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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
2
A political column imagines a future where science enables thought control in international brinkmanship. It lampoons leaders and media, with scenarios of Moscow, Pravda, and Broadway, then pivots to a lighthearted 1949 Pickett Line piece critiquing public figures, whiskey pricing, and surveillance jokes.
Paramount presents three screenings of A Yankee at King Arthur s Court in Technicolor with Bing Crosby Sir Cecil Hardwick Rhonda Fleming and William Bendix. The nine minute Eyes on Hollywood short spotlights Alan Ladd Mary Jane Saunders and studio tours. King the dog debuts on screen in After Midnight and Rebel the horse marks his 13th birthday on Monogram s The Kid Came West set.
Fred discovers a published book of poems by his grandmother and a mother who copied Whitman. He hides the secret to spark pride in Aime, but the gift of an inauthentic artistic lineage risks exposure on the train to the city. Tom Cooke remains amused by the sly ruse.
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The Presidents council of economic advisers warns of a coming depression in 1950 51 unless national action aligns administration Congress business farmers and labor. It urges three paths: farm policy raise output while easing prices, business cut profits to boost volume, and labor avoid wage hikes. A split emerged between Nourse who favors voluntary measures and Keyserling Clark who back stronger government incentives.
Decorators and homeowners can solve window valance and shelf styling quickly and cheaply. The full size pattern guides tracing sawing and assembly for a light airy shelf look with colorful potted plants. Send 25 cents for Pattern No 1 to East Bird Pattern Company Department W Pleasantville, 4.
A famed psychologist finishes a lecture and is asked if a skilled poker player could hold any executive job. The lecturer affirms, prompting a meek man to wonder aloud what such a player would want with a job.
Classified section offers tall girl dresses, farm equipment including John Deere combines, a Case tractor, real estate offers in Oregon and Idaho, optical services from Sears, and wedding announcement samples from Dahlee Print Shop. Includes farm land options with prices and terms, plus local dealer contacts.
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