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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
1
A national call condemns violence toward Jehovah's Witnesses amid religious tensions in Texas and Maine. It argues for steadfast military readiness, denounces beatings and arson, and urges adherents to avoid aggressive proselytizing while maintaining loyalty to the flag.
The article notes work on a new Rainbow Bridge across the Niagara Gorge, replacing the Honeymoon Bridge that collapsed in 1938. Foundations are being built on both sides and will meet in the middle, symbolizing closer Canada U.S. ties and the bridge’s historical nickname.
The piece urges strong military readiness through mobilization, compulsory training, and rapid production. It argues unpreparedness echoes past failures, praises national industry capacity, and warns against reliance on luck. It also critiques parking meters, referendum petitions, and weather-report censorship jokes. It mentions Adolph and his Blitzkriegs.
Washington observer recaps a Norwegian legation party marking Norway's 45th independence anniversary. Minister Morgenstierne defends Norway, denies a fifth column, claims Nazis will fail, notes King Haakon VII and Crown Prince abroad, and omits messages to Norwegian Americans.
New York’s Players Club of New York revived Congreve’s Love for Love, a Restoration comedy, but the piece’s dramatic pull mirrors Britain’s 17th century upheavals rather than its plot. Oscar Serlin celebrates theater history with a lavish album honoring Clarence Day and Empire Theatre, reflectively linking past peace to present peril as Churchill rides again in defense of empire.
Excerpts praise and critique from figures Luther Patrick Sixto Enrique Duran Ballen Lester Barlow and Henry M Grady. They discuss expanded roles for congressmen Pan Americanism banning prejudice experiments saving lives goats and the Good Neighbor policy as wartime beacon. The remarks reflect varied aims and international collaboration themes.
Dewey Mackenzie analyzes strategic balance as Britain fights on alone against the Axis. He weighs the French fleet's fate, potential American aid, and the impact of a Franco-German naval shift on Britain's blockade and food imports. He also notes famine risk in Europe and ponders Russia's Baltic occupation as a potential wildcard in the broader war.
Tryon North Carolina novelist and poet Dubose Heyward, 56, author of Porgy and Mamba's Daughters, died last night. In San Antonio Texas, Col Augustine W. Robins, commanding officer of the air corps training center at Randolph Field, also died.
John Holmes of Swift and Company announced a new lard preservative using gum guaiac from the guaiacum tree. The breakthrough protects lard from oxygen, preserves linoleic content, and yields odorless, bland, oxidation resistant fat. Production under federal inspection allowed. experimental sales planned in 30 to 60 days.
The Attorney General serves as the state's legal counselor, with statewide officials from local officers to the governor seeking law interpretation. He represents the state in original actions before the supreme court, helps establish precedent, and assists in prosecuting local criminal matters upon request. 1939-40 appropriation gs325,400 and 4¢ employees noted.
SEDALIA Missouri June 17 AP Springfield’s Ozark Archery Club won top honors in Missouri’s two day archery tourney. Jack Bower and Mrs Mont Skeens from Springfield won men’s and women’s state championships with 1111 and 761 points. Bob Wilson Springfield and Mrs F P McNally St Louis placed second with 1087 and 746 points. Independence scored second in team events. Billy Wilson Joplin and Mrs Elsie Johnson St Louis each earned a NA A trophy with six golds.
Oliver Vose produced a beaver top hat in Kalispell Montana for a western celebration. The hat is more than 100 years old and was handed down through generations. The grandfather trapped the beaver used to make the hat and it remains well preserved.
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