15 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
1
Roger Shaf analyzes weekly news as German and British air raids strike key industrial targets. Political campaigns intensify as public debate roars on amid wartime press notes and union releases.
The piece portrays Ed Flynn of Sioux City as a key political figure with a similar background to Farley, while Willkie gains newspaper support from many papers. It surveys WWII events, German air raids and naval battles, plus U.S. military readiness and parachute training at Fort Benning as civilians join the air effort.
A Dublin style wartime humor piece recalls Parliament mocking Italian submarines and Wimbledon’s scandalous wartime pivot to pig breeding. It riffs on aluminum shortages, steel armor ideas, and old battles as Britons are described as good sports while domestic pets and a Bristol gorilla add ironic color.
Three Musico brothers George Arthur and Robert were discharged on bail amounts. George's bail valued at 510,000 with brothers at 5,000 each. They served brief sentences after alleged forgery and a grand scheme. The late Philip Musica linked to McKesson Robbine used alias F Donald Coster. Congress picks Lindsay Warren as comptroller general chair of accounts committee. post carries 15 year tenure and about 10000 yearly. A public health note reports a mysterious disease called manga affecting 100000. Doctors from Rockefeller Institute and US health service rushed to Rico.
Miss Elane Summers 18 University of Fiscon Stz beauty queen mounts a white horse in Chicago heading to Washington D C with an anticonscription bill to be presented to President Roosevelt. Ride sponsored by the Committee to Defend America by Keeping It Out of War. The piece presents one side of the conscription debate.
House and Senate committees clash over how to tax excess profits and amortize capital invested in war industries. Defense and Treasury wish to maximize revenue and incentivize new plant, with potential rates around 40 percent across four brackets. TVA defense aid and timing of dam projects draw scrutiny amid war readiness.
A reader describes wind down draft from hills causing chimney issues and disintegrating bricks. Advice covers rotating metal cap to deflect wind, waterproofing porous brick, floor sawdust cement mix as an experimental barn flooring, rust stain removal on white cement, room separation options, leaking leaders replacement with corrugated 16 ounce leaders, boiler section replacement, and polishing tarnished brass with vinegar polish lacquer finish.
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A brief quotation from John Ruskin on temptation and self discipline stressing that only a firm honest determination can keep one away from temptation and lead to doing the best one can.
A concise meditation on self awareness noting that others faults are visible while our own remain hidden beneath the surface. The quote urges examination of inner flaws rather than judging others, highlighting moral self discipline and humility.
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