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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
6
Edward C Wayne argues Hitler says no quarrel with the United States while warning that aid to Britain ships will be sunk. The piece notes ongoing debate over the lease lend bill and mentions a new Japanese envoy headed to the United States.
On the eighth anniversary of taking power Adolf Hitler addressed 20 000 in Berlin promising to torpedo US aid to Britain and defend Europe without America He boasted of armed might and warned enemies while predicting a great new order in 1941 He claimed Germany favors no American interests.
In Washington a heated debate grows over the Presidents plan to lend or lease arms to Britain to avert a German advance. Administration leaders concede to speed up action while adding limits and quarterly reports. Viscount Halifax arrives in Annapolis aboard HMS King George V to meet President Roosevelt.
Kichisaburo Nomura, U S Naval Academy graduate and WWII veteran, heads to Washington as Tokyo’s ambassador. Once a naval attaché and friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he pledged a “mission of failure” amid rivals who declined the post. He survived an eye loss from a bomb and received a glass eye from the empress.
Former New Hampshire governor John G. Winant is acceptable in Britain as the American ambassador, succeeding Joseph P. Kennedy. The Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, a refugee in Canada, will visit President Roosevelt in the White House for two days in February.
In Washington Matsuoka Matsuoka denounced U S policy as outrageous opposing Japanese control of the western Pacific. He warned the fate of world civilization depends on America's attitude and rejected Hulls claim the Manchuria invasion was the first step toward world peace destruction.
The 1805 Derna campaign led by William Eaton in Egypt crossed desert to seize Derna, ending a key U S war episode with 40 Americans, Greeks and Arabs. Today Derna faces a renewed clash as British forces threaten, while rumors of Italian collapse and Mussolini dissent ripple through Rome and Milan.
German planes clash with Greek and British air forces over Albania while Italian tanks drive counter-attacks around Valona. Athens reports lines hold and readiness to resume the advance.
Congress weighs raising the national debt limit from 45 billion to 65 billion to fund authorized defense efforts. A 25 cent defense stamp plan is proposed, mirroring 1917 War Savings stamps, as the Chamber of Commerce warns for a coordinating federal agency and a limit set only to cover near term borrowing.
England plans to draft labor for factories while Washington contemplates using selective service powers on key industries. Leon Henderson urged sharp price cuts and faster production, noting December lumber prices at 3501 per thousand board feet and aiming for 25. Winthrop Rockefeller, 5 am recruit, heads to Fort Dix as a private. Ernest Eisle, 22, of Pontiac, Mich., died in a draft evasion gun fight. Draft aims: 800,000 in camp by June 1 with monthly 100,000 drafts. The Byrd expedition returns, and Chase National Bank tops U S commercial banks with 3.54 billion in deposits.
Washington coverage shows GOP chiefs heated by Wendell Willkie stance on lend-lease while midwestern leaders plot strategy. Also notes Tom Corcoran delays and Peggy Corcoran’s calm after a late birth. Halifax press reception with a Nazi newsman, and farm policy battles between Milo Perkins Evans Wickard on AAA and food stamps.
The piece argues the selective service administration functions efficiently with some local board disparities over dependency rules. It attacks the Morgenthau loose-end bill as surrendering Congress's purse power by allowing the President to transfer defense articles without new appropriations, warning it could undermine wartime controls.
A mosaic of midtown chatter covers Russia and Churchill rumors, naval wit, royal praise, Willkie’s foreign policy stance, public outcry over gang violence, FDR health notes, and social buzz from Copacabana to Lindy’s. The piece threads gossip, politics, culture, and celebrity anecdotes in a brisk, magazine style.
A snapshot column highlights Book of the Month selection Blood Sweat and Tears by Churchill speeches. Vichy envoy Pectain congratulates Warren G Pershing. Fashion editors discuss Moss Hart show Lady in the Dark. Dorothy Thompson faces divorce and syndicate moves. Vanderbilt Jr gifts Lindbergh an umbrella with a rattlesnake handle. Federal evidence links confiscated property to Max Reinhardt and Jewish ties. F. Scott Fitzgerald recollections and a quip about his talent. Dies Committee reshapes focus to Bund and Communists. Broadcasters hear of German Stukas and Nazi pilots in Mexico. House cloakroom scene stirs Davis and Geyer clash. Geyer seeks poll tax repeal.
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