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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1947

Page

7

National Guard Expands To 682000 As Peace Funded Force

More than 75,000 National Guard members train in 1940s style encampments as the postwar guard grows into a mobilization ready force. General Kenneth F. Cramer leads the bureau with federal recognition already granted to many units. The 1948 envisioned structure includes 25 infantry divisions, armored divisions, and air defense components, linking with the regular army and air forces to guard national peace.

Washington United States National Guard Army Ground Forces Butler B. Miltenberger North Platte Nebr National Guard Bureau Kenneth F. Cramer Wethersfield Bataan Bougainville Morotai Leyte Tunisia Salerno Anzio Normandy Army Air Forces Air Defense Command

Fear and courage in sport and war contrasted

The article explores fear in competition versus battle, noting that true courage often coexists with fear. It credits athletes like Cobb Ruth Wagner Dempsey Tunney and Mathewson, discusses skill, experience, and conditioning as keys to confidence, and argues that fear must be overcome to perform.

Oe Ene Tunney Theodore Roosevelt Jr Eddie Rickenbacker Wild Bill Donovan Mathewson Mike Donlin Fred Merkle Matty Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Hans Wagner Pete Alexander Walter Johnson Bobby Jones Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen Harry Greb Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney Tommy Hitchcock Dev Milburn Tunney

World famous seed giver from Topeka spreads blooms worldwide

Phil B. Zimmerman, a modest pensioner known as the man who gives away flower seeds, funds free seed distribution. His seeds reach every continent except Australia with plans to extend further. Topeka gardens number over a thousand and Zimmerman helps establish hundreds of new gardens annually.

Topeka Kas Phil B. Zimmerman Zimmerman Australia China Great Britain Cuba Africa

Beauty and Health Through Simple Exercises Ad

A short exercise guide promises beauty and health by simple routines. Instructions include sit, raise knees, twist and swing, plus other figures from a booklet No 90 sent for 25 cents to Weekly Newspaper Service in New York. Also notes odd eyelid of cuckoo ray fish with a round inside-the-eye fringe.

Colin West 17Th New York N. Y

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