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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne Greer analyzes wartime strategy claiming the Nazi action tests American foreign policy. A Japanese paper views German defeat as imminent while winter looms on the Eastern Front.
The Greer incident 200 miles southwest of Iceland drew sharp German accusations at President Roosevelt over orders to shoot on sight. Public reaction split along pro and anti war lines, with many Americans defending Roosevelt and questioning German motives.
In Glasgow four American pilots aboard a crossing vessel were drowned with seven survivors after a torpedo attack by a submarine. A crewman recounted the commander, a young German, surfaced and spoke with survivors and denied firing the torpedo.
The arrival of a second tanker load of oil at Vladivostok without Japanese interference coincides with a hardening British and American stance toward Nippon. Newsweek reports a Nazi defeat possibility in year three of the war, reflecting cautious Japanese views and doubt about Axis alliance.
Conflicting reports outline the struggle to hold Leningrad as German advances stall. Soviet defenders endure heavy sacrifices while Moscow and Helsinki claim resilience and counterattacks. German casualty figures hint at fierce resistance by civilians alongside soldiers.
A new billion dollar allocation from the lend-lease fund is expected to boost farm production for Britain and export needs. Department of Agriculture officials and state groups plan campaigns to expand milk poultry fats meat and other outputs while adjusting production for home use and avoiding glut. The SPAB board led by Henry Wallace includes Nelson Knudsen Hillman Stimson Knox Hopkins and Henderson as key figures shaping the defense era production strategy.
The Department of Agriculture estimates army can vegetables would form a 9000 mile high pile. Secretary Cordell Hull receives an apology from Japanese ambassador No mura for taking his hat. In Washington, the Institute for World Organization gathers at American University with League of Nations figures seeking lessons for a postwar world order.
A series of trivia questions covering twins frequency in the US the meaning of Quo Vadis where Plimsoll lines appear the House ways and means committee the non ruminant among buffalo kangaroo camel the gammadion symbol the king of France during the revolution how many American women sit in Britain's House of Commons who would be most interested in an artifact an archaeologist the site of the Battle of Borodino and related topics.
The compiled quiz covers subjects from government committees to world history. It mentions Ways and Means, kangaroos as cud-chewers, Nazis, Louis XVI, and the seating of Lady Astor and Beatrice Rathbone on March 19, 1941. It also notes an archaeologist and Napoleon’s campaigns under Kutuzov in Russia.
A compact note lists three items: the birth ratio one in 87 births, a query titled Whither Goest Thou, and a mention of ships with load line marks.
The Pillars of Hercules refers to Gibraltar and Ceuta across the strait, once imagined as a single mountain range. Legend says Hercules severed them to open a route between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, shaping ancient maritime lore.
Absent minded patient insisted on appendectomy and later asked the doctor what he found in her appendix. He reveals he found several small hard seeds, explaining the lack of sweet peas this year as the patient had sown pills by mistake.
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