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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
3
Edward C Wayne analyzes Congress focusing on a price fixing measure and repeal of the U S Neutrality Act as top issues. He calls the Soviet situation grave and notes British concerns. The column is an opinion piece released by the Western Newspaper Union.
Reports show German forces within Kiev suburbs amid fierce Russian defense and conflicting claims of Kiev’s fall. British observers describe a grave Russian situation as Turkey and Bulgaria move toward Nazi alignment. Japan escalates tensions with the United States while Thailand warns of near war as Indo China dispute intensifies.
Bernard Baruch challenges price fixing by linking it to costs of goods including wages and rents, influencing committee views toward wage ceilings and a board administered system. Washington shifts toward stronger White House foreign policy, repeal of the Neutrality Act eyed within two months as isolationist voices weaken. In Europe, anti Nazi unrest grows with Dutch and Paris events, prompting stricter security and executions in Paris as reprisals mount.
The Maritime Commission seized two Alcoa freighters in New York and sent them to Bermuda and the West Indies with supplies for naval and air bases as a seamen’s union strike crippled six ports. Unions challenged the move as curbing collective bargaining while crews were recruited to continue transport.
Berlin reports 3480 enemy planes destroyed by German anti aircraft fire since the war began. London notes five Belgians cross the channel in a 90 foot dinghy to England. Aurora borealis aids British night raids. Chungking sees a total solar eclipse across eight provinces. Berlin threatens reprisals over anti Nazi demonstrations in Argentina.
Bruce King of Teaneck New Jersey joined the Royal Canadian Air Force by deceiving officers about his age. He is actually 14, and his parents provided proof, so he will be sent back to Teaneck. He may attempt service again in the future.
Self teaching aid promises simple directions and diagrams to master guitar. The 32 page booklet covers fingerboard basics, right hand technique, and seven favorite chords with accompanying chords and diagrams. Order details point to Reader Home Service at 635 Sixth Avenue New York City.
A concise aphorism noting that only a moral sensible well bred man may affront, and none others can, attributed to Cowper.
The text states 72 percent of Earth is water, with 139,440,000 sq miles of ocean and 57,510,000 sq miles of land. It cites about a million square miles of lakes and rivers, 323,000,000 cubic miles of ocean water, and a deepest point of 30,246 feet at Milwaukee Depth north of Puerto Rico. It notes average ocean depth 12,450 feet.
A paraphrased moral contrasts quiet virtue with loud empty show. A wise man is compared to a drugt gift's chest filled with virtues while a blockhead resembles a warrior's drum loud yet empty.
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