09 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
1
Public notice from The News Telegraph outlines delivery options and rates for Atlantic subscribers. It states evening delivery can be arranged if called in before 7 o clock and provides contact guidance for address changes discontinuations and other delivery notices.
The piece argues the current steps toward potential war echo 1917 leading to world conflict. It recalls the Kaiser threat and a president vowing to keep the nation out of war while Americans die in Europe. It warns that history often repeats as democracy faces a new “Beast of Berlin.”
W M Smiley, an early Atlantic merchant and community leader, died Saturday after only a brief illness. He helped promote civic projects and was respected for his character and dedication to making Atlantic a better place. His passing brings sorrow to family and many residents who admired his work.
War dispatches from bombed European cities reveal nerve strain and sleepless nights as civilians endure ongoing raids. The text notes the stoic British resilience yet warns raids cannot continue indefinitely and calls for gratitude for distance from Europe’s terror.
The New Dealers charge Willkie as a Hitler candidate, but the record shows his Prussian ancestry, naval attaché brother, Annapolis brother, and a brother in the American army when war was declared. Willkie rose to captain and enjoys backing from many former American Legion commanders. The record counters the New Dealers’ claims as unlikely.
The article outlines industrial fierce opposition and slowdowns over financing and taxation of new defense plants. It explains three operating models for defense factories and notes private lenders pushing ahead with expansions while government intervention remains contested. Wickard’s farm life tale closes the piece.
Newton notes say no formal complaints yet as Naantan stores anticipated a Sunday test of old blue laws. Local merchants, long closing Sundays, kept shops open after Ben Sideman of Farmers Super Market announced weekend hours. The store will remain open Sundays and at night.
Davy attended the Broadway premiere with the whale family amid front door lights and autograph seekers. A sidewalk fishing scene shows an old man with coin fishing gear near the subway grate. Miss Wyemans in Saranac thanks readers, while Ray Wood of Texas pursues American folklore collecting in Manhattan.
Mr Wood published by Stokes a small book titled The American Mother Goose. It contains many rhymes familiar to American children before they can read books.
A poem urging readers to judge gossip before sharing it. It recalls an ancient Arab sage who asks three questions: is it true, is it needful, and is it kind. The verse cautions against spreading rumors and stresses kindness in communication.
A short reader quiz asks ten questions covering oceans ships governors and government roles. It challenges readers to answer seven of ten before checking page seven for answers, including topics from Bligh and California governance to railroads and global seasons.
The major prophets in the Old Testament are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. Baron is a high rank of English nobility, below viscount and above baronets in modern usage.
The Iowa State Policemen's Association opens a three day convention in Dubuque with 300 to 400 officers attending. Ottumwa police captain Carl Higdon serves as president and District Court Judge Milton J. Glenn delivers the opening address. The program includes FBI agent J. J. Dalton, Iowa National Guard judge advocate Frank B. Hallagan, and Dubuque attorney Frank O'Connor. The group will tour the city with a visit to a Trappist monastery this afternoon.
A legend surrounds the amethyst as a talisman of safety, claimed to protect wearers from thieves and drunkenness. The tale frames the stone as a protective symbol in cultural lore and jewelry lore discussions.
Fort Dodge Iowa Sept 9 Judge H E Frye heard the first court challenge to the vast mineral reservations held by the E H Litchfield Realty Co of New York in a case filed by Maj G B Jensen Des Moines president of Fort Dodge Coal Co who seeks a permanent injunction to bar the Shekers from interfering with mining on their Webster county 120 acre farm Jensen says he holds an assignment from Litchfield Co Litchfield received hundreds of thousands of acres in 1846 frontier grant and the land spans from the Iowa Minnesota line to Keokuk with mining rights retained by sellers Lawyers say this marks the first time Litchfield claims have been challenged in court.
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