21 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1944
Page
1
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The text argues that classic supply and demand dominate, despite export subsidies price supports and tariffs. It contends home price support raises production dumps onto world markets lowers world prices increases export subsidies and creates a vicious cycle. It notes price maintenance via subsidies or production controls and tariffs irritates sellers and narrows foreign markets.
The piece notes Mrs. Roosevelt praised bosses as civic workers who devote time to politics but warns against excessive power. It argues the First Lady may have overstated bosses as bastions of virtue while naming Kelly Haig Hanmegan and Pendergast as fallible, non-saintly figures.
A labor leader warned that if the War Labor Board does not cooperate with labor, its membership could be changed to favor labor’s demands. The WLB is described as the nation’s labor courts and must weigh evidence impartially, not pursue labor’s aims at the expense of the rest of the country.
Avoca Captain Shelby Newman, son of Mrs Emma Newman, held as a Japanese prisoner of war since the fall of Bataan, is reported well and now receiving mail according to a radiogram received by this correspondent.
A man held in a Lu Son prison camp for two and a half years managed to mail only a single card to his family before the cemogram. Captain Newman, an Avoca High and State University of Iowa graduate, was in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor occurred.
A New York author names Homer Croy won a prize on the Tedpod radio program a year ago a purebred Cheater White pig. The pig was shipped to Missouri where it grew to Grand Champion at a 4 H show in St Joseph. The tale ends with a warning never kill the little pigs and praise for a brave Navy pilot Darwin Dey who saved a Filipino with a Boy Scout knife.
The poem narrator admits a sheltered life and a dislike for hunting and game. He jokes he cannot dress any bird or prepare venison and marks himself as out of luck for the season, addressing a friend about it.
The Interior Department reports General Buckner hunted walrus on St. Lawrence Island using an army plane and took trophies, sparking a formal inquiry. Investigators found the hunt violated law as walrus are reserved for Eskimos, with possible legal action under consideration though Buckner has left Alaska for Hawaii.
Democrats study eligibles for five Senate foreign relations committee seats as they back an international security council. Departing senators Reynolds Gillette and Clark leave three Democrat vacancies likely, with Republicans possibly filling two. Administration aims to complete the lineup before the Dumbarton Oaks talks.
A medical note states gonorrhea, a disease of great economic importance, can in most cases be effectively treated with sulfa drugs.
A fragmented local column notes Joyce and Joan Watson daughters of George M. Watson in Des Moines as members of a championship AIB basketball team. It recalls earlier generations of players, including Mrs Dell Taylor and Mr Cecil Malone and mentions other relatives with ties to Monmouth and nearby towns. Asides include a child’s exam quote and garden harvests for Thanksgiving.
Audubon Rev and Mrs C H Orf along with Mrs Judson Zentmire and Mrs L H McClaren attended a Methodist Crusade for Christ meeting in Des Moines. Speakers included Dr Man a peigiane and others, with Bishop Edward W Kelley of St Louis in charge of 14 states and 2500 pastors. The gathering was led by Bishop Brashares of Des Moines.
Rites held for infant Raymond Carl Bridger at St John Cemetery Noble township after death at Creston hospital. Survived by parents Raymond and Mrs Bridger, sisters Dene and Gloria, brother Gary. Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Schrader of Griswold.
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