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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
Analysis notes little relief for taxpayers as 1939-40 federal expenditures near 1 billion above 1938-39. Proposals include reimposing nuisance levies, flat corporate levy above 25 000, longer loss carrybacks, and annual capital stock revaluations. Critics say reforms shift burden to Big Business while federal aid remains essential to uniform relief.
Agriculture notes that global wheat and cotton output has surged, squeezing exports. A London wheat conference and a Washington exploratory meeting with ten cotton nations are planned to discuss export quotas and price stabilizers.
A Mr Stinger wife and nine children live in three rooms of a rat infested old butcher shop. A two year old baby has been bitten and Mr Stinger stays awake nights to fend off rats. In 254 Texas counties relief receives only surplus commodities. One state provides food grants at one fifth of the USDA minimum.
Germany bans Sunday church service broadcasts as radio becomes a government tool not a confessional body. Hungary forecasts stronger Nazi influence after the party’s parliamentary victory. Louisiana sugar cane land may shift to artificial rubber production. New York merchants association notes a rise in five day workweeks.
A column presents a quiz with four prompts asking for a U S senator who would accept the Republican nomination but not seek a second term a planist forced to cancel tour due to a heart attack a choice about Floyd Roberts at Indianapolis Memorial Day Classic and a true false Gallup poll item about the New Deal delaying recovery Answers appear at column bottom.
The army launches a high pressure campaign to recruit or reenlist 115000 men in 12 months to fill expansion needs of the air corps and other branches. It deploys 18 recruiting stations on wheels with posters motion pictures and radio to reach both rural and urban youths. The air corps plans to add about 25180 personnel with 17000 likely having a high school education for aviation mechanic roles.
A New York study by the Twentieth Century Fund breaks down the 38.5 billion dollars U S consumers paid in 1929 for distribution. Wholesalers accounted for 18 percent, retailers 33 percent, manufacturers 24 percent, transportation 23 percent, and miscellaneous 2 percent. It concludes wholesalers earned modest profits and remain essential.
The navy outlines a vast build program with 773 million dollars in funding and 74 ships already under way. It details battleships two in service with two more on the way and larger 45,000 ton ships to start, none ready before 1945 or 1946, as 23 new contracts are prepared.
Answers to Puzzlers: 1 Sen Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan 2 Ignace Paderewski 3 Floyd Roberts winner last year killed this year 4 False Gallup finds 69 percent say business delays recovery while 63 percent say the New Deal delays it too.
A longtime motion picture insider reports Swedes admire Garbo’s films and crowds but resent her aloof privacy. He recalls her early days as a hat model and notes American studios boosting stars like Greer Garson and Bob Preston. Also mentions Kate Smith radio shift and TV potential for Helen Morgan.
Dr James W Barton discusses epilepsy prevalence among subnormal and normal individuals. He notes past belief that epilepsy affected peop le mindedness and cites observations that many brilliant people have had seizures. The piece asks whether normal minds with epilepsy may deteriorate over time.
A health column summarizes a study in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry by Merril Moore C R Atwell and A Louise Collins on 229 epileptics from 1916 to 1936, noting epilepsy's impact ties to preexisting mental levels and that attack duration matters little. It also offers guidance on safe exercise for heart health based on Dr Ernest P Boas and Hygelitates Well-Tolerated Activity, advising gradual, unhurried activity and avoiding sudden spikes or competitive sports for heart patients.
A transfer pattern collection offers 18 cutwork motifs in sizes from 2 by 15 inches to 24 by 3 inches. Includes materials list and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Nee dlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
The British Astronomical Society has issued Who's Who in the Moon listing 600 men and nine women who mapped lunar features since 1645. It names astronomers explorers scientists and philanthropists who helped name mountains and craters including Copernicus Plato and Keppler alongside common surnames. Eleven individuals living today achieve moon immortality.
The quote argues for a government that is rigorously frugal with public revenue, directing all savings toward paying the national debt. It condemns expanding offices and salaries just to reward partisans and calls for reducing public debt through every available device.
A fragment quoting Quintilian notes that evil habits, once settled, are harder to mend than break, reflecting on the persistence of detrimental conduct and the challenge of personal reform.
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