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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
4
Roger Shaw analyzes a sharp German air attack on Britain, while American republics sign a new pact. The piece notes U S study of a peacetime draft amid wartime tensions, reflecting editorial opinion from Western Newspaper Union.
The piece surveys a shifting world war mood with prisoner exchanges and new fronts. It notes Germany and Russia expanding influence in the Baltic and Romania while western plans for a Romano-Bulgarian pact loom. It cites Havana talks and a turn toward universal military service debates in the United States.
The piece surveys Wendell Willkie seeking Southern Democratic converts while Republicans weigh shifts toward liberal and conservative blocs. It notes old party lines fading, Wallace’s exit talk, Farley’s evolving image, and the general mood of cross party appeal amid II term fears and interparty rivalries.
Mrs Daisy Borden Harriman American lady ambassador to Norway travels home aboard the U S Army transport America Legion in company with Yankee ministers to Estonia Latvia and Lithuania recently absorbed by Soviet Russia Vice President Garner returns to Texas saying Im not talking politics Adrien Marquet French interior minister declares America will wake up if decadence persists noting three signs women in jobs makeup and childbearing The listener asks if these replace life liberty and happiness
A Berlin joke mocks Roosevelt’s platform as war on earth and goodwill to England. A London joke notes British humor length and cites failed German attempts to forge invasion documents. A France defeat quip mocks England amid Dunkirk and a Gibbon reference calls St George a villainous army contractor.
Golden Era Sports profiles return to the public eye with photos reuniting famed stars from 1923 to 1936. The article recalls the Tildens Joneses and Demseys who defined a bygone sport era and remain active in spirit though not in headlines.
Rita Hayworth wins SX victory as director Charles Vidor offers her lead opposite Brian Aherne in The Lady in Question. Wardrobe costs under 45 dollars, simple drab suit and stockings but not entirely dowdy. Marie Wilson and Bette Davis are noted in other roles, with Shirley patterns of Hollywood life and personal moments.
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes Marty's remodeling of a house with a guest and sewing room featuring a mirror, old buffet legs, spools, a butter tub, unbleached muslin, and odds and ends. The project uses a rug, spool tables, and a muslin backdrop to showcase craft ideas from Sewing Book. An editor's note offers homemaking ideas in booklets available for purchase.
A dialogue about love and an acquired taste with jokes and a house kept awake by lights all night. The exchange mentions a new baby lifting spirits and a playful note on songs sung by a daughter, set in a domestic scene.
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