13 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1939
Page
1
Public notice in Atlantic Iowa about delivery options and subscription prices. Includes contact numbers for reporting missed papers, changing address, or discontinuing service, plus agency and mailing details.
The author argues that aiding democracies with munitions risks pulling the United States into the war, claiming neutrality would be compromised by selling to belligerents. It advocates complete isolation over partial neutrality, warning that munitions makers could push the nation toward conflict despite best intentions.
A Washington lawyer Francis Scott Key went to the British fleet to secure Dr Beane s release. He watched Fort McHenry endure bombardment and wrote what became the Star Spangled Banner. Critics say the tune and words are hard to sing and martial support is limited.
Washington reports Cordell Hull pressed arms shipments to Germany before the embargo despite a treaty. Cabinet and lawmakers protested as Nye argued the act bans any arms shipments in violation of treaties. French use of a new mountain tank to breach the Siegfried line is described along with pill-box defenses and mine fields.
In the Spanish Civil War a tactic emerged where fighters pressed vehicles to the ground so gunner operation failed, allowing hand grenades to blow tanks apart. Aberdeen tests weighed armored bottoms but ruled it impractical due to cost versus loss of tanks and men.
A humorous portrait of Cousin Mary praised for beauty yet mocked for heavy makeup. The speaker laments artificial cosmetics while citing the lure of vanity and the inevitability of aging, noting ten million maidens paint daily despite mockery. The piece blends satire with light verse about appearances and nature.
The note explains not using a comma when a term is emphasized by italics or other devices. It mentions the French origin of petite and briefly mentions Notary service price of 25 cents at The News Telegraph.
A portrait of George Robinson of the Robinson Galleries explains his move from law to organizing unlimited edition sculpture via duplicating originals. The piece notes teak penguin carvings, gallery culture, and anecdotes about art markets, secretaries, and Irving Berlin at the Chambord.
The passage mocks a military observer's remark about Major Bowes and a joke about Mayor La Guardia as The Little Flower. It questions the humor and notes the trend of stars creating grand stage names. It then shifts to questions on geography and labor groups.
A short quiz lists ten questions on barometers flag stripes Dutch estuary seaports railway gauge and degrees with a prompt to turn to page seven for the answers.
In Portsmouth the submarine Squalus with 26 dead rose briefly from the water today, but its stern again sank to the ocean floor. Salvage crews plan to raise the stern next, aiming to tow the vessel to the navy yard and recover the dead for burial ashore.
Avoca Iowa September 13 Special Plans are under way for a Luther day outdoor service at the Avoca fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon September 24. First Lutheran and English Lutheran churches coordinate. pastors Rev Joseph Gersten and Rev Elmer Christensen lead. Invitations go to 25 Lutheran congregations within forty miles.
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