21 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
1
A sweeping summary of U S and allied responses to Finland Finland invasion and the Soviet threat. Hull warns Moscow and Britain about blockades while ship credits and dummy trading ventures surface. The League of Nations grapples with Russia’s role as USSR faces expulsion and continued diplomacy falters amid war.
Across several capitals a persistent unconfirmed report claims Germany, France, Britain and Italy may form a four power front against the Soviet Union. Observers note Nazi interest and the goal of restraining the Soviets, while Finland and others heighten world hostility toward Moscow as Russian forces push near Finnish lines.
The prompt lists five trivia items about a former Russian revolutionary exile in Mexico testifying before a committee, a US Navy admiralship reassignment next January, the father of Joan Crawford’s ex-husband, a Gallup polling matchup between Roosevelt and Dewey, and a reference to Baron Carl Gustaf in Mannerheim amid bowl activity.
In the campaign scramble following Tom Dewey’s New York cleanup, observers question motives of Attorney General Frank Murphy and Thurman Arnold. A graft crusade idea surfaces in Chicago aiming to outpace Dewey, while Murphy contemplates a Supreme Court seat and Arnold seeks a 150-man trust-busting staff as DOJ expands vote fraud inquiries into oppressed areas.
At its Chicago convention the American Farm Bureau Federation urged larger farm benefits financed by feasible tax measures to close the price gap with industry. It approved a qualified stance on the reciprocal trade program while not mentioning a general manufacturers sales tax. In Vatican news, Pope Pius XI named Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri camerlengo as interim church head. In Massachusetts Fisk Rubber directors agreed to sell to U S Rubber for 0,827,330 cash and 109,081 shares.
The report names Leon Trotzky and Roosevelt among prominent leaders, notes a latest trial heat with Roosevelt at 54 percent and Dewey at 40 percent, mentions Bloch reaching a naval age limit, and cites Finland's "George Washington" as army head and line namesake.
John Haven, a New York sailor, recalls a 1894 San Lucar incident where a supposed beauty led him to a room with a dead man, a locked door, and two policemen. He fled, finding a dagger planted to frame him, only to later learn the scene was a setup by con artists posing as officers.
Old Rockport Massachusetts home reveals 150 year old murals likely created just after the American Revolution. Found under four layers of wallpaper, the scenes include a farm worker lifting a bucket with a blue dog nearby and flags with stars and bars. Artist unknown though local memory hints builder George Knowlton's daughter.
National Geographic outlines Finland as a large, forested nation with 140,000 native or long-term Finnish residents in the US. It notes balance of war-era debts, vast lakes, 65,000 lakes, heavy timber exports, and a rural farmer culture. Paavo Nurmi records linger in athletics as Finland’s Arctic landscape and Gulf Stream aided coast present strategic shipping potential.
Costa Rica plans a fifteen million dollar harbor on the Pacific coast sixty miles south of Puntarenas to boost banana exports. Last year about five million stems were shipped, with 80 percent to the United States. Pacific region shipments totaled over a million stems while Limón rose as the main port on the Caribbean coast.
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