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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1938

Page

7

Simple Patch Makes This Quilt Block

Get out your scrap bag and start your Calico Cat quilt. Each cat patch measures about 4 by 8 inches and is easy to apply. Pattern 1583 includes patch pieces a placement diagram and yardage chart with simple cutting sewing and finishing instructions. Send 15 cents for pattern to The Sewing Circle 82 Eighth Ave New York. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets advertised for bowel waste removal. A kiss of the mouth often does not touch the heart.

Eighth Ave New York

Austria Crushed Into German Reich After Quick Coup

Hitler’s invasion of Austria ends its independence as Seyss-Inquart governs under German rule. Schuschnigg and Miklas resign as troops seize government buildings. Britain and France protest while Mussolini backs the move. Nazi planning ties Austria to the four year plan with Funk signaling economic integration.

Austria Ustria St. Germain Germany Arthur Seyss-Inquart Miklas Schuschnigg Hitler Fuehrer France Blum Chamber of Deputies Italy Mussolini Grand Council Evangelical Church of Vienna Berlin Walther Funk Seggs- Inquart Prussia Bavaria

Hitler goes to Vienna proclaims unification of Germany and Austria

Hitler travels to Linz and Vienna where crowds cheer the union of Germany and Austria. He outlines a plebiscite for April 10 to approve the acts of the new government. Swastikas and troops fill the streets as purges against Jews begin and anti Nazi resistance disappears.

Hitler Linz Germany Austria Fuehrer Vienna

TVA Board Tensions Lead to Possible Resignations

President Roosevelt pressed TVA board members A E Morgan David Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan to resolve conflicts over reports and alleged malfeasance. Morgan refused to substantiate charges, citing no productive White House meeting. No resignations followed but observers expect a reshuffle favoring Lilienthal.

TVA A. E. Morgan Bridges King Maverick Snell Roosevelt Morgan David Lilienthal Harcourt Morgan Berry White House Lilienthal Washington

Mutiny Rumors Sweep Soviet Garrisons In Latvia

Reports from Riga Latvia claim mutiny erupted in major Soviet army garrisons with fighting as troops demand interior department surrender control of arsenals. The Red Army reportedly lacks direct control of munitions while a GPU force of about 350000 guards supplies.

Riga Latvia Department of the Interior Red Army GPU

Must Boost Income Tax

The Senate finance committee began consideration of the revenue act from the House as Chairman Pat Harrison warned that continued high spending would require widening the income tax base and lowering exemptions. He opposed the undistributed profits tax kept in modified form and favored replacing the capital gains tax with a flat about 15 percent on gains from property held over one to two years.

Senate Finance Committee House Pat Harrison Harrison

Penalty taxes approved to enforce new crop control plan

Yotton and tobacco growers across the South and western states backed the levying of stiff penalties for nonconformity with the new crop control program. Agriculture department officials in Washington began preparations to enforce the system with farmers told their quotas and penalties on excess sales.

South Agriculture Department Washington

War games ships sail for Alaska to Hawaii area drills

One hundred five fighting ships depart Pacific bases for six weeks of maneuvers with more than 160 surface craft 500 airplanes seaplanes 3600 officers and 55000 men. they head for Alaska and Hawaii routes and are set to reach Honolulu around April first. The mass participation signals a major Navy exercise across widely scattered points with extensive air and sea forces.

Pacific Coast Alaska-Hawaii Honolulu

Clarence Darrow dies after long illness at eighty

Clarence Darrow of Chicago, famed defense lawyer and foe of capital punishment, dies at eighty after a long illness. He defended Eugene Debs, Leopold and Loeb, and John T. Scopes in the Tennessee monkey trial defending evolution against William Jennings Bryan.

Clarence Darrow Chicago Eugene Debs Leopold and Loeb John T. Scopes William Jennings Bryan

Franco directs rapid Catalonia offensive in Civil War

Panish insurgent forces push into Catalonian border as General Franco oversees the advance toward the east coast. Government units including English Canadian and American troops are reportedly trapped near Belchite, signaling a decisive confrontation may be near.

Aragon Franco Belchite

Soviet Traitors Condemned As Former Leaders Guilty

In Moscow trials the most prominent figures Nikolai Bukharin Genrikh Yagoda and ex Prime Minister Rykov were condemned to death for treason. N. N. Krestinsky and three others received long prison terms, while others likely faced firing squads already.

Moscow Christian Rakovsky France Nikolai Bukharin Genrikh Yagoda GPU Rykov N. N. Krestinsky

New Barbara Bell Spring Patterns For Full-Figure Styles

The Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers three new size 34 and up dresses with easy sew charts. Patterns 1485 1233 and 1482 cover sizes 32 to 52 with yardage details for 39 inch material and braid options. Order brochure and patterns for 15 cents each from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1020 Chicago Illinois.

Barbara Bell Sewing Circle Pattern Dept W. Wacker Dr Chicago Bell Syndicate WNU Service

Planting Tips For Gardeners By Harold Coulter

Advice from Harold Coulter of the Ferry Seed Institute on proper soil preparation planting moisture and temperature. He notes seeds germinate best at 65 to 75 degrees and recommends moist yet not wet soil with loose texture to aid emergence and root growth. If ground is dry moisten trenches and press fine earth over seeds to retain moisture.

Harold Coulter Ferry Seed Institute

Two Extremes in View of Wealth and Life

A concise reflection contrasts covetous men who hoard as if immortal with others who spend freely as if life could end at any moment, capturing a timeless meditation on wealth and mortality.

Aristotle

Dinosaurs Roamed Vast Prehistoric Realms Across Continents

Fossil bones reveal enormous reptiles, some up to 80 feet long and over 40 tons. Stegosaurus carried a brain in its backbone twenty times larger than its head brain. North America, Asia, Africa, and South America yield fossils, with the Great Plains site in the United States famed as a dinosaur cemetery.

North America Asia Africa South America Great Plains United States Nebraska Dakota Wyoming Colorado Medicine Row Wyo Britannica Junior

Also Me Another A General Quiz Also Me Another A General Quiz

The text presents a set of general knowledge questions covering world facts. It asks for the mother city, meat grading levels, number of cities with city manager government, existence of stingless honey bees, length of major national conventions, home ownership rate, and racial intermarriage openness worldwide.

Answers One Through Seven Concise Facts

Cairo identified as a location. Five grades range from prime to plain. 465 cities and 7 counties use this form of government. Staunton Virginia began the movement 30 years ago. Stingless tropical bees exist but yield little honey. The 1924 Democratic national convention lasted 17 days. In 1930, 46.8 percent of American families owned homes. No nation is wholly unmixed. homogeneous units are rare and usually small tribes.

United States Cairo Staunton Democratic Davis Bryan

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