25 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
1
A cryptic sequence of numbers and symbols appears as a ledger fragment. Numbers like 60c 60 0.81 and monetary values such as $6.00 $3.25 appear alongside negative amounts and odd markers like 75e. The fragment suggests a financial notation or accounting shorthand with unclear context.
Editorial argues the new labor law targets abuses by labor unions, strengthens democracy, and helps unions by removing communists and unscrupulous leaders. It warns against a general strike as a dangerous, likely counterproductive move and says force would trigger constitutional backlash and chaos.
A critique argues that tariffs keeping wool prices high cost U S consumers about 200 million dollars extra and total wool premium could reach 300 million. The author questions subsidies and suggests alternatives such as subsidy, abandonment of domestic wool growing, or stockpiling and substitutes.
The piece notes three sunny days altering mood and argues atom bombs aside, fear of peaceful paralyzing strikes can halt business, cut food and fuel supplies, and cause suffering. It warns big cities remain highly vulnerable in peacetime and war, shaping industrial shifts away from urban centers.
In Princeton Truman urged young graduates to enter government service while later withdrawing Rayburn ally Wakefield from the FCC. Wakefield denied a Houston radio station to Rayburn’s nephew, triggering GOP push and a cabinet uproar. Pepper allies huddle to push a veto strategy on Taft Hartley.
The column recalls hot weather imagery in New York papers and a reporter’s encounters with varied people from prominent lawyers to taxi drivers. It humorously critiques radio sponsorship quirks, a strange safety razor, and car gadget racketeering while sharing gadgeteclectic anecdotes from 1948.
Frank Hanton retired Griswold editor and Er nest Buckman rural mail carrier began raising night crawlers as a hobby. The neighbors say the crawlers multiplied fast and funded their own fishing trips, though they admit catching them is tricky and even women in their households are skilled at it.
District Attorney Hal Clements Jr led officers in a raid on a Knoxville meeting hall described as the local Ku Klux Klan headquarters. Police seized a Klan charter and other equipment.
Madison county erosion from two floods in three weeks is estimated at 1,963,750 tons of top soil on about 78,550 acres. Ralph Harvey of the Madison County Soil Conservation association calls the loss near two million dollars.
A playful warning poem urges restraint toward a silent elder. It cautions against disturbing the grandfather whose boasting nature and curiosity could trigger regret, and warns against asking about the children's condition.
A lively speaker, described as a grandpa, begins with a measured warning that he will take an hour to speak. Once awakened, he drags the listener into a flowing speech, pulling from his pocket new pictures to show and holding the listener by the coat lapel as he shares one tale after another. The long tale fills the charms he has imparted.
The Danish Lutheran parsonage has been purchased from Mrs. Barney Doffing and is undergoing extensive remodeling including a new furnace and other changes.
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