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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
6
Farnham F. Dudgeon analyzes the week in review as Nazis smash along the Maginot Line while the president requests one billion dollars for national defense. The piece is released by the Western Newspaper Union and carries the editor's note about column opinions.
As Nazi forces push across The Netherlands Belgium and France Allied leaders stress readiness and air power while Roosevelt asks Congress for 896 million to boost army navy and air forces. Pershing praises preparedness as war looms and markets react with volatility amid forecast shifts in trade and industry.
Nazi leader Robert Ley claimed Hitler waged a God given mission to bring Europe to reason and shape the world while General Sir Alan Brooke noted the empire’s great moments approach as the forces prepare. The piece references hopes among Europeans and the possible timing of American involvement.
Trend notes nylon stockings marketed as a fable for milady’s plea and duPont synthesis. In Atlantic City campaigners for a female city commissioner used 200 cameras to deter double voting with snap checks. Building data show 37 eastern states high residential contracts last month, private ownership leading the $135,420,000 total.
A meditation on weapons of war born from ingenuity and the double edge of progress. Dr. Alfred V. Kidder examines culture as a machine, Henry Adams evokes dynamos, and Schwab’s absence sits with a melancholy social forecast. Dorothy Stickney rises from poverty to stardom, while A. P. Herbert’s wit peppers public discourse amid Munich’s shadow.
In Paris newsrooms, Air Marshal Arthur S Barratt denounces a crisis over press handouts and cooperation. British editors retaliate by recalling correspondents, highlighting frictions between British high command and the press. Barratt, 49, leads the unified Franco British air force and has long service with the Royal Air Force, including commandant posts and India assignments.
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