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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1940

Page

10

Globe News cites Hawaii view of Indies risk and U S stance

A Globe News excerpt reports travelers in Hawaii warn Japan may seize the East Indies, altering American military forecasts. It notes U S arming aims, possible tests of force, and the strategic value of the Indies amid global tension with Germany and Russia shaping neutral European policy.

Amarillo Hawaii Japan Dutch East Indies East Indies United States Ile Americas Indies Dutch Indies Germany Holland Personne Russia Leslie Hore-Belisha London News of the World

Propaganda Victim Cicadas and the 17 Year Plague

Journalist Jack Stinnett argues Puritan ministers labeled cicadas as locusts to frighten settlers, but cicadas are harmless, non-pest periodic insects. He notes cicadas emerge in brood patterns, with Brood 14 this year being widespread from Cape Cod to Illinois and Brood 0 due again in 1953.

Jack Stinnett Washington Massachusetts England Egypt Sam Bngdom Bureau of Entomology Cape Cod Illinois

Noted Norwegian Writer Sigrid Undset Fights Nazi Threat

Sigrid Undset, Nobel laureate and author of Kristin Lavransdatter, served as a censor for the Norwegian government after the German invasion. The piece traces her life from Lillehammer to Oslo, her Catholic conversion in 1924, and her continued opposition to Quisling, describing her Viking home and role in safeguarding Norway through literature and action.

Sigrid Undset Norway Lillehammer Art Colony Oslo Leif Ericsson North America Miss Undset Kristin Lavransdatter Quisling Denmark Ingvald Undset Sigrid Christiania Martha Oulie Jenny Kristin Lavrans Northland Alfred A. Knopf Glastonbury Abbey England Gotland Baltic Sea Seden Visby Valdemar Masterby Anders Avarstad Selma Lagerlof Sweden Miss Lagerlof Scandinavia Finland Dwight Pennington

Crackers Who Are They

A comic page item lists five clues about public figures. It seeks to identify the cigar smoking Empire State Building observer, the genial face with Chicago convention in view, the big husky man who backed Senator Wheeler, a 40 year old action film actor linked to The Last Mile, and a former secretary of war mentioned as a GOP presidential possibility.

Dorothy Brenda Adelaide Eric Isobel Mac Hugh Saltus Hugh Mr. Saltus Mme Margareth Brian Miss Burnham Lou Alaine Ned California Abner New York Ned Barrow Bar Empire State Building Chicago Senator Wheeler

Manners Quiz on Talking Down to Children

A reader asks five questions about social manners toward children and a final scenario about a shy child. Authorities answer that talking down is improper and repeating a child’s bright sayings is a blunder. The guidance favors gradual social introduction and avoiding discussing or boasting about a child’s qualities.

Author of Pilgrims Progress Featured in Puzzle

The grid lists clues across and down including Pilgrims Progress author Benjamin Franklin? No, author of Pilgrim's Progress is John Bunyan. Other clues include words for excit es stir to do wrongly and many more common crossword terms.

Alice H. Smith Cleveland Health Council

Boys urged to study stenography for career path

A survey reported in Business Education World shows 45 percent of employers see a male stenographer shortage. In Los Angeles the study found half of large firms hire males, while 34 percent prefer females and 15 percent have no gender preference.

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