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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
1
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The article argues the Japanese fleet is weaker than feared and that the U S Navy could wipe it out on a weekend, noting naval strategy and comparing evasive tactics to Dempsey’s fights where challengers avoided a knockout. It suggests command over the Pacific shows confidence despite fleet uncertainty.
The draft race for the Republican presidential nomination tightens as Dewey leads yet may not secure a first ballot victory. Stassen sits third while Briekers name rises with strong backing, and a dark horse option looms amid intraparty battles.
The Gersans claim Eisenhower has nearly one million troops ready for a second invasion along the Belgian coast. The article notes inactivity on the Russian front and suggests a coordinated Anglo American advance with Soviet forces could target Berlin this summer, ending the war.
Letter condemns U.S. government for selling spoiled eggs to rendering plants at five cents a dozen while Europe faces hunger. Writer argues eggs could have fed the hungry continent and questions public policy and international goodwill. Calls for preventing such waste in future.
The piece claims pilotless planes fail to intimidate Britain, noting humans still outgeneral machines. It argues that thoughtful enemies can devise methods to destroy mankind and that British pilots can easily defeat robotic threats.
Dear Mrs. I have your letter and your questions about sacrificing sons in war. I offer cautious optimism that progress toward permanent peace exists. Kellogg’s Dream of Peace failed only after peering ahead of its time, while leaders like Hoover and Kellogg pushed peace machinery, as Pearson recalls with reflections on Europe, diplomacy, and sacrifice.
A horseman named Iy fell from a stable hay mow behind Chamberlin and Griffin's saloon and broke his neck. Firemen returning from Des Moines were honored with a reception and banquet at the fire department building with speeches by Phelps and Young. W J Robson, Atlantic High principal, vacationed in England. A Block attended a lodge meeting in Ottumwa. Rev John Herron traveled to Ohio due to his father’s illness.
John I. Haldeman of Shenandoah became president of the Iowa chapter of the National Association of Postmasters after yesterday’s Des Moines election. Des Moines was chosen as site for the 1945 convention with Kathry Eden, Ruth Hollingshead, and Clarence Herron named to top officer and committee roles.
A wartime poem urges future generations to learn peace after the war and fears the spread of lethal knowledge. It contrasts schooling in math with the grim need to master bombs and guns. The composer hopes that violence ends with victory and that peaceful arts return.
In Washington D C the Office of Defense Transportation urges citizens to avoid unnecessary travel. With wounded from the invasion front arriving for hospitalization Pullman space will be scarce and priority given to military patients, while civilian trips should wait.
The memorandum notes producers warning that lowered barriers would curb output. Southern cotton growers push olea for greater prominence, arguing its tie to cotton seed oil. they are vocal in the dispute.
Pvt. Paul Marshall writes from Camp Lee Virginia about 930 German POWs guarded there. He notes they are anti Nazi and anti Hitler, work for 50 cents an hour plus 80 cents a day, receive Army rations, and are housed in a wire fence stockade with six guard towers and hospital ward.
Arthur Buckner of Cedar Rapids was named state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Hedwig Olson of Denison became auxiliary president. Other officers include Alex Miller of Des Moines as quartermaster and Max Van Horn of Des Moines as adjutant. Auxiliary officers Hazel Johnson of Fairfield and Ruth Myers of Des Moines were elected vice presidents. Dubuque chosen for the 1946 convention.
In Gramercy Park a diarist recalls encounters with broker Donald MacKinnon and Warrant Officer W E Schaeter of the Merchant Marine, notes Churchill lectures once managed by Louis J Alber, and reflects on changes in fame and demand. The piece covers Times Square taxi incidents, Churchill’s early tours, and nostalgia for Bur ton Holmes and other entertainers amid shifting public interest.
The text notes aluminum iron and magnesium as the most abundant structural metals in the Earth's crust, highlighting their prevalence in geological material and potential for industrial use.
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