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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union summary notes axis forces pressing in the Balkans to sever Britain’s lifeline while labor conventions loom. It also reports completion of the selective service lottery and cautions readers that opinions reflect the columnist rather than the paper.
Axis powers press on across Europe and the Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey stand as last barriers to British reach. Hitler targets Istanbul as London endures air raids while Spain and France align to support a broader push toward Gibraltar and Suez.
In Davenport Iowa Irving Bauman of Eureka Illinois won the National Cornhusking Championship with 46.71 bushels overcoming Marion Link of Ames Iowa who husked 46.36 bushels in an 80 minute contest. Bauman receives the gold cup and a $100 prize.
President Roosevelt at the microphone with War Secretary Stimson nearby. Stimson draws a slip revealing the first draft number 158. A woman's scream follows as the number marks her son’s placement on the draft list.
A likely turbulent Congress of Industrial Organizations convention opens in Atlantic City. John L. Lewis backs Wendell Willkie and threatens to resign if Roosevelt wins, fueling opposition from Sidney Hillman and allied unions. If Lewis loses, Philip Murray may succeed him.
A federal grand jury probes Manifred Zapp and Transocean News Service based in Berlin with offices in New York that supplied free news to Latin American papers. The Oregon Supreme Court rules the most drastic anti-union law unconstitutional, banning pickets and boycotts adopted by referendum. Dr W Edward Gallie of Toronto elected president of the American College of Surgeons at its annual meeting.
Auto retail sales this season rise about 20 percent over 1939 with a yearly forecast to surpass the 1937 record of 947,000 units. The duchess of Windsor may enter radio, broadcasting from Nassau to aid the British war relief fund, while a New England air mail route is planned as part of nonstop service expansion. FBI homicide survey finds women jailed for murder at higher rates than men.
Washington report discusses labor figures John Lewis and Fiorello LaGuardia amid Roosevelts welfare program. It notes Lewis as key to organizing gains and praises NRA legacy while detailing employment service census tracking defense industry labor needs across 13 regional offices and 20 000 employer surveys to prevent wage movement.
Reports say a division of Australian troops was smuggled into Greece weeks before Italy’s advance and now holds passes in Macedonia, while total Australian strength remains around 20,000. The article notes Britain’s main aid is at sea and the risk of broader Balkan involvement.
A collection of anecdotes from early 20th century journalism includes Charles Chapin’s stern stance on drinking, the World staff helping Johnny Quinn’s widow after his death, a London Reuters error over McKinley’s hunting trip, and Alexander Woollcott’s hospital observation misread as a death.
In a fast flow of social blurbs and celebrity sightings New York figures appear at venues along Madison and 56th Street. Hoot Gibson and Hatless Hope Hampton share a moment amid city bustle while George Raft and stars frequent Leon and Eddie's. Dorothy Parker clashed with Harold Ross at an East Side party over revolutions, and Dorothy Thompson denies divorce rumors involving Sin clair Lewis. Tom Harmon prepares for a December engagement to Margaret Thom with other tabloid notes on Rob ertson and Swope.
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