27 Aug 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1949
Page
1
The column surveys unease over budget cuts and security programs as Congress debates fire safety, taxes, and military planning. It notes shifts in public mood, city summer routines, and concerns about bomber merit versus fighters, while urging continued fire prevention efforts at home.
The excerpt ponders whether beauty proves a higher power beyond human force. In a separate note Mt Pleasant Harold Freee of Mt Pleasant has been named part time instructor in the Iowa Wesleyan college music department. He will direct the college band and teach instruments. He formerly taught at Scranton and Belle Plaine.
A damaged clippings note the Dr Robert Rutledge appeal fund surpassing $5,600 as backers support the effort to secure relief from the Town supreme court. The report also mentions unrelated incidents and rumors surrounding a local prison and a claimed affair, with testimony cited about public witness reactions.
Mrs. Bessie Wilson of Des Moines sues Victoria hotel operator Max F. Dresdener and Unity Building Corp for 100000 damages claiming severe and permanent injuries from a hotel fire that killed five people. The suit names Dresdner as operator of the Victoria hotel.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication notes and subscription rates for carriers in Atlantic Iowa and surrounding regions. Rates vary by region with annual costs ranging from six to nine dollars for local mail, and higher prices for out of state and international addresses.
A quirky column from a Minnesota lake resort mentions new neighbors, familiar faces from Omaha, and local curiosities. It notes Mrs. Ray Miller’s dog incident, seven peacocks at the Griffin home, and garden bragging from Trooey Nelson and John Elders about tomato plants, while odd sightings and reflections on city life appear in playful, informal prose.
Government owned corn bins from Nishnabetna river area were moved 112 miles west to a low Hamlin site. The 33 bins each hold 2 740 bushels, totaling over 90 000 bushels, and were empty awaiting winter filling to avoid flood damage.
Specifications and data are available at the post office detailing work on the building. Projects include interior and exterior painting, new exterior downspouts, safety treads for the stairway, masonry painting, curb and sidewalk repairs, and replica 22 window sash. Do not speed on curves or hills. be safe.
The discussion compares socialism and market systems from Lenin to Churchill era Britain, noting Russia's NEP and Stalin's dictatorship, Britain’s imperial trade, currency dynamics, and postwar shifts. It argues that socialist policy limits liberty, while Britain relies on exports and dollars, with global competition shaping both economies.
Eliott Myrl Ellis of Elliott earns initiation in Kappa Delta Pi national education scholastic fraternity. Ellis received his Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Drake University on August 26.
Charley Chappel 102, veteran of the 10th New York Infantry, plans to fly to Indianapolis for the Grand Army of the Republic last encampment. He has attended past conventions, enjoys yarn swapping, and aims to serve as the final GAR commander as the group dissolves.
Two gunmen robbed Robert Goetsch’s grocery of 250 dollars yesterday forcing him under a table with pop bottle cases. He escaped, fired at the robbers as they fled, and chased them in a car, but the thieves escaped. Police were alerted and no one was injured. The humorous warning “Don’t drive if you drink” appears in the report.
After a yesterday stoppage, beef kill and hog out work resumed at the Bath Packing Company but sheep kill division employees remained out in a lockout. Union plans to file unfair labor practices charges. Separate item: President Truman to address Amvets convention in Des Moines on Labor Day with arrival at 8:26 p.m. and speech at the state fairgrounds amphitheater.
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