16 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
1
Atlantic Iowa readers are reminded of evening delivery options and subscription details. A notice explains how to arrange delivery if papers are late and how to request address changes, discontinuations, or other delivery notices by calling the office before 7 oclock. the phone listed is not The News Telegraph number.
Opinion suggests Russians aimed to punish a teacher who sought freedom, implying she faced death or exile upon return. The author argues many would die to preserve democracy, contrasting it with life under communist rule and questioning the value some place on security over liberty.
The annual Red Cross swimming program ended in Atlantic teaching about 500 youngsters. Forty beginners passed all tests while others progressed through stages to improve water safety. Five weeks of supervised water time provided play and skill training with Cass county funding for local participants.
The writer argues that Soviet delays of U S aid material in France and the Berlin blockade harm communist credibility. Delays injure those the Reds seek to convert and reveal an inability to deliver promised goods. The piece suggests kindness might work better than coercive programs.
The Elk Horn community notes the folding away of the Lutheran church service flag as World War I flags join earlier ones in honorable retirement. The piece hopes service flags will not be revived to list future draftees and instead remain a memory honored in memorials. It also mentions farm prices easing from wartime highs and potential drops in food prices.
Charley Skouras, head of National Theatres andFox West Coast theatres, leads a U S Youth Month drive to curb juvenile delinquency amid a stamp campaign. The Skouras brothers rose from St Louis nickelodeons to run 1500 movie houses, with Spyros at 20th Century Fox and George running Eastern theatres.
Skouras, leading the National Committee for Youth Month, enlists 10,000 movie houses and theater owners to promote youth achievement and civic involvement in September. He stresses capitalizing on pride in farm and city youth, expanding playgrounds and youth clubs, and reducing delinquency by giving youths healthy outlets and community support.
Washington reports a new joint committee rule placing all agency printing and reproductions under the Government Printing Office. The National Theatre closes after 46 years, with Oklahoma as its final show and plans to become a moving picture house.
Mrs Earl Spiker presents piano pupils in recital at the Methodist church on August 25. Players include Shirlene Brown Leta Chafa Verla Mosman Janice Gaskill Kathleen Mullen Ronnie Davis LaVera Nippert and Letha Negley.
Ned Shugruc, national director of the Freedom Train, promotes the educational mission of the exhibit trains carrying Declaration of Independence documents. He notes 00 cities visited in 13 months, 3,800 days of programming with schools and merchants, and confronts picketing by Communists. He highlights preservation challenges for documents amid humidity with new ventilation.
Frank D. Williams sues the Southern California Camellia Society for 250000 damages alleging expulsion from membership after he asked state authorities to inspect camellia seedlings entering California. He says the dispute harms his health and his camellia hobby and business.
A poem by Edgar A Guest contrasts ideal quiet happy children with the frustration of dealing with mischief and mess. It jokes about seeking psycho analysis if children behaved perfectly and imagined doctors weighing social manners and normal childhood.
The Elliott School Board announces opening on August 30 with a diverse faculty. Superintendent Jenneth Jones of Van Cleve leads the district alongside educators including Audrey Russell Bayard coach Robert C. Otto Lincoln agriculture Mrs E Linquist Stanton Eva Shearer Kansas City math and English Gale Woodling Elliott music Mrs Pearl M Jones Sheffield junior high Kenneth Jones and junior high assistant Mrs Dale Carey Elliott 6th grade Doris Lantz.
Mrs. Audrey Jones will supervise the hot lunches. The roster lists participants from Red Oak Eliott Gladbrook and Miss Mary Getman with positions 4th 2nd and 1st under Mrs. June Mills Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson and Eliott.
The Adair St John Lutheran church near Adair voted unanimously to ask Rev. EK Dotemann to remain and not accept the call to Alta. The vote occurred at a Thursday business meeting after a prior Sunday gathering presented the pastor with an $816 purse toward a new car.
Casey Marvellus Blackmer of Casey a nurse with Des Moines public health nursing service receives a one year leave to study at Columbia University New York City. She will study under the aus pices of the Iowa Cancer Society.
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