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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
1
Weekly news analysis notes Britain’s colonial retreat in Somaliland and ongoing Nazi air raids on England. It reports rising tensions between Greece and Italy and mentions the U.S. House approving mobilization of the guard. Editorial tone hints at opinion columns alongside wartime updates.
The piece notes Italy’s expansionist actions across Europe and Africa, with Greece targeted next. Metaxas’s regime is described as nonaligned and tense, while Albania borders Greece and a Greek-Albanian incident prompts Italian demands, amid the broader fascist advance in Europe.
Fragmented OCR text reports British empire involvement in World War II Italy and Dunkirk era actions. It mentions Mussolini’s forces, 22,000 men, and the clash near Somaland with comms from British empire. The piece recalls front line guard actions and battlefield losses, highlighting imperial strain and communications.
The article covers Wendell Willkie’s acceptance speech before a massive Midwest crowd, urging debates with President Roosevelt on campaign issues. It notes Republican support for selective military service, aid to Britain, and Willkie’s pledge to defeat Hitler on American terms. It also details mobilization debates, the Burke-Wadsworth bill, and Chrysler’s $53.5 million tank plant plan in Detroit area creating about 3,050 jobs.
The article analyzes aerial combat over England, noting German pilots as very young and fervent while British pilots are older professionals. It contrasts aircraft quality, production faults, and repair rates, with Goering aiming to wear down the Royal Air Force through attrition despite doubts about total subjugation by air. The piece cites Goering and Churchill as opposing views on air supremacy.
An English farmer blesses wartime bonds while recounting a German bombing that killed his chickens. A neighbor, hoping to keep war memories, buys two chickens for 19 pounds and another amount for the second, totaling about 6030 dollars in American money at the current exchange rate of roughly 4.02 dollars per pound.
The League of Nations has moved from Geneva to France then Portugal, with Spaniards and Germans pushing it west. Princeton’s economic and financial sections opposed the league while McGill University in Montreal became the labors office hideaway under John Winant, former New Hampshire governor, as director.
The piece surveys Luxemburgs 20th century fate from independence to reintegration with Germany and nearby regions, then shifts to American mentions and a New York nightclub fingerprinting program amid crime concerns. It notes Roosevelt’s aid, battery of social figures, and mixed reactions to the new policy.
Nelson Rockefeller, son of John D. Jr., receives a $1 per year government post as co-ordinator of commercial and cultural relations among the American republics for the Council of National Defense. He will also chair the interdepartmental committee on inter-American affairs and shows interest in a Caracas hotel project. Air Marshal Goering unveils a new silvery gray uniform with an oversized hat featuring a large apple emblem. Bruce Lockhart becomes British ambassador to Czechoslovakia in England. Prince Roger Starhemberg, once Hiller’s ally, fled Austria to France and England, later joining the French army.
Washington sources probe why some senators oppose conscription. Fear of constituents and fears Roosevelt will push the nation into war shape motives. The Adams amendment vote and Fletcher’s Hatch Act remark mark the latest twists in the Willkie campaign.
Cleaning pewter is explained with immersion in a solution of one third cup of the two quarts of water for several hours. Rubbing removes loosened dinginess then. Fresh solution needed every six to eight hours if immersion takes long. Wood handles out of solution. Rinse after. Polish with metal polish promptly.
A Berlin boy who used his girlfriend s lipstick to paint an official red V on a license plate to claim wartime driving rights was caught when a policeman rubbed his finger across the mark. He received three months in jail.
Mary Gartner, a Detroit stenographer, recounts her miracle recovery after four years of silence due to a rare throat condition. Doctors in Detroit and New York doubted a cure until infinitesimal adjustments to her larynx, guided by phonostavh records, restored her voice as she whispered through the treatment.
Four men steal a Greyhound bus from Toledo and drive it to Chicago before being stopped on US 20 near Elkhart Indiana. The Toledo driver, once employed by the company, said it was a joke and he was not charged. Authorities say no charges were filed.
Karl Bilner of Philadelphia demonstrates a bomb-proof pillbox in under five hours for Army officials and Congress members. The concrete, mushroom-shaped structure with gun aperture and trench approach hardened swiftly, supporting several men on its roof. A balloon inside steel reinforcement shapes the form for pouring concrete.
Patsy-Jean Emard of Anchorage journeys to Alaska on her 14,000th mile of travel. Accompanied by her aunt Miss Katherine G. Kane, she teaches across Alaska by dogsled, plane, auto, dory, steamship, and train. Her U S tour was in 1939, and her parents reside in Anchorage with her father heading a packing firm.
In Baltimore Judge JL Abner Sayler declares the seized herbs used to soak feet are marijuana and sentences Joseph Garcia a Puerto Rican to three years in the penitentiary.
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