16 Aug 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1949
Page
1
A week of vivid growth includes a nearly finished drive in drive in theater and 4-H fair grounds nearing completion. Donations push toward 30000 for the fair grounds with a need to exceed 60000 to realize plans. Community pride fuels ongoing fundraising during fair week.
I return from vacation and report our fishing trip. We landed the biggest bass up to 21 pounds and caught northerns and bluegills. Night crawlers from Iowa were used, though ice from each meal was kept in the box to feed the bait.
The March 1 period reports Cass county 77070.71, Atlantic 52527.39, Montgomery county 65769.40, Red Oak 43184.93, Carroll county 102113, Carroll city 53764.28, Clarinda 37106.94, Shenandoah 53711.44, Creston 46292.48. The writeup notes most cities, though larger, do little more business than Atlantic.
The writer laments Minnesota’s many recreational lakes while noting Iowa’s scarcity of lakes but abundance of corn. They describe 124 lakes in a county near their vacation spot and argue Iowa’s fields nourish its farmers, offsetting the absence of lakes.
Ex president Herbert Hoover gains stature each day as a celebrated statesman for WWI relief and postwar efforts. His popularity rose then fell amid a national mood during his administration, with a Democratic revival described as miraculous. Some claim both parties once sought him as a candidate.
Poem reflects on the nuisance of telemarketing and the desire for quiet. The speaker laments endless calls and loneliness despite proximity of friends, concluding with a note on road signs reminding readers to slow down for safety.
A column notes a geese parade toward a pond and ponders dignity in creatures and humans. It recalls two recent accidents, one under a death warning sign and a beer truck crash with broken bottles. Rev C S Link describes a Prince Edward Island vacation. Raymond Goltry mentions a 14 year old.
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists publication details and rates. It notes editors F D Simpson and the News Desk contact, operating evenings except Sunday, and memberships with Iowa and National editorial associations. Subscriptions are priced by carrier and mail, varying by region and duration.
Washington rounds report Guy Gabrielson takes GOP helm amid talk of wholesale staff cuts. Dems sidestep about his firm Carthage Hydrocon loans totaling 18.5 million while Washington notes political jockeying, Quirino aims at wartime Filipino guerrillas amnesty, and Brannan plan stirs Iowa farm groups with opposition and polling.
A purebred Shorthorn cow bore twin heifer calves last week. Ray Hyndman, father of Mrs. Pigsley, attended a Scotland South Carolina celebration where his son-in-law won a sprinting race. A hospital letter from Atlantic Memorial praises care and local friendliness. Jimmy Williams near Yellowstone Lake recounts a remarkable fish tale as a crowd watches him lure and land a trout.
Howard Espeland recalls that Beulah Runkel, once his graduate class salutatorian, stabbed herself after slashing her four year old daughter's throat in Ottumwa. The narrator laments forgotten fishing film preventing any pictorial proof of fishing prowess.
U S Senator Styles Bridges will resign next month from his $36 000 a year trusteeship of the United Mine Workers welfare fund. He says he wants to wait for the fund’s first yearly report before stepping down. Bridges and Ezra Van Horn drew 35 000 a year while John L Lewis reportedly did not take an allowance.
The piece recalls Dr. William Wirt of Gary Indiana facing political attacks during the New Deal era. It notes bank actions, property losses, and family ruin after accusations publicized by U S Senate committees. The author argues Wirt spoke truth on intellectual radicals and government change without violence.
Yale researchers in New Haven report a new non crippling virus may account for many poliomyelitis diagnoses. Detected after last summer's polio outbreak in New England and southern states, the virus origin and transmission remain unclear, but all identified patients recovered without lasting effects.
Washington senators Gillette of Louisiana and Young of New Jersey proposed a law requiring wheat bread to contain at least four percent natural fat. Young warned fat substitutes are injurious to consumers.
A warning highlights walking against traffic on an open highway to improve visibility of oncoming vehicles. The advisory stresses safety risks and urges pedestrians to use designated sidewalks or crossings.
Doctors decide to remove a fence staple that reportedly traveled through the body and ended in the lower intestine. The patient underwent a conservative approach as imaging indicated the foreign object had already passed beyond the small intestine.
In Kansas City a nine month old boy nicknamed Mike was rushed to a hospital after swallowing a safety pin. Doctors X rayed him and removed the pin from his tonsil area while his mother Mel described a string of similar incidents.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., age 28, is not afflicted with polio after initial fears. Doctors ruled out polio and a final diagnosis remained pending, a hospital spokesman said.
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