13 Sep 1946
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1946
Page
1
A maritime union strike challenges the Wage Stabilization board and risks worsened food shortages abroad. The piece labels the action a revolt endangering lives, urges government intervention, and warns against unchecked disruption by any group.
The note discusses plowing contests shifting to curved furrows, Maine voting Republican, southern voters leaning Democratic, urban meat shortages versus rural abundance, Iowa corn prospects, and praises the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce circus. It also profiles Frank Pellett and his mountain mint oil research as potential national boon.
John L. Lewis pushes for AFL political machinery aiming to rival CIO PAC. Sugar shortages blamed on Congress and GOP lawmakers. expect six more months of tight supplies and higher prices. Lundeberg faces tug of war over wage increases amid a Pacific strike. Chilean election seen as potentially irregular with communists strong. diplomats wary of Gonzalez victory.
The column laments the focus on balance of power at the peace conference and elevates everyday life, family, and the welfare of children as the true measure of peace. It recalls a six week visit with a young niece and questions humanity's priorities amid labor and political crises.
The piece discusses a maritime labor dispute where unions and employers earlier agreed to a $22.50 monthly raise, but the War Stabilization Board cut $5, leaving $17.50. The author suspects a restoration of the full amount and notes ongoing negotiations amid government stance and inflation concerns. It also touches on local transit refurbishments, new meters, and light observations on various topics.
East Chicago police report 44-year-old Pi-John Robinson placed his naked seven-year-old son in a burlap sack and hung him from a rafter, accusing the boy of stealing 25 cents. Eddie Robinson was found unharmed. Mae Robinson alerted authorities. Bond set at $2,000 on gross cruelty charges.
Des Moines report that the scholarship committee of the Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs voted to raise graduate psychiatric scholarships from two to four, each worth $500, to aid Iowa women pursuing advanced study.
A fragment notes Amer icans' superstition about Friday the thirteenth and mentions Emmett Firestone and family touring the United States to study civic centers for recreation and exhibitions. It cites two top plants in Wichita Kansas and Yonkers plans a public auditorium showing area aging into a three century anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collman return to their Massena area home after several days visiting relatives in Topeka Kansas and attending the state fair. Mrs. Herman Schmidt of Chicago visits her mother-in-law Mrs. Dora Schmidt north of Massena.
A short poem praising youth and its promise to meet future crises. Henry Ford is cited as confident that today’s boys will grow into wise, steadfast men. The verse urges faith in youth and notes that each generation improves upon the last, producing capable leaders for future tasks.
The annual mission festival at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church will be held Sunday. Rev. R. G. Dehremann of Atlantic will preach at the morning service and Rev. Harold Ducker of Franklin Township church will occupy the pulpit in the afternoon. Dinner will be served at noon in the church basement and the public is invited.
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