22 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
1
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The article recalls the first Thanksgiving and notes later feasts of rejoicing amid war. It highlights gratitude for harvests and victory, while families are separated by conflict. It urges prayer for guidance to build lasting peace and spare future generations from war.
Cass county districts plan a December 2 paper drive with multiple groups sponsoring. Officials say scrap paper is a critical wartime shortage and collecting it at curbside costs participants little effort for a valuable national contribution.
The article reflects on Allied pressure along the Rhine as a key front and the looming fall of the last German barrier. It shifts to praise for Iowa’s fall weather and corn gathering, then warns about communism tied to Moscow and the fragile postwar period across Italy France and Belgium with civil conflict risks and rising nationalist tensions.
A social gathering in New York celebrated Vera Sloom’s book with a playful aging contest between Sol Bloom and Hattie Silverman. Bloom, a longtime Congressman, claimed elder status, while friends like Jimmy Cromwell and Howard Chandler Christy attended. The piece notes Bloom’s 21 years in Congress and sketches other guests including Andre Maurois and Earle H. Balch.
Rev Howard L Stanbrough of the Anita Central Church of Christ has been named war chaplain for the Aleutian Islands and granted a year leave of absence. He left Des Moines Tuesday for Seattle to wait a week before departing. his wife and children stay in Des Moines. A group from the Anita church, including Mrs Almira Rickle and Mr and Mrs Leland Brown, purchased a picture machine and films.
General Electric president Charles E. Wilson urged high wages and low prices after the war while stressing labor cooperation and higher take home pay for a 40 hour week. He predicted big industry profits from wage-led demand and warned labor must boost output.
With the pastor away for a year the Stanbroughs loaned the machine and filth for use in the Aleutians. A communion service will be held each Sunday after Sunday school led by Ralph Biggs and Rowley Pollock.
A 1944 poem by Edgar A. Guest argues that despite global upheaval and future peace, two customs must endure: Thanksgiving and Christmas. The speaker envisions wartime gratitude and holiday traditions persisting as anchors amid redefined borders and postwar hopes.
Audubon County begins its sixth war loan drive with a Monday banquet for chairmen and solicitors attended by about 300 people. Instructions and quotas were issued as solicitors pledged to push the drive ahead quickly. The county quota is 565000 and business places stay open to contact people at home or work. Two motion pictures were shown at the banquet.
Massena area schools close today for Thanksgiving and a Friday vacation. Supt. and Mrs. Earl Coulson stay at home while other teachers head to their residences for the break.
Des Moines residents were invited to an open house at the ordnance plant next Saturday to tour production lines. Following Eisenhower’s plea for more heavy ammunition, officials said the display would show the public that the war effort remains active and ammunition production continues.
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