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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1945

Page

8

Washington lawmakers seize on alleged sex conditions in Japan

Congress attacks Navy over postwar conditions in Japan after a Chaplain in Japan reported concerns. Lawmakers demand explanations from the Secretary of the Navy and push for elimination of the cited conditions. The report also covers atomic bomb basics, aid to Europe, and flood control debates.

Washington House of Representatives Japan Navy Secretary of the Navy Alfred Gruenther Platte Center Europe Army- Navy War College Gruenther Nebraska Congress Bureau of Standards

Citizens weigh compulsory military training amid peace time debate

A poll across congressional districts gauges views on compulsory military training during peace. The bill remains in committee and may not reach the House until next January. Constituents respond with letters, including soldiers in the Far East lamenting boat shortages and warning that votes hinge on action.

House

Committee Represents Noncooperators to Legal Authorities

The committee states it will make appropriate representations to legal authorities for those who fail to cooperate, indicating a formal step in enforcement.

County Road Improvement Funds Allocated in 1945 Vote

Polk County Nebraska commissioners approve using 5100 dollars of inheritance tax funds for county road improvements outside city limits. Commissioner Nelson moves adoption, seconded by Harless, roll call affirming vote. Meeting held November 20 1945. adjourned with signatories Anderson and McClung.

Zimmerman Night Watch Mary EH. Carlson Edith Heilman C L. Anderson Webb Whee Anderson Mercantile “Co Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital Blevins Pharmacy Medical H S$ Eklund Edith Heilman Transportation Lincoln Tel & Tel Co Telephone Gunauard F B Sjusser St Francis Hospital Swan Carleton Anderson Arthur R. Cederberg Dale Lewis Taffiette Farmers Union Co-op Oil Assn Edwin M Swan Tillman H Joy Robert Miller Sinclair Refining Co Owen McGuire Chapman Arnold Peterson Flarper Peterson Edward Schlesinger A. S. Nelso Lincoln Road Equipment Co New Equipment S. J. Harle City of Board of County Commissioners Polk Nebraska Nelson Modlem Harless Polk County Osceola John J. Anderson John I. Anderson L. M. Merrick Omaha Printing Company Gunnard Peterson Donna M Pratt T A Reece District Court Lillian Timm

Fragmentary OCR Bits From A 19th Century Ledger

Partial readable lines show numbers and decimals tied to entries, likely a financial or inventory portion. No clear persons or organizations appear. the text resembles a numeric ledger fragment with values such as 125 60 and 126 00.

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