07 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1939
Page
1
The piece notes that many in Washington foresee the U S entering war within a year. It argues leaders must resist pro war pressure, maintain neutrality, and replace any officials lacking resolve to stay out of conflict despite widespread sympathy for Britain and France.
A collection of opinions argues crop control could fall to conflict and calls for a third term clarification. It lauds the American Humane Society stance on supplying animals and criticizes spy scares while urging consistency in antiwar action. The piece questions war profits and urges rational restraint amid global turmoil.
Washington dispatches reveal British and Russian cooperation behind the scenes to counter Japan in China. A British ship from Odessa carried $10 million in modern Russian arms to Rangoon, then to Chinese hands. The article notes allied liberals seek to lure Russia from Hitler, while fear of Bolshevik influence grows among conservatives. Mrs. Roosevelt faces sartorial backlash over hatless riding.
Gelett Burgess urges pedestrians to yield sidewalks to mindful walkers as he riffs on manners and aging. The missive also touches on a mystery project for a tabloid named P M with Dorothy Parker as critic, plus readers’ quotes and reflections on ocean imagery and city life.
A boy collapses on a street with groceries, his father's business in focus. A broken salad dressing bottle and jam jar spill across the sidewalk as strangers pass. He hides tears behind a stiff lip, hoping for understanding amid the crowd.
Daily knowledge quiz asks seven of ten questions. Topics cover geography history science sports and civics. Sample items include Caracas country, bull market meaning, Roosevelt age, Chesapeake Bay capes, Nordic peace talks, chromosphere, Sam Francis sport, Lithuanian capital, iguana, and river levee purpose.
A note highlights that descriptive terms for regions such as the North Atlantic States Far East the Orient and the East Side in New York City are capitalized. The writing points out a common editorial practice and its stylistic impact.
A humorous verse by Walt Mabon urges early holiday shopping with dolls and twins as a theme. It laments weather as a stale subject, notes a quiet valley, and jokes that suffragists have simmered down while social bustle fades. The poem ends with the poet’s resigned tears.
The column recaps a 66 percent season mark with 19 correct 10 wrong base. It lists Atlantic vs Creston Atlantic Nebraska vs Kansas Nebraska Iowa vs Notre Dame Notre Dame Iowa State vs Marquette Iowa State Drake vs Miami Drake. A reader note recalls an Atlantic Shenandoah game broadcast inspiring a Las Vegas visitor.
The Stoughton bottle, a dark green or black log cabin shaped vessel, originated with Dr. Stoughton’s bitters and became associated with the 100 presidential campaign era, later entering language as a term for a fool or figurehead.
Molotov attacks imperialist war policy in a Pravda manifesto marking the International anniversary. He accuses capitalist powers of provoking a world war and urges workers in France, Britain, and Germany to resist. The document asserts American arms profits sustain the war and calls unity against capitalist war aims.
Mrs. Everett King of Marysville died suddenly after a brief illness while chatting with physicians. An infant weighing ten pounds in attendance was being cared for as the mother showed signs of distress before passing. Cause of death remains undetermined.
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