The Archive · 1940

Newspaper Headings

Many and strange are the interpretations which may be placed on newspaper headings these days, especially in Shanghai, For instance [what a picture the following heading brings to the mind—"U'S. Senators Hit British Censors." Where the fight took place is not explained in ithe story that follows. One can imagine those doughty, US. Senators, sleeves rolled back, flamming into those overworked and much abused censors with gusto, Unfortunately the blows were only verbal ones, delivered over la large expanse of ocean, and' no damage was "Another one of a similar nature, which appeared in Shanghai was "Norwegian Leader Fiays British." One can imagine, after reading this heading, the moans and groans of Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Winston Churchill and others, they bend down to receive a sharp whack fat the hands of the Norwegian Premier, armed with a stout birch rod. Again the Maying was lonly verbal. It only goes to show that headings are no indication of what is inside a story.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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