17 Oct 1939
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
1
E. Palmer serves as president while Alex Washburn is editor and publisher in a regional newspaper leadership note detailing their roles and succession within the publication.
The National Association of Manufacturers plans meetings in major cities to stress that industry wants none of another war. It cites complex causes of World War I and argues profits come from neutrality, while war brings fixed prices and restrictions. Leaders like Chester and Girdler push a clear stance against wartime controls and taxes.
The League plans a shadow meeting in November or December in Geneva under Swiss neutrality. Russia, France, and 30 other countries remain involved, while Hitler’s mediation hope hinges on the League as an impartial global mediator amid a bleak outlook for its future.
The article notes improved early diagnosis and treatment for stomach cancer, including advances in anesthesia and pre/postoperative care. Despite progress, stomach cancer retains high mortality with few five year cures, and surgery remains the main option for fit patients. X-ray and gastricope aid diagnosis, and prognosis improves with early detection and patient conditioning before operation.
A jumbled set of true false statements appears from a Page One Cranium Cracker, noting geography truths and misstatements such as Norway’s coastline, longitudes, Skagerrak straits, the Ural mountains, Uranus, Tallinn, and Glasgow distances, all rendered in garbled OCR style.
A book review discusses Allen W. Dulles and Hamilton Fish Arnett’s Can America Stay Neutral? arguing for clear general principles guiding policy amid wartime. It urges ad hoc responses to concrete conflicts, cautioning against sweeping legislation, and emphasizes understanding neutrality as policy toward warring nations. It notes a Plattsburg maneuver where maps were transmitted by wire, enabling seven minute tactical position updates.
About twenty percent of stomach cancer patients who undergo operation may achieve five year cure. The statement reflects early 20th century surgical optimistic estimates and notes survival potential following surgery for gastric cancer.
A crossword style grid lists clues for a famed writer and related terms. Across hints include venerable author George and a mix of words from brooch to crocodile measures, while vertical entries cover plant parts and legal terms, yielding a dense set of literary and lexical connections.
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