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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
6
Weekly analysis notes the United States faces mounting international issues before FDR’s third term begins. The piece observes Greek resistance to Italian aggression while England accelerates aid efforts, framing the looming global tensions.
Post election outlook foresees rapid policy moves on foreign and domestic issues led by President Roosevelt. Possible actions include oil and tool sales to Japan, food to German-ruled territories, and defense industry labor pressures with price controls. Calls for reform of national defense planning, anti graft crackdowns, and federal probes in Michigan New Jersey and Pennsylvania precede inauguration.
Italian plans for a swift victory crumble as Greek resistance stiffens. Rome expects Me taxa to resign, King George to abdicate, and Prince Paul to take the throne, but Greece says no. Italians push 30 miles in Albania while Greeks and civilians endure air raids and Allied aid ramps up in Crete and Corfu.
Refugee pianist Ignace Paderewski, 80, arrives in New York as a refugee from Poland. President Roosevelt directs ambassador Anthony Drexel Biddle to greet him. Also noted is Neville Chamberlain en route to the US for health and thoughts on democracy fading globally with Pierre Laval predicting defeat of Britain.
The Axis air raids on London were limited while Balkan fighting raged. The British air ministry said the hardest blows were aimed at Berlin rail and power centers, the Ruhr and invasion points in the Netherlands Belgium and France. Goebbels admitted Germany lost eight planes to four, a rare concession. London resumed normal operations as transit and shops ran on schedule and rations held steady.
G. T. Baker, president of National Airlines, landed a transport monoplane in Jacksonville after a nine hour 29 minute west east crossing from Burbank. The 248 mph flight was the fastest west east run since Howard Hughes crossed from the same field to New York in 10 hours 34 minutes. Baker carried four passengers.
Trainees undergo a five day processing at reception centers involving inoculation vaccination blood tests and uniform issue. They receive an identification tag a serial number and are extensively interviewed with records kept of schooling athletic ability hobbies civilian occupation and a life insurance option. Officers trained to organize new units use perforated interview cards to assemble companies assign civilian life mechanics to branches and match veterans to noncommissioned officer roles. The trainee then moves to the unit that will be home for the next year.
Since July 1 the navy has purchased 113 merchant ships yachts tugs tankers and other auxiliary vessels for fueling servicing and escort duties including nine modern tankers from Standard Oil. The Maritime Commission has 174 ocean going steamships under contract with 47 completed and 95 percent ready for emergency commissioning.
United States defense officials map massive expansion for 1000 planes monthly with 2 billion dollars aimed at new plants by Curtiss Wright Glenn Martin Bell Boeing and Vultee. Charlestown Indiana faces housing sanitation and water crises as workers pour in.
Washington D C A decision is made to accept the election results in our democracy despite bitter campaigning and deep wounds. General Johnson urges unity and continued debate in congress on defense and war while warning against dictatorship and Nazi tyranny. He describes the campaign as exhausting and plans a rest at Bethany Beach after mailing his daily column.
The column reviews 1940 election totals for states and governors, notes Roosevelt and Willkie, and records post election events. It discusses electoral college procedures, voter district results, and a post election fire alarm spike in Manhattan as celebrations unfold.
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