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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
3
The piece argues that full employment requires world distribution and strong international credit, referencing Bretton Woods and an international RFC. It contrasts government management costs with private sector efficiency, cites the 1932 Hoover campaign impact, and envisions retribution for war lords as Russia and Poland reshape East Prussia.
In 1937 38 Admiral Leahy proposed a US British naval blockade of Japan to cut off oil scrap iron and other materials. Roosevelt and Churchill considered it but backed away after the Panay incident and shifts in policy. After V E Day renewed talk of a blockade with Britain and Russia able to assist, navies could seal off the main Japanese islands.
Notes of a New Yorker report shows an Argentine official railing against plutocrats and imperialists amid a debate on democracy. He is startled by a slip inviting Argentina to a World Security Conference before asserting the value of democracy. Edward R. Stettinius questions relations with Argentina's fascist regime in a 1945 letter. A bar scene interrupts with two women jokes about a cocktail party and a pun on cocktails.
A San Francisco crime era note recalls debates on law and order, satirical verse, and editor clashes. Mark Twain visits a California town and finds a sold out lecture as a barber jokes about tickets while a west coast war plant uses fake currency as punishment for absences. A Bobbysoxer’s mother learns her daughter’s social circle now includes pressed sailors.
Gelctt Burgess edited The Lark in the 1990s with famous contributor Carolyn Wells known for nonsense verse. His farewell note said he wanted the magazine to die young and in its freshness as he stepped away while it thrived.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration seeks a 1.25 billion postwar airport program with fifty fifty federal grants to states. It would cost 5 to 10 years to upgrade 1,625 existing airfields and build 3,050 new airports, totaling 6,305 sites, with detailed classifications and state sponsored construction.
Several motor bus firms envision large helicopters or air busses to serve areas with no airports. They would cover 50 to 250 mile trips at about 90 mph with stops every 25 to 80 miles and integrate with airlines for longer journeys. The plan aims to cut private car travel time and expand rural access to air travel.
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