28 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1944
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News Telegraph may arrange evening delivery by calling before 7 o clock at 1367 3. This number is not the News Telegraph office. Notify the office about address changes paper discontinuations or other delivery notices, not the carrier.
A wartime analysis argues the Japanese fleet must strike now or lose advantage as U S forces press toward Tokyo. The piece says small island fortresses are futile and only big carrier actions determine the outcome, citing Guam and Guam fortification debates.
The Red Cross urges Cass County residents to donate during March to aid the war affected world and the nearly 2 000 listed on the county memorial in Atlantic City Park. Reading the names may move donors to give, honoring local boys and girls who have faced hardship overseas.
The passing of Dr Adam Weaver, a physician in Cumberland for 61 years, is noted as a great loss to the community. He chose country practice out of love for the people and will be sorely missed as war times complicate finding a successor.
Editorial briefs say Dr. Goebbels declares German gunners will take the initiative, citing Nazi air raids on London as proof. The attacks are described as light and aimed at manufacturing propaganda, which the piece says is their sole value.
Washington reports delays in tapping the Navy oil reserve at Point Barrow as IckesPAW delays stall plans. Oil firms Standard California Tide Water Union drilled 16 dry wells in 1923 1938. potential government funding could raise lease values. Labor dispute in Muskegon follows a strike over an aggressive gun mount producer Tony Jankowsky. The War Labor Board split 2 1 sides in favor of the company calling the strike reprehensible and noting possible draft impacts for those quitting.
The Washington Times-Herald announces Fulton Lewis Jr will edit a regular column in the paper starting next Sunday. The piece recalls WPA veteran Harry L. Kinnear leaving federal service after a decade shaping the agency.
A dramatic senate exchange over Roosevelt's fourth term plan draws reactions from Barkley and others. Critics claim the New Deal coalition falters while defenders insist on congressional legitimacy and the danger of dictatorship.
The piece reflects on the six year anniversary of a New York by line activity that began after O. O. McIntyre’s era. The author recalls Odd’s influence, his grave in Gallipolis, and vows to keep the column decent, non confrontational, and focused on comfort during war years while honoring a great trust.
Poem urges steadfast resolve during wartime with calls to keep united and bring every fighting son home safely. It honors sacrifice and condemns selfishness while declaring victory is the ultimate goal.
Don Berry of Indianola announced the appointment of 16 Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation commission committees. Berry said chairmen may form advisory or sub committees. Named chairmen include Robert W. Colflesh Des Moines executive and service men Virgil M. Hancher Iowa City education and Mrs. Alice Warsaw Waterley
Ames officials address a wide range of public needs including social welfare, highway and transportation projects, municipal development, conservation, and labor initiatives. Key participants include Fred White in Ames, Otto Nobis in Davenport, and Edward Kimball in Des Moines, with involvement from Clarence A. Knutson and others across Iowa cities.
Griswold-Alva Peterson sold his 100 acre farm five miles southeast of Griswold to Lou Smith who took 80 acres and Jake Woods who acquired 20 acres. Mrs Peterson and her husband plan to move for health reasons as Griswold moves forward with new residents.
A public safety message urges drivers to slow down when children are near highways and to be prepared to stop instantly if needed to prevent fatal injuries. The advisory emphasizes vigilant driving and quick reaction to avoid tragedies.
Des Moines reports from the Iowa Department of Public Safety show teens age 13 to 17 caused 12 percent of highway deaths in 1943, though they were 8 percent of drivers. Of 1,162 teenage drivers in accidents, 36 fatalities occurred. Speed data include 7 injured above 71 mph and many between 10 and 60 mph.
Shenandoah, Iowa reports Freddie Richardson, a former local resident now serving in the armed forces for a year, has arrived in the United States after being flown from Australia where he had been hospitalized since September for a broken arm. He underwent three operations for his injury.
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