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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
6
Weekly analysis notes Europe tensions follow Finland action as Allies retreat from Near East and U.S. Senate debates Hatch act amendments. It highlights key votes, investigations, and looming economic and defense policy decisions shaping postwar politics.
Finland vows peace after Moscow talks end World War II hostilities. Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner cites unity against a vast foe and the need to restore vitality as Marshal Mannerheim notes 15 000 Finnish deaths versus Russia’s 200 000. A Scandinavian defensive alliance with Sweden and Norway is planned.
Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips used a temporary injunction to halt completion of the $20 million Grand River PWA dam claiming the U S owed Oklahoma $850,000 for land roads and bridges to be submerged by the reservoir. Juan Trippe touted Pan American Airways Hawaii flights. Senator Gerald Nye was divorced for cruelty.
Reaction from the East notes that Russia began new fighting after a prior war ended. Reports from Shanghai indicate clashes resumed on the Outer Mongolian frontier where a truce last September paused fighting, with border talks stalling since. Japan lodged a protest with Moscow over Russian airplane flights over southern Sakhalin.
The item lists multiple brief notices from Washington Hollywood McAllen Beirut and New York. NBC seeks permits for new TV stations in Chicago Philadelphia and Washington. Disney filings aim to raise 4 million dollars in new capital. A collision in Texas fatally injures 25 citrus workers. Beirut search parties seek 500 pilgrims lost in the desert. Labor data show 1935 36 families living on about 69 per month. The industrial board notes February living costs rose 0 5 percent from January.
After Europe’s war began, U S business hoped to win South American trade long controlled by Germany and Britain. Commerce experts found that without decisive action on defaulted debts and political risk, U S exports and imports would not grow. They noted South American imports from the U S lag behind U S imports from the region, draining gold and silver from the small nations.
The U S weather bureau notes low soil moisture will limit spring wheat yields across farming states unless rains come. Drouth grips the winter wheat belt from Nebraska to Texas and Colorado to Ohio, with Atlantic coast dryness hindering forecasts. In the Far East, Russo Finnish peace talks cast doubt on Sino Japanese relations as Puppet Wang Ching-wei hints at a pro Japanese government in China and Tokyo offers abstract support.
London readers and American observers discuss a possible Roosevelt third term as war in Europe evolves. Wilson Broadbent reports a peace outcome could boost or hinder reelection, while New Hampshire primary delegates align with FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt comments downplay a third term.
The piece argues Field Marshal Hermann Goering backs Finnish Russian peace efforts through Axel Wenner Gren, Swedish industrial magnate and Goering ally. It traces Wenner Gren’s travels from Nassau to New York Rome and Berlin with Sumner Welles, seeking a rapid peace that would keep Sweden’s iron and Swedish firms out of foreign hands. It notes American support for peace via Jesse Jones, Wenner Gren’s influence in Sweden’s industry, and Greta Garbo aboard the Southern Cross.
General Johnson surveys three congressional issues: Hatch bill on political activity in state departments handling federal funds, Smith committee plan to reform the National Labor Relations Board, and Walter Logan bill to curtail one man government by speeding legal relief. He condemns delay and partisan aims, labeling the trio as flawed paths toward political coercion and executive overreach.
The quiz asks ten questions about plants water level siege history cribbing geology geography geodesy citizenship voting pivotal battles island control derby origins and mercury evaporation in open air. It tests general knowledge across science history and geography.
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A 17 inch circumference hailstone fell in Potter Texas, while the record hailstone measures 9 by 5 by 4 inches. The piece notes Africa and India have heavy falls, citing a 1936 Transvaal storm that left fields and cattle damaged and crops destroyed within half an hour.
A Gloucester City reader reports boosted appetite energy and digestion after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The letter claims the remedy stimulates gastric juices and builds nourishment, with over 30 million bottles sold.
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