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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
7
Weekly News Analysis reports rising Axis pressure in the Balkans with Greece Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in flux while Britain fights back Air raids and evacuations intensify London girds for continued bombardment. U S elections loom as Roosevelt supporters clash with Willkie backers.
Old Marshal Petain warned by Marcel Dent against restoring the monarchy in la France. Henry VI is named as a candidate, while Petain could be a stronger king. The duke of Guise, father of the current pretender, died last August.
Glenn L. Martin, president of the Martin Aircraft Company, is awarded the Daniel Guggenheim medal for aeronautical development and high performance aircraft. He is shown in his Baltimore office with a model of his first plane and notes two new large bombing planes under development.
The A C L U expands its national committee with eleven new members described as orthodox and conservative. New appointees include Endicott Peabody of Groton School, Robert Sherwood, Van Wyck Brooks, Pearl Buck, Dean Christian Gauss, Frank Kingdon, William Draper Lewis, William Allan Neilson, Bishop Bromley Oxnam, and Sophonisba Breckinridge.
A summary of opinions by political scientists who warn that national socialism blends right wing militarism with left wing socialism across nations. They cite Churchill and Chamberlain, Vargas in Brazil, Franco in Spain, Konoye in Japan, and Belgian king Leopold in shifting reputations amid the World’s Fair.
A collection of curiosities notes Nobert's diamond lines on microscope test plates with up to 225000 hairlines per inch. Fingal's Cave inspired Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture by wind sounds in Staffa. The Fountain of Tears at Bakhchisarat mirrors a royal memorial shedding water for centuries. Many temples worldwide lack seating and ban shoes, Collier's notes.
A young wife traveling from New York to Panama searched for her twin daughters aboard a ship. She questioned a crusty old gentleman in a deck chair who claimed he hadn’t noticed any children. She spotted a pig-tailed head and the man exclaimed he had seen the child everywhere.
A new sewing design No 8772 lets a wearer copy two or three versions of a casual coat with an inverted back pleat and saddle-stitch trim. The collar turns back, the skirt is full on a wide belt, and fabric options include corduroy flannel wool crepe and thin tweed.
A reader describes making thick durable braided dish mats from cotton flannel or heavy cotton for gift or bazaar use. Cut strips two inches wide, braid tightly, sew with No 8 white thread, and join two daisies for oval dish mats. Also notes related directions in SEWING booklets for more gift ideas.
An old advertising piece promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative. It claims relief for constipation and digestive discomfort and notes its pleasant taste for adults and children.
A Jefferson quote affirms that one should do what is right and leave outcomes to those who decide them, emphasizing moral duty over result. The line highlights personal integrity as a guiding standard for action and accountability.
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