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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
2
The piece argues the third term idea lacks justification and warns war risks could trigger dictatorship at home. It critiques Roosevelt as indispensable for war leadership and cautions that entangling democracy with war could erode freedoms and deepen debt. It cites university presidents and scholars voicing concern over consolidating power.
Twenty one university and college presidents sign a statement endorsing Wendell L. Willkie, arguing his philosophy offers better youth prospects than a Roosevelt third term. Signatories include Wallace W. Atwood Clark University Samuel Capen University of Buffalo William Cowley Hamilton College and others.
The Cedar Rapids Tribune endorses Wendell Willkie over Roosevelt arguing Roosevelt lacks labor empathy and honesty. It criticizes Roosevelt for politics, promises broken, and a third term stance, while lauding Willkie as common, American, practical, and nonpolitician with merit and honesty. Harold Ickes is contrasted, and other Democratic figures noted.
Wendell Willkie declares acceptance of the Republican nomination for president saying he accepts it in the spirit of dedication from the Philadelphia convention and commits to dedicating himself to making the nation strong.
An evangelical lesson summarizes Jesus in Nazareth from Luke 4 16 30. It stresses prophecy fulfilled faith as the path to salvation and the danger of spiritual blindness, noting Christ as the fulfillment of Isaiah and the dangers of bigotry and deferral of faith.
Fragmentary biblical quote notes people arise early to seek strong drink and persist from morning to night until wine inflames them. No identifiable persons or organizations present in readable text. Context appears as a scriptural citation from Isaiah 5 11.
Mrs Carpenter celebrated her 64th birthday with a large gathering of relatives and friends. Many named attendees shared gifts and well wishes. Sweet Sanders of Gary Indiana visited, and George and Dug Siverly spent Sunday with the family. Mattie Miller visited Ben Miller and family.
Warren Smith and family and Ray Wallace and family attended an all day meeting at Clarksville last Sunday. Marshall Shotts and family spent Sunday evening with Ben Miller while John Sanders and wife visited Sunday with Philip Kammacher and wife. The United States has more miles of railroad than the combined four continents of Asia Africa South America and Australia.
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