24 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1941
Page
1
Subscription details for Atlantic News Telegraph include monthly and yearly mail rates by region and carrier options. A delivery notice informs subscribers who do not receive evening papers to call before 7 PM at 5685-M.
A period piece argues who counts as a true patriot critics faux patriots who profit from defense work and greed. It praises selfless defenders and workers who endure low wages to serve the nation, urging civic virtue and democracy with clear distinctions.
The elected governor F C Donnell finally takes office after three months when a court ordered the legislature to seat him amid a recount fight over the ballots. The piece denounces petty Missouri politics and argues for aiding Europe’s hungry amid World War II tensions and fears of aiding Hitler.
The America First Committee has grown through radio stations, ministers, and antiwar groups while keeping a low public profile. A confidential observer notes Senator George softening on lend-lease after Halifax visit, with Taft Hoover McNary split on approach to HR 1776 and amendments.
A Kansas diary entry recounts a Wichita airport arrival after a New York departure. The writer details the smooth stratosphere flight, welcome crowds, and a personal reflection on Thomas Wolfe and the line You Can't Go Back Home. He notes aging, travel memories, and the local landscape.
The snippet asks readers to attempt seven of ten questions on topics from national symbols and radio power limits to historical figures and processes, directing to page seven for the answers. It includes questions about a national flower, radio station power, Honolulu T H, Levi P Morton, Spain's capital, February moons, a presidential nominee jailed in 1920, a union, distillation, and Boswell's life.
A language note explains that alternative should mean a choice between two options or one of two, not broader selections. The guidance cautions against applying the term to three or more items and implies careful phrasing to avoid ambiguity.
Starved Rock in Illinois State Park holds a grim tie to 1769 when a band of Illinois Indians was besieged atop the rock by Pottawattomies and starved to death rather than surrender, giving the site its feared name.
In Washington Merrill of Capital Traction recalls college ties and notes theatre crowds for Tobacco Road. A Rotary contact cites Panama Canal politics and pro Nazi leanings. The piece reviews WINX station growth, rising small local stations, and FCC tolerance. It muses on radio consolidation and wartime prospects amid propaganda and policy shifts.
A 1881 Atlantic Monthly quote on blondes is cited to show dated views, followed by notes on the Old Atlantic Quadrille club event at Bacon's opera house. The issue references a prior horsewhipping story and a partial retraction, with Mrs Blank blaming “small souled” wives of committee members for the incident.
A poem recounts a christening where a baby is held in a man of God’s arms as the service unfolds. The crowd notes the child’s calm, praising the event as unusually wholesome and blessed by God and community. Grandparents boast of the spectacle as a singular, tender moment in church life.
Des Moines Ia The 21st annual Iowa commanders and adjutants conference opened with National Legion legislative director John Thomas Taylor as principal speaker He was to address a joint Iowa legislative session and later appear at the banquet with Gov George Wilson Hanford MacNider and James F Barton Also invited were all state senators and representatives as banquet guests
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