25 Jun 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1949
Page
1
Labor groups plan another wage rise, but shoppers hold back as prices stay high. The result could lift prices further, curb demand, reduce production, and threaten employment, risking a downward spiral and a damaging market mood.
The text argues the house un American activities committee and attacks on scientists have wrongly painted schools as communist hubs. It asserts most courses avoid politics and most instructors in political subjects are democratic, making student conversion to communism unlikely.
About ten percent of US workers are on the government payroll with 6,080,000 employed as of January and a rise to include 11,458 more in April. Monthly salaries cost taxpayers 1.34 billion dollars, prompting public scrutiny and demand for better value from government employees.
The article argues the Cold War will continue but in a refined form. It states the Reds prefer diplomacy over force driven by needs in satellite areas rather than Western influence. The underlying aim remains world revolution, with only methods changing rather than goals.
Atlantic mourns the passing of Harry Sherwood a longtime public figure whose life centered on community service and friendships. His iris gardens at the Sherwood home stand as a memorial to his love of beauty and dedication to Atlantic. The piece notes ongoing debates over government subsidies and aid, contrasting perpetual requests with limited funding.
Poem summarizes a day’s value through daily tasks and effort. It urges purposeful living from dawn to dusk, noting that a person who dares to spend a useful day makes the most of hours and duties without excess. The closing line cautions against drinking while driving.
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr., convicted of second degree murder, won a 15 day extension to July 15 to seek a new trial. Judge J E Heiserman granted the pause after defense and county attorneys argued alleged errors in jury instructions and misdirections in law. Rutledge remains jailed in Linn County with bail set at 50,000 and no posting recorded.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication details and rates for subscriptions by carrier and mail. Rates cover in-state, Cass county, other Iowa, U S and Canada, with durations from one month to one year and prices ranging accordingly.
Dr Edward A Condon head of the Bureau of Standards writes J Edgar Hoover a humane letter withdrawing an apology demand while urging full inquiry into the FBI report misused in the Judith Coplon case. He cautions on slander in official documents and offers cooperation with investigations amid national loyalty debates.
Item reports demolition of downtown landmarks for a parking lot in New York. Nostalgia recalls Hippo drome vaudeville era on Sixth Avenue and injuries of street life, plus portraits of local figures O C Daisy and Woody Hockaday. Daisy’s sprinklers and Hockaday’s road marking are described with historical detail and anecdotes.
The piece recounts moments from local life including a thrashers nest encounter, Bol Goeken’s crash landing near Vern Young farm, a Miami boy directing traffic like a cop, a chigger battle at Simpson Standard, Roy Preston’s birthday card woes, Mrs. Mary Kilworth’s garden work, barber Pete Bonnesen and a shampoo-filled lawn mower mishap.
General Lucius D. Clay urged preparedness to maintain peace at a Des Moines centennial event. He cited the Berlin airlift and Marshall plan as turning points and warned the struggle with Russia would persist until a free world prevails or all are enslaved.
Audubon area residents earned degrees at four Midwest colleges. Delores Oelke Dean Smith Duane Mowery and William Baker from Audubon received Iowa State University bachelor of science degrees. Virgil Peterson of Audubon earned a bachelor of arts at DePauw University. Virgil Bollesen and Johannes Andersen of Audubon earned bachelor of arts degrees from Dana College. Russell Buckner of Audubon earned a bachelor of science in agronomy at Iowa State College. LaVerne Kaltoff of Kimballton earned a doctor of veterinary medicine and Clarence Henriksen of Gray earned a certificate in farm operation at ISU. Anita Burns and family are on an outing at Leech Lake, Minnesota.
Audubon and Hawkeye girls join state conferences. At Grinnell for Y Teen and American Legion Auxiliary girls state sessions are Joan Summers Doris Pardee Katherine Jensen Phyllis Henriksen JoAnne Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Alva Johnson. Don’t drive if you drink.
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a Justice Department inquiry into recent Alabama night rider violence with the claim that Ku Klux Klan members were involved. Congress pressed for public hearings on Alabama floggings, with hearings to begin next Wednesday featuring Clarke Stallworth and Clarence Lake as witnesses. Drive carefully.
New York June 24 Roger W Babson weighs cautious stock buying noting no recommendations. He argues markets can diverge after 1929 and 1932, citing margins shifts and funding patterns. He lists ten common stocks with prices and aims readers to buy cash and hold for long term profits, acknowledging some may fail.
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