12 May 1945
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1945
Page
1
Atlantic and U S readers learn subscription prices for one month to one year with mail and carrier options. A delivery notice asks Atlantic subscribers without evening papers to call 7 pm to arrange delivery and warns this is not The News Telegraph’s number.
The article argues American advances in the Pacific isolate Japan from conquered areas and threaten to starve the homeland. It cites blockades and bomber raids as destroying critical supplies, leaving Japan unable to sustain war efforts or import essential goods.
The piece argues the surrender news was botched by all parties including the AP and Danish radio. It questions why a censor failed to stop the leak and accuses authorities of poor management, noting the world's assumption that fighting had largely ceased.
The army speeds up veterans discharges with a point system to keep morale high as more exit this month and across weeks. Officials warn homesick, tired soldiers may cause trouble unless morale remains steady through fair orderly discharge.
The article warns that Europe’s future hinges on its undernourished youth. It outlines how hunger and disease weaken a generation destined to rebuild the continent, urging immediate aid to feed and restore the health of European children.
The piece contrasts surrendering German officials pleas for generosity with the bloodied record of concentration camps. It notes dwindling Nazi loyalty, claims Goering as a fugitive from Hitler, and asserts widespread truth about war criminals will condemn them in history.
The article argues over Soviet cooperation in the Pacific and favoring a U N capital in Philadelphia near Independence Hall. It notes Vandenberg and Molotov trading words in Washington and Moscow while Stettinius leads the San Francisco talks.
London reports that Germany's top prewar actors lent talent to the Allied run radio Atlantic a covert German station. The broadcasts aimed to lower morale by sounding like authentic enemy radio with news of military reverses and Nazi hierarchy troubles for German civilians and armed forces.
A Saturday column collects reader notes from Mark Grose of Fort Wayne praising his late father as a dedicated editor. It also shares anecdotes about a storm phobic dog, wartime connections, a German flag keepsake from Aachen, and light quips from readers about haunted houses and church sermons.
Anita baccalaureate services will be held at 4 p m Sunday in the school auditorium. The program includes processional Mrs Raymond Lantz invocation Rev Frank E Henry choir performance sermon Three Essentials for a Successful Life Rev M D Summer bell Now the Day is Over benediction Rev Henry and recessional by Mrs Lantz.
Savings stamps can be purchased at The Atlantic News Telegraph with availability announced by the paper.
A humorous verse by Edgar A. Guest from 1945 urges men to wipe feet at the door hang hats and coats on hooks store razors soap and brushes out of sight and keep home neat. it ridicules male neglect and praises domestic care.
Ralph Coekzhoot notes Iowa’s four seasons joke and a March to May snow storm. Gudman Jensen reports sons in navy and airborne infantry. Britton’s diary praised as local history. Mail from Kupoye shows German propaganda themes. Merle Welton recalls rooster fights in the Pacific. New yard arrivals include two unfamiliar birds and a green back robin-like family.
Roger W. Babson argues in 1945 that civilian schooling lags wartime lessons and urges expansion of adult education to raise the population’s mental age. He critiques public schools and promotes live‑ammunition style learning to bolster national security and living standards.
Cumberland Baptist church cancels Sunday evening services due to graduation events. A V E Day thanksgiving service will be held at the high school auditorium at 9 15 after the commencement program.
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