Telegraph notices and subscriber address changes
The Telegraph announces subscriber address discontinuations and notices of changes. Pence met by office and met earlier, with details about election or meeting dates not clearly provided.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
2
The Telegraph announces subscriber address discontinuations and notices of changes. Pence met by office and met earlier, with details about election or meeting dates not clearly provided.
The piece argues that featherbedding weakens in Congress as a threat to end the practice of paying workers for unnecessary work. It cites diesel turntables as an example of waste and asserts that pay should be tied to production of goods or services to avoid harming the economy.
Hungarian leaders warn that a communist minority holds power by police and courts and uses false arrests to wreck governments. The piece notes similar takeovers in Romania Bulgaria Poland Yugoslavia and Hungary as a plan to impose one communist vision worldwide.
Congress may have gone too far in cutting agricultural appropriations but agriculture cannot object to spending cuts elsewhere. Farmers argue all departments must share in the economy, target waste, and lead a national movement to get a dollar's worth of service for each dollar spent, freeing funds for legitimate government activities and debt reduction.
Editorial notes a grim Memorial Day weekend with rising fatalities and calls it a self perpetuating holiday of mourning. It observes saturated soil, new streams, and widespread wet conditions across the middle west. The piece recalls forecasts of desertification in 1984 and speculates on mosquito abundance after a recent freeze.
The column notes President Truman calling modern art vaporings of half baked lazy people aligning with Republican critics. It also rails at Pennsylvania schools as Balkanized by low teacher pay, warning education drives communism and urging governors to act. Katharine Hepburn outshines Henry Wallace at a Los Angeles rally.
Poem urges planting a garden as healthful exercise and a source of intimate knowledge of nature. It invites readers to learn plant and tree names, enjoy spring’s joys, and form happy friendships through gardening.
A short verse prompts cultivation to overcome adversity and grow beauty from hardship. It compares weeds to challenges and celebrates seeds and steadfast effort yielding a rose of perseverance.
The message thanks all who remembered me during my hospital stay and especially Mrs Henry O Hansen for kindness and support.
The children of Mrs J D Cannon gratefully acknowledge flowers kind acts and other expressions of sympathy from friends during her long illness and sorrow.
A narrator visits 200 deep water piers in New York Harbor aboard a five and a half foot launch. He notes the vast crates of 1947 cars bound for Europe and the need for passenger ships, while observing ongoing dredging, abandoned piers, and the Brooklyn Battery tunnel construction near Governor’s Island. The piece also mentions the navy’s readiness and a green Statue of Liberty as a silent backdrop to port activity. The Alcoa owned ship in South American trade stands out among the harbor’s many vessels.
In New York on June 2, nine children have been born to Mr and Mrs Charles Cummo over a decade. Their eldest daughter Annette Marie 9 exclaimed More babies in a playful moment after learning her mother had just given birth to a fourth set of twins. The father is a city postman with a biweekly take home pay of $118.
Mrs O A Roe has bought a home in Stuart and moved there. Her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ernest Shultz live 11 miles south of Stuart. Mrs Roe had made her home here many years, selling her property after her husband’s death.
Big Sand Lake Minn for several weeks outing Miss Jetta Knowlton left Saturday for Washington DC to visit sisters Norma and Amy Knowlton She took a plane from Des Moines to Washington Mr and Mrs CHif Kearns and son of Dexter visited Friday with her sister Mrs Sidney Larsen and husband and with her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Knowlton Mr and Mrs Donald Leath and daughter Pamela left Saturday to visit relatives in Lake View Ia Minnesota and at Battle Creek Mich Mr and Mrs Archie Van Aernam and daughter Mildred have gone to Denver Colo for a few weeks visit with their daughter and sister Mrs Chas Feele and husband Memorial day and weekend guests at the Fred Sheley and Mylee Robson homes were Mr and Mrs Ed Carlton and daughter Carole of Des Moines and Mr and Mrs Arnold Koester of Kansas Jake Donaho e is now employed with the West Iowa Telephone company assisting in rebuilding of what were formerly the Turkey Valley lines southwest and northwest of Anita The West Iowa Telephone company purchased the Turkey Valley lines several months ago Russell Wilson has returned from a short stay in Washington Iowa with the Louis McFadden family Mr and Mrs Harry Brink of Creston visited here Friday with his aunt Mrs Dosha V Scholl Mr and Mrs Robert Stuhr of Washington DC were recent visitors of Mr and Mrs Earl Holton in Anita.
The Congregational church Memorial Day dinner drew over 200 registrants and served food at 12 30 before crowds were turned away for late arrivals. Dozens of former Anitans attended the homecoming event at long tables with spring bouquets, many longtime participants and first timers alike. Out of town guests included Fred Joy of Churdan Cecil McAfee and family of Jefferson Averill Harris and son M F Jennie Cox W E Kelloway John Buck Ed Bell Lloyd Lundy families L E Gifford Hazel Forshay Max Biggs Des Moines Fred Richter Sac City E E Grace Harlan Frank Smith Ames Bert Willison Norwalk W R Cryer Treynor Glen Millard Cres ton Harry Brink Creston Hobart Newton Stuart C W Zastrow Cumberland Max Stephenson Hal Noland Adair Harold Champion Menlo Charlie Wagner Elsinore Cal Greta Stone Wiota Ed Shannon M M Burkhart W G Hunter John Edwin Budd Charles Blakesley Merrill Trai ler Clair Aldreth Atlantic Stella Musick Omaha Ben Kirkham Norwalk Jesse R Carlton Russell Bangham Chicago Art Armentrout Guthrie Center Wilma Forshay Alanna Newton Alice Burwell Griswold Gus Hunter Texas.
Funeral services were held in Oakland for Genevieve Higgins 75 mother of Mrs. Maude Putnam of Griswold. She died suddenly last Wednesday at home after a heart attack. Survivors include daughters Beulah Greamer Goldie Brundidge Salem Ore Laura Vance Council Bluffs Lois Stude Hancock Mona Solton Treynor and sons John Higgins Fort Lauderdale Fla Everett Portland Ore and Gladie Salem Ore plus 27 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Anita Miss Roberta Ray class of 1947 left Wednesday for Edna Texas to live with her sister Mrs J D Waters and seek employment. She was accompanied to Des Moines by Miss Jeannie Brodersen who then went on to Denison with her grandmother.
Claude Spry extends thanks to friends who remembered him during hospitalization, expressing heartfelt appreciation for their thoughtful kindnesses.
Confidential information from Box 15 Cumberland Iowa appears in a fragmentary notice about Alcoholics Anonymous. The readable text does not provide a clear action date or full contact details.
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