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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
6
Weekly news analysis reports a U S destroyer torpedoed and sunk while escorting convoys west of Iceland. The column notes a separate strike ending at captive coal mines and mentions two airliners crashing, with 34 affected.
The 53,000 coal diggers faced a showdown with President Roosevelt as John L. Lewis and allied leaders sought a mediation path. After a four day mine closure a truce was agreed with Myron Taylor and William H. Davis at the White House, aiming for a 15 day cooling off before a full settlement. The dispute centered on a closed shop rather than wages or hours.
In a 24 hour span, two planes crashed killing 34 people. One aircraft failed near Fargo North Dakota as it prepared to land in fog, four teen occupants died, the pilot survived. The second crash, from New York to Chicago, near St Thomas Ontario, killed twenty aboard in dense fog. Official investigations follow.
The destroyer Reuben James torpedoed west of Iceland becomes the first U S warship sunk in this European war under convoy duty. Commanded by Lieut. Comdr. H L Edwards the 1929 flush deck vessel marked Roosevelt's shoot on sight policy amid heated political backlash and press speculation about South America maps and Axis vassal states.
A halt to French executions in reprisals for attacks on German officers was ordered by Hitler. The stoppage, said to be in force to allow Paris to cooperate, followed reports that two German officers were killed in the Lille sector.
One of the first images arriving in the United States shows Lt Commander Anthony L Danis, commanding officer of the Kearny, aboard the torpedoed destroyer. The U S Army Signal Corps released the photo taken aboard the Kearny.
Goebbels depicts harsh conditions in the Reich with rationing and air raid shelter life. Across the world, Japan resists peace terms, while U.S. labor fronts see strikes and wage disputes. Detroit machine shop wages are $1 for men and 85 cents for women amid walkouts and union conflicts.
The pattern offers a coordinated set including a corduroy or tweed skirt and jerkin with plaid wool or gabardine options and washable cotton blouses. The jerkin may contrast with odd skirts and the blouse pairs with suits and jumpers. Sizes 8 to 16 are included with fabric yardages for size 10. Send your order to:
A Westfield New York girl Grace Bedell, eleven, wrote to Abraham Lincoln asking him to grow a beard. Lincoln later grew a beard and sent for Grace when he passed through Westfield, telling her he grew it for her.
A compact aphorism attributed to J. C. and A. W. Hare claims Evil Offspring Jealousy is born of Love and warns the parent must act quickly to strangle the child or it will poison the parent.
A compact Q A list covers topics from nautical terms to Greek myth and American history. Items include jury rigged ships board foot Jamestown first slave colony Ontario Greek monster Argus bowdlerized novels expurgated works financier of independence Robert Morris and illustrator Charles Dana Gibson.
A gift within a gift features a Prince Albert smoking tobacco humidor package sold by local dealers. The wrapped set conceals a real humidor filled with Prince Albert tobacco. Prince Albert is also offered in a one pound tin as a gift item for pipe smokers this Christmas.
A New York steam corporation supplies heat and power to 2,500 large buildings and also serves laundries Turkish baths hatemakers and contractors who wash stone structures. Advertisers show vapor from coffee on Broadway and operagoers see it belch from the dragon in Siegfried.
An advertisement urges readers to use Adlerika a blend of carminatives and laxatives for quick relief from gas and bowel sluggishness. It recommends daily evacuations at a regular time and notes druggists carry Adlerika.
A compact quotation notes the boastful fly perched on a chariot wheel axle asking what dust it raises, illustrating the lesson of self importance. The line reflects a witty, moralizing tone akin to classic fables.
The quote from Bailey proclaims that the gravest deceit is self deception, a caution against living in denial and ignoring personal responsibility.
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