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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1947
Page
5
80 acres of unimproved cultivation with a well located property. Priced to sell from a non resident owner. See or write J T Samuelson Agent Polk Nebraska June 2.
Uncle Sam urges workers to start weekly payroll savings to accumulate a 10 year nest egg. Investing $3.75 per week can reach $2,163.45 by 1967, building a ready reserve payable on demand to handle emergencies as the new year begins.
Church listings detail service times and activities for Polk and Swede Plain Methodist, First Baptist, Arborville, Evangelical Free, and Hordville congregations. Additional items mention war production contracts and historical notes on Indian citizenship. Also includes a wartime home economics recipe and kitchen tips.
A Baltimore vessel departed for Newcastle carrying 8565 tons of coal. In West Allis Wisconsin Regina Wright, 21, was granted a divorce from Russell Wright on cruelty after she testified he rose at 5 am to iron and scrub floors. The National Pickle Association rebutted a claim that pickles and ice cream mix poorly, quoting the National Dairy Council.
The labor department reported strong August gains with 460000 new jobs and a new high for non farm employment. Average weekly earnings held near 49.25 dollars as unemployment fell and strikes declined, though long term prospects remained uncertain.
A fragment notes debate on nutrition and cooking. It mentions American Chemical Society findings claiming cooking can increase vitamin content in some foods and jokes about Nebuchadnezzar, reflecting confusion over modern nutrition.
Excerpts from a 1947 Russian broadcast titled The American Film mock American cinema. The speaker claims films misrepresent life and promote exploitation and false values. They denounce Hollywood as corrupt and call for reevaluating freedom and progress in American entertainment.
Herbert Hoover outlines a four point plan to relieve a predicted worse food shortage in 1946. He urges farmers to feed humans before animals, voluntary calorie cuts, cooperation with surplus nations, and elimination of black markets. He calls for U S exports to keep prices down and curb speculation while the Truman administration awaits a cabinet report on boosting exports without triggering higher domestic prices.
Mannie, weary of a wind that never stops, seeks a safer haven in Windhaven. She descends into a canyon, discovers a hidden rope and finishes the climb to freedom. Roanie grazes below as she plans a life away from the prairie’s relentless gales.
The number of disabled World War I veterans training on the job in Nebraska rose 25 percent in the past year. Ash ley Westmoreland of the VA Lincoln regional office cited growing employer cooperation as key to the rise, with 647 veterans in training on October 1, up from 458 a year earlier. He urged employers to keep openings for hundreds more veterans awaiting training and advised interested trainees to contact local VA training facilities.
Mrs Cleo Cramer is listed with phone 27 Polk for buttonhole services. Visitors to Mr and Mrs J C McClure include Mrs Laura Welch and Mrs Pearl Clark from Glendale California and Mrs August Nelson on Monday.
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