08 May 1948
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1948
Page
1
Notice to subscribers of the Atlantic News Telegraph regarding delivery timing and option to switch to evening edition. Includes contact details for changing addresses discontinuing service or notifying the office about delivery.
The piece laments a minority block hindering national progress while lauding Atlantic for its new Madoff plant and its payroll impact. It urges more small factories, notes Europe’s Marshall Plan aiding farm prosperity, questions Senator Taylor’s negro rights stance, and critiques Czech refugees under Soviet influence. It argues for reduced prices and wage talks to curb inflation and avoid costly strikes.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions a RAG DAY event and that all 36 prospective participants appeared at a school. Details are unreadable.
A line of inmates in striped suits, each with ankle straps, parades under guard. The image captures law enforcement maintaining order as prisoners move along a corridor.
The Estherville Daily News of Iowa secured first place in the community service daily division at the National Editorial Association contest. The Laurens Sun earned second in the general excellent contest for weeklies with circulation under 1,600.
Drew Pearson reports a cache of captured Nazi war documents that reveal Arab Nazi ties and Farouk of Egypt sending secrets to Rommel. The materials, now public in part, include a March 1943 letter in which Farouk expresses hope for an Axis victory and praise for Reich security measures, while British diplomats resist full disclosure. The piece also covers housing battles in Washington with real estate interests blocking low cost housing and political maneuvering around the Taft Ellender Wagner plan.
Just Folks presents Edgar A. Guest on sportsmanship and integrity. The verse asserts fair play, self restraint, and honor over cheating, urging readers to keep right values even in defeat. It closes with a public service note to cut speed at dusk and consider Want Ads for local news.
Mrs Ward 8 George of Lebanon Oregon won NBC People Are Funny's 20000 prize for solving the riddle Cairo Egypt. She received a three bedroom house furnishings 4600 dollars a 1948 sedan a 2000 dollar Los Angeles county lot and a job offer. The clue noted Cairo lies on low ground and she identified it correctly.
A collection of reader notes from Ware Massachusetts including reflections on Emily Bagarry’s delayed New York arrival, notes about Col Jules Bagarry, dog word knowledge, memories of Wichita and local families, and a plea about acorns mailed within state lines. Also mentions Civics teacher E J Sullivan and Chief Buckley using an old typewriter.
For greater pleasure in driving for less strain and no accidents take those road signs at face value.
Memorial day events shift from Anita Congregational church to Anita American Legion hall basement with open house on first floor. Legion sponsors dinner and social gathering for former residents, while the Memorial day program stays at the high school auditorium and graves at Evergreen cemetery will be decorated as usual.
Washington column reports on Senators Hickenlooper and Wilson handling the atomic energy commission reappointments and defense needs. It notes Iowa connections in Washington, including W. W. Waymack, LIEUT. Col. Smoller, and Representative Jensen, plus a dinner date for the Iowa Society breakfast and local obituaries.
The Pythian Sisters held their annual instruction school Monday at the K of P hall. Present were Mrs. Lillian Leonard of Sioux City and her daughter Dorothy Leonard, Mrs. Ava Mae Francis of Yale, and district deputies for districts 11 and 10, with four candidates initiated. Over 100 attended the following dinner and program, with solos by Dorothy Leonard and others, and multiple corsages and gifts exchanged among visiting officers and Anita members.
Creston council absorbs a new Crestview addition east of Highway 25. Ed Bray led company plans to construct several houses in the summer, expanding Creston’s housing development.
Residents note alarms on three of four nights during the recent Atlantic fire school and at recent gatherings by the fire department. Griswold concerns rise over reading small print for licenses while Peters family tests drive rules. A misdial mixes up names amid a cancer drive call.
Griswold assists Mrs. Leon Talbott in a cancer fund drive ending Friday. Mesdames Baughman Graham Denham Jennings Cable Leonard Loomis Perdue Stevens Barnes Prokop Bishop Robbins Puttman Robinson Piper, and Leon Talbott plus Otto Palmer worked residential and business districts. The American Legion Auxiliary sponsored by Mrs. Talbott reports $288.85 received to date. All workers were Legion members.
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