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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
2
A. B. argues the upcoming special session on neutrality risks a heated debate and political maneuvering. He cites U S opinion against European war participation and warns that repealing neutrality could empower aggressors while criticizing Senators Borah and Father Coughlin for their stances.
A government of laws message marks Constitution Day on September 16 with ceremonies nationwide. It contrasts liberty under law with rule by men and urges citizens to reaffirm commitment to the Bill of Rights and protections for speech religion press property and home against any government intrusion. The piece criticizes polls on entering war as irrelevant to American values.
L D outlines expected party positions for 1940 conventions. He predicts the Democratic platform will be a New Deal aggressive line, while the Republican platform will be anti Roosevelt. He argues platform content often mirrors broader campaign battles rather than convention order.
Around Town laments Civil War losses versus World War I and Spanish American War. It argues Americans crave peace yet show willingness to fight, praises shifts in Hitler Reds alliance, and reflects on war attitudes and human behavior as presented by Pegler and Willam Collins.
Editors dispute Bernarr McFadden's August Liberty assertion that U.S. government stability is in question. Col Frank H. Lee cites bond quotations from 108 to 121.29 and buyers paying premiums for bonds, arguing no confidence problem. Epitaph: He rests beneath, the sod and dew, He hit curve at 8&2.
Ray Smith argues the neutrality act blocks selling weapons to belligerents and that lifting the embargo would aid Britain and France. He notes Roosevelt sought repeal, faced opposition from Republicans and reactionary Democrats, and that war eventually forced invocation of the embargo hurting American business.
Virgil M. Simmons commissioner of the Department of Conservation urges motorists picnickers campers and others to handle matches tobacco and campfires with care to prevent forest fires in Indiana. Thousands of acres are burned yearly destroying timber and vegetation due to careless drops or unextinguished fires. Subscribe for The Citizen.
Indiana August job insurance payments totaled 91 878 checks worth 908 777 50 down from 243 277 checks for 2 841 029 89 the year before. R G Worley said the district gains 12 percent statewide and nineteen of thirty four districts rose in August. The Lafayette district covering Attica Crawfordsville Delphi Fowler Frankfort Kentland Monticello and Rensselaer posted increases. The state continued to provide supplemental income amid a faster 1939 business pace.
President Wilson states we are at peace with the world and will live our lives while allowing others to do the same. The piece notes the Battle of Coronel and broader war reach, criticizing partisan defense politics and citing journalist Irvin S Cobb on Belgium and wartime relief.
Letters from readers praise the Citizen and local news from California to Minnesota. A humorous quip from the Hat Styles News Bureau notes no suicide occurs while wearing a new hat, then ponders wearing an old hat and mutual distrust among people.
A compilation of quoted statements from Adolf Hitler, Molotov, Arnold Bernstein, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler touches on peace, diplomacy, sovereignty, and citizenship. The fragmentary text reflects era rhetoric and cross‑national perspectives without cohesive narrative.
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