10 Jan 1945
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1945
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph reminding subscribers to call 7 before 7 to adjust delivery if papers are missing in the evening. Instructions specify notifying the office for address changes discontinuations and other delivery notices.
The article proposes a Missouri Valley Authority modeled after TVA to develop eight-state region along the Missouri River. It envisions a nine foot channel to Sioux City, irrigation for over five million acres, vast hydroelectric output, flood control, and economic growth in agriculture and manufacturing, arguing benefits would repay costs over time. It cites TVA achievements: 26 dams, 650 mile navigation, 12 billion kWh/year, $35 million power sales in 1944, and extensive conservation efforts across 28 states.
A reader ponders fountain pen reliability after a desk set pen explodes due to a faulty cushion. He recalls three pricey non writing desk pens and jokes about post war designs. He also explains the phrase throwing it up as a life reminder, not a nausea reference.
The article argues for a broad public health program linking hospitals and rural laboratories with compulsory insurance or social security enhancements. It envisions postwar public works funds building a nationwide hospital network and dispensaries, enabling financial aid before health crises hit the poor, while defending public health reform against socialist critique.
Roast almonds add protein and flavor to salads desserts and sandwich spreads. They provide a hearty protein boost while enhancing taste across meals.
Brownell will remain as Republican National Committee chairman after the Indianapolis meeting on Jan 20. He plans a one million dollar annual budget, expanded staff, and a push for a distinct GOP policy program. He also clashed with Halleck and Martin over coalition politics with Southern Democrats and urged independent legislative proposals.
Grinnell Iowa January 10 AP Jennie Hardner Van Draska 42 died when the Van Draska house burned early yesterday while she kept night custodial duty at Grinnell College. Neighbors found the blaze already severe and could not reach her. A Grinnell resident for 19 years she was born in Newton and funeral services were tentatively planned there.
War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes directed heads of federal agencies to curtail travel of officials and employees. The move aims to reduce nonessential trips and conserve resources amid the mobilization efforts.
About 6,000 American civilians remain in the Philippines and are expected to be freed as Luzon is retaken. Most are at Santo Tomas camp near Manila. POW prospects are uncertain with many taken at Bataan and Corregidor. Japan reportedly moves prisoners to Japan while civilians stay in internees.
A nostalgic comic strip poem in which a father reads the funny papers to his child. The speaker recalls reading Katzenjammers Buster Brown and other comics, noting he reads them aloud multiple times and cherishes the shared moment across generations.
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he will enter the Big Three talks without prior commitments on Europe. He warned against tying hands on issues like Poland and Greece and defended his policy stance while critics urged caution in foreign affairs debates.
The text notes that women held 50 percent of privately owned stock in large corporations in 1940. It adds that women were equal partners with men in American industrial futures, with 7,520,000 of 15,006,000 total shareholders being women.
Officers and directors of Atlantic State Bank and Walnut Grove Products Company were reelected at annual meetings. The bank reported a large deposit increase and paid its usual semi annual dividend while Walnut Grove reported year to year comparable business despite war conditions.
Mrs Bing Crosby 33, wife of the crooner and mother of four, was reported improving at St Vincent’s hospital after collapsing at home with a respiratory infection. Bing’s brother said she was placed in an oxygen tent last night because of pneumonia.
Pamela Attaway, three months old, died after a national attention battle with lymphatic leukemia. SeaBee father had flown from the South Pacific to be at her bedside during the illness.
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