or other delivery notices. Included are market and political mentions with names and items such as Merry Stefansson and references to Iceland war.
A leaked memo and commentary discuss a foreign power establishing an air base within a thousand miles of North America. The piece notes Denmark and Norway invasions, strategic value of Iceland and Greenland, and potential U S export credit implications. Wendell Willkie and Senator Joe Guffey feature in political context and critique.
The piece describes Franklin D Roosevelt shelving AFL CIO peace talks amid leader tensions. It notes John L Lewis’s opposition to discussions and William Green’s cautious stance, plus the push by Amalgamated Garment Workers to back Roosevelt for a third term. It also highlights Guffey’s scathing political tactics and the Scandinavian desk chief Cumming Jr. The article links to broader New Deal politics and intra-labor strife.
The text quotes St. John Ervine that whatever is worth doing is worth doing badly, urging a pupil to learn music even imperfectly. It reflects a 1940 copyright note emphasizing amateur effort over expert craft.
Atlantic organizers and volunteers managed one of the state’s toughest music contests with 600 visitors hosted by the city. Women's club members and the Chamber of Commerce provided officials and ticketing while volunteers shuttled attendees in the rain. The event impressed locals for its scale and strict judging, with teams praised for a smoothly run program and hopeful for future visits.
An editorial argues that tax and regulatory policy harms the middle class more than the rich. It cautions against demonizing the wealthy and warns that middle income households and small businesses bear the burden, while large firms escape. The piece stresses that the masses finance government.
Rainfall this year has exceeded average by over an inch with most moisture soaking into the ground. County welfare costs in 1087 rose by $426,892 to a total of $7,644,969 or 292 per person. In Cass county 88 the per person care cost dropped 65 cents from the prior year. Statewide ten high counties averaged 174 while ten low averaged 111. National reform efforts face mixed reception as Congress weighs New Deal measures amid public concern.
The report notes Joe Moime and J.P. Bengston elected to leadership roles within the American Association of Vehicle Administration in the Midwest region. Officers include Lee Diehardsen as director and Cy Hlot Wadtaee as Ohio secretary treasurer, with further details incomplete.
Karl W. Fischer has been appointed as Iowa commissioner of public safety and director, elevating his role in state law enforcement and safety administration. The move places Fischer at the helm of statewide public safety policy and operations.
Official birth registrations indicate that one pair of twins occurs about every hundred births. Triplets occur about once in ten thousand births, quadruplets about once in one million, while quintuplets are exceedingly rare with only a few cases on record.
Turn to page seven for the answers after you try the test. Questions cover conducting methods, constitutional amendments, a sunken submarine, animal genders, county peace officers, liquids metal, odor weight, mountain ranges, czars of industries, and canal zone ownership.
A guide highlights avoiding phrases like handsome individual and funny man. It urges using clearer terms such as handsome person and audience members when addressing grammar and readability concerns.
Edgar A. Guest laments coveting beauty and luck rather than goods from neighbors. He envies the flowers and catalogs, wishing to own every blossom from anemone to zinnia, admitting temptation but not desire for others' possessions. The verse is a light moral reflection on longing for beauty.
Reports from the festival depict bands, teachers, and youngsters packing restaurants and marching through Chestnut street in sunny attire. Musicians rehearse and chase with water guns while organizers face judging pressure fueling discussions of state contest fairness.
German white book labels Allied invasion claims a perversion of truth. It lists eight points denying British plans to invade Norway, asserts minefield defense, limited troop passage to Finland, and that German secrecy enabled the Norway operation.
Robert Heineman, 16, Abington high school junior, confessed to the murder of his classmate Edith Snyder, 16, in her Abington home. Heineman was jailed in Montgomery county as cremation plans and funeral arrangements moved forward for the victim. Jealousy over Edith’s interest in another boy prompted the shooting in her living room.
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