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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne reports on a weekly analysis noting a government inquiry into rearmament as labor disputes disrupt plant operations vital to defense. The piece highlights the tensions while positioning the Balkans as a central theater in the war scene.
The United States faces a growing labor war as strikes disrupt defense production. Ford River Rouge, Allis-Chalmers, soft coal, and other C I O actions provoke violence and government mediation efforts while officials warn of possible defense labor laws.
Nazi reconnaissance planes over southern Serbia trigger air raid alarm. Jugoslavian politics show Serbs and Croats split, with Macek's role in the cabinet uneasy. Berlin press builds case for immediate military action citing alleged atrocities.
The United States seized all German Italian and Danish ships in U S ports and ordered 875 seamen of German and Italian nationality detained. Axis replies ranged from threats of reaction to calls that the act violated international law. Cordell Hull cited legal precedent from 1897 to justify the seizures. Deportation actions were begun against German national Jan Valtin, author of Out of the Night.
Cairo reports British Imperial forces have cornered nearly 100000 Fascist troops in East Africa. Asmara fell with little fighting, 40000 survivors retreating to the sea. In Ethiopia, British forces advance toward Addis Ababa against the duke of Aosta’s 40000 man army, with total Fascist troops around 60000 expected.
A bustling collage of Hollywood and Broadway chatter features Judy Garland with suitors, Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence antics, fashion jokes about hats, and a New York Novelette tale of a hopeful actress rising to Broadway fame. Other items include hints of press freedom issues with Gestapo detentions and media politics in Washington.
U S observers report rising Italian army discontent with Mussolini and Badoglio, widespread Gestapo activity in Rome, and limited access for American diplomats. Despite food shortages and propaganda, Americans remain popular. a major break in Italy is anticipated. In agriculture news, corn policy battles loom as Wickard weighs plebiscite vs market controls amid ample carryover and lend lease demand. Dividends vs wages faces Steel’s Stettinius as labor seeks higher pay while shareholders expect bigger returns.
The piece contrasts labor conflicts with patriotic defense, blaming gangsters and fifth columnists for industrial strife while praising reforms in military provisioning from 1898 to 1941. It argues labor unrest threatens American government and lifestyle, urging regulation of strikes and highlighting improved soldier rations and care.
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