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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1939
Page
2
Joseph W. LaBine delivers a weekly analysis as the editor notes opinions expressed are his own and not the newspaper's. The column is released through the Western Newspaper Union.
A broad survey notes a home bound boom from arms embargo repeal and cash and carry rights, while world trade and diplomacy react. Federal Works Administrator Carmody dampens hopes. October building awards soar. unemployment remains high. rail recovery plans surface. Venezuela pact freezes some tariffs and lowers others.
Prime Minister Chamberlain calls it not a war but a siege while Germany and Nazi plots dominate headlines. Belgian Dutch mediation fails as Dutch dykes open in self defense. Hitler pushes warnings and Munich blast adds mystery. US neutrality scene features Dies hearings and tax talks as Morgenthau cites debt limits amid looming war year.
Three major items frame the farming week: crop loans on cotton despite high surplus and forecast 1939 crop. 1940 wheat acreage set at 64.6 million acres with potential 760 million bushels but weather may depress yield. the federal crop insurance corp closes its first year with losses after premiums from 165 thousand farmers and indemnities paid.
Washington notes that Poles helped shape America from colonial Jamestown through the Revolution and beyond. The National Geographic Society highlights Polish contributions in settlement, industry, and culture, naming Kosciuszko Pulaski Paderewski and others, with Chicago housing the largest Polish population in the country.
Amid a wave of unorthodox pension plans born in California, November elections saw defeats and renewed promises. Ohio preacher Herbert S. Bigelow pressed a $50 monthly state income tax and real estate levy plan, while California’s ham and eggs proposal for those over 50 faltered despite Gov. Culbert Olson’s push for employment. Elsewhere, New York legalized pari mutuel betting as Tammany's strength showed, Keen Johnson rose to Kentucky governor, and Boies Penrose II lost in Pennsylvania.
A plane carrying two men crashed into a swimming hole seven miles southwest of Greensburg. Peter Kodylak aged 13 was crushed to death, Joseph Voyers 15 suffered a concussion, pilot David Patterson climbed free unhurt, and student pilot Nicholas Plevin escaped with a bruised knee.
Yellowstone visitors no longer pull homes behind cars as forest service reports 1.43 percent of vehicles entering the park carried trailers this year, down from 1.79 percent in 1937. Early season arrivals showed more trailer use than later visitors.
Igor Stravinsky, once the wild voice of modern music, is now a Harvard professor of poetry while composing his fourth symphony. His career, from riot-tinged premieres to academic sanction, is contrasted with Bethlehem Steel chief Grace and prolific explorer Walter A. Wood, highlighting modern art, industry, and mapmaking currents.
Patch patterns 2282 include a diagram of block accurate pieces directions and yardages. Send 15 cents and your name address and pattern number to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York NY. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple claim to remove accumulated body waste.
A compact reflection on speech and eloquence as a danger, attributed to Juvenal. The line warns that rapid, unconsidered talk can lead to harm or ruin.
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