10 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
1
Notice to Atlantic subscribers about evening delivery options and contact details. Includes subscription rates, delivery changes, and instructions to call 585 M before 7 PM if papers are missing. Mentions addresses for the News Telegraph and affiliated associations.
The piece argues that widespread unease stems from rapid economic and social shifts rather than personal mood. It cites agriculture, substitutes for coal and lard, refrigeration, transport, and new media as forces forcing farmers and workers to adapt. The author urges studying changes to avoid blaming mood for troubles.
Editorial argues relief must be managed by long time experts to avoid revolution and further national turmoil. It condemns reliance on guesswork and untried theories while urging targeted action by knowledgeable agencies to reduce the crisis to a manageable issue.
Sir Willmott Lewis of The London Times is hailed as Britain's real ambassador in Washington. A veteran war correspondent, he is praised for deep knowledge of the U.S. and his masterful Times cables, while critics call him Americanized or a propagandist.
The poem depicts a housewife singing while she works, drawing praise from a judge who reflects on gender roles. The verse contrasts on the one hand a praising moral, and on the other the judge imagining courtly life and unhappy women. A comic incident with the judge’s fall closes the scene.
An editor highlights how to rephrase praise from elaborate euphemisms to simple words. The note emphasizes using clear wording like entertaining instead of edifying for everyday writing.
A dying man asks for a taste of ham boiling in the kitchen. His hopeful widow Bridget refuses, saying the ham is for the wake, revealing a grim bit of domestic tension at the deathbed. The exchange underscores the morbid humor and bleak wit of the scene.
The piece recalls St George's Episcopal Church in New York and its historic vestry, listing notable names including J Pierpont Morgan and Richard Whitney. It notes democratic church governance, a dedicated Negro spirituals service, and the uptown funeral chapel system where sextons and porters handle embalming and casket carriage for about fifty annual funerals.
A slice of small town life notes miscites. a sheriff’s office helper mislabels a license applicant as clodhopper, a drugstore clerk contemplates a shopping service, a band member’s dive ends in a splash, and rambler roses brighten the streets while a thrush guards a flower nest.
Seven hundred fifty soldiers from the Seventeenth Infantry stationed at Fort Crook Neb., on their way home after maneuvers in Wisconsin, camped on the old fair grounds south of Massena depot. The march resumed at midnight by truck and foot. Jack Perrin, a regiment member, visited his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Perrin during the stay.
Iowa congressmen and aides mingle with national figures as Townsend plan debate draws praise for Dirksen and criticism of plan. The article tracks reactions from Iowa, mentions Ben Jensen and Tom Keene, golf spectator Jack Watson, lard dinner scheme proposed by Illinois lawmakers, and moves of Kellam Needham and Gilchrist with Harrington absent.
A short quiz asks ten questions covering geography history and language. Topics include New London Connecticut on which river Albemarle Sound location Patty Berg football golf and the FBI pronunciation of institute and the first U S secretary of the treasury Peninsula State nickname and the Scioto River’s outlet.
Adair Iowa June 10 The Des Moines circuit conference met at Immanuel Lutheran church. Present were area pastors including Rev C Jaker Rev A Bertram Rev M Lille Rev C Lille Rev George Vogel Rev K Daib Rev H Daib Rev Griesse Rev R Grote Rev H Belsheim Rev E J Stelt ing Rev M B Ballett and Rev Theodore Hoe mann. Essays were read by Rev Hoe mann Rev Selts and Rev Daib. Immanuel Lutheran Ladies served dinner and supper. Evening services were led by Rev A Bertram of Creston with a girls chorus performance.
More than an inch of rain fell at Massena during the night providing drought relief and aiding gardens and crops. Hail damage from Thursday is being repaired, and rain leaks through roof holes have damaged the Baptist church interior prompting redecorating work.
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