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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
2
Edward Wayne analyzes how the United States seeks to counter a Soviet led blitz by using worldwide economic action. The piece argues trade controls are the strategic objective as Russia slows Nazi aggression in Europe.
The piece describes a German diplomatic and economic push across Pan-America and the Far East aimed at delaying U.S. entry and disrupting Allied logistics. It notes Dakar and Vichy base aims, border conflicts in South America, and the broader economic war that underpins Russo-German fighting.
Secretary Ickes imposes a seven to seven gasoline curfew aiming to curb use and raise public awareness amid shortages. Exemptions include trucks, taxis, and buses, while critics warn it will cost 100,000 filling station jobs and barely alter night driving habits. Russian and Chinese reports on war losses and German advances vary, with Moscow dispatches showing strong resistance and questionable German gains near Moscow.
Stockholm dispatches describe Norway nearly under siege from German occupation with courts closed and trials moved to German military tribunals. Japan amplifies war drive with 2,000,000 mobilized and planned raids on Burma road Thailand Dutch East Indies Philippines as air bases expand. Sumner Welles denounces Vichy Indo China surrender and warns Dakar potential seizure. Duke of Kent tours North America to inspect defense industries and meet the President at Hyde Park.
Practical home repair guidance from Roger B. Whitman covering chipped enamel patches on sinks, wallpapering over tongue and groove boards, reviving dull walnut furniture, sweating porch corners, spray paints, and making white paint. Includes step by step fixes, safety notes, and how to choose cabinet makers.
A set of nine trivia prompts covering naval heroes, education reform, Native American population estimates, a spider taught persistence, magic acts, Gettysburg dedication address speaker, authors of a quoted line, deer or cedar tree location, trends in American heights and weights, and whether monarchs ever used unemployment insurance.
A quiz shows American men growing taller and heavier while women keep height but lose weight through figure changes. Ex King Prajadhipok of Siam, who died recently in England, is noted as the only monarch to claim unemployment insurance after losing his throne in 1935.
The list references John Paul Jones and Edward Everett among figures. It notes a population figure of about 350,000 Indians in the United States and mentions Scotland and Robert Bruce. It includes sleight of hand tricks and a curious line on an East Indian cedar in a forest. It ends with incomplete anthropometric measurements from the past cen- turies.
A man reads his palm while a fortune teller foretells travel soon. He heads to the railway station and asks for a ticket to Chicago, unsure whether it will be single or return. The clerk confirms options as the man offers his palm for a final read.
The speaker cites Ibsen on self realization as the highest human attainment. They argue it is a universal task yet many people fail to achieve it.
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