Park Rapids Home Week Notes From Itasca Trip
The Roving Reporter visits Park Rapids Minnesota during home week. He and Rice learn neighbors and guests like the Warhams and the Carl Kennedys while squirrels of lake life, prices and fishing contests color the resort scene. They plan for Itasca State Park headwaters and reflect on war news and daily comforts at camp.
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Park Rapids
Minn
Don Bries
Ken King
Warhams
Carl Kennedys
Rice
Iowa
Minnesota
Itasca, State Park
Mississippi
Wade Aeroes
Waters
Kores
The Dreamer Who Was Also A Doer
Edgar A. Guest reflects on wasted talent and the fate of unwritten books and plays. He contrasts cleverness and courage with the failure to act, noting that hard work is the key to turning dreams into reality and avoiding a life of unfulfilled plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Interstate Commerce Commission denies full hearing in bus service feud
The interstate commerce commission today denied a request for a full commission hearing on the Omaha Nebraska to Council Bluffs bus service rights dispute. The denial leaves briefs already filed and follows a July 1949 decision denying inter city operating rights to Transit and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Full Commission
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Council Bluff Transit Company
Me Commission
Transit and
Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Missionary League Elects Iowa Leader at Ames
Mrs Ralph Krenzin of Ames was elected president of the Women’s Missionary League of Iowa district seat of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Other officers named include Mrs Albertini Coe vice president Mrs D E Weiss Rock Rapids secretary Mrs M J Heldt Boone treasurer and Mrs H M Zagel Boone financial secretary.
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Missionary League
Arnolds Park
Ralph Krenzin
Ames
Women’s Missionary League of
Iowa
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Albertini
Coe
D. E. Weiss
Rock Rapids
M. J. Heldt
Boone
H. M. Zagel
Overwork Versus Hard Work Warns Robt. W. Babson
Babson warns that accelerating business tempo fuels nerve strain and social ills while urging relaxation. He contrasts hard work with overwork, noting overfatigue harms body and mind and risks hearts, sleep, and judgment. He stresses conserving personal resources for democracy.
Atlantic News-Telegraph Rates Notice
Publication details and subscription rates listed for the Atlantic area, including in town and by mail across Iowa Cass and adjoining counties, United States, and Canada. Rates show varying durations from one month to one year with prices in cents and dollars.
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Cass
Iowa
U. S
Canada
White House debate on $4 billion aid ties up Congress
At a White House meeting President Truman faced sharp questions on approving a $4 billion European aid package. Texas Senator Connally pressed to redirect funds to military use while Missouri's Dewey Short objected to bypassing committees and demanded regular authorization. The wiretap grand jury probe looms as Brewster faces scrutiny amid police-state concerns.
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Drew Pearsom
Texas
Tom Connally
White House
Missouri
Washington
Truman
Dewey Short
Connally
Acheson
Europe
Short
House
Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees
Senate
House Appropriations
Congress
House Gop
Joe Martin
Capitol
Brewster
Maine
James Melnerny
Justice Department
Slibts
Pan American Airways
Joseph Shimon
District of Columbia
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Senator Brewster
Take Quiet Vacations For Renewed Business Power
A 1950 piece urges overworked executives to pause for regular body mind and soul refreshment. It argues that relaxation boosts output by up to 50 percent and recommends spending vacations in quiet places with books on relaxation meditation and prayer to conserve personal resources.
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Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc
Anita Saddle Club to Host Free Show at Keystone Park
The Anita Saddle club organized with Ivor Sheets as president sponsors a free horse show Sunday evening August 18 at Keystone park. A new ring and lights are ready. Thirty seven members compete in twelve classes with four ribbons awarded in each class.
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Anita
Anita Saddle Club
Ivor Sheets
Keystone Park
Saddle Club
Plan Church Picnic Set for August 6 at Adair-Plana
The annual Catholic church chicken dinner and picnic on the church lawn is announced for August 6. Adair and Plana communities are urged to attend and enjoy a day of fellowship and food.
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Adair
Plana
Time Was Defence and the Need for Preparedness
The piece argues that time, once a strategic asset in wars, is shrinking due to advances in air and sea power. It cites failures in planning, urges congressional inquiry into Alaska defenses, and criticizes several agencies for not meeting mobilization and defense needs. Stuart Symington is named as head of the NSRB, with calls for clearer responsibility and stronger economic and unconventional warfare planning.
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R. Maxil Ballinger
National Industrial Conference
State Department
Alaska
Teheran
Yalta
Oeme
Pearl Harbor
General MacArthur
Korea
Congress
National Security Resources Board
Munitions Board
Stuart Symington
Symington
Hoover Commission
Commission
Department of Defense
Switser Judicial Appointment Faces Democratic Rift in Iowa
Iowa Democrat leader Jake More says Switser remains a judge and likely to be confirmed. the Senate vote looms next Tuesday. Switser, former 1948 gubernatorial candidate, was appointed interim federal judge for southern Iowa by President Truman, facing opposition from Senators Hickenlooper and Gillette. More charges the Beardsley administration with withholding the Little Hoover Commission report until after the election. Albert Jeek and More emphasized precinct organization at the First district meeting.
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Burlington
Carroll Switser
Jake More
Iowa
More
Switser
Switzer
Truman
Senate
Hickenlooper
Gillette
Jaws
Little Hoover
Beardsley
Albert Jeek
Governors Review 34th Infantry at Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood Mo two governors Mitchell Peterson of Nebraska and Beardsley of Iowa attended the Governors day review of the 34th Infantry division during its annual summer training encampment. About 7500 men from Iowa and Nebraska drill, simulate wartime tasks, and practice on rifle ranges amid planned display of tanks and aircraft.
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Fort Leonard Wood
34Th Infantry
Wal. Peterson
Nebraska
William 8. Beardsley
Iowa
Des Moines
34Th
Kansas youths burned when truck overturned on highway 75
Two Kansas youths were injured and one killed when their truck overturned and burned on highway 75 three miles south of Blencoe Iowa. Teddy Isenminger, 21, WaKeeney Kansas, died at Onawa hospital hours after the crash. Everett Euler, 18, Wathena Kansas, was listed in critical condition. Ralph and Clyde Davis of Foley Minnesota rescued the men from the flames.
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Blencoe
Kansas
Teddy Isenminger
Wathena
Kane
Onawa
Everett Euler
Ralph
Clyde Davis
Foalley
Minn
Polio Halts Davenport Wedding Of Meg And Joe
Davenport couple Meg Sharp and Joe Paulsen cancel Saturday wedding plans as Meg’s family faces polio illness. Meg’s brother Bert contracts polio, is hospitalized, prompting changes while the pair, connected to Davenport High and the University of Iowa, reassess the ceremony.
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Meg
Joe
Davenport
Margaret Sharp
Joe Paulsen
Margaret
Davenport High School
State University of Iowa
Mar
Bert
Scott County
8. F. Smazal
Revival Leader Questions Hearing Radio Show
In St. Joseph Missouri Jack Shuler led a denominational revival yesterday and asked his audience how they heard his program on radio station KREST. About 50 persons raised their hands as Shuler warned that the devil is at work. He added he had not been on the air that morning.
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St. Joseph
Jack Shuler
Smheny
Shelsing
KREST
Shuler
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