14 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
1
Joseph W. LaBine analyzes international power dynamics after the Russ Finn confrontation, noting Japan and Italy maintain a quiet stance as global positions shift. The column presents expert opinion on shifts in leadership, alliances, and potential outcomes from the clash.
The article surveys Finland’s resistance to the Soviet invasion, international reactions, and the balancing acts of Britain Italy and Japan. It notes Italy’s fascist crowd reaction in Rome, the Vatican’s stance, and U.S. debates over severing relations while Finland vows to honor a $234,693 war debt.
The Supreme Court backed a Justice Department anti trust case holding 57 corporations individuals and groups liable for price fixing and limiting supply in the Chicago area. The ruling shocks labor as it targets the milk wagon drivers union and could allow prosecutions of unions in restraint of trade whenever strikes occur, despite Clayton act protections.
Gov E D Rivers said Custer abused his office to boost his political ambitions. W L Miller, Georgia Highway Commissioner, seeks reinstatement. In Kansas City a planned $1,000,000 terminal by four railroads would create a raid western market hub. Mexico's supreme court debates whether subsoil resources belong to the nation, challenging foreign oil company ownership.
Jan Sibelius, hailed as Finland’s idol, told reporters from his Hel singfors outskirts home that he is alive after rumors of his death spread. Two bomb victims were reported in a separate incident. Barola D Jacobs, former Washington newsman, was appointed as wage hour administrator by Col. Paul Fleming in St. Paul amid congressional pressure. Mrs. Roosevelt attended un Americanism committee hearings with Rep. Martin Dies pressuring for Communist investigations in the American Youth congress. Attorney General Murphy rejected AFL demands to exempt unions from antitrust laws, affecting the building trades. King George crosses rough seas to join his army on the Western Front.
A playful quiz prompts readers with four questions about a political step by a man at breakfast, a Romeo Lowther II marriage dispute in New York, Princess Louise in Victoria era news, a Philippine sweep, and Petsamo's temperate Arctic climate. Answers promised at column bottom.
Nebraska's George Norris urged President Roosevelt to delay a public stance on a third-term issue. He argued the President is the ideal leader of the common man and warned early commitment could fracture the progressive vote, uniting behind a potential reactionary opposition.
A garbled note references Tom Dewey as a New York district attorney announcing a 1840 GOP presidential candidacy. The fragment also oddly mentions captivity, a death, and distant seas, but the text is unclear with many garbled phrases and names, offering no verifiable event or date.
Washington editors frame a renewed clash between the Roosevelt administration and electric utilities led by TVA figure David Lilienthal. The piece traces peace moves, tax and spending concerns, and antitrust actions aimed at labor and industry while outlining budget and deficit challenges as 1940 looms.
A terse kitchen tip advises not to stir a salad but to toss it tightly to blend dressing evenly. The scorched stove warning suggests adding salt in small handfuls to control heat, implying caution with cooking steps.
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