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Newspaper

Atlantic News Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1940

Page

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Atlantic Iowa Newspaper Masthead

Public listing shows publication details for Atlantic Iowa paper including editor F D Simpson manager Frank Nye Jr and offices in Washington and Des Moines with post office second class status and press association representation.

Atlantic Iowa Congress Des Moines Iowa Daily Press Association Frank Nye, Jr 405 Shops Washington, D. C Washington News Service Eye Street N. W

The Eternal Optimist and the Roosevelt Record

The piece portrays President Roosevelt as an eternal optimist who speaks first and acts slowly. It cites past promises on a balanced budget and French aid, arguing his enthusiasm outpaces realism and he often fails to fulfill commitments.

Roosevelt White House Executive Mansion United States France Peter Pan

Old Virtues Restated by Hugh McGill of Chicago University

Hugh McGill, of Chicago University, calls for revival of time honored virtues. He argues prosperity comes from thrift, strong over weak, and empowering effort rather than spoiling initiative. He warns against debt, class hatred, and dependency.

Hugh McGill Chicago University

Editorial Briefs Highlight Global Quiet and Local Pools

The piece notes foreign powers seek gains in France after a victory, questions universal military training via voter input, and outlines potential shifts in war timing. It also reports on Sunnyside pool free swimming lessons supported by Red Cross and park officials, and cites Los Angeles policing costs and liquor tax revenue illustrating taxpayer impact.

Red Cross Park Board Sunnyside Atlantic

Memories of a Quiet Boyhood Echoes

A lyrical reminiscence recalls childhood scenes like a red stove, a fire engine, corner friends, and pigeons. It circles lost days, winter windows, sleigh bells, horses, and a mother’s plants, ending with a father’s gray hair and a wreath on the door.

Roosevelt Warns of French Fleet Shift in Latin American Risk

Washington reports that secret talks explored keeping the French navy from Nazi hands in exchange for U S aid. France would shelter ships in African and American waters to prevent German use. Roosevelt fears a Dakar base and stronger German reach, impacting Monroe Doctrine defense.

FDR Latin America Wall Street A. Hitler Pinchot Ballinger Roosevelt Pearson Fiennes France South Atlantic Strasbourg Allen Dunkerque Richelieu Jean Bayt Hitler United States U. S Pacific Atlantic Dakar Bukre Africa Brazil

Daily Knowledge Test Trivia Snippet

A reader’s page of ten questions tests general knowledge including Eddy Duchin instrument, a humorous proverb misquote, monument height, largest U S silver coin, gasoline behavior, snails cuisine, Leopold’s father, theater idiom on a papered house, World War I president, and an iron lung treatment case involving Frederick B Snite Jr.

Medestra Eddy Duchin Washington Washington, D.C U.S Leopold War of Isle Frederick B. Snite, Jr

Beef Cattle Tour Planned by Audubon County Cattlemen

Audubon Iowa June 20 a beef cattle tour will visit five farms northwest of Audubon Friday. Farms include John Jensen Julius Hansen Alfred Winther Raymond Merk and Arnold Jensen. Cattle on feed will be appraised and graded by H B Duke of Chicago Producers Commission association.

Audubon Audubon County John Jensen Julius Hansen Alfred Winther Raymond Merk Arnold Jensen Farm Bureau H. B. Duke Chicago Producers Commission Association Audubon Memorial Building H. C. Auborg Iowa

Des Moines Detectives Probe Penny Matching Swindle

Des Moines police contend victims remain to be found in an ancient penny matching scam. Three men Frank F. Chesser Jeremiah E. Paine and I W Brown are jailed as suspects after being caught in Des Moines while attempting to swindle a man, with detectives trailing them from the union bus depot and arresting the trio as they worked to scam Frank Wassiter.

Des Moines Anneapolis Minn Chicago Kansas City Frank F. Chesser Jeremiah E. Paine I. W. Brown Queen City Martin Christiansen Louis Volz Union Frank Wassiter Rock Falls

Manchester Man Heads Iowa County Officers Group

I H Hockaday of Manchester Delaware county was elected president of the Iowa County Officers association at the Cedar Rapids convention attended by about 400 officers. George Callenine of Hospers was named vice president and Arthur Harris of Mason City was reelected secretary. The group backed county home improvements to avoid costly state hospital care and noted that bills from state hospitals to counties were excessive in many cases.

Cedar Rapids I. H. Hockaday Manchester Delaware Iowa County Officers Association George Callenine Hospers O'Brien Arthur Harris Mason City J. F. Fitzgerald Duncombe Pat McGuire Cerro Gordo

Avoca men lose cattle in fraud case and divorce ruling

In Avoca Indiana on June 20 the Milldale Farm and Livestock Improvement Co. won possession of thirty head of heifers after Judge John A. Murray found a forged bill of sale tied to Grant Harris and Robert Hagood. Milford Smith allegedly took cattle from a Nebraska ranch in April and sold them for 1434.25 to Interstate Livestock. Agnes L. Rollins received a divorce from William A. Rollins and custody of two minor children.

Avoca Milldale Farm and Livestock Improvement Company John A. Murray Grant Harris Robert Hagood Livestock Company Milford Smith McPherson County Neb Interstate Livestock Company Henry S. Luberger Harris Hagood Smith Interstate Commission Company Agnes L. Rollins William A. Rollins Ali

Alert on Weekly Mony and Household Furnishings

A note mentions a weekly sum of four dollars and household furnishings, with a phrase indicating alertness about status between today and tomorrow.

Red Cross Drive Nets $38.85 In Hancock County

Red Cross drive in Hancock Ia led by Fred Boie collected 38 dollars and 85 cents. The effort was organized to support relief and humanitarian needs.

Red Cross Hancock James Township Fred Boie

Presence of mind ends near disaster at Mrs Taylor home

Mrs Charles Taylor saved her home Tuesday morning when a washing machine short circuit sparked a blaze. She halted the fire by tossing flour on the flames instead of using water, preventing serious damage.

Anita Charles Taylor

Omaha Airport to Add $60,000 Administration Building

Construction on a $60,000 addition to the Omaha Municipal airport administration building will start July 1, announced by City Commissioner Harry Knudsen in charge of airport improvements. New blind landing apparatus will also be installed.

Omaha Neb Omaha Municipal Airport Administration Harry Knudsen

Taft’s Grandfather Holds Notable Posts in His Lineage

A biographical note recalls Senator Bob Taft’s notable family, including a grandfather who served as minister to Austria and ambassador to Russia during Czar Alexander II’s assassination era, alongside a president father and a secretary of war grandfather.

Grant Bob Taft Austria Russia Alexander II

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