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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
2
The Delphi school will receive a first class commission, per the state board of education. The award recognizes excellent equipment and improved professional standards. Officials, patrons, and teachers share credit for the progress and urge continuous pursuit of quality in education driven by strong teachers.
A. B. argues patriotism should rest on truth not slogans. He notes Americans resemble Europeans in wartime behavior and warns that security comes from nature's advantages and sacrifices of others, not superior wisdom.
Congressmen weigh conflicting signals as 90 per cent of mail demands keep the arms embargo while a Gallup poll shows 62 per cent of voters want repeal. The era of pressure mail for Congressmen seems to be waning and a skeptical, healthy democracy emerges.
A posthumous Mundelein tribute lauds Roosevelt’s vision, praising peace and sacred human life. The cardinal’s letter, released by a recipient, counters a radio priest’s anti presidential rhetoric and hints at British fliers misreading courage and strategy.
The column reports on corset history and a witty remark about it, the Baum high wire duo leaving Yeoman for Portland on an eight week contract at 3400 dollars, a buggy wreck in Pittsburg after a horse ran away injuring none, a 1000 mile Locomobile run by Samuel T. Murdock from Bridgeport to Lafayette with no records aimed, satire on Roosevelt and Panama Canal work, a sharp editorial jab at senators as whiskey and poker fans, and a wreck involving James A. Shirk’s car due to steering failure near Yeoman.
Alonzo Dick of Oakland shares a Lockport memory of a booming canal town in the era of the Wabash and Erie Canal. He recalls blacksmith shops, local merchants, mills, and a Knights of the Golden Circle episode, with notes on residents and wartime service.
Delphi council is urged to adopt a curfew ordinance before month’s end to curb juvenile delinquency seen during Halloween. Purdue professor Dr. L M Sears urged Allied support and criticized current policies while noting fire loss costs.
A travel writer notes Indiana fall colors result from carotenoids and anthocyanins in aging leaves. It lists trees and hues from Tulip poplar yellow to red maples and white oaks, explaining pigment breakdown reveals yellows oranges and reds.
Ray Smith argues the US must avoid war to prevent crushing costs and debt. He cites England's income tax surge up to 37.42 percent on average incomes with 80 percent surtaxes for the wealthy, and notes Canada’s tax measures while calling readers to subscribe to The Citizen.
Senators and a representative debate arms policy and neutrality during wartime. Tori Connally, Arthur Vandenberg, Poage, Key Pittman, Borah, and Clyde Herring argue about export controls, ship safety, and keeping the United States neutral or joining the war effort.
A Federal Rural Electrification Administration survey of 74 rural line projects found after an average six months service 86 percent of new users bought radios, 81 percent installed hand irons, 47 percent washing machines, 25 percent refrigerators, 17 percent water pumps and 9 percent small motors.
A witty St Louis Star Times item notes American fathers playfully treat letters asking for checks from college sons as a trial while they humorously handle the faint scrawls from the trenches.
A Detroit News item notes an Eastern school survey showing many pupils outsmarting teachers. It suggests the well bred sophomore will be patient with inferiors, and ends with a market sentiment about future regret for not buying early.
A collection of wartime quotes from Churchill De Haas Wheeler and Pope Pius praising resolve and caution in strategy, noting Churchill on war end, De Haas on German strength, Wheeler on Roosevelt, Pope Pius on Polish faith, and Liddell Hart on defense as psychological.
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