15 Feb 1940
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
1
An editorial disclaimer notes that opinions in the columns are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of the newspaper. The release comes from Western Newspaper.
Washington coverage shows Democrats picking Chicago as convention site while Republicans ponder dates. Roosevelt and Garner may enter April primaries. Dewey vs Taft sparks GOP challenge. House probes anti-Dies links. 12 charged in Spain aid case. Senate cut Civil Aeronautics funding. labor debates strain New Deal as CIO and AFL clash on reforms.
Fragmented reports describe Soviet pressure on Finland and a tentative peace drive involving Germany and allied powers. Balkan mobilizations rise while Turkey faces oil-well attacks. France and Britain pledge aid as Finnish defenses steady around Lake Ladoga and cautious diplomacy continues with Moscow.
Barcus Kindred reports 1989 bonds issued dropped by 2.34 percent from 1929 levels due to pay as you go financing and fewer births lowering school needs. Rationing to start March fuel meat and butter. war risk insurance rates fall as Europe stays out of Pan American waters. More farmers buy federal crop insurance for 1940, census shows cotton output cut by one million bales.
Pennsylvanian Governor George Earle backs Ireland's struggle as Dublin government clashes with Fianna Fáil while Ulster tensions rise. In the United States, Roosevelt defends his administration amid political shifts as Earl Browder faces charges.
In Paris the duchess of Wind sor is credited with inventing two new britted ier a with stoner attachment to free a soldier's trigger finger. In Klondike Mrs Norman Bisch campaigns for votes in a forthcoming special election. In Baltimore Mrs Robert A Taft plans to campaign for her husband in the GOP presidential nominating contest. In New York Jerry Fabrney, patent medicine heiress, ends her fourth marriage.
Early this month a Gallup poll showed 58 percent of U S citizens oppose a non military loan to Finland while 61 percent oppose war supplies credits. Senate debates a bill to double Eximbank capital for a 20 million loan. Brown proposes using Finland debt payments for munitions purchases amid SEC bond registrations push.
Japan's forces push into Ningxia as northern and southern battles intensify near Wingsun in Kwangsi. Chinese planes threaten Japan. 300 Japanese troops die after a Yangtze transport is sunk. Tokyo grapples with U S French protests over Kunai railway bombings and contemplates quitting the nine power treaty while pressuring U S citizens to leave China.
Secretary Wallace announced adoption of a stamp plan to support cotton as exports drop after Britain halted U S surpluses. Farmers will receive stamps equal to purchase value, starting with trial use within weeks. Weather bureau reports frost damage over southern states from January cold snap but losses were overestimated. Trade bill to renew authority for negotiating reciprocal trade pacts faced dissent from the American Farm Bureau and National Grange.
Washington whispers that Postmaster General James Farley may accept a Democratic ticket with either John Nance Garner or Burton Wheeler. The piece notes war boom skepticism, labor camp maneuvers around Wheeler, and faint echoes of past conventions shaping nominating choices.
Household Ques tions cover salt removal from fish with sweet milk wash two curtains as one to keep Ynuslin drapes even use milk bottle rinse water on houseplants rubbers treated with cornstarch for easy wear avoid bleached linen on silver restore fireplace bricks with a soda pumice salt paste keep salt and pepper handy on kitchen shelf prevent colored water from rice by cream of tartar or lemon juice treat fresh grease spots with blotting paper iron press then magnesia for 24 hours
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