13 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1939
Page
1
Notice to subscribers lists delivery options and contact details for the Atlantic News-Telegraph. It outlines evening delivery by calling before 7 o clock with telephone number 685 M and instructs subscribers to notify the office, not the carrier, for address changes discontinuations or other delivery notices.
The piece discusses Iowa state display funding for the New York World’s Fair, Roosevelt’s party unity stance, and Bruning’s view on religious persecution. It supports conservative fiscal policy, warns against punitive taxes, condemns anti Semitism in Frankfurter debates, and proposes Francis J. Brown’s program to reduce prejudice to avert inter racial conflict and religious warfare.
The United States plans to accuse Germany's Dr Wilhelm Tannenberg of buying witnesses in the Black Tom and Kingsland sabotage cases, with new evidence alleging perjury. The treasury holds about 27 million dollars for claims, and Senator Bob Wagner advocates a broad health program.
The House will back a government funded ten year hospital buildout costing $150.6 million annually and expanded maternal child health services. It also covers medical hospital and dental care for the unable to pay, plus a broad venereal disease and disease control program. The measure follows social security goals and aims to revive federal health policy amid medical opposition.
The verse mocks doctors and dietary advice as a patient rails against prescribed meals. It ridicules bland foods and promotes indulgent fare, imagining a feast after crossing the Styx and a chef’s chorus praising hearty eating.
A language guide highlights how to rewrite common phrases for clear expression. The brief notes avoid vague estimations and encourage precise wording such as pass the summer instead of spending it at the seashore.
In sixteenth century Turkey Busbequius notes tulips in Ottoman gardens with 1 323 varieties listed by Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha. He misinterprets the word Tulipam as the flower name due to an interpreter’s confusion with Tulband meaning turbans. Turkish term for tulips is lale.
The writer reflects on Times Square transformation from the late 1920s boom to today's demolition of old buildings for smaller offices. He notes hot water shortages, shifting skylines, and earlier hopes for monumental towers, while observing ship departures, street life, and ongoing indecent literature rackets. Counts of figures and names include Gene Buck and broader city landmarks.
Wind instrument star Wen dell Hoss, living with his white-haired mother in an uptown Wichita apartment, is involved in a plan to market a system for selling advertisements on records used by 75,000 loud entertainment machines nationwide. His late father was a prominent elocution teacher in Wichita.
A Washington columnist reports federal payrolls in the District nearing 119,500 and notes a rising population and real estate activity. He critiques Roosevelt era messages, discusses embargo debates on Spain, and mentions Sousa, Mooney, and Eleanor Roosevelt at a hotel tea.
A list of ten knowledge questions is presented for readers to answer before turning to page seven for the answers. Questions cover anatomy geography history government Norse exploration flag colors and dairy science.
The Rev. Paul E. Parker of Audubon First Presbyterian will speak at multiple western Iowa churches from Jan 15 to Jan 22. He will describe the Audubon church's strong financial program for youth, invited by Dr. W. O. Harless of Ames.
Audubon school board at a special meeting hired Allen M. Baker of Indianola as a high school teacher. He will teach chemistry biology and commercial arithmetic and starts January 23 after the board voted to add one staff member. Baker is a Simpson college graduate.
The Palace theater in Extra has been sold by Ted White, owner for four and a half years, to H. T. Carter of State Center who takes possession next Sunday. Carter will not move his family here yet, and White has not announced future plans.
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