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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers are advised they can receive evening delivery by calling before 7 PM at 585-M. The notice clarifies contact procedures for address changes suspension of service or other delivery notices and differentiates The News from The News Telegraph. It lists subscription rates for various regions and terms.
Gerald Kirn president of the Iowa State Teachers Association tells the Atlantic Rotary club that underspending on education leads to higher future costs. He argues training youths at under 100 dollars yearly prevents CCC camps and reliance on relief, calling pennywise but foolish budgeting a costly error.
Americans admire the Australians for their vigor and sincerity and view them as kin in spirit. They fear Australian involvement could draw the United States into Far East conflict if difficulties arise. Japan, angered by Australian actions in Singapore, sees Australians as obstacles to its plans in Asia and the East Indies.
Iowa faces growing labor shortages as militia mobilization draftees and defense projects pull workers from most industries. Builders and artisans flock to large defense jobs, with supplies unlikely to ease for years. Militia returns may help small cities in time, but full normalcy may take four to five years.
The article argues the state legislature and the high school athletic association have little in common and should avoid meddling in athletic affairs. It urges the association to manage its own affairs without legislative interference.
A harsh cold spell and a surge of fires produced four blazes in twenty four hours across Atlantic areas. The note hints at ongoing wartime pressures and shifting regional power dynamics as Allied forces adjust to Dutch and Australian movements and Britain's African campaign. The piece suggests Japan faces a changing outlook on eastern empire goals amid rising democratic offensives and retreating dictators.
Wendell Willkie remains anti Roosevelt in personal views and rejects any Roosevelt led government post while backing the lend lease bill. He praises Churchill as superior and leans toward returning to private law work despite lucrative offers, and he expresses intent to enlist if war comes. A chance encounter with General Hugh Johnson at Union Station highlights his complex stance.
In a syndicated column Johnson and Willkie share a quiet moment at the track gates. They discuss politics as Farm Bureau Federation leaders push to detach AAA, Soil Conservation Service, and Farm Security Administration from the Agriculture Department into a new five member board, meeting resistance from Wallace Wickard and the president. Hoover’s prior farm board is cited as a cautionary example.
A 1941 Edgar A. Guest quatrain instructs writers to avoid depicting living or dead persons by name. The playful verse warns against public claims of harm or scandal and urges safeguards against legal trouble, urging anonymity and caution in satirical writings.
The note explains capitalization guidance for sun moon and stars and lists celestial terms like Neptune Jupiter Mercury and The Sun The Moon with exceptions for phrases using planets and stars and instructs avoiding capitalizing those words in isolation.
Death touched the community this week listing Mrs Mervyn Colwell Robert Miller Joshua H Cavin Mrs Hugh Wilson C W Loper and H P Johnson among the deceased. The farm sale season flourished with Scott Sankey Ras Lang Jake Taylor and Walter Pellett selling. The Atlantic Firemen planned their second annual Fireman’s Fair promising to give away a live baby.
Mrs. F. C. Edwards of Perry will speak at a mother daughter banquet at Audubon Methodist Church on Wednesday evening February 26. Mrs. J. H. Zentmire of Audubon will serve as toastmistress. Drive with care after the wreck.
The piece argues for tearing down the Battery Aquarium and replacing it with a modern fish museum in Bronx Park. It recalls immigrant history from 1861 and praises reformist plans by Moses, noting tunnel vs bridge debates and the Battery’s aging, smelly building. It also touches on Red Cross blood donations and Will Irwin’s 68th birthday as side notes.
A reader quiz asks ten questions on letters peafowl marriage lengths length of meter eggs from hens couturiere meaning of a French title a Georgian princely family unions leading causes of death the Brothers Karamazov author and the San Juan Hill battle location in Cuba or Puerto Rico.
Iowa Liquor Control Commission reports January sales at 1 140 728 dollars, down 676 047 from December. Total gallons 173 388 across 175 stores. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids lead with 54 056 and 31 371 dollars respectively.
Des Moines February 19 In a USDA report creamery butter production in the United States rose .3 percent for the week ending February 18. The total was 5.5 percent higher than the same week in 1940 with the West North Central division at 0.1 percent below the prior week and 6.8 percent above last year.
Des Moines police hunt burglars who broke into the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway offices last night and stole 35 dollars from a cash drawer after prying the front door and smashing the ticket window.
Senator Reynolds attacks Willkie and British aid proposals by labeling H R 1776 as the lend lease bill in spirit. He warns against alarmist claims of a rapid American entry and argues home defense should come first while southern sharecroppers should not fund Britain's war through aid.
George A. Brown, director of the Iowa High School Athletic association, is asked to appear before a house legislative committee to present his version of the ouster move against him. A schools and textbooks committee member says they have no current authority over the association and have not yet decided on jurisdiction.
Joseph Shaw of Audubon files a $4,000 damage suit against the city claiming damage to his auto parts and scrap business from raising the U S 71 market street grade in September 1939. He says the 1904 grade, built under city ordinance, was altered without notice or appraiser tender. The change accompanies replacing a railway underpass with a grade crossing.
Mrs. Mary Jane Bennett of Blairsville Pennsylvania, a Civil War veteran’s widow aged ninety eight, propels three goals before death: an airplane ride, a visit to Atlantic City, and a trip to Miami. No lynchings were reported nationwide in the first six months of 1540.
A speaker urges giving the accused a chance to present his side, saying fairness requires an opportunity to tell his story and defend himself.
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