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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
2
Editor notes in a Western Newspaper Union release discuss the Greer incident as a test of American foreign policy with a Japanese paper predicting German defeat and signaling winter on the Eastern Front.
The Greer incident 200 miles southwest of Iceland drew German claims against Roosevelt over orders to shoot at a submarine. The U S defended Greer as acting on lawful high seas business, boosting public support and deflating isolationist plots.
The arrival of a second tanker load of oil at Vladivostok with no Japanese interference, plus a News Week article favoring a Nazi defeat, signals a milder Japanese stance and growing Western pressure. A national poll shows 70 percent of Americans want curbs on Japan even if it costs Tokyo.
The article notes the ongoing defense of Leningrad despite conflicting German reports and asserts the Russians’ tenacious resistance. It cites高 casualty figures claimed by Germany, Finnish statements of confusion, and Moscow’s claim of intact defenses with successful counterattacks.
Four American pilots joining the British air forces were drowned when their vessel was torpedoed. Seven survived the sinking as survivors reported the submarine commander, a young German, surfaced and denied firing the torpedo.
The map marks the bitter fight area around Leningrad with Schlues selburg 25 miles away, Kronstadt naval base fortress, and Jerijoki which endured some of the fiercest combat.
Two new cruisers were put afloat in Kearny New Jersey and Quincy Massachusetts to strengthen Americas two ocean fleet. The Kearny ship is a 6000 ton vessel claimed to reach 43 knots aided by secret features. A second cruiser San Juan shared similar metrics and was launched at Quincy amid limited details.
Britain uses Fortress bombers to strike Berlin and beyond. U S orders Boeing $337 million, Douglas $9.7 million, and Vega to enable interchangeable parts with those firms. The four motor, high speed bombers fly at 40 000 feet with heavy weapons and large crews, often returning from missions after overcoming anti aircraft fire. A navy version of similar size is planned for U S testing.
Baltimore learned that the Portuguese vessel Mello, docked after loading 1000 gallons of lubricating oil in Maryland, was seized at Norfolk for carrying unlicensed stores believed for German submarines. Captain J. C. Martins faces charges under presidential export prohibitions amid claims of a systemic racket with limited customs staff.
The article traces how U S army cantonments like Camp Perry in Ohio Camp Dodge in Iowa Camp Lincoln in Illinois and Camp Bowie in Texas honor figures such as Oliver Hazard Perry Henry Dodge and James Bowie. It recounts Perry rising at 14 to fight in the War of 1812 and his battle on Lake Erie. It notes Dodge’s 19th century exploits from the Winnebago and Black Hawk wars to Wisconsin politics. Bowie is linked to the Bowie knife and his Texas War of Independence death.
The article traces root meanings of military unit terms. It explains how company stems from bread and togetherness, regiment from the regimen of officers, brigade as a crew, corps as a body, division as a part of an army, platoon as a ball or square of men, and battalion as a body of troops in battle formation.
The fragment lists questions on topics from population genetics to historical titles and ship regulations. It includes a line about load line marks on a ship and a reference to the question Whither Goest Thou.
The set lists topics including Ways and Means committee, a kangaroo as a cud-chewing ruminant, the Nazis, Louis XVI, two notable women who took seats in 1941, an archeologist linked to Aboriginal art, and Napoleon’s 1812 campaign against Russia led by Kutuzov.
The pillars of Hercules are described as Fibratar and its twin near Ceuta along the Spanish Moroccan frontier. Legends say they were once one mountain range, separated by Hercules to open a passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
A scatterbrained patient asked after appendectomy results and the doctor reveals he found seeds in the appendix. The tale ends with the woman realizing her pills were misidentified as seeds, explaining the missing sweet peas.
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