13 Jan 1941
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1941
Page
1
The Associated Press states its policy that tributes and memorial items are not accepted as news content and will not be republished unless they are part of standard news reporting. It disclaims responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and emphasizes protection against space consuming memorials.
The piece debates US stance on entering war, weighing isolationism versus intervention. It argues Britain fights for life and that a British victory benefits the United States, while avoiding the notion that entering war is merely to save Britain. It stresses that US entry would follow evolving events, not exclusive altruism.
Diet expert Mr duBois explains vitamin A's role in growth and anemia prevention. Key sources include milk butter eggs and yellow green vegetables. Historical note traces discovery after Voit's rat experiments and links winter illnesses to vitamin deficiency.
The item lists quiz answers naming Liechtenstein as 85 square miles bounded by Switzerland and Germany Oman as a kingdom occupying 1200 square miles on the Arabian peninsula Liberia as Africa’s only republic on the continent west coast and El Salvador in Central America with further details unclear.
Fragmentary text mentions Iran bounded by Guatemala and Honduras and a San Marino like republic near Rimini in Italy. It also cites a statistic that approximately 28 persons die by fires in the United States every day.
Washington reports the so called Liberal bloc in the House of Representatives, a small informal coalition of about 25 to 30 members led by John Coffee of Washington State. The group meets weekly, mostly at the Dodge Hotel, with no fixed speaker and varying discussion topics. Coffee, son of a Tacoma businessman, runs the bloc with cautious vigor, aiming to revive its influence in the current Congress.
The liberal bloc led by Coffee and Mysually Vigilant plans to press for domestic reform and curb monopoly influence this winter. Rep Howard Smith of Virginia reintroduces Wagner Act amendments to restrict labor's right to strike in defense industries, drawing Republican pushback and accusations of attacking patriotic effort.
Market notes list meat prices for hens leghorns broilers and eggs with per item prices in cents and dollars while a commentary questions government commandeering of factories and notes extremism on both sides urging public interest first in the emergency.
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