24 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
1
Notice to subscribers outlines delivery, address changes, and paper discontinuation for The News Telegraph. Includes mailing rates within Atlantic Iowa and outside regions, with a call-in option before 7 PM to resolve late-evening deliveries.
A collage of notes ranges from a new world speed record to fall weather hints and back to school merchandising at Atlantic. The piece questions war duration, lauds Father P N McDermott for Legion service, laments Dr C R Jones retiring hospital service, and warns against government overreach threatening democracy while noting subsidies and government aid.
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, retired Asiatic fleet commander, is seriously considered for the secretary of the navy post. At 64, he is praised for diplomacy and knowledge of the Far East, with Roosevelt reportedly backing him for the role and planning a personal presentation of the Distinguished Service Medal.
Justice Pierce Butler, 37, suffers a painful bladder ailment with uncertain recovery prospects. He remained on the Supreme Court through its term end, then sought rest on his Howard County farm before hospital tests at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore revealed the serious condition. He had considered retirement after 1940 but declined a voice in naming his successor.
Poem reflecting on yearning for distant lands and the later understanding that home fulfills youth’s dreams. Aged traveler ends life back in the old home, realizing truth that home is where dreams come true. Notary service mention at end.
Thousands of Iowa farm people will attend the first Iowa Farm Bureau sports festival at Ames on September 8 and 9. Events include baseball softball tug of war track and field rifle and archery golf tennis volleyball swimming and many others with exhibitions and special contests such as hog calling and rolling pin throwing. Prizes will honor the largest farm bureau family and the oldest members present.
Audubon Iowa August 24 Viola Consolidated schools will open Monday August 28 with F E Brouchard of New Hartford returning as superintendent and Marion Gordon of Fort Dodge as principal. Other holdover teachers include Miss Maxine Mintle Seymour commercial and music Miss Minnie Hoffman Webster City sixth seventh and eighth and Miss Pauline Clark Dow City second and third
Miss Mary Jane Stewart of Cedar Falls moves from kindergarten to first grade. New teachers include Miss Wilma Evans of Casey teaching fourth and fifth grades and Miss Louise Huser of Waverly teaching high school English and home economics.
A brief note outlines a common error in speech choices urging use of likely instead of phrases that admit mistake. The text mirrors a concise guidance snippet with emphasis on precise wording and clarity.
Wiota Iowa August 21 Special bus drivers for the Wiota consolidated school to serve the coming year are J. E. Jordan Roy Derry Donald Muzzy C. W. Morgan and John Shaken. The drivers were employed by the district.
The 20 year old victim Norman Rasmussen of Hartington Nebraska who died in the Black and White bus crash was cremated today after dental work identified him. His body had lain in a Manchester mortuary since the wreck last Friday and was identified by his brother Herbert Rasmussen and relatives from Madison Wisconsin.
Readers are advised to notify the office in advance if they want additional copies to ensure supply does not run out.
A condensed multiple choice style list asks for Latvia’s capital the Troy pound ounce count and other trivia. It covers ambassadors, continents, 1988 AL MVP, early US treasury secretary, lowest nominal US coin, pronunciation, Frederick the Great’s kingdom, and two sports where the word strike is common.
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