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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
2
Both houses examine foreign policy as they study the Reciprocal Trade Act. Analysts weigh potential shifts in policy, trade relations, and congressional oversight. Editorial note clarifies column opinions reflect the writer, not the newspaper.
Foreign affairs take precedence as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee delays action on a Japan arms embargo amid rumors of a Britain Japan pact. House discussions focus on Hull's reciprocal trade program with GOP opposition to treaty ratification power. chatter ties to Taft, Dewey, and unemployment probe loom large in Washington.
Russian forces push into the Karelian isthmus as Finland’s defense weakens with a blizzard aiding armistice. Viipuri and Koivisto fall claimed by Moscow amid mobilizations in Britain France and Norway. Sweden Denmark and Italy wrestle with neutrality and trade blocks while Turkey threats Balkan neutrality and Japan girds for war with a record military budget nearly 70 percent for armament programs.
In Lhasa a six year old boy named Ling Erh was enthroned as dala lama after the death of the thirteenth dalai lama on December 17 1933. Priests praised the ceremony while Chinese envoys sought trade paths and Tibet’s mineral wealth. Concurrent reports touch on Soviet gold shipments to San Francisco and copper from Mexico en route to Vladivostok, amid U S concerns on war material flows. A London program aims to curb industrial unrest in the British West Indies, and U S officials note large government contracts and Chrysler worker compensation in labor disputes.
A mixed questions quiz covering East Caicos residents, a Louisiana governor race, Cole Brothers circus fate in Rochester, a Swedish king image, and U S Japan trade shifts. It includes True False prompts and scattered historical notes about a 150 jungle beasts fire trap and Baltic politics.
The piece sketches Paraguay’s new dictator Jose Felix Estigarribia, a compact, soldierly leader who rose from Basque ancestry to national hero, and recalls his presidency after a prior Washington visit. It also covers parapsychology researcher J B Rhine at Duke and credence given to telepathy, prophecy, and Margery the medium, noting skepticism of occultism and the Cold War era context.
Virginia Davis backs a Hollywood theater organization to produce plays to Broadway, with Garfield Cagney and O'Brien aboard. Olivia De Havilland faces suspension, Clark Gable and others headlining Boom Town. Swiss Family Robinson gains popularity after RKO cinema rights. Fathe's Sportscope Pennant Chasers spotlights baseball tactics with stars Hartnett and Derringer. Zasu Pitts and Maxillian roles teased for Star Theater broadcast. Odds and ends recount ads, contract nuances, and publicity quirks in radio and screen.
A collection of practical household advice covers coconut marshmallows rolled in shredded coconut, celery cleaned with a vegetable brush, using a dry holder for hot dishes, slow cooking pork sausage with fat drained, piercing sausage to prevent bursting, forming a crust by sprinkling flour, cleaning mica with hot vinegar, washing waxed furniture with a chamois and furniture polish, and regular dusting of electric light bulbs with lukewarm water and ammonia to brighten the glow.
Fragmentary text discusses UICE and voting, referencing American institutions and cultural media roles. It notes the press's influence and mentions governance and national identity, with puzzling phrases suggesting editorial commentary on newspapers and stability.
A remark notes that a king may create a nobleman but cannot grant true gentility. The line attributes moral status to character over rank and echoes Burke's emphasis on virtue over title.
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