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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
6
Edward C Wayne presents opinionated analysis in a Western Newspaper Union release. The piece reflects the author’s views on current events and policy debates.
In Sofia and nearby resort towns German staff in civilian overcoats seized control of key hotels. American minister George H. Earle clashed with a booted, overcoated officer who threw a bottle at him during a one hour melee aided by reinforcements as Bulgarian and German factions clashed and police struggled.
Japan offers to mediate global disputes and establishes influence in Indo China while U S and Britain clash over policy. The article notes armistice actions, Japanese wartime influence, and threats to U S tin and rubber supplies. It covers U S defense buildup, priorities for procurement and production, and new military hardware including an 8 inch railway gun.
A sleeper plane crash near Atlanta kills seven, including Rep. William D. Byron, and injures nine, with air line record-keeping disrupted. Eddie Rickenbacker among the severely injured. A U S bomber also crashes in Panama Bay with seven missing. Spain's ex monarch Alfonso XIII dies in Rome after exile of ten years.
General Hugh S. Johnson notes Hitler’s sea power struggle, describes pig boats in winter shipyards, and argues Britain must be aided with convoys amid debate on how to win the war. Mussolini and Stalin items are sketched alongside public notices and policy debates.
Defense chiefs quietly purge the One Dollar corps amid concerns over officials who mix government service with private business. Some are reassigned or moved to nonrelated posts while noncommercial experts join the Office of Production Management. The drive aims to curb graft as lawmakers push a ban and probes.
A compact tour through press lore and public quips from 1917 to midcentury. Jokes about Joe Tumulty, Goering, Father Divine, Broadway actors, Japanese visitors, and Broadway Allen punctuate reflections on journalism, danger, and wit.
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