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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
6
Edward C Wayne delivers a column of opinion on current events released by Western Newspaper Union. The piece reflects the analyst perspective and is framed as an editorial note from the columnist.
The dispatch describes London’s aftermath of a heavy incursion with widespread fires and immense losses. It notes fear of attacks via Ireland, German troop movements in Europe, and strategic aims in the Balkans, Greece, and the Mediterranean as Allied defense concerns escalate. It also reports aviation and industrial mobilization plans in the United States, including shipbuilding, GM plant use, and potential wartime production shifts.
In January thousands of young men will be drafted for a year of training under the selective service law as many boards fill quotas with volunteers from December. Altus G Moore of Washington DC rises from private to major when called and serves in the capital police as reserve infantry officer. In St Louis, Sgt William Schneider joins the Missouri National Guard and is saluted by his son Lieut William Schneider Jr newly commissioned in the air corps.
The year 1941 began with President Roosevelt warning of a decisive test for the United States and its economy. He said Axis victory would threaten Europe and the Americas, while American aid to Britain faced opposition from German and Italian dispatches and U S senators urging peace talks. Berlin and Rome offered terse replies asserting Germany’s aim to prevail in 1941, with Mussolini’s press asserting America is already in the war.
The Overseas Press Club expelled George Sylvester Viereck for bringing bandits and Gestapo agents to meetings. Daniel Frohman, 89, a leading American theatrical producer, died in New York. Agnes Ayres, 42, silent film star, died in Hollywood. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr., 27, graduated from Virginia, now works as a lawyer at Wright Gordon Zachry Parlin. six others hired. Gloria Jean, 12, sued for 535000 by a theatrical agent claiming 10 percent of earnings.
General discussion in Washington on an executive order to recreate a War Industries board style system. Knudsen would lead operations with Stimson Knox Hillman and Henderson in key roles. Debates focus on price control priorities and potential labor clashes, risking delays and political backlash.
Reported White House debates disclose Roosevelt’s reluctance to use American warships to protect convoys to Ireland and Britain. He cites neutrality law and risk of war, while advisers weigh impact on public opinion and potential German aims. Panamanian politics raise Axis-leaning fears and U S troop access near the Panama Canal. Hap Arnold, head of the Army Air Corps, is revealed as an author of boys’ aviation books in private life.
Notes of a Bystander reviews Wireless Info Please being topped by Truth or Consequences in radio ratings and cites Bill Shirer’s cautious war report from New York. It mentions panic in Berlin and surveys pieces from The Republican and Collier’s, with references to Raymond Gram Swing and Anne Lindbergh. The article also notes a purported FDR letter about living in a totalitarian world and its implied impact on future generations.
The piece satirically questions Paul Revere’s origins and mocks antiwar and prowar stances. It notes Lindbergh’s wartime views and critiques Hitler era alliances while referencing the Overseas Press Club and controversy over George Sylvester Viereck.
A survey of New York chatter covers a famed lawyer facing jail time for harboring Lepke, gossip about a foreign heavyweight labeled queer by some governments, debates over Lord Halifax succeeding Thorton, and distrust surrounding Churchill’s choice. It notes a missing Norwegian agent beaten by Nazi sailors, unresolved police mystery, and a rumor about Attorney General Jackson replacing Chief Justice Hughes. Bund troopers in Yorkville distribute anti foreign war buttons tied to Nazi branding.
At a Winthrop Aldrich reception Vanderbilt's widow curtsied to Princess Juliana of Holland despite general agreement not to. Mrs. Vanderbilt admitted to Juliana I just had to, but the Princess coldly replied It don’t like it. Meanwhile the Schuberts plan a revue mimicking Crazy Show with Carmen Miranda and the backers Olsen and Johnson.
National Maritime Union plans a mid January march on Washington to oppose the government taking six ships of the American Merchant Marine. The protest is backed by the American Youth Congress and the American Peace Mobilization group. The text also notes popular culture items and a New York paper losing about $20,000 weekly.
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