16 Jun 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
1
A survey of television notes that it suppresses radio listening and movie attendance while boosting home focus and newspaper reading. It may affect children, but overall Americans are expected to adopt the new medium without major harm. Atlantic residents may view broadcasts before next winter.
A local urging notes that Iowa state parks drew 2 766 690 visitors last season and encourages residents to explore nearby parks at Bedford Sidney Guthrie Center and Lewis. An Atlantic area outing to any park is described as a pleasant experience with potential rewarding moments.
Atlantic sees a fresh wave of construction with a dozen or more new homes started recently and many more planned before summer. Builders say labor supply, not demand, limits the pace, and the 1950 census may reveal Atlantic approaching seven thousand residents.
The article argues that taxpaying citizens lose as politicians seek votes with gifts. It warns that competition for votes raises government costs and taxes, with whichever party prevails the taxpayer remains burdened.
The writer argues for a year round Congress since service is full time and pay mirrors that. A counterpoint notes risk of daily dalliance and that adjournment pressure fuels work. The piece ends by highlighting global food shortages and the need to move surpluses to hungry regions through better distribution.
A compact verse recalling thrifty sayings taught by parents and grandparents. It cites penny saved, waste not want not, and slow driving cautions urging patience and safety on the road against speeding.
Henry J. Wadleigh, a former state department official, testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial that he handed departmental documents to Whittaker Chambers. Chambers identified Wadleigh as a source who forwarded papers to the Soviet spy ring. Wadleigh recalled giving documents to Chambers and to a “David Carpenter.” He volunteered his willingness to help the communists before the war if useful.
The Michigan state seal bears the motto If you seek a beautiful peninsula, look about you in Latin. The seal was designed by Lewis Cass, governor of Michigan territory after the War of 1812.
The notice lists subscription prices by carrier and mail for Atlantic Iowa Cass counties and wider areas, including rates for one month, six months, one year, and regional regions. Canada pricing appears for a one year term.
Bendix South Bend strike cuts key parts supply halting Consolidated Vultee B 36 production and sparking air force spare parts shortages. unemployment worries rise as the economic advisers warn of higher jobless figures and wage pressures across steel coal transport and auto sectors.
Archie Geiser piloted a C 47 on a single bombing mission over Warland Wyoming killing an estimated 128 million grasshoppers with 7 360 pounds of poison bran. Ground surveys show 90 to 95 percent kill in treated areas as he plans further sorties across 35 million acres.
The Anita Home and Garden club with about sixty members toured by bus visiting the Car roll grotto of the Immaculate Conception built by Rev. Dobberstein near Boone gardens Ledges park and Ames horticulture grounds. They planned Des Moines gardens but visited the Museum of Modern Art at Ames instead.
New York cellist Edmund Kurtz collects cellos and cello bows, a hobby rivaling his railroad locomotive collection for space and expense. Born in Russia, he arrived in 1936 and has played with Toscanini. he owns six Tourte bows and practices careful bow care. He is also a photographer, cabinet maker, clockmaker, and craftsman whose note on bow hair recalls horsehair strings. The piece also mentions O C Lightner and his Florida hobbyist museum.
The fragment notes O. O. Lightner from Norwich and Wichita who ran a job press in Wichita and founded the Chicago magazine Hobbies. It mentions Lightner kin in Kansas and a Florida grackle sighting near Lake Eola during 1947 48, plus remarks on pay and careers of writers and barbers and reader praise for the Brockton Enterprise and its editorials with Francis Cardinal Spellman referenced as a home-town reader.
Griswold residents Griswold-Dale Swanson and Louis E. Schuler earned juris doctor degrees from the University of Iowa. Swanson, Navy lieutenant jg, served three years in the Pacific and will reside in Iowa City with future plans undecided. Schuler, Army Air Corps veteran, holds a Grinnell College BA and plans to stay in Iowa City. his wife works at the university hospital while pursuing a master's degree.
A caution advises pedestrians to walk against traffic on open highways to better see oncoming vehicles and avoid surprise dangers. The guidance emphasizes staying visible and using sidewalks or shoulders when possible.
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