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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
2
Edward C Wayne presents a syndicated weekly analysis released by Western Newspaper Union. The column frames editorials on current events reflecting the analyst views rather than the newspaper.
Washington observers warn of a high risk of war with Japan within 60 to 90 days using lend lease and tripartite pact factors. Berlin linked threats loom. Germany signals victory year with attack on Britain imminent. British advances in Libya and East Africa press Italians. German big guns reach Dover region.
The article notes Wendell Willkie’s England visit to observe the war effort and report back, drawing sarcasm from rivals. A Des Moines Young Republicans resolution condemned his stance on lend-lease, though not adopted, while Pennsylvania Republicans backed the policy. Some GOP papers attacked Willkie as a Quisling for supporting Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
The War Department awarded Fargo Motor Company a $10,298,128 contract for trucks while Ford Motor was the low bidder but rejected for refusing to meet labor policy requirements. The decision ties to defense commission standards and past NRA conflicts. Ford previously refused defense contracts over labor policy and Wagner Act compliance, provoking government pushback.
The United States revoke Dr Herman F Erben's citizenship after finding he lied about serving as a physician on the Graf Spee supply ship. Erben was Austrian born and lived in Sacramento California. The case rests on false statements in his naturalization petition. Aaron Shaddinger dies in New Orleans after a quarrel. A 54 year old man is shot in his home. Two bullets found in Shaddinger’s brain were from 18 years earlier and not the killer. The second shooting proves fatal.
The piece describes Japan portraying itself as mediator in Indo China tensions after Siam's war against France. Tokyo proposes peace while demanding 80 percent of Indo China crops be sold to Japan, hinting at broader aims in the Far East. Japanese naval presence grows in Saigon with bases near the Philippines and Hanoi. The text warns that ceding Singapore defenses could trigger war with the United States.
The American Youth congress, formed in 1934 with hundreds of affiliations, claims 3.4 million members but faces scrutiny from Dies Committee and critics. Mrs. Roosevelt supports it while many ex-members depart as debates over selective service, lend lease, and dictatorship rise. Edward W. Scott, editor of the Panama American, was deported amid a police-led crowd at the station.
Avra M. Warren testified to the House Appropriations Committee after touring Germany and its occupied regions. He warned of growing civilian resentment under German rule, noted food and fuel shortages, and highlighted limited German coercion amid uprisings in France Holland Belgium Poland and Denmark. He urged US propaganda and unity to counter Nazi influence, citing past Creel lessons and the need to reach Italian and German communities in America.
General Hughes is quoted on the lease-send concept and the three questions test for any new action. Critics argue the bill gives the President broad power over American assets and military materiel. Bayonet tactics and old military principles are discussed as essential realities of warfare amid mechanized modern systems.
A brisk satire on wartime forums praising publicity to suppress dissent while lampooning experts and officials. It mocks name mispronunciations about Knudsen, jokes about Pedestrian Poker, and notes on homefront quirks from New York to Hollywood.
New York Scene surveys quirky Cleveland-style humor and city life notes. Joe E. Lewis jokes about a man at a psychiatrist while Glenn Warner sues for 100000, visa woes halt a reporter, Bob Benchley’s pacifism, subway etiquette, French restaurants, a black cat, a bookshop sign, and a cabaret sign with a cheeky addendum.
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