13 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1944
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News Telegraph may request evening delivery by calling before 7.0 oclock. For address changes discontinuations or other delivery notices contact the office, not the carrier.
The piece predicts the GOP and Democrats will persist as national parties but notes new alignments. Labor moves toward a radical stance under Democrats, while farmers and conservatives push a Republican banner, risking rifts in the South as alliances realign.
A U S message rejects civilian bombing and explains that American aircrews will target military objectives. It states planes will photograph industrial centers and strike factories, rail hubs, and installations aiding Japan's war effort while leaving civilian targets to others driven by force.
The text argues that reconversion after war is harder than mobilizing for war. It warns that failed postwar policy could trigger strikes hunger marches racial tensions and potential revolution. The president bears a nearly impossible task amid exhausted public sentiment and fragile national well being.
In the early war period Nipponese advances across the south Pacific are reversed as democracies push toward the Japanese homeland. Islands fall one by one while Japanese garrisons struggle to reinforce convoys and lose ships. The shift creates a strategic pin that favors the Allies and dampens Japanese imperial ambitions.
A diary entry notes daughter Mary singing Shakespeare to soothe her baby and a letter from Private Cal Tinney mentioning Gandhi and goat’s milk. The writer muses on returning doctors after war, reflects on artist Dali, and recalls social figures at a party including Kat and Vincent Youmans among others. McNaught Syndicate released.
Edgar A. Guest writes of a soldier returning from war longing for the familiar comforts of home. He imagines the room, photos, Ma, neighbors, church, and old shows unchanged, seeking the world as it once was despite the battles endured. The poem centers on nostalgia and renewed reunion.
Reported secret campaign incident describes General MacArthur offering public support for Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor after a conference with Admiral Nimits. Roosevelt supposedly discussed MacArthur style for Leyte landings and urged Congress to name MacArthur General of the Armies.
Nominations are being tabulated for the 1944 all-state high school football team as the Iowa selection committee of sports editors prepares for a Des Moines meeting. About 650 coaches and officials have submitted ballots to The News- Telegraph and 82 Iowa Daily Press Association newspapers with team announcements planned in late November.
Washington AP reports Iowa officers receiving promotions include Emmet Tinley from captain to major of Council Bluffs, Donald W. Zimmerman from lieutenant to captain of Carroll, William H. Eiching from second to first lieutenant of Ames, plus George R. Stauffacher of Eldora and Kenneth G. Custis of Woodward. The News notes these promotions as they occur.
Funeral services for Hannah C. Neuschwanger were held Friday at the Elliott Methodist church with Rev. R. B. M. Fegan presiding. Burial followed at Wales cemetery. she was born October 31, 1870 in Zurich Canada and died in Ord Nebraska. Survived by four daughters Elizabeth Barnes Margaret Sandy Salina Brown Rebecca Kilma and three sons William Thomas and others. a brother Sam Neuschwanger. Families from Blimhurt Illinois OKton South Dakota and Ord Neb attended.
The readable lines describe music record making in New York on November 18 and a return to normal operations. Mentions major parties and three year agreements with royalties per disc sold. Also references a large bread loaf quantity and financial figures, though details are unclear.
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