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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
6
Edward C. Wayne assesses U S aid under the Lease-Lend Act as the initial move to support Britain. He notes English admission of a spring blitz following extensive London raids and frames the development as a pivotal policy moment amidst wartime tensions.
President Roosevelt signs the British aid bill after Congress adds amendments. He seeks 7 billion dollars for aid, with 1.3 billion early for England and the rest through 1946 for Britain Greece and others. Air losses mount as London and Portsmouth suffer raids while U S production battles strikes.
Philadelphia observers report booming alarm clock sales blamed on the draft with soldiers carrying clocks to training to beat the reveille. Fred B Cody seeks divorce claiming his wife released black widow spiders and tried to run him over. Leopold Stokowski resigns after 29 years to serve the government. Erland Echlin, Canadian citizen, jailed under a defense regulation.
An explosion at the Pera Palace hotel in Istanbul wounded Rendel, the former Bulgarian ambassador, and several aides. two Turkish guards were killed as the blast hit during a period of tense debate over Turkey's stance amid the looming Greek invasion.
Henry Wallace, vice president elect, diplomatically engaged with Mexico's Avila Camacho to ease U S Mexican tensions. He reported a small Nazi financed minority in Mexico trying to poison ties, with hints of potential sabotage to blame Mexico. He warned Capitol visitors face strict controls and notes a German dachshund owned by Lord Halifax.
FBI agents arrested Dr Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town in New York for failing to register as foreign agents. After a preliminary hearing both were released on $5000 bail each pending court trial. Investigation tied them to Transocean News Services, a Nazi news agency.
General opinion contrasts Napoleon's empire tactics with Hitler and warns against repeating old mistakes. The column notes Allied postwar errors, Napoleon’s cautions on overreaching empires, and urges realism about Europe’s future military power and mobilization methods.
A collage of wartime and cultural commentary with mentions of Moscow Bulgaria and Bolo opposition, Lindys war college generals, Arthur Krock, Stalin Berlin tiffs, Rob Minor, George Ryall, Tropical Park opening day, Hialeah, Honeychile Wilder and Rags Ragland, Bob Ritchie, Shirer in Atlantic Monthly, Jan Valtin, Benny Goodman, Democracy and Swing, Eddie Rickenbacker, Margaret Harri man, Fiorello La Guardia, John Winant, and Mrs Roosevelt press event observations.
Observers note many servicemen frequent Yorkville grills. Rumors swirl about a potential Navy Secretaryship for Thomas G. Corcoran and a move to Mr. Warner of Pure Oil. Frank Knox comments on Life writer Jack Alexander. The FCC orders fingerprinting of shortwave newsroom workers to verify US citizenship. Yamanaka & Co. ships stock home from the Orient as Japan posture shifts. Joan Crawford reportedly leans to Unity over Christian Science.
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