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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1939
Page
1
A compact notice from the Atlantic News Telegraph details editor and office contacts, carrier and mail subscription rates for local, Cass and adjoining counties, and U S outside Iowa. It advises subscribers to call 585 M for evening delivery and directs notices to the office for changes or discontinuations.
A congressional WPA probe uncovers affidavits of seduced labor and materials used on private Leche properties in Covington and near LSU. Witnesses allege workers moved to Leche sites, five percent salary deductions financed the Leche machine, and inspectors were evaded during private-build projects.
The author argues that government loan programs for small business are risky and unlikely to revive the sector. Private lenders have abundant funds but few sound borrowers, and easy government credit could hurt stronger firms by draining capital and heightening competition. The plan is unlikely to cure the sickness of business.
The piece argues rising college costs threaten entrance standards while public finance must be valued. critics Murphy’s payroll critique is political rhetoric. It reflects on baseball’s 100th birthday, submarine disappearances, and geopolitics with Russia Britain and Japan in Asia. It ends warning Spain’s executions harm nation rebuilding.
Poem observations of girls walking by as the speaker under a greenwood tree watches them chew gum with zeal. The verse humorously critiques gum chewing while noting named young women and playful imagery of a carefree, rhymed stroll.
About twenty students from Griswold's farmers night school visited the government soil erosion experiment farm near Shenandoah. The group spent the day inspecting the site with George Peters from Griswold High as general chairman, aided by Stanley Leonard Ernest Hansen A L Lovell Roy Bierbaum and Rev C J Frank.
A survey of New York religious sites highlights Old Trinity graveyard near Wall Street, St Pauls Chapel with Washingtons pew, Temple Emanu El with a vast library, and the stark interior of the Church of the Heavenly Rest. It notes St Patricks Cathedral Gothic grandeur, St Lukes Chapel associations with Bret Harte, and First Presbyterian at Washington Square.
The article notes Roosevelt belonged to a church congregation and cites St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue as a premier English Gothic landmark. It mentions society weddings held there and alludes to a golf outing with beers and a quirky line about the three holes being played in a prone position, attributed to actuaries.
Daily Knowledge Test asks seven correct responses from ten questions covering birthstone for November botanical garden location carbon arc inventor FSA agency Pill Werber baseball team archbishop of New York Grand Coulee River pronunciation judicative president with longest life Yosemite location state answers require factual recall from historical sources.
A guidance note warns against using softened terms when condemning actions or words and urges precise language like condemned or disparaged. The instruction emphasizes accurate wording to reflect strong negative judgments.
Forty nine World War II veterans from the Denison CCC camp arrive in Audubon to build a CCC camp on the John Ebert property. They dig a ditch to extend city water mains and erect portable camp buildings made by G. F. Construction Co. Exita. The crew, led by Lieut. M. J. Senn, will stay about six weeks according to the estimate.
Des Moines based CIO affiliate Packinghouse Workers organizing committee says memorial services will be held tomorrow for John Charltoin a 25 year old member who died from injuries in a fight at the Iowa Packing company plant. A Polk county grand jury indicted David Neal 20 in connection with Charlton's death.
The report notes Paris city hosts 18 dairy farms supplying Parisien Barayarés milk though it is not a popular drink in the city. Authorities emphasize peak availability for orders.
Dr J L Lantis sleeps soundly while his wife fetches a key and the phone rings to rouse him. A satin cup duel may settle a Chestnut street dispute. Elm-lined Locust street hosts six grand trees. Truck driver Merritt Marlowe escapes a bees swarm unharmed. Tommy Hopley recovers missing funds after a Minneapolis trip. Carl Zellmer loses a straw hat to a wild pitch. Three local men plan a golf match with loser per hole.
Cass County's delegation of 23 girls and leaders returned from Ames Indiana after four days at the state girls 4-H convention. The Cass County Women's Chorus of about 15 members sang with a 1000-strong massed rural women group in the pageant Flag of Our Land. Darlene Murray and others represented the Cass County group with Ruth Kuesel elected county girls president as voting delegate.
In Ames Iowa 1700 4 H club girls heard Rev Jack Finegan closing the annual convention He urged democracy must demonstrate and endure War is the greatest enemy of democracy He warned democratic nations surrender rights in war Dorothy Coders of Cylinder was elected president and received the gavel from Dorothy Ostrander of Buffalo Center.
An ancient elephant cemetery near Avecon in the Durance valley France marks a burial site from eight centuries before Hannibal. It notes a chieftain and 100 warriors buried there and describes Carthaginian forces marching from Carthage in 218 B.C. toward Italy with forces including Moors and Spaniards.
A note from Christian Face Monitor explains that during the long winter sleep the groundhog uses about a third of its stored fat for metabolic needs and reserves two thirds for growth once spring arrives. The piece links fat reserves to survival before observable plant growth resumes.
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