17 Dec 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1949
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows fragmented phrases about civic matters and a city waste price discussion. Several broken names and numbers hint at a public meeting or notice but essential details are unreadable. The piece lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize firmly.
A 1949 Bell Syndicate summary reports on the Guarantee Finance Company of Los Angeles, its links to bookies, and a possible federal tax case. It details how west coast agents pursued criminal charges against Marvin Kovey and partners, but a Washington conference stalled prosecutions and left key figures unprosecuted.
Fragmentary OCR text shows an Alcoholics Anonymous mention with scattered phrases about abstinence meeting and social notes. The readable parts reference a group, Christmastime, and abstinence, but concrete details such as place, date, or participants are missing. The piece resembles a stray column snippet rather than a full event report.
A fragmented verse item by Edgar A. Guest offering Christmas reflections and hopeful lines about joy, love, and giving. The piece includes stray lines urging pedestrians to wear white at night and notes copyright attribution to Edgar A. Guest.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph notes its publication details for 1912, including editor D. Simpson and contact offices. It lists subscription prices by carrier, county areas Cass and adjacent counties, Iowa intrastate, U.S. outside Iowa, and Canada. It also states memberships in the Iowa Daily Press Association, Iowa Press Association, and National Editorial Association.
Voters rejected a bond measure to fund a new senior high school building in Oskaloosa. The proposal failed to reach the 60 percent threshold, with 1,228 in favor and 1,001 against, 165 short of approval.
A column argues against local census snooping and questions why religious affiliation data should be excluded from the 1950 census. It notes Hauser defends income data collection while opposing religious questions, citing tax data as sufficient and urging the Hoover committee to cut duplication. The Philadelphia meeting on religious statistics ended with a narrow vote.
Mrs Anton Jensen mother of Mrs Hansen died Friday after relatives were summoned to Tyler Minnesota from Kimballton Iowa. Funeral rites were held in Tyler on Monday with Mr Hansen present as family member.
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