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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
2
Atlantic readers are advised to call 685 M before 7 PM if evening editions fail to arrive. The paper reminds subscribers to notify the office for address changes delivery suspensions or other notices, not the carrier.
The piece recalls World War I barnstorming pilots who charged high prices for dangerous flights. It notes the evolution to larger planes and smaller fees, the risks of early crates, and mentions Harry Smith who died in China while aiding Chiang Kai-Shek. It contrasts past novelty with today's diminished barnstorming scene.
Citizens are urged to vote on Monday as a badge of democracy and to back ten percent cuts in non military spending. Chinch bugs threaten Cass county farmers while Americans are reminded to appreciate peace and travel in the United States.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Pratt and Whitney and Curtiss, top U.S. aircraft motor makers, licensed engines and patents to Germany starting in 1933 and 1934, aiding Nazi military build up. Morgenthau actions seek to license U.S. motor patents domestically to break monopolies, while Allies expand production and Belgium surrenders amid Italy France talks.
A towering Times Square sign by Douglas Leigh is being removed after two years as the Cadillac hotel demolition spurred its dismantling. Plans call for a bigger, movie-inspired display to debut soon, possibly in Atlantic City, while salvageable bulbs and controls are kept.
Audubon Iowa June 1 Special Mrs A N Ahlgren of Shenandoah named judge of the Audubon Garden Club fifth annual flower show set for Thursday June 6. Sweep stakes awarded. past winners include Anna B Christopherson and Alva Johnson of Audubon. Traveling rose trophy currently with Mrs Claus Krusv. must win three times to become permanent possession.
A doodle of local life covers a spirea hedge near Os borne-Tomlingen funeral home and a bridge club hand. Miscellaneous items include a cemetery walk on Memorial Day, a police gallery, Beverly Jobes combing her grandmother’s hair, a park pool opening, Cal ZeHmer’s agriculture office tour and a tiny one inch New Testament.
Omaha hosts a reserved crowd of 2506 for a dinner honoring William M. Jeffers president of Union Pacific. An equal number are expected for the speechmaking after the meal as Jeffers is celebrated on his long service anniversary with the railroad.
A compact poem reflecting on marriage vows. It contrasts better and worse through a couple’s lifetime, noting the better can be borne but the worse tests love. The speaker prays that the partners mean the vow and endure trials without letting care drive them apart.
A list of ten trivia prompts asks about radium discovery the Negro republic in Africa cella shapes honeycomb the term hara kiri and its meaning the first state to secede in the Civil War a labor martyr pardoned in 1989 the plural of tablespoonful counterclockwise the father of King Solomon and completing the proverb A word to the wise is sufficient.
The text criticizes using on the side to indicate extra work and suggests alternatives like incidentally or occasionally to describe additional teaching. It reflects language usage guidance from a historical newspaper page.
Elk Horn Iowa announces the faculty for next year with Miss Irma Fruechte of Itzen Minnesota hired as biology home economics and physical education instructor and Miss Anna Plummer of Washington Iowa as English teacher.
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