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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
2
Excerpts from James W. Barrett on Joseph Pulitzer describe a journalist as a statesman in action and detail a flurry of society, political, and wartime rumors. The bystander column riffs on Supreme Court, cabinet intrigue, espionage chatter, and media provocations with playful, sharp tone.
The Malay Peninsula yields over a third of the world’s rubber and tin output. Rubber trees thrive near the equator with abundant rain, while tin comes from vast open pits. British development centers on Singapore, a major port and naval base, feeding rubber and tin to global markets.
A description notes tin ore in heavily wooded mountain ranges rising like a backbone along the Malay peninsula. The passage highlights geology and regional ore deposits in the region.
Mr McMillen of the National Farm Chemurgic Council explains how chemurgy uses sunshine and atmosphere to turn nearly all plant growth into industrial raw materials. He notes the US has limitless potential for renewable production, powered by organic chemistry and plant genetics to grow crops to industrial specs.
A playful column notes Chicxgorillas once used in circulation battles in New York and Philadelphia are now eyed for Chicago action. It quips about a Broadway figure who dodged every major sin yet sits in Bastille for a floating crap game and hopes Japan befriends the U S Navy over the Italian Army.
In Columbia Missouri a large forum at Stephens College discussed women’s future roles in democracy. Sociologists economists and female leaders concluded training should focus on health character and finances. Dr James Wood noted twenty nine years studying education’s duties to help women understand their responsibilities toward democracy.
A recent report by the American Foundation for Animal Health suggests horse sleeping sickness could affect humans. Cases in Minnesota Texas and along the East Coast linked to equine encephalomyelitis prompted officials to urge caution for handlers and to emphasize mosquito bite prevention and vaccination as protection.
A German smuggling ring, using an 800 ton yacht once owned by A Atwater Kent, operates under the Panama flag from Vera Cruz Mexico. The vessel transports high test gasoline and mercury to Caribbean islands while U S authorities monitor its movements, with payments traced to a major Nazi Mexican business house.
A column reflects on attics as memory stores and the dilemma of discarding relics from generations. It also quotes Secretary Morgenthau pressing for a seven to eight billion dollar annual tax rise and source taxation to show citizens what they pay. The piece ends noting 1942 envelope orders create postal costs and deficits.
A new 32 page booklet offers self instruction in touch typing with a keyboard chart, exercises and speed drills. It promises training for English, business and official letters with rules and figure tables. Send your order to.
Washington reports a shift to dull camouflage paint on U S Army trucks. The new finish reduces visibility from air and land, replacing the old bright polish favored by drivers. Old chauffeurs grumbled at lost shine, but the system aims for stealth and protection in combat zones.
Capt Jules James commandant of the U S naval base at Bermuda is described as a nephew of Secretary of War Stimson. Meanwhile the White House has received many letters urging Maury Maverick as ambassador to Mexico.
The piece notes American women cannot buy bed curlers as factories lack materials needed for war munitions for England. It reassures that British curler imports will fill the gap at half the price, with English curlers still operating and sold under different names.
Lincoln objected to a business letter about a man he knew. He replied briefly that the man has a wife and baby worth $500,000 to any man, an office with a table worth $1.50 and three chairs worth $1, and a corner rat-hole worth examining.
Surveys across Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard show Camel Cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco as the top gifts service members want. Sales data from service stores afloat and ashore confirm Camel as favorite cigarette and Prince Albert as favored smoking tobacco. Dealers already feature cartons of Camels or a pound tin of Prince Albert for Christmas.
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