06 May 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1939
Page
1
The soft coal strike begins amid public resistance to a wage dispute framed as a closed shop issue. Up to 500000 workers may lose work, with relief agencies likely to bear costs, risking public sympathy and support for the miners.
The article complains that Congress lags on key issues after four months in session. It predicts a summer rush of unfinished legislation on tax reform wage hour reform and other major measures leading to mistakes and loss of worthwhile proposals as lawmakers hurry to go home.
The piece notes a 30 percent drop in European travel due to war fears and argues Americans should vacation domestically. It claims U S scenery and natural beauty rival Europe and warns foreign spending hurts domestic economies while home tourism could ease economic problems. It appeals to travelers with means to favor homeland destinations.
Editorial briefs note whittling as a lost relaxation, report a jump in industrial profits in early 1939, and discuss Russia France England diplomacy. Other items suggest Iowa fair buildings as state offices, dust storms depositing topsoil, and Social Security data from 1987 highlighting wage contrasts and calls for reform.
Leon Henderson won an SEC seat after a tense White House-backed scramble. Roosevelt delayed naming a chair amid GOP and Wall Street opposition, then appointed Henderson to calm the agency and push prudent regulation.
More than 100 farmers from the Anita area attended a meeting at the K of P hall Thursday evening sponsored by Burke Brothers of Anita. Howard Thompson of Honeymead Products Co. discussed animal nutrition and new developments.
A meeting discussed current methods in feeding rations with a practical focus. After the session, attendees enjoyed a free lunch provided as part of the event.
The piece notes that Italy adopted the Anno Domini system in the sixth century while France and England followed about two centuries later, marking the gradual adoption of Christian era dating in Europe.
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Morningside Heights aims to host more visitors during the world fair. Under Ralph Adams Cram the project shifts from Byzantine to Gothic design, with the nave completed and chancel rebuilding underway. The nave seats about three thousand now and ten thousand later, with weekday vesper services continuing.
A set of ten test items includes: alloy definition, Ophelia in a Shakespeare play, Palestine’s capital, Zog’s exile, presidential veto acts, cubic inches per cubic foot, pronunciation of coadjutor, NRS agency, Senator Ernest Lundeen’s state, and ambergris uses. Answers follow on page seven.
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The grocer James Grimes fears the sheriff as creditors press for overdue payments. He imagines a county poorhouse offering shelter and meals, with government guidance and a kindly keeper inviting debtors to eat and rest.
Massena Iowa alumni group met Tuesday evening with routine business. President John Yarger appointed committees on menu decorations and program.
Records indicate the Earl of Leicester presented the first wrist watch to Queen Elizabeth I in 1572. The piece marks an early royal bearing of portable timekeeping and showcases Tudor-era innovations in horology.
A collage of small town notes: high school concert bands, track meet top scorers Tom Clithero, a Des Moines paper feature, J P Payne’s blooming trees, radio host Kay Kaiser, Union Pacific exhibit in Atlantic, new awnings on Chestnut Street, local theft worry over fractional currency, Bird club lecture on conservation with color films, May baskets by Massena Chapter I of T T T, Harry B Swan at Golden Spike ceremony, Mrs R W Cockshoot described as rape skipper, Conrad drug store hosting local presidents, Roy Metcalf heirloom watch chain tied to 1849 California gold rush.
In 1839 the steamboat era brought Abbe Jean Antoine Marie Pelamourgues to Dubuque and Davenport where he served over a quarter century. Born in Genevieve and educated at Rodez, the priest allied with Bishop Loras, won friends like Antoine Le Claire and Colonel Davenport, and influenced St. Marguerite’s Church naming. He refused St Paul’s bishopric in 1857 and died in 1876 after a return to France years earlier.
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