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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1939

Page

6

Conviction Theorizes War or Peace in Europe Trial

The article surveys European peril as the U S awaits a verdict on peace or war. Diplomats doubt Britain will fight Poland, while Hitler and Ribbentrop press for action. Observers warn of a fragile balance and discuss British credibility, potential conflicts, and diplomatic maneuvering.

Alan Barth Europe State Department White House U. S Germany England Foreign Service Hitler von Ribbentrop Poland John Bull Chamberlain Czechoslovakia

The Stamp Plan Expands to a National Food Aid Program

Secretary Wallace pushes the food plan from experiments in Shawnee Okla to 75 to 100 cities by next spring with regional offices and a $250,000,000 potential annual cost. The plan uses blue and orange stamps to move surplus foods to relief clients, with private wages and later low income workers included.

Wallace Roosevelt Shawnee Okla Pottawatomie Des Moines Federal Treasury Department of Agriculture Treasury

How Long Can It Last Think About This

The Reinbeck Courier questions the sustainability of 130 million Americans supported by 40 million working, noting 11 million unemployed and 6 million sick or disabled. It asks how long so few workers can support so many and reflects on census figures from 1930.

United States U. S Reinbeck Courier

As You Were 45 Years Ago in Muscatine and Bloomington

A retrospective recalls the first telegram received in Bloomington now Muscatine on August 23. Joseph Bennett, then local director, and O H Kelly as operator mark the event 45 years ago.

Joseph Bennett Bloomington Muscatine Bennett O. H. Kelly

Marconi’s Wireless: Early Trials and Patents Timeline

The article recounts Marconi’s 1895 wireless tests near Bologna, his 1896 patent for wireless telegraphy, and key links established by 1902 across Europe and to sea. It notes initial government disinterest, then rapid international progress. Tomorrow: The Legless Aviator.

Marconi Guglielmo Marconi Bologna Italy England France Newfoundland

Tennis Expert

IAIN D SENATOR is identified as a tennis expert and former U S champion. The puzzle lists numerous vocabulary clues with financial and positional hints and cites a tennis-themed solution. The grid references indicate a themed wordplay puzzle focusing on tennis terms and related nomenclature.

Quotes from leaders and public figures on economy and freedom

A selection of remarks touches on income trivialities, banking gloom, Japan policy, fashion trends, and calls for reason and morality. Governor Dickinson recalls cowhide boots and dancing Virginia Reel while officials warn about censorship ending free speech.

Loren D. Dickinson Michigan

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