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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
3
Germany and Poland mobilize troops amid rising tensions as Britain’s Chamberlain summons aides to discuss the crisis. The Observer notes heightened Western fear and a push for diplomatic channels ahead of decisive moves.
Europe faces a tense week as German troop build ups near Slovakia and Poland persist, Hungary forges alliance with the Reich, and diplomacy shifts between Rome London and Brussels. Poland braces with reinforcements while Britain eyeing promises to Poland and Danzig talks loom. Belgium seeks peace through a six-nation appeal led by King Leopold as Axis and Soviet ties complicate the dispute.
Renewed violence in upstate New York centered on milk plant pickets as Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia called farmer and distributor leaders to an official conference to seek a peaceful settlement. The Farmers' Dairy union seeks 2.35 dollars per hundredweight while current blended milk runs 1.60, with hearings ordered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Syracuse and New York City.
The American Federation of Labor calls for a cooperative effort by business labor and farmers to raise production to curb government spending and inflation. It argues production gains could be planned nationally but business risks and slim profits hinder expansion, signaling potential Labor alignment with business in 1940 unless Roosevelt shifts spending policy.
Washington testimony by Helen Voores about quitting the German American Bund Youth group due to immorality leads to threats and a volatile exchange. Fritz Kuhn defends Bund amid accusations of a Nazi plot as Rep Noah Mason questions aims. Kuhn cites unity, anti communism, and political grounding as Bund goals.
The Seventh Cavalry from Fort Knox and 62 000 troops tested the U S army in rain soaked war games near Plattsburg New York Observers from Germany France Great Britain and other European nations watched as Lieut Gen Hugh A Drum urged a reality based preparedness campaign He noted tanks as the only part at full strength and cited shortages in manpower machine guns trucks automatic rifles and overall battlefield efficiency He stressed that mobility alone cannot replace effective combat conduct.
Tony Hensler, New York aviator, faced a doomed choice during a July 1927 blimp test. After a land-line failure, he repaired a nose hole, but with rising altitude and a damaged control, he drifted toward sea. Two planes, led by Thea Rasch, created a wind that spun the blimp toward College Point where crowds waited. Hensler survived the ordeal.
A deep shaft experiment shows objects fall and come to rest against the shaft wall due to the earth’s motion. In copper mines, marbles dropped from near the mouth settled on the east wall after about 600 feet, prompting Michigan College of Mines to investigate gravity in moving earth.
War Board chairman Edward R. Stettinius Jr takes helm with United States Steel, travels by subway, skips lunch, and refits office as he steers policy. Owen A. Tomlinson, famed Rainier protector, questioned honors in cubit addition debate. Juan Yague named minister of air by Franco, praised as outspoken reformer amid postwar reshuffle.
A collage of strange notes mentions descendants on a wooden stool and ancient ale tasters in England, then shifts to oil tankers off San Luis Obispo and legal fee rules. It notes Irish coins lacking heroes feature farm produce like pigs and hens, per Collier's.
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