29 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News-Telegraph are reminded to call 585-M before 7 PM if their paper is not delivered in the evening. Instructions cover address changes, discontinuations, or other delivery notices. please notify the office, not the carrier.
A reflective piece notes the contrast between old and new in Omaha. It compares the Golden Spike era with modern speed, citing trains at 36 mph and pioneers crossing plains in months. It warns of the toll of high speed on human life and suggests a slower, more enjoyable pace.
The piece argues that Hitler’s public lies are believed in Germany because state controlled media suppresses facts. It notes censorship through press, radio, and schools shapes opinion, making Germans susceptible to the dictator’s claims and endangering international security.
Arbor day planting at Atlantic high school marks the first step in a 48 acre campus beautification plan. The Golden Spike display includes Lincoln funeral train artifacts, underscoring memory's sacred impact. The piece notes democratic spirit among anglers and hunters, praises spring landscapes, and criticizes Iowa legislature spending on girls gym and 4 H dormitory.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Britain's bid for strong U S backing as Marquess of Lothian, a wealthy British peer and future ambassador, vows closer Anglo American cooperation to police world peace. He has long worked with Rhodes Trust and carries multiple titles as he prepares to shape U S British relations.
The 1939 portrait outlines Lord Lothian as a religious, outspoken ambassador who travels, lectures, and shifts policy. He advocates closer US Britain cooperation, defends appeasement past, and praises Nazi Germany while opposing Russia. He criticizes Bullitt and wields influence in the cabinet.
This reads as a knowledge drill asking seven-plus correct responses. Questions cover U.S. executive salary, Italian currency, horse height, Mine Bureau department, dam-building colonies animals, World War I secretary of war, Mexican main mountain mass, boiling point determinants, Old Faithful in Yellowstone, and Little Rock capital of Arkansas.
Fragmentary note critiques phrasing urges readers to adopt concise language. It contrasts saying haste with the longer proverb there is no hurry about it. The text hints at a playful misrendering of the phrase and includes scattered letters.
A New York column describes the Swedenborgian New Church on 35th Street near Park and Lexington Avenue. Built in 1863, the two story gray stone building features a cross circle motif, cream pews with red seats, and a simple chancel. The parish house adjoins, housing art inspired by masters and rooms for Sunday school and outreach to the poor.
A 1939 copyright note references several historic Brooklyn churches, signaling preservation or archival interest in early religious landmarks within the borough.
By Walt Mason the piece notes a shift from hardship to hope as neighbors discuss blueprints for costly houses and new mansions. It cites caution about spending, hopes for a thaw in economic times after the next White House election, and a move from shanties to refined homes.
An 18 year old Mount Ayr woman, Mrs Maxine Cooper, stole a $1 20 hat on her first Des Moines visit. Judge Ralph L Powers suspended a 30 day jail term and reduced the charge from larceny from a building to petty larceny citing her and her husband’s low wages and reported wage cuts.
Rev. W G Robertson once managed the Eau Claire academy team in Pennsylvania where a young Rube Waddell played as tuition and board plus $2 monthly. Waddell later became a legendary left-handed pitcher known for his unpredictable, game-changing antics and remarkable skill. The column also notes local curiosities and a plea for recipe submissions.
A Chicago circuit court suit seeks an injunction against Daily Products Marketing Association Land o Lakes Creameries Illinois Producers Creameries Dairy and Poultry Co Operative and others over alleged butter market cornering through government loan borrowing. Plaintiffs claim 72 million pounds are held in storage as lien collateral and kept off the market to command higher prices. The suit cites a November 1 1988 policy restricting butter sales to designated agents across several states.
Professor Mason Ladd emerged as the leading candidate to replace former Dean Wiley B. Rutledge at the University of Iowa College of Law. Rutledge heads to Washington to be sworn in as associate justice of the U S Court of Appeals, receiving a farewell from law students who skipped classes to bid him goodbye. Ladd previously practiced law in Polk County before joining the faculty.
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