According to a feature called "Report from the Nation," the Northwest was seeking new industries to replace shuttered war plants, touting its abundant power supply as an inducement. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who had resigned from the Senate to serve in the Army, was considering running again for the Senate from Massachusetts. The "dries" in Kentucky and South Carolina were aggressively pushing their campaign to ban liquor, the main crusade of evangelicals back then. Mississippi was offering inducements to industry, reversing their prior policy of discouraging it. A suit was pending in the Supreme Court over Illinois' failure to reapportion its congressional districts, which were last redrawn in 1901. The public in California was said to be eagerly embracing the expansion of aviation in their region; giant planes were flying to Honolulu and a "diaper express" for women and children only was in operation between LA and San Francisco.
A report on Midwest farming said that weather had been very favorable but a shortage in manpower and machinery had been a problem.
The auto industry was having problems reaching its full production potential and might take several years to meet the demand for new autos in the US. These problems included strikes at the plants. but even more deleterious had been walkouts in the industries that provided necessary parts and materials including steel, glass, rubber, coal and electrical components.
A feature story discussed the job of the Secret Service advance men preparing a location for a presidential visit.