25 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1939
Page
1
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Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins spoke in Des Moines with a conciliatory tone toward business, outlining future government business relations. He stressed reform nearly complete, focus on recovery, tax relief to free capital, and aid to small business, farmers, and workers while urging tolerance and unity.
The piece argues against painting all big business as a threat, noting some monopolies harmed people but stressing that big businesses have driven development. It cites insurance companies and railroads as sources of capital and reserves, contending power is used to benefit general welfare and profit, with long term net benefit to the nation.
The piece notes Germany’s high taxes on unmarried people and argues slum clearance requires dispersed industrial housing. It points to business leaders visiting Washington, hints at bipartisan cooperation, and announces Atlantic’s church census by the ministerial association on February 25 to map local religious attitudes and regain or gain church membership.
President and Congress probe naval aviation crisis as 65 pilots died in 1938. Three groups in service cause pay and status gaps with Annapolis graduates at top. fatigue and lack of safeguards blamed for crashes. Pearl Harbor congestion and a San Diego Bay accident spark calls to overhaul the service’s aviation structure.
The writer reflects on describing diverse New York churches for Saturday columns. He argues readers value church descriptions and faith, counters anti church critics, and notes how faith offers meaning amid urban life and death, defending religion as essential to a great America despite disillusionment.
An old friend named Hiram Hooper sparks wrath with constant swearing and tantrums. The poem notes his rage, how consolations fail, and urges calmer words as a safer outlet.
A brief fragment discusses style cautions in argument phrasing and suggests simpler wording. It mentions using base or found my argument instead of predicate my argument, signaling a common error in phrasing.
A quiz asks ten questions on science law and history including speed of light vs electricity, Senator Chavez state, smallest dog breed, Victor McLaglen Oscar, wartime citizenship, kleptomania, U S membership in League of Nations, yards in a chain, capital of Iceland, and Valley of Kidron location in the Holy Land.
Local farmer F O S Emil Wiham near Atlantic shares the tale of his female collie Pup who fosters multiple litters of kittens and even guards two trained cats at the Red Mill cafe run by his son-in-law and daughter Earl and Mrs Hawes. The column also notes a silver wedding anniversary, a quirky bank stenographer joke, a class play prop, a hobbyist tree grower, a theater pup scene, and awards in an all Jensen program.
Washington February 25 1939 Wiley B Rutledge and Douglas emerge as top choices for the Supreme Court seat with dark horse contenders Duck and Dill among others New Deal supporters note Rutledge lacks courtroom experience while Douglas is a Yale trained SEC chair Both origin stories place the pick as western origin preferred by many observers with Roosevelt to decide after his Caribbean cruise
In 1590 Galileo Galilei conducted a controlled experiment by dropping a light stone and a heavy stone from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to show both reached ground simultaneously, challenging Aristotelian physics and supporting the concept of equal acceleration under gravity.
Atlantic postal savings show a dramatic rise with 833 accounts and 534000 dollars in deposits by 1938, up from 277 accounts and 172760 dollars in 1932. average account grew from about 70 dollars in 1926 to 400 dollars by 1938 under a mix of government and savings bonds held.
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