04 Oct 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1949
Page
1
The article argues for global atomic energy control amid U S and Russian rivalry. It notes Russia resisting inspections, U S calls for transparency, and contrasts plans to regulate sources versus post development use, warning bombs could be mass produced quickly under lax control. The piece underscores uncertainty whether diplomacy will curb the bomb.
The article argues that even if all income above 25,000 were confiscated, government funds would last only three weeks. It notes that those earning 25,000 or more contribute 11 percent of federal tax income, while those earning 5,000 or less pay 77 percent. It contends that soaking the rich is ineffective and the little fellow bears most taxes.
The piece argues the cold war danger rises as Moscow unsettles Tito through scrapped treaties and political pressure. It warns Russia may seek war to subdue Yugoslavia, claiming success would threaten eastern European communist rule and encourage other defections from Moscow.
A subway World Series between the Brooklyn Bums and the New York Yankees may risk civil unrest in the city while the nation enjoys the spectacle. The piece notes federal efforts against large business and regulatory pressure on small business. It also cites British debate on socialized medicine, highlighting the payer versus recipient divide.
Ray Wakefield a longtime public servant is found dead after a career spanning Fresno California and Washington His removal from the FCC reappointment sparked political maneuvering while Leland Olds and other figures faced scrutiny A Pittsburgh lawyer comments on public duty as Schuman tours Niagara Falls and income tax bill stumbles into focus
Missouri faces Illinois while Navy meets Wisconsin and Minnesota takes on Ohio State. Iowa State battles Kansas State with Nebraska facing Penn State. Holmes and Cook lead after last week, a Northwestern pick by Holmes, a Massena dark horse stays near the leaders, and small acts of honesty pepper the column.
Atlantic News Telegraph lists subscription prices for local carrier and mail editions. Rates vary by duration and location including Cass county, elsewhere in Iowa, United States outside Iowa, and Canada.
A traveling Leg Rock hen owned by Lee Mewhirter nests in unusual places such as a tree ten feet high. Anita teacher Miss Jetta Knowlton breaks a record and races to school at 8:45. October countryside sparkles with maples oaks elms and browns as gold corner stone letters at Atlantic Catholic church draw notice. A neighbor’s walnut basket attracts six squirrels taking six nuts each to a hollow tree.
Adair county fire units responded to Ben Tommerdahl’s farm four miles south of Casey around 7 p m Saturday. Most barns and structures burned leaving only the house and chicken house intact after a blaze caused by spontaneous combustion of green hay. The barn exploded and the house suffered multiple fires but was saved. A combine and several pieces of farm machinery were lost.
An analysis asserts Paul Robeson remains consistently pro Communist and pro Soviet, citing his 1947 Daily Worker interview and decades of front movements. It argues his ties to the Communist party are strong, with a disciplined second Peekskill concert showing organized support.
Poem recalls a drug store youth narrator who describes handling opiates and medicines from cellar to shelf. The speaker reflects on knowledge of tinctures syrups powders and poisons learned before age fourteen and wonders how fate might have kept him selling pills.
Forty hour devotions open at 7 30 a m Friday at St Joseph's Catholic church Wiota conducted by Father Frederick C P of Des Moines. They close at 3 p m Sunday with confessions Thursday afternoon and evening starting at 3 30 and 7 30.
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