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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
6
A young salesman in a new job is discouraged until a sales manager consoles him. He reveals he practiced a sales pitch on his wife, and now must buy her a vacuum cleaner to cover the ruse. The gag hinges on the unintended outcome of his early sales efforts.
Hollywood news notes include Judy Garland invited as guest of honor by U S ambassador Claude Bowers for a charity premiere in Santiago. instead she sends a three foot doll replica due to filming Babes on Broadway. Also covers Greta Garbo scenes, John Huston directing debut, and other film gossip.
A broad piece contrasts farm land speculation with wartime strategies. It cites rising farm income and warns of a potential speculative crash, urging education and cautious lending. It then shifts to a wartime naval scenario featuring a U S destroyer tracking a submarine, depth charges, and uncertain outcomes at war’s end.
Washington enters October with blue skies and fading August shade as leaves thin. The city wakes busier with government workers and crowds while symbols like the Suez Canal illustrate Britain's sea power and the shared Franco-British control amid wartime disruption.
A private remark by a high official suggests firing defense workers would raise efficiency. Aluminum drive yields 6.7 million pounds of pots and pans redirected to planes. Senator Andrews notes the senate chamber walls resemble caskets. Political warning: electors avoid opponents’ platforms. The brass on fire engines is doomed as brass is needed for defense.
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