14 Mar 1940
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
1
Western Newspaper Union reports a forecasting note about a Russo Finnish truce amid rumors of peace. The analysis by Joseph W. LeBine discusses diplomatic signals and the potential outcome of the conflict, framed as an editorial opinion.
The item surveys Governor Rivers amid contempt charges for skipping an injunction hearing, Louisiana politics under Earl Long, and federal cases. It notes U S political shifts, Welles and foreign policy moves, and Senate actions on trade and loans with Finland Sweden and Norway.
Soviet troops reached Viipuri suburbs while Finns claimed destruction of the 34th Red tank brigade aiding the shattered 18th division. On the Western Front local patrols and pontoon bridge construction near Luxeourg Frechtier, aerial reconnoissance up by both sides. In the western Atlantic a British freighter faced attack and a Nazi freighter burned near the West Indies. In the Orient Chinese forces reported a Yangtze river mine sinking a destroyer.
Washington reports show growing U.S. concern about Europe’s fears as Berlin and Rome push for action. Key factors are U S loans to Finland approved by Congress and U S peace feelers in European chancelleries.
Reporters debated how reliable sources differed on Europe diplomacy as Mr. Welles, U S undersecretary, met Mussolini in Rome and later traveled to Berlin for talks with Hitler. The saga echoed Col. House’s WWI mission, but the outcome remained uncertain amid rumors and distrustful press chatter.
Idea of the Week reports on two testing machines at New Kensington High School demonstrations. The devices, from Aluminum Company of America labs, could apply 3,000,000 pounds of squeezing or 1,000,000 pounds of pulling force. One display cracked a solid oak trunk by a million pounds, then cracked an egg shell to reveal a chick.
The Justice Department sued the American Medical Association and affiliates for Sherman Act violations. A lower court had dismissed, but the appeals court ruled the indictment valid, allowing prosecution to proceed.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania residents woke to a rumbling and city subsidence after years of abandoned mine workings. For seven hours the town settled, with buildings sinking up to eighteen inches, gas and water lines breaking and pavements caving in.
The SEC moved to enforce the 1935 holding company act by ordering Zartung Middle West and Electric Bond & Share along with Engineers Public Service to integrate. The next day United Gas Improvement and Cities Service Power & Light received similar orders to show by April 12 how their properties should be reshuffled into geographic units.
Pope Pius XII celebrated his sixty fourth birthday and the first anniversary of his papal election with a pontifical mass in St. Peter's for Romans from his native city, Rome. The event was noted as the first special mass ever said by a pope for the Romans.
National Affairs outlines how second-choice pledges shape the Democratic field if Roosevelt does not run, detailing delegates from Georgia Massachusetts Indiana and Connecticut and the strategic moves of Corcoran Cohen Jackson and Farley. It also notes U.S. plans to expand aircraft production with Morgenthau coordinating tools and export financing amid Allied needs.
A sewing project for Mothers features a white eleven inch Easter bunny made in heavy pink thread with pink buttons. The article explains cutting two body pieces four ears and a strip, interlining ears, inserting stuffing, and finishing seams, with notes on Mrs Spears sewing book for more gift items.
A quotation from Addison urges constant vigilance against moral weakness. It emphasizes that just as one remains alert against weather, people must stay guarded against vice to avoid moral derailment.
A noted quote by Cusimen extols the masking of character in a child as the most noble and enduring work for all time, praising moral formation over artistic creation. The remark frames character development as a timeless civic good and moral beacon.
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