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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
2
President vows to destroy Hitlerism and defend democracy as the nation gears to war. He warns that shooting has started and urges sacrifices to back a simple foreign policy of delivering the goods to friends of democracy while Soviet fronts brace for further Nazi pressure.
Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and General De Gaulle denounced the Nazi hostages killings across occupied Europe. Resentful locals fired at high Nazi officers, and when a hit succeeded many others with distant links to the crime were executed.
National Mediation Board failed to avert a 40 day stalemate and John L. Lewis called a 35,000 miner strike in seven vital mines. The action threatens steel production and potential work or fight orders. Knox warns of an inevitable clash with Japan as Diet debates US Japan relations and Manchukuo arrangements loom.
A London doctor’s widow, sole passenger on a convoy from Britain to the United States, kept a brief diary detailing the Kearny torpedo attack. She notes depth bomb detonations that caused the ship to tremble and recounts the Kearny and another destroyer parting from the convoy and vanishing, with news of torpedo strike arriving two days later.
An aviation pioneer Arthur H. Starnes survived a 31 500 foot free fall with 25 pounds of gear, opening chutes at 1 500 feet and landing safely after 1 minute 56 seconds of descent. Senate debate on ship-arming bills signals a tight political battle ahead.
A Galapagos Albermarie base plan linked to Panama defenses was cancelled after German propaganda stirred fears of Yankee imperialism. Roosevelt’s idea of a Pacific Development company, funded by RFC, planned livestock and fishing ventures but public missteps and press jokes failed to hide the strategic aim. Other defense crackdowns target auto makers and steel firms for priority violations, with investigations under way. Marlene Dietrich offered to publicize non-silk stockings for patriotic use. Rayburn touts Texas ranching pride in Washington.
A survey of poets in public service from Archibald MacLeish to Eugene Ware and Walt Whitman, tracing their roles in politics and wartime morale. The piece notes MacLeish leading the Office of Facts and Figures, the Pulitzer winner Conquistador, and poet-war themes across government and defense. It also highlights R Buckminster Fuller’s silos and Dymaxion units as artful, utilitarian design tied to social change and defense housing.
Man About Town recalls Lord Mountbatten hinting the sea saga of the Hood sinking by the Bismarck should be told to newspapers to cheer freedom lovers. The piece notes Admiral’s push for silence and offers quips from Eddy Duchin and others about sensational coverage and public taste.
In San Francisco, James ONeil, a witness in the Bridges deportation case, was found guilty of perjury. London reports Joan St Ridl earning global praise for remaining in Crete to nurse wounded British Tommies and German soldiers in a cave hospital.
Attractive red white and blue quilt named Stars of Stripes features eight pointed star blocks. Uses diagonal setting with a 90 by 116 size, narrow border, 20 blocks. Includes culling guide, yardages, directions, and order details.
Fragmentary quotation notes a fable about a fly perched on a chariot axle asking what dust it raises. It presents a humorously inflated self view linked to a moral on perception and scale.
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