30 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1948
Page
1
Atlantic News-Telegraphs urges subscribers who do not receive the paper in the evening to call before 7 o'clock at telephone 13673 to arrange delivery. The notice asks subscribers to report address changes or discontinue or give any other notice regarding their subscription.
The reciprocal trade treaty program started by Secretary Hull will be renewed in June. It has been renewed four times under Democratic low tariff influence, but faces a Republican Congress with a high tariff tradition. The piece argues tariffs should soften as world commerce grows and urges continuation of the program amid shifting party attitudes.
Atlantic announces cleanup week to encourage residents to keep premises spotless. Officials say a clean town reduces disease and fires, improves safety and attractiveness, and invites all citizens to participate for a healthier, safer Atlantic.
Civic urging readers to vote tomorrow on who should run the municipal flying field. The piece emphasizes individual responsibility in a democratic system and warns that abstaining from voting erodes government. It argues every citizen influences city county state and national actions through participation.
The piece contrasts U S claims of cleanliness with global population and bathtub counts. It notes European traveler impressions of Russia fears and argues communists win by counting rather than voting. It warns they seize power swiftly after winning.
In a House appropriations hearing, Secretary of the Army Royall and GOP lawmakers John Taber and Richard Wigglesworth argued for a cautious approach to Nazi war crimes trials. Royall cited de Nazification disparities, while General Clay’s views and potential continued prosecutions were discussed amid broader postwar policy.
Poem exhorts that all labor matters from crafts to care giving. It highlights pride in work whether painter poet priest or laborer and notes the value of each task behind households and schools. The verse ends with a caution not to drive after drinking.
Washington federation leaders urged senators to provide ample funds for the agriculture department for research soil conservation and the extension service. They spoke to a Senate appropriations subcommittee reviewing the 1949 budget beginning July 1. Allan B. Kline said growth depends on increasing scientific knowledge while W Lowell Steen and Herman A Praeger emphasized the extension service.
The food ministry reports large imports and an exceptionally early new crop offset potato shortages, ending rationing tonight in London.
A cautionary reminder urges drivers to avoid speeding or risky passing on curves or hills. The message emphasizes staying alert, preserving life, and making safe choices to be alive tomorrow.
A column praises the White House balcony design as architecturally superior but criticizes the handling of the project public relations. It recalls past presidents adding safe rooms and suggests funding the work by reducing aid to enemies, noting Teddy Roosevelt and Coolidge as contrasts.
A fragment cautions about driving carefully on curves or hills and mentions a plan for six people to be alive tomorrow.
Washington notice reports that NLRB examiner Sidney Lindner ruled peaceful picketing to stop one employer from doing business with another constitutes a secondary boycott and is illegal under Taft-Hartley. The ruling follows another examiner on picket line violence and requires review by the full board within 20 days.
Des Moines reports state gasoline tax collections for January through April at 8,819,080, about 800,000 higher than the same period in 1947. April receipts totaled 2,492,884 with gasoline refunds for highway use at 379,331, 21 percent of April collections, vs 177,664 in March.
Police seek a truck driver after he rammed a parked car in front of Mrs Grace Southwick's home three times Tuesday night. Witnesses say the vehicle was initially hit once, then backed into it, circled the block, and returned for a second and third impact before fleeing. The car sustained heavy damage.
Extra Mr and Mrs Hans Larsen traveled to Omaha on Wednesday to visit their son Lester Phippin and his family, returning Sunday for the report.
A Wednesday blaze at the Bud Jacobsen cafe Brayton, likely from wiring defects, caused heavy smoke and water damage to the kitchen and south dining area. The Extra Fire Department responded and extinguished the flames.
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