22 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1939
Page
1
Notice to subscribers explains evening delivery options for Atlantic readers and provides a contact number for adjustments. It instructs to call before 7 oclock to arrange delivery and to notify the office rather than the carrier for changes or stoppages.
The cost of crime is about 120 dollars per person annually, totaling around 15 billion dollars and about four million self-supporting criminals. Most criminals avoid prison, aided by crooked politicians, while citizens tolerate the system. Reforms require vigilant voting and accountability to end political protection of vice lords and bosses.
The piece argues standardization drives down prices and enables mass production, noting autos radios and appliances have become affordable. It highlights a shift toward standardized homes, claiming savings of up to 50 percent and four to five room models selling for 2000 to 2500 dollars, signaling a new era of prefabricated housing and altered living.
The Roosevelts administration slashes WPA and other New Deal appropriations by about half a billion dollars as part of a push for a balanced budget ahead of January's congressional session. The piece notes friction with Justice Cutler and outlines reshuffles in the Inland Waterways and court appointments, including Ashburn's ouster and Dobie's promotion, with talk of Burke considering an independent bid in Nebraska.
New York reports Count Rossi sketches a square vermouth glass at table and oversees its manufacture in Clarksburg West Virginia after European trials failed. The piece blends art and engineering as workers adapt to glass distortion, while notes on public figures and models drift through the column.
A narrator observes crowds on a city sidewalk at the Sixth Avenue and 50th Street junction. Only six people stepped under ladders as thousands passed, with others diverting into the gutter to avoid them.
This mixed question set asks if aluminum conducts electricity, what college sits in Hanover New Hampshire, and who won the National Open golf title. It also asks for Vyacheslav Molotov, the orbital path term in astronomy, Chicago’s Fort Dearborn legacy, the second Greek letter, a mathematical quotient, and the world’s highest mountain by sea level.
Fragmentary text analyzes grammar errors in quoting and pronoun use. It contrasts misheard phrases like has missed his calling with the conventional has missed his calling and notes confusion in everyday speech.
A nostalgic verse recalls the old time girl who made bread and cared for home. The speaker contrasts artsy peers with the bread making damsel and laments the loss of simple, domestic charm.
James Angell of Atlantic is named one of nine Simpson College students nominated for Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities. The list honors character scholarship leadership and future promise. Angell is Zenith editor, debate team member, Pi Kappa Delta vice president, junior class president and Lambda Chi Alpha pledge master.
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