08 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1944
Page
1
The author argues Roosevelt is inconsistent praising fiscal responsibility while government projects in wartime often cost much more than estimates. He says waste harms future generations and urges the president to lead a campaign to curb federal spending without harming the war effort.
Sergeant Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American war hero, speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco urging universal democracy. He notes discrimination in Iowa towns against servicemen and calls intolerance the gravest threat to the nation, insisting rights must apply to all or none.
The text notes American prisoners of war confronts with disbelief at reports from German and Japanese propagandists. It argues that many in Germany Japan ignore or fear exposing the lies while propaganda fuels resolve by portraying the enemy as worse off and imminent collapse.
Fathers protest the draft as wasted manpower in the United States and question why quotas dropped last summer. The scene at Lakehurst Air Station prompts discussion on military service and public concern over delaying conscription.
A confidential Naval survey from Lakehurst New Jersey highlights idle shore station manpower and excess civilian labor. It notes 24 hours on 24 hours stand by cycles long training, oversized commissary staff, and guards around hangars while civilians perform many tasks.
The column honors Raymond Clapper for his brave reporting in the Pacific theater while in Washington the writer critiques SEC vigilance and discusses tax and wartime spending. He weighs absentee voting for service members and notes changes like removing noisy brass spittoons and Thorpe’s career shift.
A pithy Atlantic column recalls Mrs Kilworth's violet and hen and chickens find, Corky Hedges visiting Clifton Duffy at San Quentin, and readers debating veterans isolationism after World War I. It notes a misread in last week's piece about a Shenandoah game kicking incident and reports an Atlantic scene of breaking hoodlum windows amid springlike weather and visible northern lights.
Secretary of State Wayne M. Ropes reported 120 new ballot requests from servicemen, bringing total requests to about 3000. Most use government card forms with no party line, and a summary of Iowa law will be mailed noting the need to declare party affiliation for the primary. Ballots for the general election will be issued by county auditors if not used for the primary.
Massena finds Pvt Dennis McEmish reached an undisclosed South Pacific destination as reported by his parents. 2nd Lieut Denny Luke, after training in Harrisburg, Pa., arrives for a 12 day furlough with his parents and will proceed to Salina Kansas. Pvt Johnny Kinser is on furlough from Camp Gruber visiting his parents.
The item surveys a 1894 week noting debt increase of 40 million dollars. George Bralington travels to Audubon to start a shared picture business with Ed Young. Frank Highley and Menefee visit Avoca. Prof. Samson visits Adair. Judge H E Deemer holds court locally. Mrs Wishart, about 80, breaks a leg after a fall on ice. Capt Mullins moves to a Cedar street home. Alder candidates listed: W W Eller, Chas Block, George Marsh, Ed Johnson, J M Haver, J W Laurerson, J H Needles, David Smart.
The city billed its largest six months of water use to the St. Louis ordnance plant at 1 248 729 000 gallons totaling 83 347 dollars. Water Commissioner Thomas J. Skinker said the amount equals the yearly usage of the next biggest customer Anheuser Busch brewery.
An ink stained reminiscence notes plans to replace the grim Manhattan side approach of the Brooklyn Bridge with a modern design. It recalls the bridge’s 1883 opening and a deadly stampede, and mentions the World building and Pulitzer family foreclosures as the city weighs taxes and demolition. It also tucks in portraits of Grantland Rice and others, plus a chaotic street scene with a daring pedestrian.
Poem contemplating personal choice and effort, urging readers to decide their own path. It discusses weighing burdens, persistence, and the value of striving for meaningful goals. The piece emphasizes individual responsibility in shaping one’s life journey.
Washington announces a new pocket-sized coastal ship class named CIs. These small fast vessels will enter bomb damaged ports to deliver relief cargoes and serve offshore trading in the Caribbean, offering economical use for merchant marine operations.
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