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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
6
Editor Farnham F. Dudgeon notes Senate action to mobilize the National Guard and reports on global war developments from Africa to the Far East. England proposes self rule for India as U S armed forces begin war games.
War games draw 310000 Americans into a 21 day peacetime exercise across the nation. Congress backs National Guard training for a year and peacetime conscription. Burke-Wadsworth bill advances in Senate with debates to come. World events color domestic policy as registration and wartime measures unfold.
The piece notes Senator Hiram Johnson facing re election in California amid labels from President Roosevelt calling him not liberal or progressive. J R McCarl dies in Washington former comptroller general. Lord Beaverbrook joins England's inner war cabinet likely to replace Alfred Duff Cooper as minister of information. Neville Chamberlain may retire after an operation. Harriet Eliot says the National Defense Commission will stagger army navy purchasing to ease consumer price pressure.
Information from unoccupied France indicates large German troop movements toward the French channel ports. England orders self rule for India after war to spur support. Sir Alan Brooke headlines a shift to offense as Britain harvests air raids and sea duels with Germany. Mussolini eyes Suez as 250,000 Italian troops shift toward Africa.
Tokyo designated the nine British traders and journalists in Japan as an espionage case. one journalist died by jumping from a window after arrest. Four Britons were released and Japanese arrests in England and the empire heightened tensions. Namoru Shigemitsu lodged a strong protest with Viscount Halifax over arrests in London. He denied official comment, noting coincidences amid retaliation claims.
G men under J Edgar Hoover are boosted by governors urged by President Roosevelt to a united front against espionage. FBI case counts rose from 35 yearly before 1938 to 250 in 1938, 1,651 last year, and 16,855 investigations so far this year.
The former Republican Wendell Willkie ended a Colorado vacation by meeting Midwestern governors in Des Moines to hear wheat and corn belt concerns that shape his agricultural remarks. He plans no farm program changes. Wheeler sought Willkie views on conscription but failed. Wallace announced he will resign if nominated and faced a campaign boilerplate setback.
German claims of British shipping destruction alarm Britain as 29 of 183 destroyers sunk and under 100 remain active. US ships count 238 destroyers amid calls to sell over-age destroyers to Britain, with Pershing and Lindbergh advocating and facing Senate rebuke.
The duke and duchess of Windsor skip planned American travel en route to the Bahamas governor general post. Rumors float of a plastic surgery visit by the Pennsylvania born, Baltimore bred duchess. Royal plans shift puzzling ex pectant dowagers.
A study of Psalm 23 frames life as a pilgrimage under a sure guide. It outlines provision in green pastures and still waters, restoration of the soul, guidance in righteous paths, and comfort through danger, ending in the Father’s house with everlasting security. Readers are urged to know Christ as Savior and Shepherd.
House Ways and Means and Senate Finance clash with National Defense Commission over how to amortize capital in war industries. Treasury seeks maximum revenue, while defense officials push incentives for new plant and equipment. Expected excess profits tax may yield 300 to 700 million dollars yearly, with 1940 gains limited. TVA defense role noted humorously as New Dealers face power shortfalls in TVA territory. Expected delays in TVA dam completion could push power storage years.
Dr James W Barton offers summer diet guidance promoting fruits and vegetables with occasional meat, fish or eggs. He lists daily menus for breakfast luncheon and dinner emphasizing light meals, salads, soups, and berries to maintain calories and rebuild tissue while avoiding overfullness.
The article explains how to safely remove tiny eye objects like cinders or dust. It advises tears to flush the object downward, positioning the patient to view upward or downward to reveal the object, and using clean gauze to remove it. If the object is on the inner side of the upper lid, turn the lid with a pencil point and remove with gauze.
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