13 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
1
Weekly analysis by Edward C. Wayne portrays a grim war outlook for Britain with signs of German invasion risk and ongoing congressional debate over lease lend. The piece also notes Italian withdrawals in Africa as the broader conflict deepens.
The push for lease-lend faces strong opposition in Republican circles and Senate committees while public polls show broad support for aiding Britain. President’s powers face limits behind proposed amendments, with administration aiming to repeal the Johnson act. Predictions of crisis and a German Blitz scenario color the debate as March 3 debates approach.
The article surveys worsening domestic labor unrest during the lease-lend bill period, highlighting the Allis-Chalmers strike and Henry Ford's stance against government union labor conditions. Ford proposes non-profit government operation of his plants if needed, while labor aims to dismantle Ford's defense contracts. Concurrently, the British Libyan campaign under General Wavell advances, capturing Salum, Bardia, Tobruk, and Derna as forces close on Benghazi, with Italians defending a mountainous frontier.
Réme condemns horse slaughter while La Tribuna argues for animals alive. A Baltimore blastly scene triggers near panic in a movie house as tanks and trucks rattle streets. RAF reports 370 German Italian planes down in January. Britain totals read 2,069. Lansing reports a conservation bridge built for deer crossing the Au Sable River.
The article traces Gen. Maxime Weygand's alignment with the Vichy regime despite British hopes for De Gaulle. It then chronicles Wendell Willkie's swift England trip, his reception, and political fallout at home as Roosevelt uses his visit to influence the lease-lease bill debate. Add in Southeast Asia tensions as Japan’s intrusion reshapes Indo China and Thailand, signaling a looming US-Japan showdown in the Pacific.
Washington dispatch describes audience censorship as a self-imposed filter shaping reactions to foreign policy and World War II events. The piece cites Athenia’s sinking, British airmen reports, and a Berlin broadcast cut, illustrating how public belief shapes acceptance of facts. It also covers Latin American trade talks, detailing complementary and supplementary agricultural products and the aim to boost U.S. imports from the region without shifting more competitive goods.
Domestic wheat prices for January edge higher than December and near the year’s high. Markets expect no oversupply when loans mature in February as growers may hold grain to avoid selling below loan values plus costs, prompting government delivery.
A group of midwestern Republican leaders confront Willkie over Roosevelt’s lend-lease arms bill amid party tensions. The Capital Times notes Willkie’s front-page UK coverage and GOP discomfort as the issue pits him against party stalwarts.
A brisk roundup of New York cultural buzz and political chatter features Memos of a Midnighter items about Churchill and Knox, social intrigue around James McKinley Bryant, Broadway gossip on George Windsor and Betty Windsor, Willkie’s foreign policy stance, FDR health notes, and assorted street-level observations. The column folds in society portraits, mention of Gertrude Lawrence, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Lindy lore, plus Potentias of Pettain, Hart, and Fitzgerald in Hollywood with a Dies Committee angle and cries over Germany and Mexico.
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