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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
2
A columnist recalls Willkie’s Colorado Springs interview tour, noting the envoy’s public image and the challenge of shaping policy themes for the campaign. Commentary contrasts Willkie with Roosevelt, discusses party dynamics, and previews upcoming speeches and radio strategy against a backdrop of wartime aviation and training debates.
Aliens in the United States begin registration while defense faces a bottleneck as production and planning slow under wartime pressures. The report notes a massive air raid by approximately a thousand German bombers driving global fear and prompting emergency measures.
The report details a massive German air attack on Great Britain described as the greatest in history with hundreds of planes targeting London and the Thames valley and Croydon airport, while Berlin disputes British claims of damage. Mussolini advances in Africa threatening Suez and India with extreme heat in Somaliland. The piece notes widespread alien questionnaires and fingerprinting in the United States, and a brewing music rights dispute between ASCAP and broadcasters amid campaign jibes between Willkie and Wallace.
Commissioner Harrington announced 429 work releilers who refused to sign affidavits denying membership in the Nazi Bund or Communist party have been discharged. President Roosevelt selects Bon Homme Richard for new Davy aircraft carrier christening. Farley named portmaster general to head Coca Cola Export, while remaining tied to Yankees syndicate. Wheeler proposes national referendum on conscription, triggering flat opposition from Washington experts.
The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda en route to the former king's new post as governor of the Bahamas. The island's leading matrons Mra Hastings Brooke and Lady Kennedy Purvis curtsied as the duchess received a friendly nod with no curtsy.
The article notes George Bernard Shaw mocking meatless rations and Norbert Mooyer backing Belgium and France relief if embargoes lift. Rear Admiral Ghormley is assigned London as observer the highest peacetime rank. Manuel Quezon gains virtual dictator powers over fees and prices. Lady Byng, widow of a British marshal, appears as a German bombing refugee in the United States.
British refugee Patricia Wynn Williams arrives in New York fleeing London during aerial bombardments. She travels with her sister toward Chicago where friends will shelter them until the war ends. She appears bashful as photographers urge a big smile.
The National Defense Commission reports 21 hour schedules and contracts for arms ships and munitions fueling a surge in factory output. Production chiefs say American plants can reach 12,000 planes yearly by next January, yet only 33 of 4000 approved fighting planes have been contracted. Guardsmen lack equipment as tax concerns hinder defense construction. Meanwhile some firms rush to prebuild planes awaiting tax legislation. ANY: Mrs Avice Cornelius reported her car missing then found smashed into the police station foyer, ending up wedged near the chief's desk.
Washington column reports top talks with Great Britain over naval aid to Britain in exchange for Western Hemisphere island transfers and military bases. Terms include U S autonomy to set concessions, with Roosevelt administration broadly favorable though President cautious.
A fragmentary note mocks a playful scene with 90 candies on a rye cake and raises a cryptic question about lighting ends. The tone hints at a saying about deeds over words, though the text remains incomplete and unclear in origin.
In a noisy dressing room a circus manager hears moans and groans from a nearby area. A circus hand mentions a dangerous performer named Flines, who has reportedly traded on sharp blades. The dialogue touches on love and perception, with fraught exchanges and incomplete phrases.
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