10 Dec 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1949
Page
1
A reader’s note outlines various fundraising drives supporting the Red Cross and Community Chest. It describes coordinated campaigns and independent efforts aimed at aiding the broader community, with emphasis on organized drives and local participation.
A garbled report describes street name updates and marker placements across several city blocks. It mentions adjustments to a handful of streets and counts of segments affected, with concern over alignment and future numbering.
A jagged editorial fragment covers political party clashes and social aid, mentioning GOP, Democrats, and a socialist party amid stray notes on schooling and toy gifts for children. It concludes with a dubious remark about a toy price of 252 dollars and a critique of poor preparation for youth.
A fragmented column notes trivial Latin phrases and daily life reflections. The writer laments vague weather impacts and local conditions while mentioning a local business district, seasonal decor, and minor household concerns without clear events or names.
Fragmented verse by Edgar A. Guest includes misread lines about coast, steeples, and a party. The garbled OCR mentions driving after drinking with a cautionary line. No clear narrative, but hints at social scenes and moral admonition.
The notice lists publication facts for the Atlantic News Telegraph including editor F D Simpson and contact lines. It details subscription rates by carrier in Atlantic, Cass and adjoining counties, elsewhere in Iowa, U S and Canada, with monthly, quarterly, and annual pricing options.
Drew Pearson reports on Oscar Chapman and a chaotic Washington scene as a czarist exile linked to uranium shipments to the Soviet Union reemerges. The piece traces Maurice Pregel’s 1941 uranium deliveries, deportation threats, and shifting Cold War alliances, with notes on French communists and Moscow’s influence.
Audubon Chamber of Commerce elected four new directors and nominated a slate of others. The group plans a 1950 program including parking meters on Main Street, flashing stop signs on US 71, more even county road funds, street widenings, and priority for a new county hospital, elementary school, and a new hotel.
Audubon national guard unit was inspected Thursday by officers from Fifth Army headquarters in Chicago led by Col. James P. Gammon. The review covered administration supply and training facilities with results to be announced in several weeks per Lieut. A. L. Godwin.
Firefighters were summoned at 4 p.m. Thursday to the Leap Brindley residence where a tombie fire started in the fireplace and spread to the dining room floor. Dane Ave between 450 and 75 had scattered debris and smoke.
The article analyzes Sir Stafford Cripps and other leaders arguing that social services cost must be paid by taxes, warning that welfare expansion risks repaying with higher burdens and eventual poverty. It contrasts Britain and the United States, noting Truman's costly program and the redistribution of wealth as a political issue.
A reminder to take it easy on the road and allow ample travel time. Do not speed or rush, as rushing can threaten reaching your destination safely.
Iowa State College specialist Miss Naomi Shank told Casa county homemakers that good lighting need not be costly. She advised regular bulb cleaning, white linings on shades, clip-on adapters to diffuse glare, and using a white indirect bulb for better lamp efficiency. She warned dark wall colors reduce light and urged adequate lighting for working and reading areas, noting safety benefits of improved illumination and low monthly costs for night lights.
Miss Shank cautioned against extension cords as they lower lighting efficiency and raise accident risk. At a meeting led by Mrs. Richard Dreager of Atlantic retiring county chairman, new county officers were named: Glynn Warren chairwoman Atlantic, Mike Baetz vice chairman Anita, Donald Wilson secretary treasurer and library chairman Atlantic, Alfred Jensen 4-H recreation chairman Atlantic, Duncan McMartin international relations chairman Anita, Roland King music chairman Massena. Township chairmen named: Clarence Cambridge Edna, Wm Grulke Jr Pymosa, Owley Pollock Grant, Loren Ferrell Cass. Cut your speed when dusk falls to save a life.
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