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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1940
Page
5
Weekly analysis by Joseph W. LaBine discusses a limited congressional session unlikely to address major items as controversial issues surface. The column notes cabinet splits over farm tax policy and frames opinions as editor’s notes rather than newspaper statements.
Washington minds weigh the fate of a La Guardia Ickes Murphy third party to draft Roosevelt, noting third party failures since 1912 and warning such moves would fracture the GOP Democrats. Dies committee fund-raising and Davies with Marjorie Post Close Hutton spark Beltway rumor mill while Davies’ Europe insight could aid state department.
As 1940 unfolds an election year looms while Franklin Roosevelt pushes New Deal aims and a larger defense program. Henry Morgenthau probes taxes and a proposed certificate plan to fund farm benefits stirs debate along with calls to renew the reciprocal trade program and adjust labor policy.
The telegram outlines a chaotic mix of World War II era events. Finnish night patrols in icy terrain clash with Russian assaults, Soviet reinforcements surge, Stalin reshapes command, and global signals hint at earthquakes and political upheaval. Also noted are Japan’s looming budget moves, Am erican power deals, and U.S.-China trade tensions amid army influence.
The piece outlines European power struggles in North America focusing on French English and Dutch aims in fur trade and alliance with natives. It notes Champlain and Algonquins, Iroquois conflicts, English support for the Iroquois shifting balance of power, and Jesuit missions beginning 1615 with the Recollers and later 1625 Jesuit efforts amid harsh conditions.
Eddie Big Beaver, a Blackfeet leader of Montana, illustrates how the tribes once governed the St. Lawrence region and now live on reserves. The article outlines native beliefs before and after European contact, noting Christianity clashed with concepts of immortality and the afterlife, the practical focus of Indian religion, offerings to spirits, and the sense of a universal force in nature guiding destiny.
An advertisement describes a slenderizing basic dress pattern with front buttons and gathered bodice, offered in velvet and wool broadcloth options. It notes two step by step sew charts, Barbara Fell Pattern No. --------------, sized 34 to 46, with yardage for sleeves and fabric, and directs orders to The Set Circle Pattern Dept in San Francisco.
Henry J. Doherty, a multi millionaire public utilities executive and oil man, died in Philadelphia after leaving school at age 12 to work for the Columbus D gas company. In California, James Roosevelt and two Los Angeles men filed articles of incorporation for Globe Productions Inc a motion picture and radio firm in Sacramento.
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