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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1940
Page
2
Editorial notes discuss a Western Newspaper Union release condemning a rising Axis coalition and Germany’s path to dominating democracies. The column contrasts wartime diplomacy proposals with broader alliance threats.
The piece describes escalating axis diplomacy during Holy Week with Moscow Berlin and Rome shifting focus to the Balkans. It notes a possible triple deal involving Hungary and Romania, Romania's king accepting Nazi support, and Mussolini meeting at Brenner as tensions rise across Europe.
A mixed digest notes Britain's luxury liners Queen Mary and Mauretania to be used for Australian troop transport from New York. Tokyo and Buenos Aires sign a trade pact boosting imports by seven million dollars annually. U S fleet in Honolulu readies 130 ships for early April war games. WPA trims 205000 jobs in Washington leaving 2.12 million. Japan names Abe envoy to Wang regime in China. Aviator Harold Dahl, captive of Nationalists, returns home. Welles faces cautious dictation by dictatorial powers as Axis moves. U S Housing keystone and Wagner-Steagall debate push rural housing via USHA loans. a March tax deadline looms with shifts in corporate taxation. Analysts warn of a potential downturn following peak production.
The piece recalls Finland’s loss of frontier areas and a mass evacuation of 450000 people as Soviet advances reshape the region. It quotes Chicago Daily News correspondent Leland Stowe on Moscow peace terms and the harsh conditions faced by evacuees and wounded in new Russian territory. It then shifts to U.S. politics with Senator Carl Hatch’s proposed extension of an act to bar federal and state employee political activity and notes major farm appropriation debates. The India section reports Gandhi’s restraint vs radicals after Sir Michael O'Dwyer's assassination and the nationalist Congress crisis.
Brackart comments on Senator O Mahoney bill proposing a tax on labor saving machinery to reduce unemployment. He argues the measure is impractical, warns of government overreach, and cites census income questions as example of bureaucratic creep while expressing concern for voters being swayed by demagoguery.
Severe fighting on the Western Front as French artillery destroys Nazi propaganda units. Signs appear across no man’s land on the Northern Front. Finnish troops evacuate land ceded to Russia. Nazi bombers hit Scapa Flow wounding British civilians. RAF retaliates against patrol boats off Heligoland Bight. In Asia Russian and Japanese forces clash on Sakhalin as both sides reinforce Mongolian-Manchukuoan borders.
The five states are requested for five historic events. Rivers arrest and mine disaster, goats for flood diversion, National Guard action over a power project, and a campaign fund probe are the core items.
William Bruckart discusses a Wyoming senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney bill taxing all machinery that displaces labor. He notes low passage chances but highlights it as indicative of current legislative trends. The census income question is also reviewed.
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