18 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1939
Page
1
Atlantic News Telegraph announces subscription pricing for local Cass County and statewide service. It lists carriers and mail rates, delivery details, and a notice advising subscribers to call 7 p.m. for evening delivery and to notify the office for address changes or discontinuations.
The piece argues isolationists face a hard battle in Congress with leaders from both parties. It contends the nation must avoid war and warns against selling arms to Europe, saying Europe can fight without U.S. arms and that democracy should not be a perpetual U.S. burden.
The article argues war lessons may still be ignored as economists fear repeating 1915 to 1929 mistakes with wartime profits and price shocks. It warns the US could rejoin European conflicts and urges caution about economic dangers and speculative excess. It also urges parents to ensure bicycles are safe, focusing on brakes to protect riders at dismissal.
Washington column by Drew Pearson and Robert Allen reports Jim Farley urged Roosevelt to keep cabinet speeches quiet and controlled. The piece notes Stark backs neutrality revision, contrasts with Senator Clark, and mentions Byrnes as key to a streamlined session.
A diary entry from New York visitors covers a bustling fair scene with lower prices, Danish hospitality, and art displays. It notes a sobering memory of a boy losing sight, comments on urban dangers, and profiles Charles A. Stevens and soprano Lily Pons with her husband conductor Andre Kostelanetz.
A short verse urges small daily deeds reshape mood and fate. It suggests kindness praise and prudent talk can brighten weary days and avert harm. The poem notes virtue grows when speech stays steady and warns against letting debts and folly ruin one’s life.
A stray note warns against misusing apostrophes for plurals in figures and letters. It cites phrases like Mind your p s and q s and cautions that the business began in the 1800s.
French cooking holds about 1400 sauces but each chef aims to craft a novel addition. The piece notes the constant pursuit of culinary innovation among professionals in French cuisine.
The passage mentions a singer with a strong French accent born in Cannes and recounts her efforts to bring her mother to America during wartime. It notes Andre and Lily Kostelanetz owning a Connecticut country home with two dogs and several acres, plus a Manhattan apartment featuring a two story living room and paintings including a portrait from her New York debut.
A newspaper style prompt asks readers to answer ten questions covering Sikiang river location hatch on ships heavy water chemical name grimace pronunciation sinking ship 1912 South Pole discovery Regian flag colors tin can bean pole purpose Peace River country reliquary defined.
Des Moines September 18 The state executive council allocated funds from a 175000 conservation commission pool for urgent park work. National parks service camps at six state parks receive 1000 each. WPA projects include Steamboat Rock 2815 for a dam Reeds Lake 1200 for a sewer line Browns Lake 3060. Land acquisitions set aside 875 at Lake Manawa 1840 at McBride 2500 for Fort Atkinson restoration 3500 at Pine Lake.
Warden James Johnson, veteran of Folson and San Quentin, outlines Alcatraz policy as fair and firm with no corporal punishment. He notes the prison houses long term offenders and that younger inmates are segregated from hardened criminals for rehabilitation efforts. The report cites Alcatraz among about 20 federal facilities with 56 000 inmates overall and reflects on crime prevention through upbringing and guidance.
The 50 year old administration block of old Des Moines university aka Highland Park college was left a brick shell after an early Sunday fire and explosion. Fire Chief Charles Barker said a smoldering blaze under a stairway likely ignited gas. The building, unused for decades since 1929, had hosted church and lodge meetings in its later years.
The blast ripped through a closed building blowing out windows throughout the structure and was felt by residents for blocks around. Emergency crews responded as investigators began assessing the scene for cause and extent of damage.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft dodger, had his initial bid to avoid a court martial for desertion and escape postponed. The proceedings were deferred to September 27 after his attorney won a postponement motion before a 13 man board at Governors Island. Bergdoll was led handcuffed into the general court martial to face the charges.
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