02 Feb 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
1
Publication notice listing editor and offices, delivery contacts, and subscriber instructions for address changes cancellation or new delivery in Atlantic Iowa and surrounding areas. Includes telephone contact and misprint warning about receiving The News-Telegraph instead of the News Telegraph.
The column argues that after World War I a long economic lull will arrive in years or decades, not immediately. It warns governments may delay the downturn with armaments or public works, notes farmers’ debt will ease and farm losses lessen, and urges business to stay prudent yet proactive to shorten the downturn and speed recovery.
The author notes unusually large ancestral families found in their lineage. One line shows 14 children six generations back, 13 boys and one girl, another line records 11 children four generations back. They joke that with such branches they could rally a large vote and win an office.
Dispatch warns that many storm victims in the Great Plains have not been contacted for a month. The full scale of tragedy remains unknown as isolation delays reports, and January 1949’s storm could become a major national catastrophe once all facts are gathered.
The piece notes U S army work in snowbound areas earning national respect, critiques record company battles over 45 minute records, and questions a labor law that raises wages and union power before suggesting a repeal to return to a less favorable era. It argues unions resist the change.
The Gare d Orsay in Paris bustled with gifts for the American cause as Christmas swooped in. Dolls, documents, statues, and artifacts arrived from France, labeled by state and queued for shipment to New York aboard the Magellan.
President Truman told a National Planning Association dinner that the United States can prevent economic disaster and must pair planning with efficient government. He warned against depression from 1929 and urged leadership for global welfare while stressing planned economy versus controlled economy.
Carey Mrs Qoul Taper and LJoyd Lehrover attended funeral services last week for George McConkey, a former Casey resident, born in Causey. He moved to Des Moines five years ago and worked for Hudson-James. Death followed surgery three weeks prior. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery.
Fragments ponder whether a groundhog's shadow foretells six more weeks of winter or is mere superstition. The piece blends questions about fact versus fable with playful allusions to wisdom, knowledge, and a famed college, leaving interpretation open.
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