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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
1
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The Spirit Lake area hosts a North End game preserve with swampy acres full of water fowl. Ducks many varieties line logs with sunning turtles, muskrat houses dot water, and young ducks trail their mothers like flotillas. A scenic part of the state park ideal for picnics.
The American Federation of Investors reports that last year the typical corporation paid the government 2 for every 1 it paid to stockholders. The piece argues that high corporate taxes mainly hit the middle class savers, as most stockholders own under 100 shares and rely on investments for retirement.
A compact column notes pleasant vacation endings and wary drivers on Minnesota roads, praises Iowa state parks and their upkeep, and analyzes early 1940s European politics with Vitter Stalin ties, Hitler Russia risks, and cautious bets on allied responses. It weighs the durability of dictatorships and potential alliances amid Britain and France.
Washington reports say Roosevelt and Farley mended ties after a Hyde Park powwow. Roosevelt remains noncommittal on a third term while backing Robert Jackson for president. Farley’s role and Jackson prospects attract interest amid internal Democratic maneuvering.
A 1939 United Feature Syndicate piece reports House Republicans clash over wage hour law repeal and Barden bill in a heated committee session. Richard Welch accuses Chamber of Commerce influence while Barden defends the measure and Ramspeck resists. The piece notes Young Republicans lauding Archibald MacLeish and O Mahoney spearheading the library and TEEC reviews.
A short note presents a grammar tip on direct speech avoid phrasing questions about witnessing a strike and suggests using affirmative answers. It includes a garbled trailing text likely from OCR. The item reads like a language lesson fragment with no clear date or attribution.
Texas capi tol at Austin was built with granite from Texas quarries in a swap trading 3 000 000 acres of Panhandle ranch land for the stone.
The narrator notes the city’s heat driven exodus as Brazilian Gen Pedro Aurelio de Grace Monteiro admires New York from the Ambassador suite. He calls the metropolis Babylon while admiring Empire State Building vistas. The piece also observes solitude on Public Library terraces and profiles humorist Gelett Burgess, aging yet active, famed for purple cow references and a book on looking eleven years younger.
In a 1939 note the writer describes Burgess who collects pictures of smiling people and pastes them into scrapbooks. He sends these to shut ins and discouraged friends, believing the scrapbooks improve health. The piece praises John Kieran as a sports editor with broad knowledge and suggests a book on the optimistic view.
In Des Moines on July 31 Public Safety Commissioner Karl W. Fischer eyed a gleam as reporters noted the coming August printing of Iowa’s $25 liquor–by–the–drink stamp holders list. The federal stamps legalize liquor by the drink in federal eyes, though state raids loom as officials weigh actions. Treasurer W. G. Bagley to relocate to a larger, brighter office amid a cleanup campaign, with new desks improving workspace. The old storage of two shotguns in the vault area remains unexamined. Editor Ed Smith recalls the building’s former high school days after the state bought it in 1931. Political notes include Birmingham’s question on Gov. Wilson’s two–word reply to raids and “Who’s Birmingham?” as well as Tex Grantham’s accidental request to meet Chief Nethergall. A formal session remark by Gov Wilson prompts a secretary to move notes to his office, delaying formalities.
A scanned page presents a quiz with ten knowledge questions. Topics include South American mountain ranges, Claude Swanson’s death location, visual nature of electricity, dates of the French upheaval guillotine introduction, fluid ounce conversions, fines for public offenses, West Virginia’s capital, pronunciation of referable, location of the first Continental Congress, and reasons objects float on water.
The 1959 Town State Fair finals will feature thirteen rural women’s choruses. In Class A three county choruses Monona Polk and Scott qualify, while Class B includes Delaware Winnebago Buena Vista Calhoun Boone Johnson Van Buren Clarke West Pottawattamie and Emmett. Competition runs daily during the fair with district winners advancing to the state championship.
The narrator observes mariners and vacationers by the sea noting aging, fashion, and vanity. He contrasts refined attire with the sight of fat men in swimwear splashing in waves, while praising simple seaside restraint. The piece closes with a personal preference for his own modest tub and sea vantage.
A dramatic 81 pound blue catfish washed ashore at Clear Lake last week. Onlookers noted no wounds and concluded the creature died of senile debility after not quite dying in the water.
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