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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
1
Weekly News Analysis notes a rupture in Franco British relations following a naval encounter resulting in the loss of a fleet. Farnham F. Dudgeon presents editor's note framing opinions as his own.
The article notes Britain’s concern over the French fleet after the armistice, the North African battle that wrecked or dispersed French ships, and Franco British severance. It details new U S defense taxes on tobacco, liquor, beer, cinema, and other goods to fund military buildup, with figures and comparisons to Britain's navy and U S shipbuilding.
General Charles De Gaxile appeals to Frenchmen in London and America to sustain the war against Germany. George Bernard Shaw quips on leadership. A Doorkeeper from 1903 marks Presidential service. A Oklahoma City woman Virginia Watkins, 32, dies in a crash near Tamazundale, Mexico, after brakes fail and car plunges toward a precipice. three others are injured.
Trust busting at fifty years highlights federal antitrust actions as U S defendants face legacy enforcement. Education theme centers on saving democracy through schools with 11 000 teachers at the National Education Association convention urging schools to resist dictatorship and defend democratic ideals.
Col. Frank Knox testifies before the Senate Naval Affairs committee as it weighs his nomination for Secretary of the Navy while adopting a praying pose. The committee approves his nomination by nine to five, as the Military Affairs panel backs Henry L. Stimson for Secretary of War by a 134 vote.
Wendell Willkie resigns as president of Commonwealth and Southern and forms a 12 member political advisory committee headed by Gov. Harold Stassen to mobilize GOP supporters and court independent voters. He bans large donations, caps individual gifts, and favors small contributions, hoping to keep the movement truly a people’s movement.
Chiang Kai-shek’s forces retreat as Japan seals French Indo-China supply lines. Provisional capital Chimgking says reserves will sustain operations for at least a year. Moses Annenberg pleads guilty to $1,217,296 in income tax. judge sentences three years in federal prison. Texas floods kill four, displace hundreds. Denver reports unusual precautions at port amid saboteur fears.
A U S cabinet report outlines a continental barter scheme to buy Latin American surpluses and resell them in Europe to curb Hitler’s influence. Brazil’s 1939 coffee sale illustrates the method, exchanging German goods for coffee and then selling it abroad. Critics warn of Hoover era wheat board parallels as farmers push for larger crops.
An old rocker is transformed from a pompous dowager into a cheerful small chair. The Bride finds its new life in a green corner with gingham cushions after shortening legs and trimming the back. Book 5 offers 32 pages of money saving homemaking ideas and a mail order.
Practical home hacks on cooling with furnace fans, baking in tube pans for even cooking, DIY stair carpet pads from newspaper and cloth, reusing leftover toast as bread crumbs, grinding toast and storing in jars, removing lime marks from tubs with hydrogen peroxide.
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