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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
6
Farnham F. Dudgeon argues for a one billion dollar national defense program while reporting Nazi assaults along the Maginot Line. The piece frames the defense push as critical amid intense wartime action.
The front line action stretches along a 200 mile arc from the North Sea to Saarbrucken with Germany pressing a dual attack on the Netherlands Belgium and France. RAF responds with heavy bombing near Rhine munitions plants and German troop concentrations while Netherlands suspends fire. The Sedan sector near Paris becomes a focal point as Berlin seeks a foothold and to break the Maginot line.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize 896 million dollars immediately for army navy and air forces and requested future appropriations totaling 286 million. He stressed rapid expansion of air power and higher annual aircraft production to 50 000, while Gen Pershing endorsed preparedness and urged swift pilot training.
Robert Ley declares Hitler’s war a God given mission to bring Europe to reason. Viscount Gort predicts a hard long struggle but ultimate victory for the empire. Paul Van Zeeland notes Europe’s small nations hope US might for right. Arthur Capper suggests Brazil as rubber source and urges South American rubber development with US capital.
Nylon stockings debut hailed as a superior fabric from DuPont chemists with wide sales across the nation. In Atlantic City, female candidate supporters deploy 200 cameras to document voters and deter alleged repeats. Residential building contracts in 37 eastern states surged last month, private projects accounting for 135.42 million of the total.
Farley announced record postal revenues at the close of the last fiscal year and predicted a larger increase this year as business shows improvement. Analysts note wartime pressures shifting demand to war materials, with mixed signals for overall industry.
In a prison farm setting No 6780 Morag and old guard O Dowd work in the fields as Morag contemplates escape. He seizes the guard’s rifle and shoots himself, prompting the warden to urge parole and purpose behind the institution.
The article reports on treating atrophic rhinitis, the dry form of catarrh, with estrogens as presented by Drs. Eagle Baker Hamblen of Durham. Tissue of the nasal lining was removed, estrogen injected, and follow up observed from 27 to 216 days with no deafness or head noises reported.
Twenty two patients began estrogen nasal treatment but eight did not return for a second exam due to cost and distance. Twenty one reported improvement and wished to continue. Among 14 completed treatments crusts nearly disappeared, odor ceased, and the nasal membrane became clearer and smoother.
Medical note attributes colds to emotional strain and stress on nose and throat. Dr J Kent Leasure warns that dryness from worry weakens the mucus barrier, enabling cold organisms to invade the body, with potential pneumonia in severe cases. The piece cites spouses caring for partners as a context for heightened emotional burden.
The response notes daily use may remove poisons from the blood and reduce weight slightly. It warns Epsom salts can also deplete minerals like iron and other nutrients, exhausting the system when not needed.
Paramount plans to feed 12 elephants at Camarillo through next summer as filming for Moon Over Burma begins in Mandalay and Rangoon settings. The Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus stock will stay on the West Coast, with rental fees covering hay. The article also notes radio stars and Metro Information Centre aid for New York World’s Fair visitors, plus a softball mishap involving DeSharbutt of Lanny Ross’s CBS staff.
Truman Bradley, Burns and Allen announcer, signs for a major screen part as one of five millionaires in RKO production Millionaires in Prison. Paramount plans Aloma of the South Seas with Dorothy Lamour replacing Gilda Gray. Oscar Levant stars in Ghose Music. Bing Crosby's next project mentioned.
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