24 Sep 1949
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1949
Page
1
The article argues Russia's atomic bomb doesn't guarantee immediate war and cites Russia's production gap, the huge costs, and the need for continued peace efforts. It warns against fatalism and urges doubled efforts toward a safer world.
The piece argues unions sometimes use violence to block workers, recalling historic industrialist thuggery. It notes three Friday reports of unionists attacking nonviolent workers, contending such actions erode public support and may strengthen Taft-Hartley protections for individual rights to work.
The article weighs arming Europe against Russia as the only defense against domination. It notes arms races often lead to war, but suggests union and arms might avert another conflict. It acknowledges the terrifying choice and limited hope that past lessons guide a safer path.
The column contrasts fall scenery with Dachau horrors and critiques Republican strategy. It argues GOP attacks on Democratic proposals aim to manufacture campaign issues, which the writer says does not work well.
In a blend of community notes and curiosities, readers hear of trans planted rosebushes vanished from the yard. The piece mentions an AHL coach John Hunter and a late night drive. Local reports include an Atlantic Telegraph find from 1872, a deputy sheriff’s car hoodlids theft, and a child misnaming a patio as a pottery porch.
A family fellowship dinner will be held at the Marne Methodist church after Sunday school rally day services tomorrow. Several sound movies will be shown after the dinner. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Ernest Kuhl, Mrs Herbert Johnson, Mrs Henry Sanny, and Mrs. Andrew Gunderson.
Massena residents Charles Steinhoff and James Argogast attended the Cass county schoolmasters banquet in Atlantic on Wednesday evening with Supt. J. R. Couns. The text includes a safety note: Do not drive if you drink.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery in various regions including Cass and adjoining counties, other Iowa areas, and the U S outside Iowa. Rates show monthly and annual options with differing durations and prices.
Early morning rounds of congressional offices reveal staff and gossip as Miss Jessie Truman prepares for marriage to former Congressman Chester H. Gross in Manchester Pennsylvania. Mention of Ben Jensen, Karl LeCompte, and Margaret Welch highlights social ties and office humor amid Washington life.
A Bell Syndicate digest recounts John L. Lewis using a welfare fund controversy to trigger a coal strike scare while most operators kept payments. It contrasts Lewis aims with Truman's White House humor and notes politicians and public figures connected to postwar labor and policy.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias will defend her title at the Women's National Open Golf Championship to be held September 22 to 25 at Prince George's Golf and Country Club. Patty Berg and Betty Jameson are listed as competitors in the event, the first staged by the newly organized Ladies Professional Golf Association.
More than 700 people attended the funeral of James Patterson Martin 101 Iowa’s last Civil War veteran Gov William Beardsley led a large color guard from over 20 veterans posts in northwest Iowa The service lasted over two hours with Masonic and military rites
The Marine Corps operates a correspondence school teaching arts trades and sciences to Leathernecks wherever stationed. The article underscores how mind and learning distinguish humans from beasts and enable pursuit of distant goals.
Review of Charles Yale Harrison's Nobody's Fool, a sharp satire on public relations professionals who shape the "common man" image. The piece critiques government propaganda and the manipulation of opinion, noting how PR firms elevate and discard figures from presidents to executives.
Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to speak to the nation over the radio, marking a historic broadcast era milestone in presidential communication.
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