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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1940
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph boilerplate lists publication details, associations, pricing, and delivery notices. It notes evening publication, carrier and mail rates, and urges subscribers to call 585 M for late deliveries and to notify changes directly to the office.
Major A Williams, former naval flyer, challenged national defense plans before the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. He urged fewer large units and more agile forces, planes, and motorized fast units, advocating early aviation training for youths to ensure a trained flyer reserve in emergencies.
The passage extols humanity’s resilience after disasters and wars. It argues that people repeatedly recover from earthquakes, epidemics, floods, and battles, rebuilding greater works and continuing to strive forward despite repeated blows, praising mankind as all conquering.
The piece argues nations avoiding present war will avoid direct fighting but bear reconstruction costs. Combatants lose manpower money and living standards, while neutral powers keep manpower and cities but face a home economic downturn and abroad rebuilding costs. The global economy will reel, yet peaceful nations suffer least and may advance, though no country escapes the war’s repercussions.
An NLRB personnel reshuffle is seen as moving toward a more reasonable government for labor and industry. Key foreign posts are open, with calls for experienced diplomatic careerists rather than fundraiser appointees. The CIO may jeopardize itself with strikes like Vultee in California amid defense sacrifice expectations.
Washington report says John L. Lewis plans to resign as CIO leader but factions push for a draft Lewis or new anti red leadership. Anti-Lewis group seeks to shrink the executive council and oust Lewis while miners in UMW show resentment and morale flags rise over wage talks. In Tennessee, J Percy Priest wins a Nashville congressional upset, unseating Byrns Jr. amid strong national defense sentiment.
Tamehoon records Al Strelsin hosting patronage of Louis Nizer and a new book. Grandmother offers vinegar nosebleed remedy. Fraser, an oil executive born in Scotland, moves from St. Louis to New York with Missouri connections. Union Square politics shift to Times Square as soapbox orators crowd the streets. ASCAP chief Gene Buck draws praise and ribbing for delivery. A Newfoundland guard watches a six year old crossing midtown East Side as a tale of city life unfolds.
A short reader quiz asks ten questions on language, geography, WWI casualties, lakes, US currency origins, Pharos of Alexandria, seafood groups, presidential bachelor status, and Hawaiian citizenship. It invites readers to turn to page seven for answers after attempting all items.
The question asks who forced Japan to open to trade using naval power. In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States led a fleet to Tokyo Bay, presenting demands that pressured the shogunate to open ports to American ships, ending Japan's long period of isolation.
A style tip reminds writers to prefer simple past tense. Replace phrase like wended our way along the banks of the stream with We walked along the banks of the stream to avoid archaic wording. This improves clarity and readability.
The Griswold junior class presented The Circus Comes to Town Friday at the high school auditorium directed by Miss Eleanor Banghart. Cast included Maurine DeWitt Ha Lehmkuhl Jean Wasmer LeEtta Foy Leila Limbaugh John West Erroll Perdue Harry Carey Bruce Wallace Werdna Dean Ardis Riedman Robert McConnellee Thelma McClusky and Mervin Willoughby.
An anecdotal scene describes Sambo lying in a gutter as Buddie approaches with a basket. Buddie strikes, but Sambo remains in place. The escort crosses as the light turns green, a little boy beside them. Text released by McNaught Syndicate.
A seasonal lyric laments frost’s destruction of dahlias in a neighborhood garden. The poem contrasts yesterday’s colorful blooms with today’s blackened, bowed stems and fallen petals.
Nebraska and Iowa editors formed the Iowa Nebraska Press association at a two day meeting in Omaha. Guy Sudi of the Wahoo Democrat was elected president. Officers include Co C Caswell and Charles R Kuhle as officers with board members Don Reid and Fred Minder. Both state associations will continue to function separately.
Dr. Harry A Millis of the University of Chicago and new NLRB member says most labor problems can be amicably settled by employer and workers working together. He urges capable mediators to resolve disputes without resorting to the board. Drive with care after the wreck.
Des Moines reports on the Iowa Taxpayers Association led by Joe L. Long which advocates prudent public spending and draws many legislators to its sixth annual Des Moines meeting. The piece notes nonpartisan aims, outlines a Wallace rumor debunk, and touches Polk County politics, court vacancies, and Harold Felton’s shift from senator to representative.
Des Moines reports Iowa produced 3,010,905 tons of coal from 442 mines last year, the lowest since 1880. Local trade accounted for 1,559,264 tons. state shipments totaled 944,767 tons, with 482,916 to railroads and 18,240 for mine use. Marion County led with 535,099 tons.
Devils Tower in Crook county Wyoming rises above the Belle Fourche river about 20 miles northwest of Sundance. The volcanic rock formation, towering to 1.20 feet high, was revered by Sioux people as the Bad God Tower.
A fragment recalls George Washington as the owner of Pennsylvania's first oil well, highlighting early industry origins and notable figure involvement in the Pennsylvanian oil boom.
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