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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1939

Page

6

Isolation vs Internationalism in Senate Policy Clash

An analysis outlines two opposing U.S. foreign policy paths isolation or active internationalism under Roosevelt. It notes debates over arms sales to France, a possible U S French military pact, and congressional fear of secrecy, with social security reforms and European trends under Nazi expansion shaping the debate.

Senate Joseph W. la Bine U. S Europe Washington Roosevelt Cordell Hull California Air Ministry France Congress Britain United States China Japan Italy Germany South America Treasury Massachusetts David I. Walsh Austria Czechoslovakia Spain Reich Hitler Wiseacres Russia der Fuehrer Izvestia Moscow Neville Chamberlain House of Commons Chamberlain Robert Spear Hudson British Overseas Trade Department Duesseldorf Mussolini Suez Canal Djibouti-Addis Ababa

Trendy Winds Stir Protests as Prisons Feed Hunger Strikers

The piece notes 4000 hunger strikers at San Quentin facing temptations to retreat from protests over corn beef hash. It mentions New York Representative Samuel Dickstein drafting a plan to admit European refugees via Alaska. It reports manganese prices surging amid European rearmament and hints at tentative changes to U S Army drill regulations.

California San Quentin New York Samuel Dickstein Alaska Arkansas U. S. Army

The Hatteras Sailors Fight Wild Chain Lockers

Jim Evrard of Brooklyn and two shipmates faced a deadly ten and a half inch anchor chain in the Hatteras chain lockers during a mid Atlantic gale. The swinging loops of steel whipped the space as the ship rolled, narrowly missing a terrible fate for the trio before the anchors were finally secured.

Elso Jim Evrard Brooklyn N. Y Jim U. S. S. Hatteras Navy Hatteras Atlantic Ocean Hampton Roads Piercy White Old Lady Adventure

Beings, Names and Grace in Swarms and Saints

Beings, nests, and names mix in a short meditation on bee swarms and the queen’s protection, then linger on the name Gratia and its Latin origins. The piece links bees overeating before swarming to crowd dynamics and hints at St Gratia as an early martyr.

Gratia

Rural Traffic Accidents Rise Sharply in 1937

Safety council data show rural district traffic fatalities rising 172 percent since 1924, with 27,400 deaths in rural areas and 12,100 in cities under 10,000. Collisions between vehicles dominate rural fatality causes, while urban deaths center on pedestrian crashes.

National Safety Council

The Giver and The Load Shared Lighten the Way

A reflective line about giving and bearing another burden lights the path home. It emphasizes how helping others lifts the giver and shortens the journey. The sentiment frames generosity as a moral duty and a source of personal renewal.

When You See A Good Man Emulate Him

A concise aphorism from Confucius urges reflection on virtue. It contrasts emulation of good behavior with self-examination of one’s own heart when faced with bad examples. A timeless moral reminder.

Confucius

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