30 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1939
Page
1
Fragmentary wartime prose discusses Soviet and Finnish fronts and a hypothetical internal defeat of dictators. The text references Red Army efforts, naval dangers, and a captain's death, but the passage is torn and lacks coherent events or dates.
The piece profiles Harry Slattery, longtime Washington policy writer and conservation advocate, now appointed head of the rural electrification administration. It credits him with drafting the 1920 federal power act, uncovering Teapot Dome, shaping Roosevelt and Hoover era speeches, and guiding conservation across administrations while others took credit.
Poem reflects on New Year hopes versus past hardships like war, price spikes, and poverty. The speaker invites the New Year to arrive, wishing relief from famine, luxury speculation, and inequity, while offering a hopeful, humorous tone. The piece concludes with a cheeky welcome.
A note urges reporters to avoid the phrase they went through the formula and to omit the word with in such constructions. The guidance highlights precision in language to prevent misinterpretation and maintain a formal tone.
A column recalls Heywood Broun and his life, including a tale of his ice water dip on a cold day and notes on his writing habits. It mentions a 1922 letter about confusing infer and imply and reflects on Broun's later newspaper ventures and reader reactions.
A clipped relic describes a reward offer centered on young Mason, whose baby portrait appears with side and front views. The text hints at romantic larceny of the heart, with measurements and hand and stone references, noting that such small documents gain interest as years pass.
The text lists ten general knowledge questions asking who first flew solo across the Atlantic, the sport linked to Gene Mako, the cubic feet in a cord of wood, pelagic animals, the Red Cross chairman, the country with New Delhi as capital, lobsters’ species class, pigment primary colors, feet in one chain, and Clark Gable’s wife.
Ski enthusiasts enjoy the snow with notable incidents including a slide that ended on a ear. Billy Williams now stars as forward for Kemper Military Academy basketball. The Christmas telephone business reports 85 long distance greeting calls from across the nation. W A Crane, former Extra and Audubon publisher, recalls pioneer Atlantic life and 1860s local commerce and wartime memories.
An 80 year old Mr. Crane, cousin of George Hallock, survives a severe auto crash with a neck and back brace and visits Oregon in Will Woodward’s Locust home. The tale adds praise for Cliff Lindblad and Fred Jones for free charity acts and notes quirky local observations from the era and a music teacher named Onion.
In Walnut Iowa special dispatch reports two farms owned by a local resident are tied to a public sale by order of an authority. Details specify parcel ownership and the impending auction proceeding.
Town State College today announced a five day short course in highway economies to be held January 8 to 13. The program will feature outstanding authorities in highway economics led by C. D. Quistics, chief of the division of centers for roadway studies.
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