04 Feb 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1948
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph advises subscribers who do not receive the paper in the evening to call before 7 o clock for delivery. For address changes, paper discontinuation, or other delivery notices, notify the office rather than the carrier.
Editor argues against sensational war forecasts noting Europe cannot sustain war and the United States leads in production. He states Russia trails in output, relying on the U S for materiel in past conflicts and warns mass murder would occur if manpower faced modern machines. He insists war remains unlikely for many years.
Cass County faces a tight deadline to contribute a load of food or its monetary equivalent for the Friendship Train as it passes through the city on Thursday February 12. Local backers ask residents to send or bring funds to Atlantic banks to aid those abroad, stressing urgency and communal duty.
The great fundraising effort aims to advance heart disease research. Heart disease is the nation’s top killer yet has received less attention than other diseases. The piece urges prioritizing the eradication of heart disease as a crucial public health step.
Editorial notes argue U S aid to Europe counters communism as Russia fears democracy. The AFL and CIO clash in political programs reflecting labor vote challenges. A brewing scandal in army navy disability pay awards draws scrutiny for questionable eligibility and health status.
Agriculture Department will tighten reception of Russian missions after Moscow refused to host a US visit to inspect a 60 year old soil erosion shelter belt project. The Soviet side sent excess personnel and blocked seminars, while Washington kept access until now. Also notes on Klansman Herman Talmadge and Ku Klux Klan activity plus extreme cold and black market oil in Minnesota.
Edgar A. Guest writes of a father's silver watch he wound each evening with a key. The poem recalls the father's pride in accuracy and modesty, and the speaker's regret as he wonders where the timepiece has vanished, noting no one in the family recalls its fate.
Poem fragment notes inheritance of a legacy as years of service end and rest comes at last. Edgar A. Guest’s lines reflect lineage and tribute to a father’s enduring influence from 1948.
Cleveland, Feb 4. A. Z. Baker, chair of the Cleveland Union stockyards and president of the American Stockyards association, warned of a major downturn with total tonnage of 2.0 to 2.6 billion pounds below 1947. He said only 1935 saw a larger decline due to drought and corn crop failure.
Grant-The Hoosier school is closed this week due to scarlet fever in the community. The Foote school reopened Monday after a two week closure for the same illness.
A brief reminder urges motorists to stop and look both ways at a rail crossing. The notice emphasizes safety around trains and road traffic in railroad intersections.
The narrator sprains the lower back carrying an electric sewing machine down stairs during a snowbound week. After a hospital-like treatment at Rockefeller Center and rest, infrared therapy and massage help recovery, with a note on the avocado country letter from a San Diego connection. The piece also mentions a funeral for Leah Sobol and a humorous reference to backache ads.
The region around Mt Helix and Grossmont, fourteen miles east of San Diego and rising to about 1400 feet, hosts Calavo Gardens with avocado groves. Notable former residents include Charles Wakefield Cadman and Carrie Jacobs Bond. From Mt Helix, distant views reach Mexico, the Pacific, and Riverside area. Drive carefully lest this motor trip be your last.
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