21 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1939
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph announces subscriptions and delivery details across regions and outlines notes on crime reporting. It discusses editorial views from The Commentator magazine about sensational crime news and urges quieter coverage to reduce copycat crimes.
Dr Isadore Lubin, labor statistics commissioner, says raising the incomes of those earning under 1250 a year by 2 25 daily would unlock large gains in food clothing housing fuel autos and recreation. The piece argues wealth growth comes from more goods and services, not shifting money between groups.
The piece notes Mussolini's habit of posing as a laborer and suggests such images could influence Italian youth. It urges clearing high weeds and overgrown corners in Cass County and Atlantic to prevent accidents, warning delay may cost lives. It also discusses rumors Roosevelt may seek a third term in 1940 and questions its likelihood.
Washington notes recount Joseph Kennedy Jr.'s controversial visit to Spain as he traveled from Marseilles to Gandia and Madrid with Franco sympathizers. He was arrested at the border after being found with drawings in a diplomatic pouch, later released after checks and a stripping with lemon juice for ink traces.
A newspaper clipping quotes Congressman Voorhis remarking that you can reason with boys but questions why many adults lack a similar faculty. The line appears as a reflective comment on understanding and maturity.
Charles Driscoll recalls public life figures and highlights a Manhattan Ladder Company tour on 42nd Street. The piece details ladders, materials, and safety notes, with Mr Eckland describing a century old firm supplying stairs for builders and painters.
In a Tuesday press conference President Roosevelt denied five stories about potential third term talk and foreign policy tensions. The column notes the president’s past denials and reflects on journalistic accuracy and the need for nonpartisan foreign policy discussion. It ends with a local aside about a baseball schedule and a nickname explanation for Chas. F. Dunn.
A list of ten trivia prompts asks about South Africa status fluid measures gill and pint units Chinese immigration to the U S hostess duty at dances Tom Pendergast city boss Johnny Revolta golf pronunciation Lisbon capital country concertina and average dog life span.
The poem laments modern preoccupations with politics and money, longing for past days when walruses and people spoke of cabbages and kings. It contrasts past wit with present social and economic debates, noting how rhetoric pervades streets and markets.
The note contrasts phrasing for safety and usage, advising that climb means ascend and suggesting precise replacements like get down to express lowering actions clearly. It highlights common language mistakes in instructional contexts.
The House of Rothschild at London was founded in 1808 and is now in the hands of the great great grandsons of the founder.
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