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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic Iowa announces subscription rates for the News Telegraph by carrier and mail including regional and U.S. options. A delivery notice urges subscribers to call 685 M before 7 PM to adjust delivery and address changes.
The piece argues that crooked race horse gambling and professional gambling operate across the country. It contends honesty fails where gamblers work at tracks prize rings or games of chance. It notes how gamblers are often caught on income tax fraud charges and warns that gambling appeals to the desire for easy gain.
Nazi efforts press Poland as border tensions rise and German minority rights are cited. The piece argues Poland must stand firm to resist absorption, warning that yielding could erase Poland's gains earned in hard fought freedom.
Paul Garrett, speaking before the Advertising Federation of America, catalogs eight common illusions that depress ambition. He argues these beliefs—no need for incentives, wealth division, surplus markets, tech overuse, reliance on leaders, bleak youth prospects, socialized fixes, and regimented group efficiency—undermine effort and civic responsibility.
The piece complains radio quiz questions bore listeners while noting steel demand rose and Texas oil wells closed pushed gas prices up. It argues refiners profit from strikes, sympathizes with producers, and predicts price increases will mainly benefit middlemen rather than producers or consumers.
Washington notes Holland as the war barometer with three critical months ahead for Europe. Roosevelt allies split on third term. Mrs Roosevelt privately opposes Roosevelt seeking another term while offering no candidate. Rayburn shifts to Garner, provoking New Dealers and shaping next Congress leadership amid wartime forecasts.
The poem critiques prodigy praise as youth, noting many famed figures rise once school fades. It contrasts praiseworthy youths with those who struggle in class yet later achieve, suggesting talent may hide behind unremarkable scholastic performance.
A brief line notes that swelling of egos hampers success, attributed to the George Matthew Adams Service.
A multiple choice style knowledge drill asks about geography religion measurement politics and timing. It includes queries on the Andes location a requiem mass an amperometer Andorra la Vieja capital esoteric meaning Chile’s president census timing Fordham University location reptile natural history branch and wedding announcements need for both invitation and announcement.
In New York commentary, Grover Whalen faces Flushing Meadows crowd issues while Charles Boni and Albert Boni pursue art reproductions and photography machines. Seven Sisters estate near Hadlyme Conn. sells. William Gillette famed Sherlock Holmes actor. Alvin Romansky recalls New York hospitality. Friars Club house vacant since 1938. Julius Hess returns to Europe with prized rare books.
E P Chase reflects on refugees from Germany, anti-Jewish persecution, and the worth of Iowa amid world unrest. He praises Iowa’s literacy, progress, and fair leadership, defends newspapers against claims of bias, and notes a Chestnut Street street scene with a horse and buggy.
A garbled OCR fragment renders a sentence about borrowing or taking a vehicle unclear. The readable portion hints at a personal action involving a friend’s car but lacks concrete context, dates, or names to identify the event or individuals involved.
Visitors at the Iowa State fair will watch corn grow via a device by Prof. J. E. Methus. The exhibit, on the west end of the grand stand mezzanine, showcases four sections: production and use, by products, seed treatment and insect control, and corn as food.
Des Moines reports nearly 1,000 rural town schools will start earlier this fall due to a law requiring a minimum 36 week school year. State Superintendent Jessie M. Parker announced the change, noting previous 32 week minimum. Some rural schools may open as early as August 21.
In Clovelly England a hillside village posts a rule on donkey rides restricting riders over nine stone three pounds to protect animals. The notice targets visitors weighing 129 pounds or more.
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