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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
1
Joseph W. Lobine argues Congress stalls on Japan policy as Tokyo seeks concessions. He notes economic pressure and farm fund impacts as part of the broader analysis, with the editorial voice identifying opinions as the writer’s own.
A New Englander from Montana traveling via Washington to Columbus signals Sen. Burton Wheeler as presidential timber. At the CIO convention he endorsed U A W ties, touted labor support and proposed a six plank program including neutrality, labor advancement, jobs, relief and unemployment solutions.
The piece notes talks of an American embargo on arms to Japan after a broken 1911 pact, while Tokyo retaliates against Britain and confronts U S actions. Washington speeds no new moves but Sen Schwellenbach favors a U S embargo, and Congress trims the president’s budget by over 113 million while seeking further cuts to farm parity payments.
Romania seeks to balance German demands for oil with Allied suspicions while Germany defends Besarabia against Russian arms. In Finland a Soviet drive ends in disaster near the Mannerheim line as four divisions are routed and thousands die or are wounded.
Securities and Exchange Commissioner Jerome N. Frank announced moves against utilities for not starting voluntary integration programs under the holding company act. In Washington, Britain sold nearly 10 percent of its readily marketable American securities early in the war to raise cash for munitions. In Rome, Italian papers spread rumors of mass arrests in Ukraine after reports of a vast plot to assassinate Stalin Molotov and Voroshilov. Churchill says Britain sees Nazi Germany as weaker than 1914.
Harry Hopkins returned to work as commerce secretary after months in the role. John Thomas of Gooding Idaho was appointed United States senator to replace the late William Borah. Kaiser Wilhelm II, in exile at Doorn, marked his eighty first birthday. Edward S Harkness, a philanthropist who gave away over 100 million, died at 66 in New York.
Doris Duke Cromwell, wife of James Cromwell the U S minister to Canada, is named among the world’s ten best dressers in a Paris poll by United Press. The list also features the Duchess of Kent and Windsor, Queen Elizabeth, Countess Barbara Hutton-Reventlow, and other high profile heiresses and socialites. The honor marks Queen Elizabeth’s first appearance on the list as well.
A user instructs in the form of a scoring game about deducting points for missed questions. The prompt sets a scoring ladder with values 100 80 60 40 and describes penalties as 20 points per missed question. It reads like a meta instruction rather than a news item.
The vessel recently returned to the United States after spending six months aiding a sinking steamer. It was captured by German forces earlier and later held by Russian authorities during its voyage.
A fragment notes a plan by a dominion government to present its war record to the people amid complaints. It mentions Florida fruit and vegetable property damage and an Atlanta snowfall. It references Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd reportedly discovering new Antarctic mountains near Marie Byrd Land and cites Poland with charges of mass shootings and persecutions.
The article notes the U S Justice Department arrested 17 Christian Front members in New York in early 1917. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover accuses them of aiming to incite revolution and identifies anti Jewish sentiment. Rev Coughlin later calls himself a friend of the accused.
A Gallup poll shows 60 percent favor public consultation before another war, up from 51 percent in September. Under wartime pressure U S arms exports jumped from 83 million in 1938 to 204.6 million in 1939, led by aircraft and air parts.
New Deal critics note left wingers court Senator Burton Wheeler amid Roosevelt era tensions. TVA funding faces stiff resistance in Congress after close votes. May calls for GAO auditing loom, while Dewey rumors swirl about his tax and budget philosophy in New York.
In a satirical exchange, residents heckle a census taker asking if a home has a loan, workers, bathrooms, and farming, while jokes about refrigerators, icebox salesmen, and political names fill the scene. The piece ends with a chorus of ready for next month inquiries and curbside humor from Seymour Sussman and others.
The pattern No. 8634 features a shirred dress with a corset waist and full bodice. It suits house wear in bold cottons and street wear in printed silk or flat crepe, sizes 12 to 20, with a sew chart and material needs, order by mail for 15 cents.
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