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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1949
Page
6
A man recounts learning to drive with his wife Eleanor and a chatty cop. The couple’s lessons turn chaotic as misused brakes, a stalled car, and comic misfires end with the officer advising a safer return home.
The narrator backs from a fire plug in reverse after a mishap. A police officer urges a two colored car to help witnesses contradict each other. The narrator then scrapes a rider's fender, who accepts fault and jokes about driving into the fields to avoid the incident.
A tale shows Tony and Imogene receiving a generous Thanksgiving turkey from Uncle Rufus and Aunt Sara quietly. they learn of the Santrells' poverty and choose to help. The gift shifts tension, revealing deep family ties and compassion across a holiday observe.
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The article reviews various film figures and projects. Eleanor and spouses enter road talk with Burma Shave signs. Actors like Rosalind Russell and Randolph Scott are linked to stage and Westerns. Joe DeBona joins Smoke Hunters with U S Forestry backing. Richard Todd rises after The Hasty Heart, Doris Day widens range with Storm Center.
The column argues Navy leadership under Roosevelt era admirals faced clashes with Secretaries Swanson Edison and the shipyards. It credits Edison with warning Pearl Harbor vulnerabilities and pressing for underground fuel tanks and lighter battleship superstructures to prepare for air warfare.
Edison uncovered that 20 of 28 new destroyers were top heavy requiring keel ballast to prevent bowing. Deck plates buckled in rough seas and rivets were defective, with three private yards warning the center of gravity was too high. He shifted Adm. DuBose and Adm. Bowen to resolve the clash.
Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Charles Edison to run for governor of New Jersey after clashing with wartime navy leaders. He claimed the Democratic party needed a strong candidate while seeking a Republican in his cabinet to support a bipartisan war policy.
Knox, an easygoing ex publisher who loved the navy, initially let the admirals run things. He soon learns that Franklin D. Roosevelt and the admirals truly control policy and operations.
Classified blurbs list used Plymouth sedans and a Chevrolet truck for sale with contact details in Omaha Nebraska. Also promotes Gore Transfer Wyomore and Flynn Hybrid Corn Co agency expansion with Lincoln address, plus pet listings, canaries wanted, and a Spanish guitar course offer.
Readable ad style listing Sears eyeglasses at Bears Roebuck Co in Nebraska with free gifts and new styles. Includes names like Dr Leonard Fitch and Dr K E Lookarbaugh and mentions free Christmas cards with orders and in-store lens grinding. Also references Luzier consultants and Brburinge & Burbridge with career mentions.
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