08 Mar 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1948
Page
1
Notice to subscribers details evening delivery options for Atlantic readers who miss their paper and instructs callers to dial 13671 before 7 o clock. It also reminds readers to notify the office about address changes and other delivery notices rather than the carrier.
The article argues that Europe cannot rely on food and rehabilitation alone to curb communist influence. It calls for stronger measures such as conditions on aid, international or U S policing, to expel or control communists and stabilize democracies.
The piece condemns communist tactics in Finland where gangs disrupt meetings and beat speakers. It argues such oppression will unite Western Europe against communism, prompting stronger alignment with free peoples and eventual rejection of force as a political tool.
Western Europe unites to counter the Soviet program, citing Czech unrest and Finland developments. The text argues self protection by Europeans, aided by American help, will be more effective than U S protection alone.
The piece urges voting today and civic effort while noting the CIO packing house strike and rising steel prices may push costs higher. It comments on ongoing heavy snowfall with 29 inches reported in Atlantic, Iowa, and laments the burden of snow removal.
Provisional Iowa totals show 65,784 births in 1947, up from 56,922 in 1946, as vital statistics reports. Deaths rose slightly by one percent to 26,958, close to the national average, with 25,819 deaths in 1946.
Avoca L C Brandes sold his north Avoca residence to Mr and Mrs Herman Peters. Brandes will start construction on a new home one block east of the business district next month.
The piece recounts Truman's heated private remarks about New York Jews and labor leaders, plus leaks harming his stance on civil rights and inflation. It notes GOP internal strife over an anti lynching bill, with Republicans clashing over Section 1 and penalties tied to state aid, and ends with a Denton Texas poll on poll taxes and Eva Peron touring the U.S.
A short verse by Edgar A. Guest playfully questions whether a person would give in to sweet temptation or resist in the face of candy shop displays. The poem contrasts tender impulses with stern restraint as it sets up the choice to be generous or frugal.
A brief poem fragment reflecting on restraint and surrender in the moment. The speaker questions whether delay and politeness can avert full surrender, acknowledging personal hesitation. The verse echoes Edgar A. Guest’s reflective style and moral calm.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Democratic Party will field a full state and congressional slate in the June 7 primary. Democratic State Chairman Jake More announced after a state central committee meeting that district meetings will select candidates for Congress, the legislature, and county offices.
Avoca launches a Boy Scout fund drive to raise 75 dollars with a Tuesday morning kickoff breakfast for solicitors at 8 at First Lutheran Church. Harold F L Doyle E G Macklin and Walter Davis lead the drive aiming to finish by Wednesday night.
Readers recall Will Irwin at 74, still writing, attending Dutch Treat luncheons, and chatting at The Player. The piece touches on his shell-wounded WWI front line past, his book on the Uran League club, and his influence as a veteran journalist. It also riffs on American history texts and the Farewell Address, with small-town humor about farmers and book collecting.
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