10 Sep 1945
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1945
Page
1
A wartime returnee narrator visits Chicago for a short vacation to see a son at Great Lakes. The hotel nights feature city fire department siren parades and constant noise from construction and streetcars, while daytime work on a bomb shelter site creates a continuous roar. The writer finds Chicago mainly a change of scenery rather than a restful retreat.
A group loses their bearings on detours near Chicago and seeks directions from a downtown patrolman whose answers are a string of shifting titles and vague instructions. After five unproductive attempts he finally asks a civilian for simple directions and locates the hotel two blocks straight and one block right.
A Yale study in the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol estimates 1940 wage losses from inebriety at 442.97 million dollars. Other costs include hospital care 12.85 million, disease care 18.48 million, injury and property damage 89.17 million, jail costs 25.55 million, and support for dependents totaling 188.65 million, with adjustments for duplications.
A reflective verse-like piece extols Human agency in choosing what to take or refuse. It contrasts patience, courage, and skill with sorrow and tears, noting life grants everyone the right to make daily choices and leaves ultimate judgment to Time.
Washington reports the army sanctions officers who appeal to congress or the press to speed discharge or oppose redeployment. The secret order targets a division likely the 9th at Camp Shelby, rescinding plans to ship the 95th to Japan and warning swift discipline for coordinated protests. It also notes OPA crackdowns under Theron LaMar Caudle and historic political ties affecting prosecutions.
Des Moines reports mixed labor picture as employers seek help while applications for unemployment compensation rise. War worker reluctance to accept low wages cited. 3 658 jobs open in Des Moines area with 2 280 for women. week ending Sept 1 saw 3 974 claimants, mostly women. CIO officials warn wages must fall for living costs to ease. A claimant offered suitable work and refusing it loses benefits.
Kansas City dispatch reports Harry Easley regional director announcing a U S surplus property sale at the Fontenelle hotel in Omaha on September 21 using the apathid method. About 600 pieces including heavy crawler tractors and 22 job lots of repair parts will be offered. inspectable in Des Moines from today through September 20. Sales limited to qualified machinery dealers.
Washington observers predict clashes with Congress over the administration's unemployment compensation plan and broader social reform measures. The debate centers on federal versus state roles, funding, and potential job requirements for recipients. The column also questions Eleanor Roosevelt's income actions and Elliott Roosevelt's borrowing linked to tax legislation and corporate pressures.
A column laments the erosion of integrity in government with a senator’s refusal to endorse cigars for pay and critiques the late president’s family for exploiting connections. It recalls wartime atrocities and questions occupation conduct, then shifts to weather, heat waves, and seaside town oddities.
The article notes government employees receive a 72 hour leave for Labor Day. It outlines how the entitlement is applied and which departments participate, signaling a broader holiday break for public workers.
A New York diary recounts a radio host mocking vegetable names and syllables while praising a sponsor. It notes Will B. Dickson’s 17 inch scale model of an Indianapolis covered bridge. Major James Goodson, a decorated American ace born in New York City, faces citizenship questions after serving in early World War II.
Former RAF and US Army serviceman now seeks American citizenship after two years with the RAF and three with the Americans. He plans to leave his role as discharge approaches, accepting the process with good grace. Also notes the death of Percy G. Doane, a telegraph and business figure associated with the old Telegraph building and longhand letter writing.
Prince John of Liechtenstein and his bride Jean French are honeymooning at a dude ranch near Wickenburg Arizona. The prince, 42, is the brother of Liechtenstein's reigning arch duke and has resided in the United States about a decade. They wed August 27 at St Johns Arizona, after meeting six months earlier at an Arizona resort.
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