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Nobody could argue the point. Her last three pictures had won her an international reputation. The Stockholm Daily News had named her as one of Sweden's ten outstanding women. It was only a year since she had led a fan-magazine poll as the most popular screen actress, any weight or country, in Sweden.* Although she was being sought by every major studio in Hollywood, it seemed to her a little worse than foolish to let anyone, at any price, try to improve on her life...
Wendell Willkie is gaining popularity for the 1944 Republican Presidential nomination. This was the big subsurface political news noted last week by observers whose ears are well grounded. The trend may not be immediately apparent on the normal political barometers (the latest Gallup poll still had Willkie a firm second to New York's Thomas E. Dewey), but political wiseacres, taking the pulse of the people, were sure. Travelers who talked politics up & down the Midwest were especially struck by the resurgence of Willkie talk. One such was the New York Times's Turner Catledge, who was surprised...
...next great Congressional debate on the international position of the U.S. will come this fall. Once the question for debate was: Should the U.S. cooperate with the other United Nations? Now all that is over the dam. The people have said yes (the most recent Gallup poll showed 74% for an international police force). The Republican Party generally has cleared its skirts of isolationism; with this refuge gone, only a few really bigoted isolationists remain...
...torn in their merchandising, Sears announced a new venture: its own monthly book club. Sears is out for 100,000 members who will agree to take at least four books a year-at $1.66 each, plus postage. The books are to be selected by a Gallup poll of the club's own members-"a people's book club organized to provide books selected by the people for the people." The first pre-Gallup selection: Marcia Davenport's best-selling novel Valley of Decision. First premium (for joining): Lloyd Douglas' best-selling The Robe...
Canada's third political party, the socialistic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, polled but 8% of the votes at the last general election, against 55% for Mackenzie King's Liberal party and 31% for the Conservatives. But the sands of Canadian political popularity have been shifting since the 1940 election. A recent poll, showed CCF strength up to 21%, against a dwindling 35% for the Liberals and a stationary 31% for the revamped Progressive-Conservatives. CCF demands have become important...