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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
1
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The piece questions diplomats using secret pacts and old methods despite broad support for the Atlantic Charter and Oaks plan. It argues democracy loses if leaders pursue hidden agendas, while dictators ignore public opinion and cling to failed strategies from the past.
The president signed a bill freezing social security payments at one percent for another year amid claims funds are used for current expenses. The piece argues the fund is adequate and taxes were shifted to finance war, not for old age savings, urging transparency in public finance.
A disputed Tokyo claim of an emperor palace bombing is contrasted with a US order to avoid palace targets to prevent enraging Japanese citizens. The piece notes how imperial politics influence public mood and war conduct alongside a health warning about diphtheria and disease resurgence due to lax preventive measures.
The column attributes cigarette shortages to wartime supply destined for armed forces and exports to Britain while noting a concurrent match shortage. It cites Frank Waldrop's view, points to higher cigar prices, and mentions per capita match consumption and European monopolies, plus a note on the Japan earthquake relief memory.
Washington insiders say Churchill pressed to revive the Churchill Roosevelt Stalin meeting after the November elections. Roosevelt likely to attend after Jan 20 inauguration if Moscow talks proceed, as tensions spill into Greece and Italy and fuel isolationist sentiment in the United States.
A nostalgic poem about the countdown to Christmas. The speaker notes the week left to prepare parcels and gifts for children and the faster pace for adults as Santa nears. The verse contrasts day by day anticipation with the late night arrival of Santa.
Buck Creek church school elected Kenneth Harris as superintendent and Dale Butler as assistant. Ruth Ann Butler will be secretary treasurer and pianist, with several assistants and officers named. A Christmas program and party is planned at 7 p.m. Saturday with a covered dish supper.
A Griswold visitor to the Laco oil burner firm was a U S navy buyer who bought forty specially built oil burners for Navy men stationed where heat is needed and fuel other than oil is scarce. The burners were trucked to Ottumwa and loaded on transport planes for dispatch.
The diary entry describes a cold wet day in New York with failed coal deliveries for Nancy and a sympathetic dealer, then a load of coke arrives. It recounts visits with Bob Burns in the Algonquin lobby, hog-raising chats, and memories of pig pen odors. It notes an original manuscript by C. O. McIntyre, and includes recollections of a Hindu mind reader part of a carnival showman past.
Funeral plans for Mexican actress Lupe Velez awaited her mother Mrs. Josefina Velez De Villalobos in Beverly Hills as she prepared to travel from Mexico City to arrange her daughter's body. Lupe Velez had killed herself last Thursday. sister Mrs. J Gordon Anderson and her husband arrived from San Antonio to assist.
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