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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
6
Editorial analyzes growing tension between the United States and Japan. It reports Americans in the Far East being recalled and naval reserves being mobilized while the Army plans conscription. The piece carries an opinion from Edward C. Wayne.
The piece reports worsening tensions with Japan and Italy as Axis powers threaten U S interests. It notes Tokyo press attacks, Pearl Harbor baseless proposals, and calls for Americans to prepare for war, plus Allied defense measures and new U S nurse and military mobilization efforts.
In the final month before the election candidates campaign nationwide. Wendell Willkie covers New York Ohio Illinois Missouri focusing on defense and labor. Roosevelt tours western Pennsylvania and Ohio with steel plants visits and a dedication at Pittsburgh. A Rome dispatch is cited as evidence Axis aims to defeat Roosevelt before November 5. The scene includes Butler at Columbia defending restricted academic freedom and mixed faculty reactions. Other oddities include a federal official’s speech marked undelivered and a California kidnapper granted life imprisonment.
Washington reports that by July 1 1941 the army aims to field a 12 000 physician 2 287 dentist corps drawn from Medical and Dental Reserve mobilized National Guard and volunteers. Nurses 7 000 and 1 143 veterinarians will join. only Class A graduates admitted. debates over Class B schools and related licensure.
Mrs Florence Reville Gibbs of Georgia, a 100 pound brown eyed grandmother with a southern drawl, was seated in the house to fill her late husband’s unexpired term. She becomes the ninth woman in Congress.
Washington columnist critiques electoral polls as for profit private tests with bias risk. He warns polls mislead, lack transparency, and can sway voters, urging public oversight while noting some trend value. He cites Gallup Dunn and American Forecast results, predicting a tight race and urging caution.
A mosaic of city life reveals shoe shiners and taxi bracelets of Broadway glare. Night critics note glamorous clubs, lonely stadiums, and chic eateries where beauty hides colder truths behind silk and satin.
Alexander Woollcott and Brander Matthews discuss journalism as perishable craft. The piece recalls Lawrence Barrett and Oscar Levant with wry anecdotes about newspaper lore and show business. It notes Monday night closings by night club owners amid labor and cultural satire.
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