25 Jul 1945
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
1
Notice lists carrier and mail subscription rates for Atlantic News Telegraph and offers evening delivery with a 7 pm call to 1867 1. Readers are urged to notify the office, not the carrier, for address changes or delivery notices.
The article argues Japan's ground force, though large, is hampered by the domination of air and sea power. It notes 1.6 million on the home islands and other numbers in Manchuria and China, with most forces in distant regions gradually liquidated while the home army fights a costly, possibly futile, defense.
The Christian Science Monitor reports voluntary gifts to the United States total 7.5 million over five years. Donors include a Cincinnati girl sending one dollar a month, a Salem Oregon woman giving two dollars, a Greek immigrant contributing 100.88, a Davenport Iowa man sending ten dollars monthly, and an oil company official in South America sending 416 monthly. The donations, from thousands of people at home and abroad, reflect broad patriotism.
The author argues elections as a solution to territorial control disputes, citing Atlantic Charter precedent. Proposes international troops oversee referendums to determine nationality, asserting majority rule would ease tensions and showcase democracy to Europeans.
The piece warns that a general price increase now would quickly derail the nation’s postwar economy as incomes decline from war demand cutbacks. It argues prices should fall or stay level to avoid hardship, while noting Russia’s growing navy and U S programs to maintain naval strength amid world peace questions.
Drew Pearson outlines President Truman at Potsdam facing British and Soviet efforts to dominate postwar regions. The piece cites Greece and Egypt as British targets, Egypt’s royal palace intervention, and Greek camps in Africa, highlighting tensions with Churchill and the need to redefine influence policies.
New York reports the Associated Broadcasting corporation plans a fifth coast to coast network launching September 16 with affiliated stations in 25 or more cities. Leonard A. Versluis, president and WLAV owner, heads a 16 hour per day schedule based on affiliate originated programs.
A long sequence of city names appears, listing burgh Buffalo Cincinnati Toledo Chicago Grand Rapids Kansas City Denver Minneapolis East St Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Oakland Tacoma Portland and Los Angeles in the readable OCR fragment.
London July 25 AP Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber archbishop of Munich asked General Eisenhower for permission to build a convent at the Dachau concentration camp site and convert Dachau into a pilgrimage center for Europe.
The treasury ruled the new 2500 dollar yearly expense allowance for house members is tax exempt when used in performing official duties.
The article presents a compact survey of reporting style across the paper, highlighting front page items and notable briefs. It notes local events, political notes, society notices, and sports recaps, illustrating the newspaper’s periodic cadence and coverage priorities.
Washington column discusses the film The Great John L. Sullivan and the praise for its human portrayal. It pays tribute to Lynn Warren of Atlantic publishing and notes his descent from General Warren. The piece also covers Truman’s Potsdam decisions, war rumors, V-2 bombs, and July rain impact on crops in the Washington area.
In Montgomery County a small oil filter maker, Brigge Clarifiers, supports wartime motors. Once 73 workers, two modern factories, three years of operation. The firm earned two Army Navy E citations and contributed to the war effort from a local farm boy inventor. Streets filled with returning service members and lingering gas and cigarette shortages shape daily life of the home front.
New grandpas admit their earlier mockery and envy as they confess their pride in becoming grandfathers. The poem portrays humor and humility as old critics acknowledge the joy of a healthy grandchild.
The Towa Lutheran Welfare society gathered Sunday evening at Salem Old People's Home in Elk Horn with about 600 present from many southwestern Iowa towns. Rev Doerringer of Des Moines spoke, Koch's orchestra provided music, and a ladies chorus from Kimballton and Elk Horn sang. Beta club served lunch.
A visitor tours a large New York mannequin factory where sculptors draw on living figures and clay forms to create lifelike figures. Plaster casts, papier mache and skilled painting produce finished dolls of all sizes, with paint quality declining postwar.
With the U S Third Army in Germany on July 25 the capture of two more German generals was announced Lt Gen Otto Hoffmann of the Waffen SS and Col Gen Hans von Salmuth former commander of the 15th Army in northern France and Holland. The report notes the captures occur about two and a half months after fighting ended.
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