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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1945
Page
1
Atlantic subscribers to The News-Telegraph may have evening editions taed if they call before 7 oclock at 1887-3. Notify the office for address changes or other notices rather than the carrier.
UC Los Angeles economist B M Anderson argues unemployment rose to 11.2 percent in 1919 1920 before federal job programs and fell to 1 7 percent by 1923. He says 1924 onward government spending reduced unemployment until the 1929 crash and a 17 5 percent rate in the later 1930s.
The piece argues that in Argentina a small ruling army keeps a dictatorship in place as the majority opposes it. Elections are blocked and free speech is curtailed, with revolution as the implied only path to unseat the rulers.
The piece argues ten and eleven hour air routes will reshape travel, notes large airlines bypass the Panama Canal, and envisions faster ships with atomic-age speed. It quotes government awareness gaps before Pearl Harbor and cites war’s enduring disruption to housing, food, transport, and governance.
Drew Pearson argues Congress should investigate the Ardennes offensive II and Pearl Harbor losses to gauge military efficiency. He cites 60 thousand Bulge casualties, 3 thousand at Pearl Harbor, 20 000 paratroopers flown in, warning notes from officers, and failed Washington guidance.
Des Moines reports by George D. Haskell state war manpower director show about 20 000 job openings across Iowa with a rise in USES job orders after Japan's surrender. Men are sought for heavy construction foundry packing railroads while women fill clerical domestic service sales and food processing roles.
E P Chase recalls a White House visit with President Truman and his mother, noting family history and a postwar climate of labor tension. The column discusses political action by CIO PAC, Elliott Roosevelt tax issues, MacArthur's Korea role, postwar pacification, and a pennant race between the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers shaping Washington mood.
The diary excerpt discusses public opinion polling on sharing the atom secret. Driscoll notes personal conversations with Dan Gauvin, Mrs. Gauvin, Mary, Dr. Pegues, and neighbor Dr. Shipp Pegues, revealing mixed views on disclosure. Truman’s stance against secret international commitments is cited, praising rescue work by Omsibook.
Edgar A. Guest writes that capital and labor cannot win alone and must cooperate like a married pair. Selfishness harms both, while joint effort brings shared gains and resilience through good and ill alike.
Preliminary 1945 census data indicate Montgomery county lists 1 643 farms a rise from 1 633 in 1940 and 1 677 in 1935 total farmed land reaches 268 118 acres up from 266 157 in 1940 and 264 880 in 1935 average farm size remains 163 acres changing little from 1940 and 1935 with 168 acres in 1935 and 163 in 1940 and 1986 misprint
Seventeen soldiers receive medals from Major General William J. Donovan for heroic rescue acts behind enemy lines in Germany Italy and the Balkans. Captain Robert E. Moyers of Guthrie Center Iowa OSS is honored for meritorious conduct in Greece from December 1944 to January 25 1945 collecting distributing nine tons of medical supplies for British prisoners and arranging prisoner exchanges with disaffected Greek elements.
The Bert Mutum family on Main Street sold the Elk Horn Mary Miller house to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mortensen who farm northeast of Elk Horn. The Margaret Frederiksen home sold to the Harlan Rehdring company. The Elk Horn elevator’s new manager will assume the post October 1 and reside there.
The Nelson home in Griswold has been bought by the Affiliated Assemblies of God, leading body of the Gospel Tabernacle now housed in the Post Office building. Interior will be rearranged for tabernacle use. Reverend L F Justin and Evangelist L Graham of Wells Minnesota lead revival meetings at the Caledonia schoolhouse six miles west.
A concise retrospective note marks The News Telegraph as the source for current events. It highlights the paper’s role in delivering timely local, national, and world stories with emphasis on clarity and period voice.
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