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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne reports on Hitler pursuing steps to curb Mussolini's misadventure against Greece. The piece notes farm groups request new parity loans. Lord Lothian, Britain’s envoy to the U.S., dies, marking a major diplomatic casualty.
As fighting rages in Europe, peace moves falter with Britain debating a proposed peace policy. Mussolini reshuffles command while Italian forces suffer setbacks in Greece. In Egypt, British action tightens as Britain pushes for US financial aid, highlighted by Jesse Jones.
Lord Lothian British ambassador to the United States died in Washington D C after a short illness from a uremic infection at age 58. He had canceled a Baltimore Farm Bureau appearance the night before and had prepared a speech urging more U S aid for Britain delivered by Neville Butler. He had served as ambassador since 1938.
The American Farm Bureau Federation in Baltimore urged a federal loan plan to raise parity prices for wheat cotton and corn well above current market levels. The proposal would require congressional action and include marketing quotas with penalties for over allotment and loans set at about 85 percent of parity.
Life appointments to the Supreme Court appear likely with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Associate Justice James McReynolds expected to resign soon after the inauguration. Speculation names Mr Justice Stone or Mr Justice Douglas as possible chief justice successors, possibly enabling three new appointments. Other potential picks include Senator Minton, Leon Henderson, and Attorney General Jackson.
The report cites diverse items: Elizabeth Deegan’s custody by German police in Paris, the granddaughter of a North Carolina senator accused of aiding British officers, Ruth Bryan Owen’s 1936 marriage, a Lewisburg oath of allegiance to the United States, Diego Rivera’s marriage to Freda Kohla, Roosevelt’s Caribbean study trip, the Windsor couple’s Caribbean-South Florida visit, Donovan’s mysterious travel, a Turkish shipwreck killing Jewish refugees, a United Airlines crash near Chicago, and a Tennessee man revealed as E. E. Sapp linked to a murder case.
Washington observers weigh whether the Roosevelt administration will change aid to Britain as notes from the president’s trip fuel debate. Jesse Jones signals potential aid while others fear war involvement and Congress may challenge any shift in policy.
Arthur Flemming describes the civil service commission as the central civilian recruiting agency for the defense program. From July to November 23, 240000 workers were recruited, with 176000 placed in water and Navy departments. The system aims to avoid politics and patronage, rewarding loyalty and efficiency, exemplified by John C. Garand, inventor of the Garand rifle, who rose from draftsman to senior ordnance official. A broader note highlights educators pressing for democratic citizenship education amid a public survey of 90 schools.
Newest A concave screen goes on the market for movie theaters. It is designed to give a three dimensional effect to ordinary films. Most forget the election day as liquor stores opened and voters stayed away. The piece notes municipal general election and primaries as the real contest.
During the first year after the European war began, U S imports grew due to expanded purchases of raw materials from Asia, with smaller sourcing from Canada and Latin America. The finding appears in a report by the U S tariff commission titled War and Its Effect on United States Imports.
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