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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1939

Page

6

Predict New Pact With Brazil Averting Nazi Entry To Americas

Analyze notes show U S efforts to deter German influence in Brazil with loans and military cooperation. Marshall negotiates entry terms for bases in northern Brazil amid fears of a German Brazilian alignment. The piece links U S strategy to broader Atlantic aviation and defense aims against Axis expansion.

Brazil U. S South America

Profit Sharing and Tax Incentives in National Debate

A Senate committee study on profit sharing proposes tax credits and bonds to spur employee sharing. Debates cover exemptions, incentives, and government roles. Separate plans to train 95,000 youths to fly by 1944 reflect broader defense priorities and training program trials across U.S. institutions.

Ukraine Riches and Coal Reserves Map of Central Europe

A historic report outlines Ukraine’s vast resources from the Carpathians to the Caspian, noting 360,000 square miles and a population of 53.5 million Russians Slavs and Germans. It details coal iron ore manganese lignite and other minerals in the Donetz and Dneiper basins as strategic assets influencing global interest.

Russia Ukraine Carpathian Mountains Europe Caspian Sea Dneister Donetz Adolf Hitler Czecho- Slovakia der Fuehrer U. S. Bureau of Mines

Quick Answers to Common Questions on History and Science

The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object linked to Arthurian myth. A fiscal year is any 12 month period used for budgeting by an organization. A dirigible can refer to airships in general, not only aircraft. At airports, landing aircraft have priority over those taxiing or taking off. there are standard right of way rules. Stars appear motionless in space from our vantage point due to their vast distances and slow apparent motion. A fly walks on a ceiling because its feet use tiny hair-like structures with adhesive moisture and rapidly repeated movements. Cheeks are filled with air and tissue for chuckles, giggles, and laughs differ in intensity and vocalization. Ducks shed water due to a special oil coating and feather structure that repels water. A bale of cotton typically weighs 480 pounds, but can vary. Buffalo and bison refer to the same animal in North America, though common usage varies by region.

A Quiz With Answers on Various Subjects

A quiz with answers covers motionless objects suction cups chuckles giggling and laughs. It notes oil in feathers a 480 pound bale of cotton and discusses buffalo terms including the American buffalo as a bison.

The Last Supper Cup Legend and Related Terms

This item lists four entries: a cup linked to Christ at the Last Supper, a year defined by a designated financial date, the meaning of dirigible as capable of being directed, and a note that descending planes have the right of way.

Mistress and maid clash over alleged flirtation in household

A housemaid argues with her mistress as she is told to leave, claiming she is more flirtatious and better looking. She asserts her husband and the butler know her charms, leading to a heated exchange about infidelity and respect.

Head Hunters of New Guinea Train Children by Spankings

Yale researchers Dr. John Whiting and S W Reed spent seven months with a small Sepik range tribe of under 400, studying child discipline. They found praise or scolding replaces physical punishment, food taboos and cleanliness early shape morals, adolescence controls sex and aggression, and head-taking remains a male rite of passage. The group subsists on yams, palm sap, wild pig, snakes, lizards, and roasted white grubs, which the researchers initially found difficult to eat but later deemed excellent.

Eadhunters New Guinea John Whiting S W. Reed Yale University Sepik River Yale Whiting Doctor Whiting Mr. Reed Science Service

Numerical Place Names Across Regions Highlighted

Collier's notes towns with numbers such as Six W Va Seventy Six Ky and Ninety Six S C. A South African fish species is named Seventy Four after Nelsons flagship Victory and a Cologne toilet water bears the number 4711 from its street address.

S. C Collier’s South Africa Nelson Cologne Germany

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