Dissecting a Willkie Propaganda Storm in Campaign Noise
The piece, by Charles Michelford, criticizes a Willkie campaign blitz with massive billboards, radio ads, and films aiming to spread an optimistic Utopia. It highlights orchestrated attacks on Roosevelt, claims of economic miracles, and alleges past ties to labor and utility interests while noting the nationwide scare rhetoric from Seattle to Miami.
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Wendell Wijilkie
Ptt
Wiftkie
Wilkie
Democratic
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seattle
Miami
San Diego
Portland
Maine
Willkie
U.S. A
Great Britain
Axis
Wendell Willkie
United States
Republican National Committee
Corporation
Krieg
Fruits of state socialism and the lightening rod salesmen
A political column compares state socialism with private enterprise using Soviet Russia as the test case. It cites inflated prices, shortages, and censorship as evidence, then warns Americans to prefer private enterprise. A second piece mocks high pressure sales tactics by ideologies like fascism and communism, urging gradual, cautious defense of democracy.
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Soviet Russia
New York Times
Moscow
Securate
Times
GS. BE
Gedye
Ambassao
U. S
Russia
Industrial News Review
Fie
Germany
Italy
U.S. A
Neighbor Gossip Reveals Suspicion Over New Family
A woman at her garden wall comments on a new family moving into an empty house. She condemns their furniture and children while assuming the parents’ unhappiness and drink. A neighbor confirms the sister is involved, hinting at ongoing street trouble since.
Iron County receives first 1940 Agricultural Conservation payments
J M Palmer Iron County AAA chairman reports the first 1940 program payments totaling to seven farmers. The funds support soil-building practices and adjustment of acreage for special crops to balance production with consumption, stabilizing prices and encouraging better farming practices across the community.
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Iron County
J. M. Palmer
Shairman
Palmer
Untitled Exchange Sparks Curtain Call on Courtesy
A terse quarrel over polite discourse unfolds as a woman’s curiosity draws ire and a husband is defended. The exchange highlights social tension in a close-knit setting and hints at underlying loyalties and reputations.
Swallow That One Heard At Soda Fountain
A humorous exchange unfolds at a soda fountain where a youth laments not being matted to enjoy breakfast at home. The attendant offers coffee and doughnut options but the customer rejects cream and jelly varieties, while a feminine customer at the end requests a hard boiled egg fried.
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Soda Fountain
Next Department, Please! Spinks Vision for Village Store
Spinks, who runs a small village shop in Tondon, toured large shops for ideas and returned with plans to expand. A customer asked for postcards. Spinks mounted a shelf and fetched a box of stationery, then urged the customer to step up 10 on stationery department.
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Spinks
Tondon
Gooseberry Pie Fractions Prompt a Student Choice
A teacher asks John which fraction of a gooseberry pie he prefers. He answers one fourth, adding he does not like gooseberry pie, prompting a brief, humorous moment in class.
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John
Johnny
Thoroughly Realized Education Stirs Mother Child Banter
A dialogue captures a pair of mothers discussing education as one explains the value of schooling and the other jokes about her six children home for summer. The exchange highlights pride in learning and the busy home life during vacation.
Pleased Too Soon Georgie Loses Prize Money
Georgie arrives home tearful after losing the 10 cents his teacher gave for being the best boy. His father consolingly offers another 10 cents, asking how the loss happened. Georgie explains he was not the best boy.
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Georgie
Fragmented city anecdote about a shop shooter
An amateur photographer rushes into a camera store and asks for film. The clerk distinguishes fast from slow and the shooter chooses slow, saying he has time. A separate joke involves a man in a large rocker asking about public speaking and a man on a three legged stool claiming he proposed to a girl at a party.
Eight Per Cent Rise in Farm Income Seen Nationally
The National Bureau of Economic Research reports cash farm income for the first eight months of the year rose about eight percent from a year earlier. In Utah, cash income reached 30 934 000 with livestock and products at 88 911 000 and crow marketings at 4 023 000, up 1 821 000 from last year. Western states show a ten percent increase in marketings and government payments compared with the previous year.
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UNO
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Utah
Time Mother and Bobby Guess Noon Time
A yard conversation between a mother and her young son Bobby centers on telling time. Bobby studies the clock and estimates that it is about three inches until twelve, reflecting a domestic vignette of a child’s mistaken but endearing grasp of time.
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Bobby
Farm and Ranch Defenses broadcast on Utah program
Utah farmers join a national Defense broadcast series on KSL each Saturday morning. The October 19 program will feature J Falmer of Iron County AAA, with discussion by county leaders from Power County Idaho. The series explains AAA farm program benefits to wheat growers and rural life amid wartime mobilization.
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Utah
KSL
J. Falmer
Iron Eoty
Idaho
Robert J. Potter
Fant
Feat Gatland
Felder County
Power County
Geto
Orville L. Lee
Paradise
Utah Constit amendment on stockholders liability for banks
The proposed constitutional amendment in Utah seeks to hold stockholders of banks and stock associations liable for corporate debts. It would require two thirds of legislators to approve and directs the secretary of state to submit the amendment to voters at the next general election.
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ING
Utah
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Lessee
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Parowan
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Commonwealth and
Saare
Europe
Roger Eyes
Isgust
National Bureau
Utah Farm
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