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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
3
A weekly analysis surveys a shift toward a middle ground in U S party politics amid Roosevelt Hickory. It notes possible cabinet moves and a strategic bid by Republicans to curb liberal expansion while acknowledging Hitler's expanding European influence and its implications for global power and Pan American strategy.
U S manufacturing firms increasingly adopt profit sharing with workers who contribute 3 to 15 percent of wages. Senators Vandenberg and Herring probe merits while debate grows over voluntary expansion versus incentive taxation, union concerns, and impact on collective bargaining.
Dr. Morris Meister of New York urges teachers to act as propagandists for democracy by instilling a dislike of war as unscientific. Home-building in 1939 seen as peak since 1929 with construction possibly reaching 1.3 billion dollars. Chicago residents spend 30 dollars yearly on liquor and 20 cents on higher music. Denver PE classes use Lambeth Walk and jitterbug to teach rhythm social grace and provide exercise.
An old column counsels explaining away multiple Santa lookalikes to reassure children during Christmas. It suggests telling Junior that Santa uses helpers who ask for wishes, but warns the explanation may fail if a man claims to be Santa.
An article explores how the turkey acquired its name. The bird’s native status in America, folk attributions from its call “turk turk turk,” head plumage resembling a fez, and early trade routes to Spain with Hebrew merchants influence are noted. The term tukki for peacock used by Hebrew traders may have evolved into turkey via English usage.
Roman records show Christmas began in the fourth century with December 25 as the birth of Christ. Earlier nativity commemorations occurred January 6. The Philocalian calendar notes 354, while English celebration began 698 with St. Augustine baptizing 10,000. Various medieval laws and synods spread the festival across Europe.
Dan, nearly broke, clings to a single dime found on his father's farm twenty years ago. He wanders a bustling town pre Christmas, tempted by colors and food but knows the dime buys only a cup of coffee or a doughnut, not relief.
Dan pays with a long held dime that an old man identifies as a rare, valuable specimen. The cafe owner exults as the coin may be worth thousands while Dan plans a full Christmas dinner, from soup to mince pie, to celebrate the find.
Hawaii has for three years broadcast Christmas greetings from station KGU on December 24 to about a dozen young American servicemen on Howland Baker Jarvis and other tiny Pacific islands. The messages reach lonely posts in the equatorial Pacific and reinforce contact with the Stars and Stripes.
Compiled maxims caution against overreliance on small anchors or single hopes. Notes on promises, boredom, sincerity, and reforming a partner, urging reflection on daily choices and pleasant speech. Contains several aphorisms about self-control and social conduct.
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