24 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1944
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News Telegraph who do not receive their paper in the evening may have it delivered if they call before 7 o clock at telephone 1367-3. This is not The News Telegraph number. Notify office for address changes, discontinuations, or other delivery notices.
The writer argues postwar wealth destruction guarantees a lower standard of living and mood. Planning based on World War I lessons aims to ease the decline, but wealth squandered in cities, factories, ships, and infrastructure will produce lasting economic consequences.
Senator Barkley sharply attacks the presidents veto of the tax measure calling it bad treasury advice and warns the counter proposal could wreck the nation financially. He says southern Democrats fear a deliberate plan against the party and doubts the solid south will split from F D R to keep the party at the helm.
The piece argues Rabaul and Truk are nearing collapse, leaving Japan unable to strike back. It contends their fall would open routes to the Philippines, reduce Tokyo’s reach, and break Japan’s hold on the East Indies and Burma, advancing the Allied campaign.
The article argues that war in the Pacific is defined by ship counts in commission, letting figures speak for themselves. It accuses Nazi forces of targeting Christianity and churches and notes an alleged attempt to exploit a monastery bombing by American forces saving lives.
A World War II era report details widespread quinine bootlegging from Latin America despite U S contracts. It cites letters of credit, orders for thousands of kilos, and shipments via Lisbon Buenos Aires Panama and the Dominican Republic, with ties to Nicaragua and Ecuador and possible Axis leakage.
The article outlines a quarrel over quinine shipments involving the United States, Peru, and Ecuador with Bolivia offering an exclusive contract and the State Department opposing recognition. It also details Kentucky GOP feuds over isolationism and internal splits affecting Senator Barkley’s re election prospects. Steel wage dispute leadership struggles as War Labor Board chair Will Davis seeks a three person panel amid industry restlessness.
This week recalls a threatened move of the Atlantic Northern and Southern main office to Grant if community support wanes. Notable visits include J. A. Connelly of Canada and Clyde Herring of Des Moines. A Catholic box social netted 73 dollars. William and Mrs. White of Anita celebrate their 60th anniversary. The opera company featured Kate Jamieson, a former Cass County teacher. Park Hotel work advances and the library board lists Mrs. A. A. Gilette, Dr. T. B. Morris, T. P. Breheny, and B. L. Butler.
Ward M. Canaday, president of Willys-Overland Motors, predicts widespread jeep use on the nation’s farms after the war. A farmer survey shows the jeep has farm blood in its mechanical veins and may influence the future scout car’s size, cost, and performance.
A meditation on self pity and duty asking if one would endure hardship without grumbling. The poet ponders personal complaints during ordinary woes and imagines enduring battle field mire without voicing discontent.
The University of Iowa begins its 97th birthday observance with focus on 7,800 graduates and former students in service and 70 who have died in the armed forces. The institution began Feb 25, 1847 by act of the general assembly, though it existed only on paper until March 1855 when 75 students held a 16 week term.
A Brooklyn man sells 1940s era newspaper clippings for a dollar each. He ships mounted, typewriter look cards reading your name appears in a current article, aimed at women, with postmodern wryness about society gossip and wartime restrictions.
A Massena public school program directed by Katherine Mountjoy featured readings by Marylyn Holaday Mary Ann Cruise Dale Garside Tommy Casey and an explanation of God Bless America by Norman Hoyt. Performances included first and second grades singing, a girls quartet, group singing by grades three to five, solos by Dale Garside Tommy Casey Velma Perrin Jean Gore and others, a mixed quartet Joline Warner Janet Gore Buddy Mountjoy Vernon Pace, and a play titled For Want of a Nail with Harold Kaufman George Huddleson Donald Curry James Moore Velma Perrin and Arlene McKee.
War Savings Stamps may be purchased at The Atlantic News Telegraph office, enabling readers to support war financing through the postal and news facility. Local shoppers can obtain stamps alongside newspaper services.
Des Moines February 24 Old age assistance payments were made to 52 730 residents in January totaling 1 416 191 70 dollars. Average payments were 26 86 dollars. Aid to the blind totaled 46 152 42 dollars for the month with 1 431 recipients and an average of 91 55 dollars. County totals include Polk 3 978 recipients 112 766 80 dollars Story 553 recipients 15 282 10 dollars Pottawattamie 1 468 38 157 40 dollars.
A two day raw products conference for growers and canners of vegetable crops will be held at Iowa State College next Monday and Tuesday. Off campus speakers include Dr G A Yacha head of food inspection labs for Minnesota, H L Seaton of Chicago on canners peas, Fred Geise of Chicago on European corn borer impact on canning. Tuesday speakers are R R Frazier Purdue University Floyd Weaver federal inspection service Cedar Rapids and Roy Chard Iowa Nebraska Canners association secretary treasurer.
Erie Lieut George L Sweeney credits a bright sunbeam with saving his life when his plane ran low on fuel and blacked by German fighters. In Algiers General H H Arnold commends the 99th fighter squadron for downing 12 German planes in the first week after the Allied invasion south of Rome.
The Bayonne Times charges the Navy Department with deliberately concealing seven strikes at Cramp Shipyard Philadelphia within a month. It claims labor disputes delayed work, while officials admit the navy clamped down on news of stoppages and unions gained concessions.
Keokuk Iowa contractor James Campbell learned his son Lt James Campbell Jr a navigator has been missing in action over France since February 6. The family awaits word as the war record confirms the service member’s status.
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