13 Sep 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1949
Page
1
The piece notes National Tie Week and traces the evolving role of ties from simple color accents to bold fashion statements. It mentions high priced ties, novelty designs, and a new plastic style claimed to prevent staining, with $101 million spent on ties last year.
The piece argues Moscow treats Titoism seriously as crackdowns in Cominform nations show the spread of nationalism. It notes arrests of prominent figures and says nationalism in Europe resists both communism and democracy, with Moscow risking self-damage if it must force eradication.
The president's fact finding board reports on steel wage demands and rejects a raise while endorsing a security program seen as an effective rise. Observers expect a strike, prompting calls for compulsory arbitration to prevent nationwide economic damage and to bind workers and industry to arbitration outcomes.
The column urges halting overseas junkets for lawmakers and urges reading papers for insight. It notes a deadly holiday weekend on Iowa roads and supports driver training in Atlantic schools. It cites U.S. employment and union figures, claiming overall worker welfare is improving.
The piece centers on a barber in Bad Axe who endures illness and pain yet keeps up a witty front. He recounts winter suffering, weight loss, and doctors’ disagreement while a narrator recalls his attempt at levity with a golf themed quip. Also notes Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomsen and son Earl returning from Portland and Florence, Ore, with a sea lions cave stop.
Local newspaper announces subscription pricing by carrier and mail across regions including Cass and adjoining counties, Iowa, and U S. international Canada rates listed. Includes publication details and association memberships.
President Truman confronts Senate and House clashes as major bills stall. Baruch feuds with Truman over diplomatic reshuffles while the Senate edges ahead on education health and science funding. Capitol Hill dog days erupt in loud exchanges between Connally and Wherry as junkets loom and diplomacy shifts unfold.
A columnist critiques a Maurice Tobin piece on farmers and workers, arguing farmers are not peasants but capitalists and laborers. It taxonomizes job security versus wage-earner risks, condemns socialist ideas, and urges a philosophy rooted in American self-improvement and freedom.
Exira public school opened Sept. 6 with 358 students in grades and high school and 29 in kindergarten. Rural high school students avoid bus fare this year and parents who bring children will be reimbursed 40 dollars annually, 80 dollars if no students ride.
In Pennsylvania a close race between Democrat Ethel Coffey and Republican John Savior shapes national strategy for the 1950s congressional election. Coffey seeks to succeed her late son Rep. Robert Coffey as President Truman eyes involvement, while Republicans press attacks on the president and Congress. Democrats court labor and farm voters in a district with strong industry.
An explosion in a six story Hiram Walker and Son Inc distillery in Peoria killed Louie Schrader a 33 year old worker. Nine other men escaped injury though several were on the top floor when the blast occurred. Damages were estimated at 500000 by company officials and cause was not yet determined.
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