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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
2
Weekly news analysis reports 64 killed in Romania during a purge while Hitler forms a new league of nations. Soviet Russia reacts to Bulgaria as the U S food industry faces scrutiny in ongoing investigations.
Berlin edges toward a formal Axis network as Hitler signs Romania and Slovakia while Bulgaria delays a delegation amid suspected Soviet pressure. Italy fights a Greek delaying war in Albania with British help. Italian advances stall and retreat robs Mussolini of a quick victory.
Reports describe fascist Iron Guard executions in Romania with at least four political enemies killed before the founder’s tomb. Meanwhile two defense plant strikes in Downey California and New Kensington Pennsylvania draw federal attention over wage demands and dues disputes amid wartime production.
Lord Lothian reports Britain spent most American aid money and warns new funding methods may be needed. Roosevelt says no repeal of the Johnson act and praises current aid limits. Justice Department plans a food price inquiry to curb monopolistic practices, while Capitol roof plans advance. Other items note Pan-American air routes anniversary flight, air raids in Europe, and political shifts in Kansas absentee voting. Oscar Strauss moves to America.
A sprawling collage of show business gossip and society snippets from Manhattan. Notes about Farmer Paul Whiteman and Time staffer Frank Norris, Ned MecNabee defending misattribution, Eddie Cantor’s film wealth, and Press agent hunts. Broadway captions, jokes, and quick sketches of clubs, readers, and New York movers.
The Dutch guest princess Juliana will visit the White House December 18 in a strictly personal and private capacity. Elsewhere Mrs. A. E. Burkhardt of Poland Ohio earned the title America's best crocheter after entering a luncheon set contest with 250000 entries. Governor Dickinson appointed Matilda W Wilson, an automobile heiress and social leader, as lieutenant governor of Michigan, with the question of her power to appoint likely headed for the courts.
An aphoristic reflection urges a life of cheerful ease with constant good deeds. It counsels filling time with useful acts, placing one virtuous action tightly against another to avoid any emptiness between them.
A terse reflection on continual progress and the duty to act, citing Goethe to emphasize that delay harms all and inaction bears a curse.
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