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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
2
Analysis notes defense funds exceed 1.7 trillion dollar budget, with Roosevelt urging fast weapon support for democracies. Budget outlines tax needs, debt limits, and WPA cuts while detailing European war developments and Allied gains at Bardia and in Egypt.
Before France fell the public trusted the Maginot line. When the Germans broke through, panic rose as expectations of total loss grew. British and Australian actions then altered morale by delivering tougher truths and notable battlefield gains.
Britain abandons strict blockade policy under U S pressure and agrees to send some food to Spain, unoccupied France and Finland. American officials say London feared German control of aid but finally yields after months of negotiations and mounting allied sacrifices after 1918.
Judge J Warren Madden, first National Labor Board chair, won Senate approval for a U S court of claims post presidency amid opposition. Martha J Weller famed lion tamer known as the lady of the lions died at 75 in St Louis. Shirley Temple, retired at 11, returned to Hollywood studios.
The piece recounts Count Felix von Luckner and his sailing ship raiders, their raids on British shipping, and postwar tours. It notes wartime German targets in the Pacific, prisoner handling, and a later debate about American ships taking over Pacific routes under neutrality rules, with British and London views differing.
The American Legion proposes a permanent selective draft for youths aged 18 to 21 to ensure compulsory military training as a national policy. The plan envisions a new enrollment next fall for those 21 and younger, with a top-to-bottom number draw and no emergency-only provisions.
A collage of celebrity notes and anecdotes from New York includes Virginia Bruce on Fifth Avenue, Ben Bernice likened to a poor man’s Toscanini, and Jimmy Walker with Robert Stolz in a musical setting. Richard Waring and Thelma Schnee are named in a midnighter vignette about wine and chance. Greta Garbo’s onlookers clash with a camera incident as she boards a taxi amid a dramatic crowd scene.
Reporter notes Verne Marshall’s network clash over Hitler peace memo coverage and warns against repeating enemy terms. Gloria Swanson pursues refugee inventors funding with backers including an ambassador while boosting new alloy tech. A Churchill quip recalls RAF bomb targets as wartime debate simmers.
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A reflective note speaks on doing good with what we have and the joy it brings, urging acts of kindness before moving toward our eternal home. The message emphasizes practical generosity and virtue over grand plans.
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