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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
3
A patriotic credo asserting the newspaper as guardian of liberty and democracy. It pledges constant presence in homes through the seasons, chronicling life events, and serving civic duties, charity drives, education, and community advancement as a friend to American readers. The piece lists historic journalists and writers as part of its trusted lineage.
The article argues that reader confidence keeps newspapers vital to democracy and that freedom of the press must be defended by communities. It stresses readers and papers depend on each other to resist censorship and sustain national progress.
In Jonesville population 1800, editor Bill Jenks inspires local merchants and farmers through community programs. He funds a park, promotes a merchant club, boosts school improvements, and educates on taxes and highway safety. The Courier reports his 15 years shaping town life and regional progress.
Virginia Vale notes Betty Field stars in Paramount's Victory in a glorified sarong gown that drew 27 studio requests after its release. Mary Martin is featured with Fred Allen and Jack Benny in Love Thy Neighbor with perilous dock scenes and comical confrontations.
Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard spar over a vacant car space at General Service studios as Goddard fills it with a decorated motor scooter. Brenda Marshall longs for a dress from East of the River but is blocked to protect on screen wardrobe. The Wartime March of Time edition covers foreign newsfronts and H. V. Kaltenborn’s Germany escape. Burns and Allen rituals, Dinah Shore’s rising career, and Dinah’s Orchids of Remembrance reprise highlight a bustling studio scene and public figures navigating superstition and stagecraft in a wartime Hollywood.
Collier's surveys reveal inequality in nationality figures with Japanese residents higher than Chinese, and female percentages differ for Chinese and Japanese populations. It notes peculiar cases like a child born at sea inheriting multiple nationalities and odd maritime trivia about oysters and Mexican squash. Homing pigeons in U S Army Signal Corps can navigate 60 miles and identify home when moved daily.
Bamboo grows up to 100 feet tall and 16 inches in a day. Its hollow joints yield pails bottles and vessels. It supports housing scaffolding and floors. Masts and fishing rods come from its stems. In Asia people eat bamboo seeds, while Hindus mix them with honey for a dish.
A stylish afternoon dress flatters the figure with a slim waist and smooth hips, a sculpted line across the torso, and a high neckline brightened by a gold necklace or a snowy accent. The cut emphasizes grace and poise for refined daytime wear.
Terms and trivia cover opposites on the globe, historic U S security roots, and basic ethics. Questions include antipodal concepts, the era of the Secret Service birth, the meaning of misanthrope, the lasting span of ephemeral things, earth’s center proximity, and treaty approval by Senate supermajority.
The questions refer to a slogan, a century start date, a bodily function, and language status. Without context, likely: a flag for the Gadsden flag with Dont tread on me. the present century began in 1901. lack of lachrymal glands means you cannot cry. Brazil does not have an official national language, Portuguese is de facto and widely used.
Humorous quip column notes men may be fools to marry yet offers social jests. Barbers, photographers, painters are teased for tricks and misrepresentations as Jill links marriage to love and no pay.
The set covers Antipodes, the Civil war dating July 2 1864, a phrase meaning a hater of mankind, a single day, the North pole and a note on Earth's flattening, a Senate rule for treaty consideration, early American naval flags, January 1 1901, shedding tears, and a language fact about Brazil.
A philosophical excerpt presents Bentham arguing that pain and pleasure govern mankind guiding actions and determining morality. It discusses the standard of right and wrong versus the chain of causes and effects under sovereign masters.
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