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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
1
A reflection on humanitys long quest for peace over two millennia. The speaker condemns endless wars and praises the simple Golden Rule as the solution, urging adoption to end global conflict before self destruction.
The article critiques US policy as idealistic and ineffective amid the Polish boundary dispute, arguing Russia pursues its own interests with little allied constraint while Britain clings to empire aims. It notes US influence waning after Nazi defeat and weather hampering Allied bombing, limiting action.
The column gathers Christmas wishes from New York area correspondents including Lester Sprague in North Conway and Pauline Whalen in No Weymouth as Mary Margaret McBride and Claude Bragdon discuss culture, philosophy, and the ongoing war with the Japanese and Red uprisings. The tone reflects hopeful personal notes amid global conflict.
A wartime poem asks if soldiers in fox holes can feel Christmas spirit. The speaker imagines angels visiting shepherds and hopes the day remains one of peace on earth. The poem links birth in a stable to soldiers who still seek comfort and goodwill amid warfare.
Drew Pearson reports Roosevelt spent 25 weeks away from Washington in 1944, with 27 weeks total in Washington including Hyde Park trips. Censorship blocks disclosure of many domestic journeys, while trips abroad to Quebec Pearl Harbor and Warm Springs were public. Details discuss security and press access, plus Navy medal news and Capitol life amid wartime.
The poem envisions a bright Christmas Eve with angels and a star of hope echoing the Bethlehem miracle. Holiday Visitors notes Morningside students Avoca and Jerry Ann Leach and Marilyn Kennedy will visit Nebraska families over the holidays. Also mentioned are George Anderson in V-12 training and his family in Fayetteville, with other local figures returning home for the season.
Stone, a student at Dana college in Blair Nebraska, will visit his mother Mrs A S Stone.
The Mervin Taylor Property in Wiota has been sold to Mrs. Ena Rice. Taylor will lease the property for the time being. Further details will appear as news develops in The News Telegraph.
Des Moines reports that a bill to allow county boards of supervisors to allocate funds in 1845 and 1946 to promote war bond sales in their counties was approved by the pre-session house legislative committee for the Iowa legislature. Other measures include a 60 mph daytime and 50 mph night speed limit on Iowa highways and reciprocal agreements to allow out of state licensed vehicles in Iowa with similar courtesy in other states.
A large crowd enjoyed Eureka No. 3 and Grant No. 9 Christmas programs. At Grant No. 9 pupils and teacher Gladys Holland led songs dialogs and recitations with gifts and refreshments for guests. The P T A plans January meeting with Chester Kline and Archie McCrory on the lunch committee.
David Means, 48, was jailed after State Conservation Officer Ward Garrett arrested him for chopping into a muskrat house at a Lake location. The incident drew charges tied to wildlife enforcement and property disturbance.
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