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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
6
Editor's note states opinions are those of the news analyst and not the newspaper. It references content released by the Western Newspaper Union.
The article explains Germany Italy and Japan forming a tri pact to act in unison if Russia or the United States intervene in Europe or East Asia. It notes Soviet and U.S. opposition, strategic debates in Washington, diplomatic tensions with Britain and France, and U S embargoes on scrap iron to Japan amid rising war tensions.
Senate approves a Havana Accord limiting non American transfers of hemisphere territory. The move pleases Latin states and irks some Republicans who warn of election year crises. Roosevelt campaign momentum remains steady while Lindbergh era echoes surface in Britain and Washington.
The piece surveys major world cities, noting London as a Brit ish nerve center and detailing alien populations in London and Berlin. It ranks Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris by size, and places Tokyo as the world’s third city, with other hubs listed, reflecting wartime attitudes and urban scale.
Merwin K. Hart, New York State Economic Council president, addresses Union League Club attacking democracy as a term linked to Marxist ideas. He claims the founding fathers created a republic, not a democracy, and accuses liberals and labor policies of undermining American discipline.
Washington Digest notes President Roosevelt dominates newsreels radio and press coverage as a sitting leader. It argues that publicity favors the in office and cites the contrast with Wendell Willkie whose campaign would face a tougher future without government publicity Supporters point to the rise of press agents and publicists like Charles Michelson as shaping modern campaigns.
Washington reports indicate the first 400,000 men to be mustered by January 1, 1941 may come from volunteers, avoiding a nationwide draft. Enlistments for one year after October 16 under Burke-Wadsworth act expected to rise, with officials noting a healthy trend in voluntary service and better soldier attitude.
An exchange quotes Willkie accusing Roosevelt of subverting democracy while Roosevelt defends free elections. A neutral note adds that no dictator admits being called one, leaving readers to judge whether Roosevelt fits the label.
A baby girl was born to Mrs. Fred Snite Jr. The Chicago youth who has spent years in an iron lung travels the world. For the third straight year the International League of Aviators names Jacqueline Cochran the outstander woman flier of the year.
Dr. Rosen arrived at Michigan State Agricultural College in 1905 with fifty cents and a few grains of rye. The small sum funded his education while the rye spread across 1.5 million acres in Canada and the United States as the world’s highest yielding variety known as Rosen rye. Now head of a European Refugee colony in the Dominican Republic he reports smooth progress in the new home for victims of aggression.
Carter Field argues the president holds a news advantage over opponents because the president’s actions become news while the opponent’s actions are viewed as politics by reporters and editors. His column this week analyzes the extent and impact of this edge on the upcoming election.
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