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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
7
Edward C. Wayne analyzes British stance in the Far East and Japan attitude toward Thailand. Nazi reports claim big victories over Reds and Mussolini’s son is killed in an air crash.
Three major measures face Congress as debates unfold. The tax bill aims for passage with changes to joint filing, affecting revenue. The draft extension bill passes the Senate 45 to 30, extending draftee terms to 2 1/2 years and moving to the House. Price-fixing and draft-industry bills trigger concerns over press freedom and enforcement, with Henderson at center of opposition.
From Rome comes word that Bruno Mussolini, Benito Mussolini's second son and a Captain of Aviation, died at 22 in an air testing flight near Pisa. He had seen action in three wars including Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War, with Italian sources noting his daring and risky actions.
German claims in four communiques boast 895000 prisoners taken and vast killed and wounded. They describe Smolensk as surrounded, Leningrad imperiled, and Kiev partly encircled, with two pincers piercing Stalin's line. Reds report counterattacks while denying German gains and noting young and reserve prisoners. The US weighs Azores defense plans amid Tokyo and Bangkok tensions.
Government action to classify silk as a vital raw material shuts silk hosiery, pushing American women toward cotton stockings and even spray-on options. Philadelphia's hosiery firms pivot to cotton lisle as nylon cannot meet demand. Also included is a wartime odds update from Lloyds on war's end and a spy execution of Karl Drucke and Werner Waelti after radios were found.
Weather improved as R.A.F. planes pressed raids over the Reich including Berlin. Communiques say bombers faced storms and high winds but used clear German skies for navigation. Industrial centers Mannheim Frankfurt and Karlsruhe reported among targets.
A photo series shows the Watervliet New York arsenal in action as the nation operates as an arsenal of democracy. Gun barrels coated with protective film sit in a storage yard, highlighting rapid movement from storage to use.
Jack Farley known as the Irish Traveler arrived in Philadelphia by hitchhiking from Louisville Kentucky and becomes the first veteran to appear at the national en campment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and receives the first convention badge.
The questions cover a range of trivia from American poetry to geography and science. It asks for the author of a Union ode line, Inca territory, US railroad mileage, human vestigial organs, sunburn cause, Babel’s location, US railway tunnels and total length, the notable role of Phillips Brooks Beecher and Abbott, and Canada's population.
Henry W. Longfellow’s poem references Peru and the voyage theme. The excerpt cites travels approximately 236000 miles and discusses vestigial organs while noting sunburn results from ultraviolet rays. Babylon is mentioned in context of ancient cities.
The U S Department of Agriculture states the heaviest green wood is red oak at 64 pounds per cubic foot. The heaviest air dried wood is hickory, with air dried red oak at 44 pounds and green hickory at 63 pounds per cubic foot, or 4 250 pounds per 1 000 board feet.
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