Long-lived editors marked by seventy fifth birthday note
Mail from readers shows editors endure with vigor as Jim McGovern reaches his seventy fifth birthday. George H. Armastead of the Nashville Banner is 83, remains active and writes sharp editorials, aided by Mrs. H. L. Callaway of Brentwood, Tennessee.
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New York
Jim McGovern
George H. Armastead
The
Nashville Banner
H. L. Callaway
Brentwood
Tenn
Eyeglasses and Antics of the Optician Trade
An anecdotal column recalls episodes involving eyeglasses and the people who supply them. A fashionable shopper loses glasses in a dressing room while the sails across the room. A blizzard scene shows a woman stranded in traffic with wind snatching glasses away. A driver guides her to an optician’s shop on East 46th Street. Personal anecdotes cover repairs, purchases, and the habit of pince nez.
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Fifth Avenue
Optician
Broadway
Kohnatamm & Wolfe
East 46Th Street
St. Paul
Mississippi
Opticians
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Subscriptions and Delivery Rates for The News Telegraph
Atlantic subscriptions offer one month three months six months or one year by carrier. Mail options apply in Cass and adjoining counties with one year or six months plans. Subscriptions outside Cass and adjoining counties or in the U S have separate yearly and monthly rates. Atlantic readers may call 1867-1 before 7 PM for evening delivery not connected to The News Telegraph.
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Atlantic
Cass
U. S
Iowa
News-Telegraph
Racial Troubles and the Brotherhood of Man
A magazine or editorial argues that racial strife on the west coast spans beyond one minority and warns that organized animosity harms all groups. It cites Hearst influenced “Yellow Peril” journalism and urges recognition of human brotherhood as the path to equality and freedom for minorities.
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West
William Randolph Hearst
Brotherhood of Man
Roosevelt and Wallace: A President's shifting judgment
The article critiques President Roosevelt's changing stance on Henry Wallace from the Chicago convention to later events. It argues Roosevelt is swayed by aides and allies, overestimates Wallace now while once pressing for his removal, and warns that his habit of appointing pliant advisers isolates him from strong, independent counsel.
Imagining Berlin Under Siege and Price Freezes
The piece contrasts Berlin’s peril with Atlantic Iowa’s near war threat and urges empathy for Berlin’s plight. It argues the WPB policy on clothing price stabilization comes late and critiques piecemeal freezes, noting livestock and other items froze unevenly and hurting many while a blanket early freeze would have mitigated inflation and disruption.
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WPB
Embargo fears as US meat to Europe prompts embarrassment
Washington AP reports M K Bennett of the foreign economic administration warns that America may endure embarrassing moments in international relations if the United States does not export a larger share of its shrinking meat production. He cites projected civilian shortages of 5 to 10 pounds per person in 1945 and notes Europe’s demand under lend lease and wartime promises. Livestock producers blame current curtailments for the decline in export meat.
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Washington
M. K. Bennett
Foreign Economic Administration
United States
Europe
America
War leaders speak to Congress in hush hush session
In a closed forum at the Library of Congress, Adm. Ernest King and Gen. George Marshall addressed around 400 congressmen on war needs and policy. King stressed naval power, submarines, and new guns, while Marshall warned of supply strains, morale issues in Italy, and unresolved Russian offensives.
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Washington
Coolidge
Library of Congress
Adm
Ernest King
Naval Opere
Army
George Marshal
Congress
Gimeon
Navy
Forrester
Marshall
King
Vestal
Frank Knox
Knox
Forrestal
United States
France
Clare Luce
Italy
Wiota Telephone Company elects new officers and directors
At the January meeting Wiota Telephone Company elected Oliver Ostrus president Roy Reed vice president treasurer and announced the secretary position. Officers include Mrs Sam Wood chief operator Mrs Sam Morgan Berniece Bruner Everett Ostrus Warren Jordan Oliver Ostrus and Fritz Stuetelberg on the mance committee. Directors are Roy Reed Fritz Stuetelberg Theo Ehrman Warren Jordan Everett Ogtrue Arleigh Acker and Oliver Ostrus. Meeting held at the Reed store.
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Wiota Telephone Company
Wiota
Oliver Ostrus
Roy Reed
Sam Wood
Sam Morgan
Berniece Bruner
Everett Ostrus
Warren Jordan
Fritz Stuetelberg
Mance
Oy Reed
Theo Ehrman
Everett Ogtrue
Arleigh Acker
Reed
My World of Friends Poem Fragment
A short verse about friendships and shared joys across distance and seasons. The speaker notes a personal world of friends who bring laughter, stories, and support, with garden imagery and a hopeful bond across spring through fall.
Fugitive Patterson Captured in Downtown Omaha
Omaha January 31 AP unarmed 22 year old Wilbur Paul Patterson who boasted he would never be taken alive was arrested by FBI agents in downtown Omaha less than three hours after PBS in Washington announced he was wanted. He and companion Tony Peodetto of Sioux City were slated for arraignment before U S Commissioner M O Cunningham Patterson is charged as a fugitive from Jacksonville Florida in the death shooting of Daytona Beach detective Harry Raines on January 13 Prochello will face selective service act charges and will be questioned about ties to Patterson
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Berlin
Des Moines
Atlantic
Reich
Redfield
Dexter
Jesse Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Josiah Bailey
Jones
Wallace
Gen Taylor
Idaho
Capital Dome
United Rubber Workers
CFO
Washington
Little Steel
la Guardia
New York
Dan Woolley
National
OPA
Chester Bowles
Woolley
Max Menscher
Republican la Guardia
OFC
House
John McCormick
Walter Brehm
Ohio
McCormack
Joe Martin
Wallace Jones
Brehm
MagCormack
Clesed Shop
House Military Affairs Committee
Chet Halifield
California
Malifield
Ham Andrews
Galrfield
Repub
FEPC
Moirfield
Gill
Ewing Thomason
Texas
Thomason
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Omaha
Wilbur Paul Patterson
FBI
PBS
Washinent
Cinena
Louisville
Tony Peoedetto
Gioux City
U. S
M. O. Cunningham
Duane L. Traynor
Nebraska
FBI Ofice
Patterson
Jaskoonville
Fla
Daytona Beach
Harry Raines
Prochello
Traynor
Brownout to cut coal use takes effect nationwide
A nationwide brownout to save 2,000,000 tons of coal annually goes into effect at 12:01 a m tomorrow in most regions. Exemptions apply to areas powered entirely by hydro or surplus gas. Some cities began voluntary curtailment in mid January, with Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Utah granted exemptions and others like Texas Louisiana Arizona Nevada and California partially exempt.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Texas
Louisiana
Arisens
Nevada
California
San Diego
Cataline Island
Holmes Family Weekend Visit in Des Moines
Mrs. A. C. Holmes and her son Milo spent the weekend in Des Moines visiting daughter-in-law Mrs. Leonard Holmes and their family.
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le Des Moines
Anne
A. C. Holmes
Milo
Des Moines
Inlaw
Leonard Holmes
Iowa Bride of 14 Freed From Stave School
Des Moines report: Patricia Manion Prock, a 14 year old bride, will be released from Mitchellville stave training school for girls while remaining a ward of the juvenile court. District Judge C Edwin Moore issued a writ of habeas corpus for her and her 18 year old husband William of Des Moines, ruling their marriage on October 3 1944 was entered to defeat juvenile court jurisdiction.
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Des Moines
Patricia Manion Prock
Stave Training School For
Mitchellville
C. Edwin Moore
Moore
William
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Nestor
Atlantic News-Telegraph
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F. D. Simpson
Iowa Daily Press Association
Paul R. Bumbarger
E. P. Chase
Kenwood, Md
Washington, D. C
Iowa Press Association
And
National Editorial Association
Canada
Roosevelt and Wallace
Henry Wallace
Chicago
Henry
Roosevelt
Drew Pearson
Marchal
Merah
Ressian
Mary Bill
Beepelle
London
Russia
Poland
OLD Man Rivers
Chust, Rolun “Alof
Edgar A. Gueat
1945
New Hampshire
Worthington
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