28 Mar 1940
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
1
Joseph W. LaBine analyzes a rising coalition of Germany Italy and Russia threatening democracies amid global tensions. The piece discusses a proposed peace plan attributed to Wells and framed as an editor’s note within a Western Newspaper Union release.
On the Western Front severe local fighting features French artillery destroying Nazi propaganda signs across no man s land. In the Northern Front Finnish troops are evacuated from land ceded to Russia. Nazi planes bomb Scapa Flow causing British civilian casualties, while RAF planes strike Nazi patrol boats off Heligoland Bight. Russian and Japanese troops clash on Sakhalin as both nations reinforce Outer Mongolian Manchukuoan frontiers.
On the Europe scene Berlin Rome and Moscow push for a three nation balance in the Balkans as Italy and Russia seek terms with Romania Hungary and each other. Sumner Welles probes for a peace plan while US housing rolls out rural farm housing under USHA with dozens of new farm homes planned in Ark Lonoke Ga Thomasville Cairo Terre Haute Tupelo Florence and six more states.
In New York Britain's luxury liners Queen Mary and Mauretania docked on the Hudson may transport Australian troops to the Near East. Tokyo and Argentina sign a trade pact boosting Jop imports by seven million dollars annually. Honolulu prepares 140 ships for annual war games starting in April to counter Pacific threat. Washington WPA cuts 205,000 from rolls, leaving 2,120,000 employed. Japan names General Nobuyuki Abe envoy to the puppet Chinese regime. Wang Ching-wei to lead this spring. Aviator Harold Delhi, Loyalist Spain veteran, captured by Nationalists returns to the United States after three years in prison.
Five questions place events in five states. Gov E K Rivers arrest for defying injunction occurred in one state. Goats purchase to feed grain on flood control tract happened in another. St Clairsville disaster fatality occurred in a third state. National guard action over a major U S power project occurred in a fourth. Slush fund probe followed the death of F Lynden Smith in the fifth. Answers: Georgina Louisiana Oklahoma Illinois Missouri.
As Sir Michael O'Dwyer falls to an assassin and Gandhi faces renewed radical pressure, Indian nationalism shifts. Moderates led by Gandhi seek restraint while radicals urge immediate action amid Britain’s wartime state.
feature on Sir Muirhead Bone, veteran British official war artist, reappointed to record World War II with stark etching and minimal color. discusses his career, techniques, and the shift from painterly to monochrome war imagery, noting his 1916 role and past exhibitions in New York. Also touches on Arkansas politics and Francis B Sayre on Philippines policy with bits about Hat Act opposition.
A wide range of figures including Axel Wenner Gren and Sumner Welles influence Finnish Russian peace moves. Gren's actions link to German aims for a tranquil Russia and to protect Sweden's iron, cellulose and Electrolux interests. The piece notes American support for peace funded by Uncle Sam and mentions Gren’s yacht Southern Cross and Greta Garbo aboard. It also briefly touches Missouri Governor Stark and Justice Murphy, plus the rise of transoceanic flying as safer than naval crossing.
Judith Leighton schemes to borrow cash for a Paris made sale gown at Kilby's. Her husband Milt exposes the ruse by secretly arranging the purchase himself after a call to their friend Tom Stater. The ruse ends with Judith learning she will receive the dress tomorrow.
Frequency modulation discovered by Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong at Alpine New Jersey is hailed as a major advance in radio. Tests at WDRC Hartford and WIXP W1XPW Meriden mountain use a wide fivefold band to reduce interference and distortion. Strong signals overpower noise. only one program is heard at a time.
The U S submarine 5 5 sank off the Delaware Capes during a 72 hour run from Boston to Baltimore on September 1 1920 after a crash dive failed to straighten. The crew flooded tanks, surfaced the stern, drilled a hole to pass clothing to attract rescuers, and were ultimately rescued by the Atlantis and General Goethals after 37 hours submerged. The 8 5 thereafter sank and salvage efforts ended.
Pennsylvania surpasses Massachusetts in 1937 leather industry by employing 10,600 workers and generating 70,053,000 dollars in value. The state finished 8 Afth of all leather production in the United States.
At an American Chemical Society meeting it was disclosed that petroleum may be refined economically without excessive heat by using liquid propane as a precipitating agent for the heavier parts of the oil.
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