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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1939
Page
4
Washington dispatches show 13 billion dollar peacetime appropriations with over 1.75 billion for army navy and flying forces. The piece notes human cost as American youths are drawn into expanded air and armed forces with fatal accidents and wartime risk likely to rise.
Foreign affairs report warns axis powers press Jugoslavia for war use and resources as a bluff in a broader push toward Danzig. Britain and Germany drift toward cautious diplomacy while the Open Door policy and Sino Japanese tensions threaten American interests and global balance.
The remark notes that while the outlook is not cheerful, it is one of the factors acknowledged as the nation broadens its military capacity and economic spending in dollars and cents.
The article outlines tensions between Cordell Hull and Henry Wallace over a permanent export subsidy and reciprocal trade. It notes the risk to treaties, the Ottawa talks on aviation routes, secret service reforms, and looming relief and economic policy battles shaping U.S. strategy and defense.
The brief note credits William J. Miller for copyright 1939 and states distribution through King Features Syndicate Ince.
A crossword style puzzle list with numbered clues across and down including hints for words like capital city, measurements, and terms such as boundary, meadow, and eternity. The puzzle features numerous short definitions and themed entries across two word banks labeled horizontal and vertical.
Cesar Ritz rose from a Swiss sheep herder youth to kitchen apprentice in Paris. He became manager at the Savoy in London in 1896 and founded the first Ritz hotel in Paris, with Ritz hotels later opening in many cities. The New York Ritz-Carlton, built after his death in 1912, stands as a landmark. Tomorrow: The miniature canal.
Humor note from Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen remarks on a landlady taking credit for a boarder’s marriage, joking about shared happiness and ownership when a nice girl boarder marries.
Ben is a farmer who attends church on Sundays yet works on Sundays because his distant farm is off the main road and he doubts heaven can see him work. The piece reflects rural religious humor and a narrator’s folksy voice about daily toil and superstition.
Former Controller General John McCarlL notes that government effectiveness hinges on a strong Congress and proper oversight to ensure it fulfills its duties.
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