07 Oct 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1949
Page
1
A era of rising youth crime fuels alarm as radio and press broadcast grim tales of vandalism and violence. The article argues continuous media focus worsens perceptions, while authorities warn crime cuts into public safety and family life.
A reader extols the might of modern trains and engines as they haul lengthy loads with flawless power. The column notes Defense Secretary Johnson cutting 147 committees to streamline government and save funds.
A brief notice notes the literary work Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest, highlighting the poet and work in a compact card form.
A reflective verse noting how adults scold children for noise at play yet imitate childish traits at social events. It argues grownups expose childish faults in others while neglecting their own flaws, urging continued self awareness and restraint.
Homes contain over 300 feet of concealed piping in walls and floors. Installing plumbing should be supervised by a licensed contractor to ensure durability and trouble-free operation. Never drive if you drink.
Bishops and deputies at the United States Episcopal Church convention fail to liberalize marriage canons. The proposed change would allow bishops to dissolve marriages for causes such as fraud or duress, but the move is rejected after bitter debate and a vote against expanding church approved divorce.
Publication information for the Atlantic News-Telegraph includes editors and office contacts, association memberships, and subscription rates. The notice lists pricing by carrier in Atlantic and Cass counties, by mail within Iowa, and for U S outside Iowa, with annual and multi month terms and occasional omitted words due to the OCR.
Drew Pearson exposes perfume maker Bennett using deep freezes and poker parties with General Vaughan. He details Bennett’s secret acquisition of four luxury yachts and three Navy Grumman planes without bids, plus a C-34 transport, amid White House ties and pressure on investigators.
Deputies vote to defeat an amendment liberalizing the divorce to remarriage waiting period and to start the waiting from final decree. They propose changes to canon rules banning remarriage for ineligible persons and require cross bishop clearance. A three year study by a joint commission is approved with four bishops four presbyters and four laymen on the panel.
President Truman nominates James Bruce of Maryland to head the foreign military aid program. The action follows enactment of a 1.31 billion dollar bill to arm friendly nations. Bruce, ex ambassador to Argentina, will oversee shipments to Western Europe the Middle East and the Pacific region.
Johnny Lange, 20 months, was mauled by a 300 pound Canadian bear in City Park Tampa. His mother jabbed the bear's nostrils to release the child after Susie clamped on. The infant wore a three inch by one and a half inch wound that was stitched and he returned home.
The safety pin fades from medieval records while the 14th century sees the common pin rise in trade. In 1372, London pin makers establish their own guild to regulate and unite the craft.
A Krass special reports a World Series game as a spectacle of capitalist America. The piece ridicules discipline and mass mobilization, derides players as untrained in Marxism, and portrays DiMaggio and others amid a charged clash of class, race, and ideology.
Emergency repair project announced by the district corps of engineers calls for bids opening on October 21 to furnish labor and materials to repair the Pigeon Creek levee along the Missouri River left bank in Pottawattamie County Illinois.
Sioux City union employees vote 137 to 6 to reject a 7 cent raise for operators and 4 cent for shop workers after mediation talks. The ballot grants the executive committee authority to strike if the mediator’s recommendation is rejected. The union weighs its next move as the company reviews Jackson’s arbitration proposal.
Two new GI agricultural classes begin November 1 at Atlantic High School. Veterans may receive one year of instruction plus extended training based on service time, with options to take two years at once. Classes, directed by Leroy Adams and Clarence Ford, will include soil and crop studies, livestock management, record keeping, and on farm visits.
Ranger Tom Huffman said all nine men aboard an air force C-47 transport were dead after the aircraft crashed in the mountains near Mount Mitchell six miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Ground and air searchers found the burned wreckage on the east side of the peak. one victim appeared to have crawled from the wreckage and burned.
Holstein shown by George Jensen of Extra Car nation Imperial Douglas placed fourth in the 1949 Meritorious Sire contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress held here this week.
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