21 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
1
A public notice outlines delivery issues for Atlantic subscribers and explains how to call 585-M for evening delivery. It lists subscription rates by carrier, location, and duration, and includes instructions for address changes or discontinuations.
The piece extols British fortitude resisting Nazi bombings and links it to a Confucian tale about oppression. It argues liberty is more terrifying than Tigers and praises an eventual desperate struggle that could decide Hitler's fate. It frames ongoing morale as key to victory.
A discussion of how a candidate named Buckley rode a famous surname to win state auditor in Massachusetts. The piece notes similar cases where a well known name helped unknown candidates win elections in Oklahoma and Nebraska, highlighting the influence of family names in politics.
The Atlantic community shows strong team support at Williston as fans follow the Trojans. The piece cautions on Pacific war risks, notes Minnesota’s repeal of a temporary caseline tax, and previews Gallup polling amid Willkie momentum. It laments national spending spikes during European crisis and predicts broader waste in coming years.
Claude Wickard, Indiana farmer turned secretary of agriculture, portrays a plainspoken New Deal advocate. He files monthly farm trips through corn hog states, explains AAAs programs in blunt terms, and wins support among dirt farmers while avoiding elitist language.
A scrambled page presents ten trivia prompts covering measurements states capitals world population literature and famous quotes. Items include pecks in a bushel Gulf states odd spellings and misprinted names inviting readers to turn to page seven for answers.
Des Moines reports the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa will maintain the income of home office employees called to military service. The president F W Hubbell says each entrant will receive a full month’s salary and for the rest of the year the difference between regular pay and military pay. Employees will get a year’s leave and be re employed at discharge at their prior salary.
A first person recollection recalls the day New York faced the great hurricane. The writer traces driving through Manhattan as the storm unfurled then journeys toward Providence, noting wrecked homes, funerals, and massive destruction across New England.
A somber city reflects on a recent tragedy as residents cope with heartbreak and nerves. The region carries pride that outsiders would not sense the land’s recent scourge, a memory kept hidden from first time visitors.
Poem in dialect questions readers about tyranny versus liberty. It argues against dictatorship and hunger, contrasting Roosevelt era American values with Rooshia and Hitler. It challenges readers to choose freedom, work, hope, and prayer over oppression and bread lines.
An 8 inch snow in Evanston Wyoming halted the search for Lynn V Simmonds a Salt Lake City youth missing in the high Unitah mountains since Sept 4. CCC enrollees aiding the effort are being moved from the area this week.
Des Moines reports indicate a definite shift among Iowa Negro voters away from the New Deal toward the Republican Party. A. A. Alexander, head of the Negro division, says county chairmen foresee continued gains as November draws nearer with support for Wendell Willkie and the Republican state ticket.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority announced fall quotas for Iowa schools. A total of 480 students will receive training across 26 institutions including Iowa State College Drake University University of Iowa Parsons Fort Dodge Junior College Grinnell Simpson Morningside and others with varied per campus allocations.
A bi partisan group of 19 congressmen urged President Roosevelt to launch an immediate inquiry into privately owned public utility companies. They alleged these firms secretly spend very large sums to influence elections, especially in electric power, via indirect concealed channels.
At a Salisbury Connecticut town meeting the community with a spotless crime record voted to sell the town jail, deeming it unnecessary and stating the facility would be put on the market.
A local column introduces a new feature where four named experts and a student will predict college football games involving Iowa, Iowa State, Drake, Creighton, Nebraska and Atlantic high. Weekly averages will determine the best predictor, with a dinner bet for the year’s lowest score.
Claire Brownlee has purchased a lot opposite the Catholic church and will erect a modern home. Excavation work for the residence has been started.
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