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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
2
The piece argues labor should abandon the strike as a weapon. It notes laws now allow justice without strikes and warns public backlash if unions continue to harm nonparticipants. It urges self reform to prevent a future public intervention.
A local editorial urges every citizen to vote on Monday stressing the war era fight for democratic rights. It argues turnout remains light and compares apathy to an insult to Cass County veterans and others who secured the vote through sacrifice. Do your duty by voting.
An editorial notes a postwar wave of popular stunts labeled mild insanity such as walkathons and pole sitting. It cites a St. Louis event where winners earned 800 dollars after dancing for 1,154 hours and warns more gimmicks and new forms of entertainment may arise as social convulsions continue.
The piece warns that large labor unions could be dangerous to democracy when funded for political fights. It laments the influence of money in politics and recounts a holiday highway incident on Dodge Street near Omaha where two cars raced at high speed, endangering four others and prompting fear to travel.
Washington battle over whether seized German patents should be opened to all U S industry or kept by a few. Truman backs open access while allies of Victor Emanuel keep General Aniline and Film patents. Also coverage of cotton speculation by three senators and the inflation lobby against price controls.
A compact verse piece contrasts human values with material wealth and friendship. The quatrains ponder lasting riches found in friends, caution against greed, and reflect on faith, growth, and daily use of what is enough.
A reflective poem about consumer hunger and social strain. The speaker observes a store thronged with people grasping for goods, as scarcity feeds impulsive grabbing and a frenetic chase for ever more. The verse probes materialism’s grip and the restless urge to accumulate.
President Truman nominates his military aide Harry H. Vaughan for promotion to major general. Vaughan, a Missouri native, has served as brigadier general since shortly after joining the White House staff.
John William Reno, 33, was sentenced to 18 months in a reformatory after pleading guilty to violating the Dyer act. He allegedly used a stolen car to shuttle passengers to and from California for a Des Moines travel agency.
A Florida reader mails praise and fruit gifts while William H. Woodfield Jr, Imperial Potentate of North America, lauds Shrine Hospital coverage in Philadelphia. He notes 500 cities visited since last July and urges readers nationwide to read the columns.
Des Moines June 1. Roy R. Smith and Hugo Sander agreed to share profits from Smiths dairy near Okahoji. Sander, who worked eight years for Smith, gets one third of profits from the dairy and farming. Smith owns a resort cottage business and farm. Sander receives one third of increases from 22 cows and about 50 pigs under his charge.
Lester Dunn of Lincoln shares two old yarns about Jim Bruce and Wash Eller. One tale shows Bruce nearly potholed by liquor during a bitter cold speech as Wash drove him in a livery rig. The second recalls a boyhood bet and a sharp Wash Eller moment about a promised smoke ban. The column closes with local notes on Farm Bureau job seekers for Camp Foster and Dr. Adair misusing mosquito repellent oil.
Charles S. White of Audubon probated this week left thirty thousand dollars to the city for the construction and maintenance of a first class hotel. Audubon Enterprises, formed last year with fourteen thousand dollars capital, may include the city as a participant. Nels Nielsen, president of the board, expects to raise the balance to match the bequest.
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