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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
6
European war report notes Finns retreating before Russian thrust along Viipuri region yet holding the waistline border. German troop movements expand near Luxembourg as Siegfried line lengthens toward Belgium and the Netherlands.
Admiral Richard Byrd and two assistants report mapping the long unknown South Pacific coast of Antarctica. They discover a vast mountain range and an ice covered island 80 miles offshore.
The House passed a Senate approved 20 million loan for Fin land and a 60 million crop checks appropriation. Sen Robert F Wagner proposed SEC regulated investment company legislation. The House extended the reciprocal trade program for three years. The 1940 census starts April 1 amid calls to withhold personal data.
Observers question where Poland-in-exile will send five divisions by midsummer as rumors swirl of a potential Allied army landing at Petsamo. Germany’s moves in Scandinavia raise alarm while peace terms floated through Dublin prompt Western officials to reassess Mussolini and Hitler’s hard bargaining as Europe teeters on conflict.
President Roosevelt, aboard the Tuscaloosa off Panama, reports that United States defenses at the canal must be doubled and a long range plan extended through Central America to Ecuador and Venezuela. Augusto Boyd of Panama endorses greater U S defense cooperation for the canal.
The 1940 census faces fiery dispute over personal income questions as census rounds begin April 1. Catherine Curtis testifies for women investors urging removal, while Census Director William Austin presses ahead with the count and a new National Income Division analyzes income data from Social Security, IRS, and the census. Concurrently, the National Labor Relations Board orders a record collective bargaining election, with about 150,000 GM workers in 59 plants across 11 states voting on union affiliation with CIO or AF of L.
Republicans J Harry McGregor and Frances Payne Bolton win in Ohio three Senate hopefuls show openness to a third FDR term. Dewey enters Nebraska GOP primary with Arthur Vandenberg while Garner’s name is filed in New York.
Washington notes detail a close 4 to 3 vote to oust J. B. Doc Matthews as the Dies committee’s so called Communist expert. Opposition from Rep. Dempsey and backing from Dies and allies sparked a heated debate over Matthews role and background.
General Johnson argues the United States should challenge German and British actions at sea and air, warning that international law and current policy risk mails, ships, and safety. He cites Krupp, Essen, and potential aerial attacks as critical wartime questions and envisions new underground warfare and Diesel-powered machines.
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A reflective line on human longing and the fleeting nature of existence. The text contemplates hopeful and painful emotions as people face time, eternity, and the possible end of the heavens and the earth. Addison’s voice probes life’s paradoxes and the anxiety of awaiting what may come.
A quotation attributed to Bulwer Lytton urges repentance for the past and courting angelic virtue for what lies ahead. It frames moral improvement as active pursuit rather than passive remorse.
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