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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
2
Weekly analysis by Edward C. Wayne reports 64 killed in Romania's purge, Hitler proposes a new League of Nations, Soviet Russia wary of Bulgaria, and U S food industry facing investigations. Editor notes disclaim columnist opinions.
Adolf Hitler lined up states for a modern League of Nations as he signed three Axis partners Japan Romania and Slovakia. Bulgaria held off a delegation amid Russian hints while Mussolini’s Greece invasion slid into a stalemate as Italians retreated. In Romania Iron Guard purges killed at least 64 political enemies, and labor strikes in Vultee Downey California and Aluminum Company of America New Kensington Pennsylvania drew national attention amid defense contract tensions.
Lord Lothian warned Washington that Britain has spent nearly all American help and may need new funding for further orders. Roosevelt said no admin move to repeal the Johnson Act. Justice dep initiates a food price inquiry to curb monopolies and aid farmers, while Congress rebuffs recess as snow threatens the Capitol roof. Mixed briefs touch Pan-American air service, air raids, a voting law case, and Oscar Strauss’s move to America.
Guest-Princess Juliana of the Netherlands will visit the White House December 18 in a strictly personal and private capacity. Champ-Mrs. A. E. Burkhardt of Poland Ohio was named America’s best crocheter after a luncheon set entry drawn from 250000 entries. Michigan’s Lieutenant Governor appointee Matilda W. Wilson, auto heiress and social leader, faces question of authority as Gov Loren D. Dickinson moves to place her in power after Frank D. Fitzgerald’s death.
Washington debates how to tip the balance toward a British victory through diplomacy with Russia or strategic moves against Japan. Plans include reinforcing French North Africa, pressuring Dakar, and Pershing's mission failure. The Alabama crop plan shifts subsidies to soil-building practices, while the defense commission expands public outreach with a Hollywood liaison.
Two last survivors, Stoopey and Droopey, debate ending hate and building a new order after global destruction. They contemplate broadcasting a radio together, but their feud resumes with a fatal shot as they confront a hollow peace. The fragment contrasts grim postwar reflection with a chorus of wartime satire and public notices.
The bobolink is the bird in Bryant’s poem end line. The U S gained parts of Arizona and New Mexico south of the Gila. Theodore Roosevelt became youngest president at 42. Magna Charta was signed at Runnymede. Java is the origin cited for immortality in myth. The phoenix is the mythic bird of immortality. Dr William Beebe descended to 3,029 feet in a bathysphere in 1934. Dogs eat more than humans because they have larger stomachs.
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