21 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News Telegraph may have evening delivery if they call before 7 PM at 586 M. This line is not the News Telegraph number. Subscribers needing address changes, paper discontinuation, or other delivery notices should notify the office, not the carrier.
World leaders debate resettling about one million Jewish families in lands with room and resources. Alaska, sub-Saharan Africa and other regions are proposed as new homes to provide independence and safety, though logistics and consent remain contentious. Time is urged to act swiftly.
The piece urges public support for ending a longstanding tax exemption and notes Iowa lawmakers briefly restricting then allowing wives as clerks. It cites disputes with Japan over Guam and questions postal subsidies estimated at a large deficit. Vermont challenges federal land control, signaling a revival of states rights and a curb on centralized power.
Tour crowds flock to the White House as guides detail furniture bought by Adams and Monroe, Roosevelt’s liquor chest, and dining rooms. A 1930s era feature notes repeated by a police guide, with highlights on Roosevelt era pieces and the building’s historic lore.
An illustrated gainful visit reveals the White House’s antiques from a 40 seat dining table to a 144 year old pie crust table. It notes clocks from Presidents Arthur Lafayette and Franklin, plus a prized chandelier bought in Paris.
Aunt warns of rain and omens as narrator dismisses superstition. After a prophetic joke about a cow the narrator slips in a flooded yard and nearly injures himself. The piece ends with a quip about the master seer and a jab at fortune telling.
A New York feature describes St George's Roman Catholic Melchite church in Manhattan. Monsignor Bernard Ghosn leads a Syrian language mass with unique rites. The church, a rare Melchite seat in Manhattan, speaks to a modest rector and a small congregation near a Syrian food hub.
A collection of light local items: photographers chatting, a California visitor defending its beef, a ski mishap with scabs, a father scrubs a son’s face, a Seeing Eye dog for Nelson Eddy, Atlantic basketball loss, and a memory of covered Main Streets with roofed walks.
A reader is presented with ten questions covering topics from geography to science and history. The list includes queries about German silver, a harmonium, base paths in baseball, the Laramie mountains, toll exemptions for Panama Canal ships, Labor Day date fixation, the Penn football nickname, Taiping Rebellion location, interment pronunciation, and the lightning rod inventor.
Iowa editorials praise and critique Roosevelt's policy stance. Davenport notes his peerless leadership and social justice aim. Knoxville observes the Jackson Day invitation spurring conservative Democrats to leave. Mason City questions liberalism's real meaning versus opposition. Newton criticizes liquor profit motive influencing bootlegging and state store challenges.
A guidance note explains how to render a defendant’s denial in quotation form rather than a direct verb imperative. The tip emphasizes preserving factual content while using precise wording such as denied rather than elaborate accusation.
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